Books I want to read (and why)
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Fantasy
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
by Alex White ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Look at the title.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr. ยท published 1959 ยท added on 2018-09-25On this list since 2018, seconded by joXn
A Crucible of Souls
by Mitchell Hogan ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-10-09Generic but possibly good coming-of-age learning-the-arts epic fantasy.
A Death at the Dionysus Club
by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2022-02-03Second part, let’s see how it goes
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2019-03-03I’m overdue, but it’s so long, and I haven’t been in the mood for serious thought
A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2)
by Freya Marske ยท published 2022 ยท added on 2021-12-31first part was good comfort food
A Time of Dread
by John Gwynne ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-04-03Very good fantasy, say people with good taste.
A Woman of the Iron People
by Eleanor Arnason ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Alif the Unseen
by G. Willow Wilson ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
An Alien Heat
by Michael Moorcock ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2020-07-05Far-future dandies, “soft sf with a vengeance”, tribute to fin de siecle/Oscar Wildes. jml’s favourite. via Lisa
An Oblique Approach (Belisarius, #1)
by David Drake, Eric Flint ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2020-08-13Belisarius vs alien-superpowered India
Archivist Wasp
by Nicole Kornher-Stace ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-27
Ariel
by Steven R. Boyett ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2018-09-10
Arrows of the Queen
by Mercedes Lackey ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Beyond Sanctuary (Beyond Series, #1)
by Janet E. Morris ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures
by Elly Blue ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-01-27
Black Wolves
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Boy of Fire and Earth
by Sami Shah ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2020-06-14Recommended for its similarity to American Gods, only more raw and adult.
Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Child of Fire
by Harry Connolly ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2020-07-26Rejoice, there is Urban Fantasy without romance. via
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-02-17
City of Strife
by Claudie Arseneault ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2016-06-05
Crooked
by Austin Grossman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2020-06-24Nixon as president fighting in the shadows against magic, via the Oddly Specific Fantasy Recommendation Summer
Daggerspell
by Katharine Kerr ยท published 1986 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Dark Eden
by Chris Beckett ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2019-02-07sounded like a lot of scifi fun
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Daughter of the Forest
by Juliet Marillier ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Dauntless
by Jack Campbell ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-10-22Mil sci-fi. Revived/thawed old hero.
Deathless
by Catherynne M. Valente ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-07-23Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Dragonsbane
by Barbara Hambly ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre ยท published 1978 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Echopraxia
by Peter Watts ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-01-14Benthor. Doubling down on the vampire from Blindsight, horrifying thought. Need to re-visit Blindsight first.
Embers of War
by Gareth L. Powell ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-02-04sentient ships
Empire of Sand
by Tasha Suri ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Multiple recs. Indian-flavoured fantasy. Magical heroine whose strength is in compassion.
Eon
by Greg Bear ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Europe in Autumn
by Dave Hutchinson ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-11-02Scifi spy thriller.
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-15
Fated
by Benedict Jacka ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-10-07Alex Verus. Urban Fantasy, running a magic shop in London. Generic but not bad.
From Under the Mountain
by C.M. Spivey ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-28
From Unseen Fire
by Cass Morris ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl ยท published 1977 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Gemsigns
by Stephanie Saulter ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-03-09Social science fiction.
Heart of Iron
by Ekaterina Sedia ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-08-13Russian steampunk-ish
Hero Forged
by Josh Erikson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-04-01Via reddit. Urban fantasy con artist.
Heroes Die
by Matthew Woodring Stover ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Homeland
by R.A. Salvatore ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-09-15
House of Suns
by Alastair Reynolds ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2018-09-06
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson ยท published 1954 ยท added on 2018-08-27
Inda
by Sherwood Smith ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-21
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-10-12
Jhereg
by Steven Brust ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
by John Crowley ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-04
Kushiel’s Dart
by Jacqueline Carey ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Lens of the World
by R.A. MacAvoy ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Libriomancer
by Jim C. Hines ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2016-06-08
London Falling
by Paul Cornell ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-09-03Good Urban Fantasy, London detective variety, as per
Lord Foul’s Bane
by Stephen R. Donaldson ยท published 1977 ยท added on 2018-09-22
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
by Christina Henry ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Master Assassins
by Robert V.S. Redick ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-05Indian-flavoured Fantasy, apparently with excellent writing.
Master of Sorrows
by Justin Travis Call ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2019-01-28Academy’s warrior-thieves, dark big insidious evil inside you, forbidden magic, a forgotten heritage, and a secret deformity. Just ticking boxes.
Mechanique
by Genevieve Valentine ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2019-09-26Last try of being into Seanan McGuire instead of being into an idea of her
Midnight Robber
by Nalo Hopkinson ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Mirror Mirror
by Gregory Maguire ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-08-13Snowwhite with Lucrezia Borgia as evil queen
Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement ยท published 1954 ยท added on 2018-02-19
Mongrels
by Stephen Graham Jones ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2022-02-03Coming-of-age but maybe good
More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon ยท published 1953 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-03-19Strong +1 by Eva
Murder and Magic
by Randall Garrett, Robert Adragna ยท published 1973 ยท added on 2020-08-13Alternate reality fantasy mystery, Lord Darcy series
Mutineers’ Moon
by David Weber ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Nevermoor
by Jessica Townsend, Jim Madsen ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Nexus
by Ramez Naam ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-12
Nice Dragons Finish Last
by Rachel Aaron ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Night of the Jabberwock
by Fredric Brown ยท published 1950 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
by R.A. Lafferty ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2016-05-18
No Haven for the Guilty
by Simon R. Green ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2021-02-17
Off to Be the Wizard
by Scott Meyer ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-03
On Stranger Tides
by Tim Powers ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2020-08-13Pirates. Historically sufficiently accurate, still over-the-top pirate fun.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcรญa Mรกrquez ยท published 1967 ยท added on 2019-04-02Gotta start somewhere
Only Forward
by Michael Marshall Smith ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-10-25Historical fiction, time travel from 1944 to 1744, Scotland. Romance.
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Pandora’s Star
by Peter F. Hamilton ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2018-03-07
Paternus: Rise of Gods
by Dyrk Ashton ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-21
Pilgrimage
by Zenna Henderson ยท published 1961 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Planetfall
by Emma Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09Scifi, first settlers on a new planet. More than it seems. Rae liked it.
Point of Hopes
by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Prador Moon
by Neal Asher ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Pride and Prometheus
by John Kessel ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-02-04
Prince of Fools
by Mark Lawrence ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-04-04Mark Lawrence is reliably good entertainment
Promise of Blood
by Brian McClellan ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Radiomen
by Eleanor Lerman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Railsea
by China Miรฉville ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-05-01Still haven’t read all of Miรฉville
Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-03-31I may need to revisit the first part: I’m not sure if I liked it a fair amount, or if I don’t want to come near it again
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2018-03-13
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Rosewater
by Tade Thompson ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Sea of Rust
by C. Robert Cargill ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-08Second place in “Novel Featuring an AI Character” in 2019 /r/fantasy bingo.
Shadow Over Avalon
by C.N. Lesley ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
by Elizabeth Moon ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Ship Breaker
by Paolo Bacigalupi ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
by Liam Perrin ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-01-23short and delightful
Sister Emily’s Lightship and Other Stories
by Jane Yolen ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Sisyphean
by Dempow Torishima ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-07-04Topped the 2019 /r/fantasy bingo in “A SFF Novel Featuring a Character With a Disability”
Snowspelled
by Stephanie Burgis ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-11just for fun, fantasy romance with magic and a mix of regency romance and frozen
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-10-02Urban fantasy, Dresden Files in London.
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Spin State
by Chris Moriarty ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Star Maker
by Olaf Stapledon ยท published 1937 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Strange Practice
by Vivian Shaw ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-04Dr Greta Helsing, Andy liked it
Street Freaks
by Terry Brooks ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-06-19
Sufficiently Advanced Magic
by Andrew Rowe ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Sundiver
by David Brin ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Swords and Deviltry
by Fritz Leiber ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-09-21
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Black Coast
by Mike Brooks ยท published 2021 ยท added on 2022-02-18
The Black Company
by Glen Cook ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Black Opera
by Mary Gentle ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-07-26Naples, 1835, and the Church and produce miracles on-demand. Ignoring goodreads reviews in favour of
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2016-10-05
The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-10-12Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Darkness That Comes Before
by R. Scott Bakker ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham ยท published 1951 ยท added on 2019-01-17Also mentioned in Among Others. Dark & classic. Liked by Kathy and Tim.
The Devil You Know
by Mike Carey ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2020-07-26For when I’m in the mood of standard-fare Urban Fantasy again. Freelance exorcist in London, cf
The Dragon’s Path
by Daniel Abraham ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-07-26Supersedes my previous reading list entry for Long Price Quartet because I listened to people talk about it. Thank you, book discord. This one sounded better, as per, ff.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-02-17
The Fortunate Fall
by Raphael Carter ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2016-07-24Reporter with virtual reality broadcast brain implant. Kathy and Rae liked it.
The Girl With All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2017-08-16Nontrad zombie book.
The Gods of Men
by Barbara Kloss ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-10Sounds like tropes, but apparently transcends them. Fantasy
The Golden Age
by John C. Wright ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
The Hero of Ages
by Brandon Sanderson ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-07-15Mistborn is not nearly as good as his newer stuff, but a nice diversion
The High Crusade
by Poul Anderson ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2020-06-24Historical fiction. “history and research while exploring museums, monasteries and libraries in Istanbul and Cold War Eastern Europe” via
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by T.J. Klune ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-08-13Heart-warming fantasy
The House with Chicken Legs
by Sophie Anderson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-15
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2016-05-19
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2018-02-19
The Invisible Library
by Genevieve Cogman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09It says library. Alternate realities, dangerous books. YA-ish and funny.
The Last Dragonlord
by Joanne Bertin ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2018-09-28
The Lives of Tao
by Wesley Chu ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-26Historical fiction in 6th-century Scotland, Arthur-flavoured.
The Madness Season
by C.S. Friedman ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2016-05-11Dystopian vampire sci-fi.
The Magic of Recluce
by L.E. Modesitt Jr. ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-05-05The Magicians was partly good, partly depressing โ if the good parts continue, it should be fun (otherwise I’ll drop the series).
The Magicians’ Guild
by Trudi Canavan ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2016-05-03
The Magus
by John Fowles ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Many-Coloured Land
by Julian May ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2018-10-05One-direction time travel back to the Pliocene.
The Misenchanted Sword
by Lawrence Watt-Evans ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-06-22Via David, solid good quality, no more/no less.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein ยท published 1966 ยท added on 2018-03-13I really enjoyed Have Space SuitโWill Travel, and I hope that this more well-known Heinlein book will be similarly good. (Better? More adult? We’ll see โฆ)
The Mote in God’s Eye
by Larry Niven ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-03-19
The Ninth Rain
by Jen Williams ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-11-03Fantasy, epic, “very good Wellsian concept of creepy alien invasion, older lesbian heroine, moral complexity, well written”.
The Novice
by Taran Matharu ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-21
The Only Harmless Great Thing
by Brooke Bolander ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-22nebula, whimsical history patterning
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Prince of Cats
by Daniel E. Olesen ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-28Middle East fantasy
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-03-09time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Red Knight
by Miles Cameron ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2017-11-15
The Ruin of Angels
by Max Gladstone ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2022-02-03Currently last Craft book
The Shadow of What Was Lost
by James Islington ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Straight Razor Cure
by Daniel Polansky ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Swarm
by Frank Schรคtzing ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-12-01
The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White ยท published 1938 ยท added on 2018-09-25
The Tethered Mage
by Melissa Caruso ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-11-15David, I think? Fantasy, magical armies.
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
by Emily Croy Barker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Thousand Names
by Django Wexler ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Unspoken Name
by A.K. Larkwood ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-03-26Recommended by Nerds of a Feather as queer grimdark.
The Vagrant
by Peter Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-04
The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-01-03Recommended by Jo Walton as rich, strange SF.
The Whitefire Crossing
by Courtney Schafer ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Winds of Khalakovo
by Bradley P. Beaulieu ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2022-02-03Russian novel in fantasy form.
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
by Bernard Cornwell ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2018-09-19+1 from Eva
The Wonder Engine
by T. Kingfisher ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2020-01-26The first part was my first T. Kingfisher book, and I want more
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
by Michael Chabon ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2017-02-01
They Mostly Come Out at Night
by Benedict Patrick ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-21Hyped on /r/fantasy
This Star Shall Abide
by Sylvia Engdahl ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Titan
by John Varley ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2018-11-01Alien aliens with Powers.
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake ยท published 1946 ยท added on 2018-07-24Used as an example of both beautiful prose and overly descriptive blah.
Troy
by David Gemmell, Stella Gemmell ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2022-03-16
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
by Bradley P. Beaulieu ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Unconquerable Sun
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Updraft
by Fran Wilde ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Wake of Vultures
by Lila Bowen ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2016-06-08
War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Watership Down
by Richard Adams ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2018-09-30
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
by Dennis E. Taylor ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Wild Magic
by Tamora Pierce ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2016-10-05
Winter Tide
by Ruthanna Emrys ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-04Rae and David and Jo Walton like it a LOT, must be good. Fantasy horror-ish?
Witch World
by Andre Norton ยท published 1963 ยท added on 2019-03-09
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-12-01time travel equality/representation classic
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-03-19
ะะพะผ, ะฒ ะบะพัะพัะพะผ…
by Mariam Petrosyan, Yuri Machkasov ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
ะะฐััะตั ะธ ะะฐัะณะฐัะธัะฐ
by Mikhail Bulgakov, Michail Bulgakow, Thomas Reschke ยท published 1967 ยท added on 2021-10-31German books
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Defying Hitler
by Sebastian Haffner ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2018-08-19
Jeder stirbt fรผr sich allein
by Hans Fallada ยท published 1947 ยท added on 2018-07-24
The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth ยท published 1932 ยท added on 2015-04-08
The Wandering Jew
by Stefan Heym ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Unser Herr Bรถckelmann
by Walter Kempowski, Roswitha Quadflieg ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Wider den Gehorsam
by Arno Gruen ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-10-22nonfiction.
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A Burnable Book
by Bruce Holsinger ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-11-02Via The Light Ages: For an atmospheric novelistic portrayal of the medieval city, authored by an academic historian, try Bruce Holsinger, A Burnable Book (London, 2014).
A Morbid Taste for Bones
by John Escott, Ellis Peters ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31
An Oblique Approach (Belisarius, #1)
by David Drake, Eric Flint ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2020-08-13Belisarius vs alien-superpowered India
Beyond Sanctuary (Beyond Series, #1)
by Janet E. Morris ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Brat Farrar
by Josephine Tey ยท published 1949 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Catherine the Great
by Robert K. Massie ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Crooked
by Austin Grossman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2020-06-24Nixon as president fighting in the shadows against magic, via the Oddly Specific Fantasy Recommendation Summer
Daughter of the Forest
by Juliet Marillier ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Deathless
by Catherynne M. Valente ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-07-23Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
From Unseen Fire
by Cass Morris ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gay New York
by George Chauncey ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Heart of Iron
by Ekaterina Sedia ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-08-13Russian steampunk-ish
How to Be a Victorian
by Ruth Goodman ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2016-05-11
Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-21
Interview with the Vampire
by Anne Rice ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-10-12
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontรซ ยท published 1847 ยท added on 2015-04-17
Jeder stirbt fรผr sich allein
by Hans Fallada ยท published 1947 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
by John Crowley ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-04
Kindred
by Rebecca Wragg Sykes ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-02-17Western for people who like Fantasy, as per
Master and Commander
by Patrick O'Brian ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Mirror Mirror
by Gregory Maguire ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-08-13Snowwhite with Lucrezia Borgia as evil queen
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2016-05-19
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcรญa Mรกrquez ยท published 1967 ยท added on 2019-04-02Gotta start somewhere
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-10-25Historical fiction, time travel from 1944 to 1744, Scotland. Romance.
Point of Hopes
by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Pride and Prometheus
by John Kessel ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-02-04
SPQR
by Mary Beard ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Shadow Over Avalon
by C.N. Lesley ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Shลgun
by James Clavell ยท published 1946 ยท added on 2018-08-27
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco, Guido Waldman ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2020-06-24Short, historical fiction, poetic. 1860s in France. via
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
by Liam Perrin ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-01-23short and delightful
Snowspelled
by Stephanie Burgis ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-11just for fun, fantasy romance with magic and a mix of regency romance and frozen
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Black Opera
by Mary Gentle ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-07-26Naples, 1835, and the Church and produce miracles on-demand. Ignoring goodreads reviews in favour of
The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-10-12Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
by Peter Heather ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Fifth Servant
by K.J.A. Wishnia ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-02-17
The First Man in Rome
by Colleen McCullough ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2020-06-30Historical fiction of Sulla, and Caesar’s granddad, and others. Details, strong characters. via
The Formation of a Persecuting Society
by R.I. Moore ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Gay Book of Days
by Martin Greif ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2019-11-21Delightful nonfiction. Well, mostly.
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald ยท published 1925 ยท added on 2015-04-17
The High Crusade
by Poul Anderson ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2020-06-24Historical fiction. “history and research while exploring museums, monasteries and libraries in Istanbul and Cold War Eastern Europe” via
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2018-10-06Nonfiction, history.
The Inheritance of Rome
by Chris Wickham ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31See also from the same author: “Medieval Europe”, from the bibliography of “The Light Ages”
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2016-05-19
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault ยท published 1956 ยท added on 2020-08-13Queer historical fantasy, in Olympic Greece.
The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-26Historical fiction in 6th-century Scotland, Arthur-flavoured.
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-03-19
The Only Harmless Great Thing
by Brooke Bolander ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-22nebula, whimsical history patterning
The Overstory
by Richard Powers ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-02-04Should/would/could read some Richard Powers
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Poppy War
by R.F. Kuang ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-03-09time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth ยท published 1932 ยท added on 2015-04-08
The Rome That Did Not Fall
by Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Scapegoat
by Daphne du Maurier ยท published 1957 ยท added on 2019-05-05
The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White ยท published 1938 ยท added on 2018-09-25
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-05-11
The Wandering Jew
by Stefan Heym ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
by Bernard Cornwell ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2018-09-19+1 from Eva
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by Jason Fagone ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-01-07History, nonfiction.
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2015-04-17
Troy
by David Gemmell, ลฝeljko Petroviฤ ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-11-25First part was a ton of fun
Tuxedo Park
by Jennet Conant ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Wake of Vultures
by Lila Bowen ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Wildauge
by Katja Kettu ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2019-01-25Strong rec from Benthor
Winter Tide
by Ruthanna Emrys ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-04Rae and David and Jo Walton like it a LOT, must be good. Fantasy horror-ish?
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Young Stalin
by Simon Sebag Montefiore ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31
ะะฐััะตั ะธ ะะฐัะณะฐัะธัะฐ
by Mikhail Bulgakov, Michail Bulgakow, Thomas Reschke ยท published 1967 ยท added on 2021-10-31History
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr. ยท published 1959 ยท added on 2018-09-25On this list since 2018, seconded by joXn
A History of Future Cities
by Daniel Brook ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
A Medieval Life
by Judith M. Bennett ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-10-31From the bibliography of Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
A Short History of England
by G.K. Chesterton ยท published 1917 ยท added on 2021-01-11popular history, people history. make people understand where we come from others did it badly, then so can i! not a good history of england, but an okay rant by a good writer, or a good rant by an okay writer.
Alif the Unseen
by G. Willow Wilson ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Arzt in den Hรถllen
by Fritz Lettow ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Atomic Accidents
by James Mahaffey ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-11-15Nonfiction. David: ‘There’s also the chapter with the very reassuring title “The Military Almost Never Lost a Nuclear Weapon”’
Britain after Rome
by Robin Fleming ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-12-11
Carrying the Fire
by Michael Collins ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, space variety: Michael Collins autobiography
Catherine the Great
by Robert K. Massie ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Consider the Fork
by Bee Wilson ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-09-30Nonfiction, history
Defying Hitler
by Sebastian Haffner ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2018-08-19
Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism
by Peter Marshall ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Energy and Civilization: A History
by Vaclav Smil ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-07
Gay New York
by George Chauncey ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Growing Old in the Middle Ages
by Shulamith Shahar ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2021-10-31
How Buildings Learn
by Stewart Brand ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Be a Victorian
by Ruth Goodman ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2016-05-11
Jeder stirbt fรผr sich allein
by Hans Fallada ยท published 1947 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Kindred
by Rebecca Wragg Sykes ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Medieval Economic Thought (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)
by Diana Wood ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Medieval Robots
by E.R. Truitt ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31via the bibliography of The Light Ages
Medieval Technology and Social Change
by Lynn Townsend White Jr. ยท published 1962 ยท added on 2021-10-31Mentioned in the bibliography of Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel, and cited a lot.
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford ยท published 1922 ยท added on 2020-02-04Via Stacking the Bricks. Nonfiction.
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
by Svante Pรครคbo ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
by Barbara Demick ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2016-05-19
On Anarchism
by Noam Chomsky ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2017-11-20
On Historical Distance
by Mark Salber Phillips ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2017-02-01
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2020-01-02It’s more like a chore to read, despite people seemingly actually liking it. Nonfiction.
Radiomen
by Eleanor Lerman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-03
SPQR
by Mary Beard ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Silencing the Past
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-03-08Mentioned in Intelligence. Nonfiction.
Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages
by Christopher Dyer ยท published 1989 ยท added on 2021-10-31noted in the bibliography of Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2020-03-08Recommended by visa (thread). Nonfiction.
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu ยท published -500 ยท added on 2018-08-13
The Book of Memory
by Mary Carruthers, Patrick Boyde, Alastair J. Minnis ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2021-11-02By way of The Light Ages (bibliography)
The Box
by Marc Levinson ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2020-06-14Nonfiction about global logistics, via ribbonfarm
The Bright Ages
by Matthew Gabriele, David Perry ยท published 2021 ยท added on 2022-02-03Recommended by everybody and their dog. ACOUP had some caveats.
The Butchering Art
by Lindsey Fitzharris ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, history: Victorian surgery, Joseph Lister, gruesome and cool.
The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
by Carlo Ginzburg ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2021-11-02Microhistory, by way of the bibliography of The Light Ages
The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Doomsday Machine
by Daniel Ellsberg ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization
by Bryan Ward-Perkins ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Fall of the Roman Empire
by Peter Heather ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Formation of a Persecuting Society
by R.I. Moore ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Gay Book of Days
by Martin Greif ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2019-11-21Delightful nonfiction. Well, mostly.
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by David W. Anthony ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2018-10-06Nonfiction, history.
The Inheritance of Rome
by Chris Wickham ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31See also from the same author: “Medieval Europe”, from the bibliography of “The Light Ages”
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
by Andrea Wulf ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-19
The Master and his Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Middle Ages
by Miri Rubin ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Rome That Did Not Fall
by Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Shock of the Old
by David Edgerton ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2018-08-26
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
by Bernard Cornwell ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2018-09-19+1 from Eva
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by Jason Fagone ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-01-07History, nonfiction.
The World of Late Antiquity 150-750
by Peter R.L. Brown ยท published 1971 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Tuxedo Park
by Jennet Conant ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Without You, There Is No Us
by Suki Kim ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Young Stalin
by Simon Sebag Montefiore ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31Kids' Books
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Arrows of the Queen
by Mercedes Lackey ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
George
by Alex Gino ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2016-05-11
Homeland
by R.A. Salvatore ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Lord Foul’s Bane
by Stephen R. Donaldson ยท published 1977 ยท added on 2018-09-22
Nevermoor
by Jessica Townsend, Jim Madsen ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Promise of Blood
by Brian McClellan ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
by Liam Perrin ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-01-23short and delightful
The Black Company
by Glen Cook ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2016-10-05
The House with Chicken Legs
by Sophie Anderson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-15
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2016-05-19
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-05-05The Magicians was partly good, partly depressing โ if the good parts continue, it should be fun (otherwise I’ll drop the series).
The Magicians’ Guild
by Trudi Canavan ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2016-05-03
The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White ยท published 1938 ยท added on 2018-09-25
This Star Shall Abide
by Sylvia Engdahl ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Watership Down
by Richard Adams ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2018-09-30
Wild Magic
by Tamora Pierce ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2016-10-05
Wolf Brother
by Michelle Paver ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Books about language
Show all 3 books
Ad Infinitum
by Nicholas Ostler ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction: history of the Latin language, extremely well-informed.
Clear and Simple as the Truth
by Francis-Noel Thomas ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2019-11-15David. Nonfiction.
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by David W. Anthony ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31Mysteries
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A Morbid Taste for Bones
by John Escott, Ellis Peters ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Blackout
by Marc Elsberg ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-02-13
Brat Farrar
by Josephine Tey ยท published 1949 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2016-06-05
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Europe in Autumn
by Dave Hutchinson ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-11-02Scifi spy thriller.
Fated
by Benedict Jacka ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-10-07Alex Verus. Urban Fantasy, running a magic shop in London. Generic but not bad.
House of Suns
by Alastair Reynolds ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2018-09-06
Jhereg
by Steven Brust ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
by Robin Sloan ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-03-19Strong +1 by Eva
Murder and Magic
by Randall Garrett, Robert Adragna ยท published 1973 ยท added on 2020-08-13Alternate reality fantasy mystery, Lord Darcy series
Mycroft Holmes and the Adventure of the Desert Wind
by Janina Woods ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2017-11-15Big +1 from Rae
Nevermoor
by Jessica Townsend, Jim Madsen ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Night of the Jabberwock
by Fredric Brown ยท published 1950 ยท added on 2018-09-12
No Haven for the Guilty
by Simon R. Green ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2021-02-17
Only Forward
by Michael Marshall Smith ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Planetfall
by Emma Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09Scifi, first settlers on a new planet. More than it seems. Rae liked it.
Planetside
by Michael Mammay ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-07
Point of Hopes
by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-10-02Urban fantasy, Dresden Files in London.
Spin State
by Chris Moriarty ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Strange Practice
by Vivian Shaw ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-04Dr Greta Helsing, Andy liked it
Sundiver
by David Brin ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Fifth Servant
by K.J.A. Wishnia ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Gone World
by Tom Sweterlitsch ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2020-06-24Historical fiction. “history and research while exploring museums, monasteries and libraries in Istanbul and Cold War Eastern Europe” via
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2016-05-19
The Invisible Library
by Genevieve Cogman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09It says library. Alternate realities, dangerous books. YA-ish and funny.
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Magus
by John Fowles ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-03-09time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Scapegoat
by Daphne du Maurier ยท published 1957 ยท added on 2019-05-05
The Straight Razor Cure
by Daniel Polansky ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Swarm
by Frank Schรคtzing ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-12-01
The Tethered Mage
by Melissa Caruso ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-11-15David, I think? Fantasy, magical armies.
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
by Michael Chabon ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2017-02-01Myths and Legends
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Daughter of the Forest
by Juliet Marillier ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Deathless
by Catherynne M. Valente ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-07-23Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
From Unseen Fire
by Cass Morris ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
by John Crowley ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-04
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
by Christina Henry ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Paternus: Rise of Gods
by Dyrk Ashton ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-21
Shadow Over Avalon
by C.N. Lesley ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of Less Valued Knights
by Liam Perrin ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-01-23short and delightful
Sister Emily’s Lightship and Other Stories
by Jane Yolen ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-10-12Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Golem and the Jinni
by Helene Wecker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
The House with Chicken Legs
by Sophie Anderson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-15
The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-26Historical fiction in 6th-century Scotland, Arthur-flavoured.
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Sword in the Stone
by T.H. White ยท published 1938 ยท added on 2018-09-25
The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur
by Bernard Cornwell ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2018-09-19+1 from Eva
They Mostly Come Out at Night
by Benedict Patrick ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-21Hyped on /r/fantasy
Troy
by David Gemmell, ลฝeljko Petroviฤ ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-11-25First part was a ton of fun
Nonfiction
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7 Basic Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey, Jim Collins ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2021-03-21Recommended in “Turn this ship around”.
A Medieval Life
by Judith M. Bennett ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-10-31From the bibliography of Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel
A Short History of England
by G.K. Chesterton ยท published 1917 ยท added on 2021-01-11popular history, people history. make people understand where we come from others did it badly, then so can i! not a good history of england, but an okay rant by a good writer, or a good rant by an okay writer.
Ad Infinitum
by Nicholas Ostler ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction: history of the Latin language, extremely well-informed.
Anarchy in Action
by Colin Ward ยท published 1973 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Britain after Rome
by Robin Fleming ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-12-11
Carrying the Fire
by Michael Collins ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, space variety: Michael Collins autobiography
Conflict Is Not Abuse
by Sarah Schulman ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2020-08-13I’ve been actively avoiding this book for months, might as well add it to the list.
Designing Visual Interfaces
by Kevin E. Mullet, Darrell Sano ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2020-08-13
Eat and Run
by Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Energy and Civilization: A History
by Vaclav Smil ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-07
Exuberant Animal
by Frank Forencich ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-01-28Recommended by multiple Davids. Currently only available from the US, check occasionally.
Games People Play
by Eric Berne ยท published 1964 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, psychology
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
by Elinor Ostrom ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-06-10
Growing Old in the Middle Ages
by Shulamith Shahar ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, space history
How to Cheat at Everything
by Simon Lovell ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less
by Nicholas Boothman ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Talk to Anyone
by Leil Lowndes ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-02-17
Kindred
by Rebecca Wragg Sykes ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Lateral Thinking
by Edward de Bono ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction
Loving What Is
by Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, reflection, personal development
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
by Svante Pรครคbo ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-28
On Anarchism
by Noam Chomsky ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Play Unsafe
by Graham Walmsley ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-02-17Via book discord. Currently only (at reasonable prices) as US import paperback, check back later.
Ritual and its Consequences
by Adam B. Seligman, Robert P. Weller, Michael Puett ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction. Recommendation by David and joXn.
Rules for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky ยท published 1969 ยท added on 2020-08-13“the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.”
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-03-08Mentioned in Intelligence. Nonfiction.
Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2020-03-08Recommended by visa (thread). Nonfiction.
Talking about Machines
by Julian E. Orr ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel A. van der Kolk ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction: Trauma, embodiment.
The Butchering Art
by Lindsey Fitzharris ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, history: Victorian surgery, Joseph Lister, gruesome and cool.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2020-08-15Nonfiction. Recommended in stead of The Right Stuff by danohu in Book Discord, who offered to lend me a copy.
The Guru Papers
by Joel Kramer, Diana Alstad ยท published 1993 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction.
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
by Andrea Wulf ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-19
The Master and his Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Middle Ages
by Miri Rubin ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Reflective Practitioner
by Donald A. Schรถn ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, personal development
The Righteous Mind
by Jonathan Haidt ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-08-13More nonfiction: how to deal with conflict
The Strategy of Conflict
by Thomas C. Schelling ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2020-06-06David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Tao of fully feeling
by Pete Walker ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, feelings
Thinking in Jazz
by Paul F. Berliner ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2015-04-17
Unauthorised Access
by Wil Allsopp, Kevin D. Mitnick ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2020-05-24My first Murakami.
parallel-worlds
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Murder and Magic
by Randall Garrett, Robert Adragna ยท published 1973 ยท added on 2020-08-13Alternate reality fantasy mystery, Lord Darcy series
Personal Development
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7 Basic Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey, Jim Collins ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2021-03-21Recommended in “Turn this ship around”.
7 Powers
by Hamilton Wright Helmer ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Beyond Sanctuary (Beyond Series, #1)
by Janet E. Morris ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Clear and Simple as the Truth
by Francis-Noel Thomas ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2019-11-15David. Nonfiction.
Conflict Is Not Abuse
by Sarah Schulman ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2020-08-13I’ve been actively avoiding this book for months, might as well add it to the list.
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by Geoffrey A. Moore ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-08-13
Exuberant Animal
by Frank Forencich ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-01-28Recommended by multiple Davids. Currently only available from the US, check occasionally.
How to Be an Adult in Relationships
by David Richo ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less
by Nicholas Boothman ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Talk to Anyone
by Leil Lowndes ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2021-02-17
Impro
by Keith Johnstone, Irving Wardle ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In an Unspoken Voice
by Peter A. Levine, Gabor Matรฉ ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Lateral Thinking
by Edward de Bono ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction
Loving What Is
by Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, reflection, personal development
My Life And Work
by Henry Ford ยท published 1922 ยท added on 2020-02-04Via Stacking the Bricks. Nonfiction.
Practising The Power Of Now, Stillness Speaks and The Power of Now 3 Eckhart Tolle Books Collection Box set
by Eckhart Tolle ยท added on 2021-10-31
Resilient. How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
by Rick Hanson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Rules for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky ยท published 1969 ยท added on 2020-08-13“the difference between being a realistic radical and being a rhetorical one.”
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by Matthew B. Crawford ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The 7 Secrets of the Prolific
by Hillary Rettig ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-06-07The jml notes sounded interesting enough that I want to at least skim the book for helpful takes. Nonfiction.
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu ยท published -500 ยท added on 2018-08-13
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel A. van der Kolk ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction: Trauma, embodiment.
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Luck Factor
by Richard Wiseman ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2016-05-18
The Safety Anarchist
by Sidney Dekker ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-03-20
The Tyranny Of Structurelessness
by Jo Freeman ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2019-11-15Not sure, thought it came via book Discord. Nonfiction.
Unf*ck Your Habitat
by Rachel Hoffman ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-06-07Via David, seconded by Lisa, also discussed in book Discord. Nonfiction.
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2021-10-31Philosophy
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Anarchy in Action
by Colin Ward ยท published 1973 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Clear and Simple as the Truth
by Francis-Noel Thomas ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2019-11-15David. Nonfiction.
Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism
by Peter Marshall ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Experiences of Depression
by Matthew Ratcliffe ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
by Elinor Ostrom ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-06-10
Gลos Pana
by Stanisลaw Lem, Roswitha Buschmann ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2021-10-31
His Master’s Voice
by Stanisลaw Lem, Michael Kandel ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2020-06-07Recommendation by @allamaraine in book Discord.
On Anarchism
by Noam Chomsky ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2017-11-20
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2017-02-01
Resilient. How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
by Rick Hanson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by Matthew B. Crawford ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Silencing the Past
by Michel-Rolph Trouillot ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-03-08Mentioned in Intelligence. Nonfiction.
Star Maker
by Olaf Stapledon ยท published 1937 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu ยท published -500 ยท added on 2018-08-13
The Darkness That Comes Before
by R. Scott Bakker ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Golden Age
by John C. Wright ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Luck Factor
by Richard Wiseman ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Master and his Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by Roger Williams ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution
by Cailin O'Connor ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2020-02-18Nonfiction. Recommended by David: “I’ve previously not-really-joked that you can’t understand gender until you’ve read Thomas Schelling’s book about the game theory of nuclear war, “The Strategy of Conflict”. That joke is now deprecated in favour of a recommendation to read this book.”
The Strategy of Conflict
by Thomas C. Schelling ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2020-06-06David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-03-20
The Tyranny Of Structurelessness
by Jo Freeman ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2019-11-15Not sure, thought it came via book Discord. Nonfiction.
Voices: The Educational Formation Of Conscience
by Thomas F. Green ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2020-05-25Recommended by Lisa and David, “if you’re interested in the question of how people learn morality at a practical level”. Nonfiction.
Wider den Gehorsam
by Arno Gruen ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-10-22nonfiction.
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ๅคช้ฝใจ้ [Taiyล to tetsu]
by Yukio Mishima, John Bester ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2021-10-31Poetry
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Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31Psychology
Show all 26 books
Conflict Is Not Abuse
by Sarah Schulman ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2020-08-13I’ve been actively avoiding this book for months, might as well add it to the list.
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by Geoffrey A. Moore ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-08-13
Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Experiences of Depression
by Matthew Ratcliffe ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Games People Play
by Eric Berne ยท published 1964 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction, psychology
How to Be an Adult in Relationships
by David Richo ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Impro
by Keith Johnstone, Irving Wardle ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In an Unspoken Voice
by Peter A. Levine, Gabor Matรฉ ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Resilient. How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
by Rick Hanson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Ritual and its Consequences
by Adam B. Seligman, Robert P. Weller, Michael Puett ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction. Recommendation by David and joXn.
Shop Class as Soulcraft
by Matthew B. Crawford ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-03-08Mentioned in Intelligence. Nonfiction.
The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel A. van der Kolk ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction: Trauma, embodiment.
The Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Guru Papers
by Joel Kramer, Diana Alstad ยท published 1993 ยท added on 2020-08-13Nonfiction.
The Luck Factor
by Richard Wiseman ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2016-05-18
The Master and his Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Strategy of Conflict
by Thomas C. Schelling ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2020-06-06David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
by Mark Manson ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-03-20
Things That Make Us Smart
by Donald A. Norman ยท published 1993 ยท added on 2019-10-06via Vicky who was very very into it. Nonfiction.
Unf*ck Your Habitat
by Rachel Hoffman ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-06-07Via David, seconded by Lisa, also discussed in book Discord. Nonfiction.
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Wider den Gehorsam
by Arno Gruen ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-10-22nonfiction.
queer
Show all 31 books
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
by Alex White ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Look at the title.
A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2)
by Freya Marske ยท published 2022 ยท added on 2021-12-31first part was good comfort food
Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures
by Elly Blue ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-01-27
Black Wolves
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-15
City of Strife
by Claudie Arseneault ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-28
From Under the Mountain
by C.M. Spivey ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gay New York
by George Chauncey ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
George
by Alex Gino ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2016-05-11
Inda
by Sherwood Smith ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Planetfall
by Emma Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09Scifi, first settlers on a new planet. More than it seems. Rae liked it.
Point of Hopes
by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-03-31I may need to revisit the first part: I’m not sure if I liked it a fair amount, or if I don’t want to come near it again
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-07-04Topped the 2019 /r/fantasy bingo in “A SFF Novel Featuring a Character With a Disability”
Sufficiently Advanced Magic
by Andrew Rowe ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Fortunate Fall
by Raphael Carter ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2016-07-24Reporter with virtual reality broadcast brain implant. Kathy and Rae liked it.
The Gay Book of Days
by Martin Greif ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2019-11-21Delightful nonfiction. Well, mostly.
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault ยท published 1956 ยท added on 2020-08-13Queer historical fantasy, in Olympic Greece.
The Ninth Rain
by Jen Williams ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-11-03Fantasy, epic, “very good Wellsian concept of creepy alien invasion, older lesbian heroine, moral complexity, well written”.
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-03-09time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Thousand Names
by Django Wexler ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Unspoken Name
by A.K. Larkwood ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-03-26Recommended by Nerds of a Feather as queer grimdark.
The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-01-03Recommended by Jo Walton as rich, strange SF.
The Whitefire Crossing
by Courtney Schafer ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Titan
by John Varley ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2018-11-01Alien aliens with Powers.
Unconquerable Sun
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Wake of Vultures
by Lila Bowen ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2020-06-07Love, desire, tragic romance with a gender twist. via Lisa
romance
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An Alien Heat
by Michael Moorcock ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2020-07-05Far-future dandies, “soft sf with a vengeance”, tribute to fin de siecle/Oscar Wildes. jml’s favourite. via Lisa
Carry On
by Rainbow Rowell ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-02-17
Daggerspell
by Katharine Kerr ยท published 1986 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
by Laini Taylor ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Daughter of the Forest
by Juliet Marillier ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Deathless
by Catherynne M. Valente ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-07-23Russian fantasy. Stalinist house elves, magical quests, secrecy and bureaucracy, and games of lust and power.
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Empire of Sand
by Tasha Suri ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Multiple recs. Indian-flavoured fantasy. Magical heroine whose strength is in compassion.
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-15
From Unseen Fire
by Cass Morris ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontรซ ยท published 1847 ยท added on 2015-04-17
Kushiel’s Dart
by Jacqueline Carey ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Nice Dragons Finish Last
by Rachel Aaron ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-10-25Historical fiction, time travel from 1944 to 1744, Scotland. Romance.
Point of Hopes
by Melissa Scott, Lisa A. Barnett ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Pride and Prometheus
by John Kessel ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-02-04
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco, Guido Waldman ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2020-06-24Short, historical fiction, poetic. 1860s in France. via
Six of Crows
by Leigh Bardugo ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-07-04Topped the 2019 /r/fantasy bingo in “A SFF Novel Featuring a Character With a Disability”
Snowspelled
by Stephanie Burgis ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-11just for fun, fantasy romance with magic and a mix of regency romance and frozen
Spin State
by Chris Moriarty ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2016-10-05
The Gods of Men
by Barbara Kloss ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-10Sounds like tropes, but apparently transcends them. Fantasy
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald ยท published 1925 ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Last Dragonlord
by Joanne Bertin ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2018-09-28
The Last of the Wine
by Mary Renault ยท published 1956 ยท added on 2020-08-13Queer historical fantasy, in Olympic Greece.
The Lost Queen
by Signe Pike ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-26Historical fiction in 6th-century Scotland, Arthur-flavoured.
The Magicians’ Guild
by Trudi Canavan ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2016-05-03
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-03-19
The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Tethered Mage
by Melissa Caruso ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-11-15David, I think? Fantasy, magical armies.
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
by Emily Croy Barker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Wonder Engine
by T. Kingfisher ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2020-01-26The first part was my first T. Kingfisher book, and I want more
War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Wildauge
by Katja Kettu ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2019-01-25Strong rec from Benthor
Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2020-06-07Love, desire, tragic romance with a gender twist. via Lisa
Science Fiction
Show all 213 books
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
by Alex White ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Look at the title.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr. ยท published 1959 ยท added on 2018-09-25On this list since 2018, seconded by joXn
A Crucible of Souls
by Mitchell Hogan ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-10-09Generic but possibly good coming-of-age learning-the-arts epic fantasy.
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2019-03-03I’m overdue, but it’s so long, and I haven’t been in the mood for serious thought
A Planet for Rent
by Yoss, David Frye ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2022-02-18
A Soldier’s Duty
by Jean Johnson ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2022-02-22competence porn, written by a soldier
A Time of Dread
by John Gwynne ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-04-03Very good fantasy, say people with good taste.
A Woman of the Iron People
by Eleanor Arnason ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Alif the Unseen
by G. Willow Wilson ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Altered Carbon
by Richard K. Morgan ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Always Coming Home
by Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
An Alien Heat
by Michael Moorcock ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2020-07-05Far-future dandies, “soft sf with a vengeance”, tribute to fin de siecle/Oscar Wildes. jml’s favourite. via Lisa
Archivist Wasp
by Nicole Kornher-Stace ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-27
Ariel
by Steven R. Boyett ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2018-09-10
Arrows of the Queen
by Mercedes Lackey ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Beyond Sanctuary (Beyond Series, #1)
by Janet E. Morris ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Biketopia: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories in Extreme Futures
by Elly Blue ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-01-27
Black Wolves
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Blackout
by Marc Elsberg ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-02-13
Bridge of Birds
by Barry Hughart ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2018-08-28
City of Strife
by Claudie Arseneault ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2016-06-05
Crooked
by Austin Grossman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2020-06-24Nixon as president fighting in the shadows against magic, via the Oddly Specific Fantasy Recommendation Summer
Daggerspell
by Katharine Kerr ยท published 1986 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Dark Eden
by Chris Beckett ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2019-02-07sounded like a lot of scifi fun
Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Dauntless
by Jack Campbell ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-10-22Mil sci-fi. Revived/thawed old hero.
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
by Temi Oh ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2020-08-13“best scifi I’ve read in ages”, via
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Dragonsbane
by Barbara Hambly ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre ยท published 1978 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Dying Inside
by Robert Silverberg ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Echopraxia
by Peter Watts ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-01-14Benthor. Doubling down on the vampire from Blindsight, horrifying thought. Need to re-visit Blindsight first.
Embers of War
by Gareth L. Powell ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-02-04sentient ships
Emissaries from the Dead
by Adam-Troy Castro ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2020-07-26Sci-fi mystery with more sci-fi than mystery, via
Empire of Sand
by Tasha Suri ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-04Multiple recs. Indian-flavoured fantasy. Magical heroine whose strength is in compassion.
Eon
by Greg Bear ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Europe in Autumn
by Dave Hutchinson ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-11-02Scifi spy thriller.
Fated
by Benedict Jacka ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-10-07Alex Verus. Urban Fantasy, running a magic shop in London. Generic but not bad.
Five-Twelfths of Heaven
by Melissa Scott ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2022-02-03Wanted to see what Scott’s writing is like in sci-fi
From Under the Mountain
by C.M. Spivey ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-28
From Unseen Fire
by Cass Morris ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl ยท published 1977 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Gemsigns
by Stephanie Saulter ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2019-03-09Social science fiction.
Gลos Pana
by Stanisลaw Lem, Roswitha Buschmann ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Heart of Iron
by Ekaterina Sedia ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-08-13Russian steampunk-ish
Heroes Die
by Matthew Woodring Stover ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2018-09-15
His Master’s Voice
by Stanisลaw Lem, Michael Kandel ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2020-06-07Recommendation by @allamaraine in book Discord.
Homeland
by R.A. Salvatore ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-09-15
House of Suns
by Alastair Reynolds ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2018-09-06
I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson ยท published 1954 ยท added on 2018-08-27
Inda
by Sherwood Smith ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Infomocracy
by Malka Ann Older ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-22
Ink and Bone
by Rachel Caine ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-21
Jhereg
by Steven Brust ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
by John Crowley ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-09-04
Kushiel’s Dart
by Jacqueline Carey ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Lens of the World
by R.A. MacAvoy ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Libriomancer
by Jim C. Hines ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Lord Foul’s Bane
by Stephen R. Donaldson ยท published 1977 ยท added on 2018-09-22
Master Assassins
by Robert V.S. Redick ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-05Indian-flavoured Fantasy, apparently with excellent writing.
Mechanique
by Genevieve Valentine ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Memory
by Linda Nagata ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-08-20High fantasy feeling where the magic is out of control nanobots.
Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2019-09-26Last try of being into Seanan McGuire instead of being into an idea of her
Midnight Robber
by Nalo Hopkinson ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Mission of Gravity
by Hal Clement ยท published 1954 ยท added on 2018-02-19
More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon ยท published 1953 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Mutineers’ Moon
by David Weber ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Nexus
by Ramez Naam ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-12
Nice Dragons Finish Last
by Rachel Aaron ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Night of the Jabberwock
by Fredric Brown ยท published 1950 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Nine Hundred Grandmothers
by R.A. Lafferty ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2016-05-18
Noumenon
by Marina J. Lostetter ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-07-23
Off to Be the Wizard
by Scott Meyer ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Only Forward
by Michael Marshall Smith ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Over Sea, Under Stone
by Susan Cooper ยท published 1965 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2017-02-01
Pandora’s Star
by Peter F. Hamilton ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2018-03-07
Paternus: Rise of Gods
by Dyrk Ashton ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-09-21
Pilgrimage
by Zenna Henderson ยท published 1961 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Planetfall
by Emma Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09Scifi, first settlers on a new planet. More than it seems. Rae liked it.
Planetside
by Michael Mammay ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-08-07
Prador Moon
by Neal Asher ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Pride and Prometheus
by John Kessel ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-02-04
Prime Meridian
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-03-09Protagonist has to struggle and work towards her dream in a crumbling future.
Prince of Fools
by Mark Lawrence ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-04-04Mark Lawrence is reliably good entertainment
Promise of Blood
by Brian McClellan ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Radiomen
by Eleanor Lerman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Railsea
by China Miรฉville ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-05-01Still haven’t read all of Miรฉville
Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-03-31I may need to revisit the first part: I’m not sure if I liked it a fair amount, or if I don’t want to come near it again
Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson ยท published 1992 ยท added on 2018-03-13
Remnants of Trust (Central Corps, #2)
by Elizabeth Bonesteel ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2021-12-31
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Rosewater
by Tade Thompson ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Sea of Rust
by C. Robert Cargill ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-08Second place in “Novel Featuring an AI Character” in 2019 /r/fantasy bingo.
Shadow Over Avalon
by C.N. Lesley ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
by Elizabeth Moon ยท published 1988 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Ship Breaker
by Paolo Bacigalupi ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-06-08
Sister Emily’s Lightship and Other Stories
by Jane Yolen ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Sisyphean
by Dempow Torishima ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-07-24
Slow River
by Nicola Griffith ยท published 1995 ยท added on 2020-08-13Identity implant scifi, Charlie Stross rec.
Something from the Nightside
by Simon R. Green ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-10-02Urban fantasy, Dresden Files in London.
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Spin State
by Chris Moriarty ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Star Maker
by Olaf Stapledon ยท published 1937 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Starrigger (Skyway, Book 1)
by John DeChancie ยท published 1983 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Street Freaks
by Terry Brooks ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-06-19
Sundiver
by David Brin ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-09-12
Sweet Fruit, Sour Land
by Rebecca Ley ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-12Post-apocalyptic UK, queer lead.
Swords and Deviltry
by Fritz Leiber ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-09-21
Swordspoint
by Ellen Kushner ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Synners
by Pat Cadigan ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2019-03-09Rec’d and introduced by Neil Gaiman. Cyberpunk.
The Black Company
by Glen Cook ยท published 1984 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Black Opera
by Mary Gentle ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-07-26Naples, 1835, and the Church and produce miracles on-demand. Ignoring goodreads reviews in favour of
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley ยท published 1982 ยท added on 2016-10-05
The Crystal Cave
by Mary Stewart ยท published 1970 ยท added on 2018-10-12Very Arthurian, much Saga.
The Darkness That Comes Before
by R. Scott Bakker ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2015-04-17
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham ยท published 1951 ยท added on 2019-01-17Also mentioned in Among Others. Dark & classic. Liked by Kathy and Tim.
The Dragon’s Path
by Daniel Abraham ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-07-26Supersedes my previous reading list entry for Long Price Quartet because I listened to people talk about it. Thank you, book discord. This one sounded better, as per, ff.
The Einstein Intersection
by Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman ยท published 1967 ยท added on 2020-08-13
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-02-17
The Fortunate Fall
by Raphael Carter ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2016-07-24Reporter with virtual reality broadcast brain implant. Kathy and Rae liked it.
The Fractal Prince
by Hannu Rajaniemi ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2020-08-18The Quantum Thief was amazing. I have no idea if The Fractal Prince will be similar or completely different.
The Girl With All the Gifts
by M.R. Carey ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2017-08-16Nontrad zombie book.
The Gods of Men
by Barbara Kloss ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-12-10Sounds like tropes, but apparently transcends them. Fantasy
The Golden Age
by John C. Wright ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Gone World
by Tom Sweterlitsch ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Hero of Ages
by Brandon Sanderson ยท published 2008 ยท added on 2019-07-15Mistborn is not nearly as good as his newer stuff, but a nice diversion
The High Crusade
by Poul Anderson ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Icarus Hunt
by Timothy Zahn ยท published 1999 ยท added on 2022-02-18
The Inverted World
by Christopher Priest ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2018-02-19
The Invisible Library
by Genevieve Cogman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2019-03-09It says library. Alternate realities, dangerous books. YA-ish and funny.
The Last Dragonlord
by Joanne Bertin ยท published 1998 ยท added on 2018-09-28
The Last Policeman
by Ben H. Winters ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Lives of Tao
by Wesley Chu ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-08-27
The Madness Season
by C.S. Friedman ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2016-05-11Dystopian vampire sci-fi.
The Magic of Recluce
by L.E. Modesitt Jr. ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Magician King
by Lev Grossman ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2020-05-05The Magicians was partly good, partly depressing โ if the good parts continue, it should be fun (otherwise I’ll drop the series).
The Magicians’ Guild
by Trudi Canavan ยท published 2001 ยท added on 2016-05-03
The Many-Coloured Land
by Julian May ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2018-10-05One-direction time travel back to the Pliocene.
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by Roger Williams ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein ยท published 1966 ยท added on 2018-03-13I really enjoyed Have Space SuitโWill Travel, and I hope that this more well-known Heinlein book will be similarly good. (Better? More adult? We’ll see โฆ)
The Mote in God’s Eye
by Larry Niven ยท published 1974 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Ninth Rain
by Jen Williams ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-11-03Fantasy, epic, “very good Wellsian concept of creepy alien invasion, older lesbian heroine, moral complexity, well written”.
The Only Harmless Great Thing
by Brooke Bolander ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2018-11-22nebula, whimsical history patterning
The Prince and the Program (The Mordred Saga, #1)
by Aldous Mercer ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2022-02-18
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-03-09time travel possibly done well? Never going to give up hope.
The Red Knight
by Miles Cameron ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2017-11-15
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-30
The Sculpted Ship
by K.M. O'Brien ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2022-02-22billed as competence porn
The Shadow of What Was Lost
by James Islington ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge ยท published 1980 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The Space Merchants
by Frederik Pohl, C.M. Kornbluth ยท published 1952 ยท added on 2020-08-13
The Stainless Steel Rat
by Harry Harrison ยท published 1961 ยท added on 2022-02-22Always mentioned as competence porn on /r/printSF
The Straight Razor Cure
by Daniel Polansky ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Swarm
by Frank Schรคtzing ยท published 2004 ยท added on 2016-12-01
The Tethered Mage
by Melissa Caruso ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-11-15David, I think? Fantasy, magical armies.
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic
by Emily Croy Barker ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Thousand Names
by Django Wexler ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-12
The Unspoken Name
by A.K. Larkwood ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-03-26Recommended by Nerds of a Feather as queer grimdark.
The Vagrant
by Peter Newman ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-04
The Vanished Birds
by Simon Jimenez ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2020-01-03Recommended by Jo Walton as rich, strange SF.
The Whitefire Crossing
by Courtney Schafer ยท published 2011 ยท added on 2018-09-15
The Wonder Engine
by T. Kingfisher ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2020-01-26The first part was my first T. Kingfisher book, and I want more
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
by Michael Chabon ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2017-02-01
Theory of Bastards
by Audrey Schulman ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-02-04dark-ish but well-written scifi, or so people say
This Star Shall Abide
by Sylvia Engdahl ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Titan
by John Varley ยท published 1979 ยท added on 2018-11-01Alien aliens with Powers.
Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake ยท published 1946 ยท added on 2018-07-24Used as an example of both beautiful prose and overly descriptive blah.
Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
by Bradley P. Beaulieu ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Unconquerable Sun
by Kate Elliott ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Updraft
by Fran Wilde ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Valor’s Choice
by Tanya Huff ยท published 2000 ยท added on 2022-02-22
War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull ยท published 1987 ยท added on 2018-09-12
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
by Dennis E. Taylor ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2018-08-25
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Winter Tide
by Ruthanna Emrys ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2019-02-04Rae and David and Jo Walton like it a LOT, must be good. Fantasy horror-ish?
Witch World
by Andre Norton ยท published 1963 ยท added on 2019-03-09
Woman on the Edge of Time
by Marge Piercy ยท published 1976 ยท added on 2018-12-01time travel equality/representation classic
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-03-19
Technology
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7 Powers
by Hamilton Wright Helmer ยท published 2016 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Atomic Accidents
by James Mahaffey ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2019-11-15Nonfiction. David: ‘There’s also the chapter with the very reassuring title “The Military Almost Never Lost a Nuclear Weapon”’
Consider the Fork
by Bee Wilson ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-09-30Nonfiction, history
Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
by Geoffrey A. Moore ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-08-13
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
by Martin Kleppmann ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Designing Visual Interfaces
by Kevin E. Mullet, Darrell Sano ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2020-08-13
Embers of War
by Gareth L. Powell ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2019-02-04sentient ships
Energy and Civilization: A History
by Vaclav Smil ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-07
Fluent Python
by Luciano Ramalho ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2018-08-20
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
by Elinor Ostrom ยท published 1990 ยท added on 2018-06-10
How Buildings Learn
by Stewart Brand ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-02-17
How to Make Mistakes in Python
by Mike Pirnat ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In an Unspoken Voice
by Peter A. Levine, Gabor Matรฉ ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2021-10-31
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
by Hampton Sides ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2016-05-11
Kindred
by Rebecca Wragg Sykes ยท published 2020 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Medieval Robots
by E.R. Truitt ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2021-10-31via the bibliography of The Light Ages
Medieval Technology and Social Change
by Lynn Townsend White Jr. ยท published 1962 ยท added on 2021-10-31Mentioned in the bibliography of Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel, and cited a lot.
Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
by Svante Pรครคbo ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2018-09-28
Nexus
by Ramez Naam ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2018-08-12
Noumenon
by Marina J. Lostetter ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-07-23
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
by Mary Roach ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2016-05-19
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
by Carl Sagan ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2017-02-01
Permanent Record
by Edward Snowden ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2020-01-02It’s more like a chore to read, despite people seemingly actually liking it. Nonfiction.
Resilient. How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
by Rick Hanson ยท published 2018 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Sea of Rust
by C. Robert Cargill ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2018-08-08Second place in “Novel Featuring an AI Character” in 2019 /r/fantasy bingo.
Soul Made Flesh: The Discovery of the Brain—and How it Changed the World
by Carl Zimmer ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2020-03-08Mentioned in Intelligence. Nonfiction.
Stuff Matters
by Mark Miodownik ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2020-03-08Recommended by visa (thread). Nonfiction.
Synners
by Pat Cadigan ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2019-03-09Rec’d and introduced by Neil Gaiman. Cyberpunk.
The Box
by Marc Levinson ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2020-06-14Nonfiction about global logistics, via ribbonfarm
The Demon-Haunted World
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ยท published 1996 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Doomsday Machine
by Daniel Ellsberg ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
by David W. Anthony ยท published 2007 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Hot Zone
by Richard Preston ยท published 1994 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot ยท published 2010 ยท added on 2018-10-06Nonfiction, history.
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World
by Andrea Wulf ยท published 2015 ยท added on 2018-08-19
The Luck Factor
by Richard Wiseman ยท published 2003 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2016-05-18
The Master and his Emissary
by Iain McGilchrist ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
by Roger Williams ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2018-09-03
The Origins of Unfairness: Social Categories and Cultural Evolution
by Cailin O'Connor ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2020-02-18Nonfiction. Recommended by David: “I’ve previously not-really-joked that you can’t understand gender until you’ve read Thomas Schelling’s book about the game theory of nuclear war, “The Strategy of Conflict”. That joke is now deprecated in favour of a recommendation to read this book.”
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger ยท published 1997 ยท added on 2017-11-21
The Shock of the Old
by David Edgerton ยท published 2006 ยท added on 2021-10-31
The Soul of a New Machine
by Tracy Kidder ยท published 1981 ยท added on 2018-08-26
The Strategy of Conflict
by Thomas C. Schelling ยท published 1960 ยท added on 2020-06-06David recommends it regularly, and it featured on Scholar’s Stage in an article on riots. Nonfiction.
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by Jason Fagone ยท published 2017 ยท added on 2020-01-07History, nonfiction.
Things That Make Us Smart
by Donald A. Norman ยท published 1993 ยท added on 2019-10-06via Vicky who was very very into it. Nonfiction.
Tuxedo Park
by Jennet Conant ยท published 2002 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Unauthorised Access
by Wil Allsopp, Kevin D. Mitnick ยท published 2009 ยท added on 2021-10-31
Unlocking the Emotional Brain
by Bruce Ecker, Robin Ticic, Laurel Hulley ยท published 2012 ยท added on 2021-10-31time-travel
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An Alien Heat
by Michael Moorcock ยท published 1972 ยท added on 2020-07-05Far-future dandies, “soft sf with a vengeance”, tribute to fin de siecle/Oscar Wildes. jml’s favourite. via Lisa
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey ยท published 1968 ยท added on 2018-09-15
Eon
by Greg Bear ยท published 1985 ยท added on 2018-08-28
Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire ยท published 2019 ยท added on 2019-09-26Last try of being into Seanan McGuire instead of being into an idea of her
Off to Be the Wizard
by Scott Meyer ยท published 2013 ยท added on 2018-09-03
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon ยท published 1991 ยท added on 2018-10-25Historical fiction, time travel from 1944 to 1744, Scotland. Romance.
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson ยท published 2005 ยท added on 2018-08-28
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North ยท published 2014 ยท added on 2021-02-17