Great Circle

“Everything you could want from a historical novel”

“Okay, so I picked this up during the holidays to read while traveling in Switzerland just after the world opened during the pandemic. I instantly got covid, and I spent a week in the hotel room… flying high on Shipstead’s sweeping novel about aviation, brushing up against what it means to be understood when what you want for yourself is unprecedented.”

“Genuinely the first book I voluntarily chose to read more than once.”

“One of those books; grips you and doesn’t let go.”

“History, mystery, airplanes, lesbians, Montana, LA, Antarctica, and somehow, much more”

“Got this book recco from Anne Helen Peterson who said it gave major "no kids" energy, which obviously I loved. Didn't think I'd get so into a 600 page book about a female pilot in the 30s and 40s but loved it.”