Books that have been #SFFBookClub reads
SFFBookClub Picks Public
Created and curated by Tak!
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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
4 stars
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the …
Tak! says: March 2023
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Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older
4 stars
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring …
Tak! says: February 2023
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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
4 stars
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
Tak! says: January 2023
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, Nghi Vo
3 stars
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress …
Tak! says: November 2022
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Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki
4 stars
"Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese underground, these stories borrow themes …
Tak! says: May 2022
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
4 stars
"The Emperor needs necromancers.
The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.
Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more …
Tak! says: August 2022
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The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo
5 stars
Set in an alternative historical present, in a "eusistocracy"--An extreme welfare state -- that holds public health and social stability …
Tak! says: July 2022
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City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
4 stars
"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the …
Tak! says: June 2022
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When a massive object crashes into the ocean off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous and legendary city, three …
Tak! says: March 2022
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The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian
3 stars
When Zoe Faust--herbalist, alchemist, and recent transplant to Portland, Oregon--begins unpacking her bags, she can't help but notice she's picked …
Tak! says: February 2022
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A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society that …
Tak! says: March 2021
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The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and 1 other
Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic …
Tak! says: July 2021
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Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia's home. On this planet far away in space and time from the …
Tak! says: November 2021
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4 stars
It's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens …
Tak! says: October 2021
