FACT SF Reading Group

Candidate Books

The following books are being considered for our reading list:

Contemporary Candidates

  1. The Sons of Heaven by Kage Baker
  2. Orphanage by Robert Buettner
  3. Rules of Ascension by David B. Coe
  4. The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
  5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
  6. Dancing with Werewolves by Carole Nelson Douglas
  7. Eifelheim by Michael Flynn
  8. Spook Country by William Gibson
  9. Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall
  10. Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
  11. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
  12. Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
  13. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
  14. Last Dragon by J. M. McDermott
  15. The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald
  16. Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan
  17. Whitechapel Gods by S. M. Peters
  18. Making Money by Terry Pratchett
  19. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
  20. Mathematicians in Love by Rudy Rucker
  21. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
  22. Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin
  23. The Down Home Zombie Blues by Linnea Sinclair
  24. One Jump Ahead by Mark L. Van Name
  25. Blindsight by Peter Watts
  26. Axis by Robert Charles Wilson

Classic Candidates

  1. Blood Music by Greg Bear
  2. Timescape by Gregory Benford
  3. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  4. Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
  5. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
  6. Neuromancer by William Gibson
  7. The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
  8. Elric: The Stealer of Souls by Michael Moorcock
  9. The Female Man by Joanna Russ
  10. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  11. The Complete Roderick by John Sladek
  12. Titan by John Varley
  13. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny

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