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The Incomparable Book Club Consensus

1. Translation State by Ann Leckie - 2.0 average rank (2 first-place votes)


2. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty - 2.6 (2)


3. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 2.8 (1)


4. The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz - 4.4


5. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi - 5.0


6. Witch King by Martha Wells - 5.6


7. The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera - 6.8


8. Starter Villain by John Scalzi - 7.8


9. The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang - 8.0

Novellas

• Seeds of Mercury by Wang Jinkang


• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older


• Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher


• Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo

Novelettes

• The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer


• On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo


• One Man’s Treasure by Sarah Pinsker


• Ivy, Angelica, Bay by C.L. Polk

Short Stories

• The Sound of Chldren Screaming by Rachael K. Jones


• Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer


• How to Raise a Kraken in your Bathtub by P Djèlí Clark


• The Mausoleum’s Children by Aliette De Bodard

What Are We Reading?

Scott:

• Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry

Heather:

• A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow


• A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow


• Starling House by Alix E. Harrow


• The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Erika:

• House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

Aleen:

• City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty


• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Jason:

• The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey


• The Penric and Desdemona novellas by Lois McMaster Bujold