Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels discussion

These are the ones I've read so far this year. For some letters, I had lots to pick from! I left off graphic novels, just to see if I could do it without.

A - And Then There Were None
B - Burying the Newspaper Man
C - Crying in H Mart
D - The Decagon House Murders
E - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
F -
G - Girl, Woman, Other
H - How Long 'til Black Future Month?
I - If I Had Your Face
J -
K - Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
L -
M - Mexican Gothic
N - Ninth House
O - The Only Good Indians
P - Parker Pyne Investigates
Q -
R - The Refrigerator Monologues
S -
T - Taste of Marrow
U -
V -
W - We Ride Upon Sticks
X -
Y - Yellow Jessamine
Z -

Good progress, Kara!

A - Annihilation A very interesting read, worth experiencing once. Not sure if I'll be reading the sequels, because I'm afraid they will take away from the mystery.
B -
C -
D - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - very disappointing, poorly executed modern one trick pony of a book.
E -
F -
G - Glory Road: very weak and unprofessional.
H -
I - I Am Legend: a rare occasion where the book is worse of the movie.
J -
K - Killing Commendatore: Haruki Murakami keeps growing on me, every book appears deceptively simple but you just can't get enough of his style of writing. Also I think he is getting the hang of actual endings!
L - The Lost World: a classic but unfortunately not of the timeless kind. It definitely reads as pulp of the time.
M -
N - Neptune's Brood: Vorkosigan Saga meets publishing house pressure and poor world building.
O - One Summer: America, 1927. A very interesting book which explores numerous subjects and origins of many of modern concepts.
P -
Q -
R -
S - Saturn's Children: Ew, steer clear. A book where two gimmick ideas do not hold water and added pervy parts are there only for the shock value.
T - Thinking, Fast and Slow. A nice book overall, but here and there it felt dated and at times narrow-minded
U -
V -
W - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - still in the process of reading.
X -
Y -
Z -

Feel free to join and copy paste my list!

Art wrote: "worth experiencing once.
very disappointing, poorly executed
very weak and unprofessional.
a rare occasion where the book is worse of the movie.
a classic but unfortunately not of the timeless kind.
poor world building.
Ew, steer clear.."

Seems there are not a lot of books you've enjoyed this year! :)

Lol Z.
I've also read Kindred, one of the best books I've read in a while!

Art wrote: "I've also read Kindred, one of the best books I've read in a while!"

Kindred was fine for me, but I liked her Parable of the Sower better, even if it is an emotionally hard book

I thought Kindred was more powerful... it just really hit home with how horrible people can be to each other if given half a chance.

Parable of the Sower is a better book plot wise. Kindred feels more like a Parable, ironically.

Both required reading, though!

Updating and replacing some novellas with novels :)

A - Axiom's End
B - Beneath the Twisted Trees
C - The City of Brass
D - Daughter of Smoke & Bone
E - The Empire of Gold
F - Foundryside
G - Golden Son
H - House of Earth and Blood
I - The Invasion of the Tearling
J - Jade City
K - The Kingdom of Copper
L - Legendborn
M - Mistborn: The Final Empire
N - Nevernight
O -
P - Piranesi
Q - Queens of the Wyrd
R - Red Rising
S - Shorefall
T - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
U - Uprooted
V - A Veil of Spears
W - Winter's Orbit
X
Y
Z

Uh-oh, I better get moving! *** designates H/N listed.

A - Amberlough ***
B - Brown Girl in the Ring
C - The Changeling
D - Downward to the Earth
E - Emergence ***
F - The Final Programme
G - Glory Road ***
H - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ***
I - Isle of the Dead ***
J -
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
L -
M - Mockingbird ***
N - Neptune's Brood ***
O -
P - Piranesi ***
Q -
R - Road Out of Winter
S - Shades of Milk and Honey ***
T - There Will Be Time ***
U - Use of Weapons
V - Voices - book two of trilogy, can't go wrong with LeGuin
W -
X - Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 2
Y - The Year of the Quiet Sun *** - just finished, very good apocalypse tale.
Z -

Wow you guys are already finishing up with the challenge.

I'm WAY behind you guys!

I'm just adding a few, Nine goblins it was cute

and another, Iron and Magic. I love these Kate Daniels World books

and Evil Overlord: The Makening, which I don't recommend for you guys, really, but I read right through it in a day.

A - Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
B - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
C - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
D - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
E - Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung
F - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
G - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
H -
I - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
J -
K -
L - Later by Stephen King
M - Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
N - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
O - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
P - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Q - The Quick by Lauren Owen
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
S - Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
T - A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
U -
V -
W - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
X -
Y -
Z -

Checked my list from Apr 17th and was surprised - despite adding 10+ books since then, there is none that I can add to the list

Added W and Z:

A - Amberlough ***
B - Brown Girl in the Ring
C - The Changeling
D - Downward to the Earth
E - Emergence ***
F - The Final Programme
G - Glory Road ***
H - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ***
I - Isle of the Dead ***
J -
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
L -
M - Mockingbird ***
N - Neptune's Brood ***
O -
P - Piranesi ***
Q -
R - Road Out of Winter
S - Shades of Milk and Honey ***
T - There Will Be Time ***
U - Use of Weapons
V - Voices - LeGuin trilogy
W - Witchmark ***
X - Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 2
Y - The Year of the Quiet Sun ***
Z - Zodiac - not sff, true crime

Adding Jane Doe--5*--totally different character--not SF/F
and
Klara and the Sun beautiful but, I felt, melancholy

A - Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
B - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
C - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
D - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
E - Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung
F - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
G - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
H -
I - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
J - Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
K - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
L - Later by Stephen King
M - Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
N - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
O - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
P - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Q - The Quick by Lauren Owen
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
S - Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
T - A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
U -
V -
W - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
X -
Y -
Z -

I'll update too:


A - Among Others by Jo Walton
B - The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game by Garth Ennis
C - The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin - An interdimensional race war
D - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
E -
F - Finna by Nino Cipri
G - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
H - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
I - Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
J -
K -
L - The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
M - The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
N - Network Effect by Martha Wells
O - Oblivion Song, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
P -
Q -
R - Red Dust by Yoss
S - Stormsong by C.L. Polk
T - The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza
U - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
V -
W - We Stand On Guard by Brian K. Vaughan & Steve Skroce - In 2112, Americans invade Canada for its water...
X -
Y -
Z -

Oh, fun! :) Nice idea. Hope it's not too late to join in.

26 books is a lot for me to be honest, but I can take a stab at it and possibly carry over to next year.

P.S. All my reviews are spoiler-free

A -
B - Blindsight or Book of Skulls (reading)
C - Circe (my review here)
D - Devil Darling Spy (my review here)
E -
F - The Fountains of Paradise (my review here)
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying (reading)
M - Matilda
N - No One Noticed the Cat (a short review here)
O - The Once and Future King (DNF, read 2 of the 4 books so I'll count it :) Reviews here)
P -
Q -
R -
S - Strange Meeting (lovely book. Review here)
T -
U -
V -
W - Wolf by Wolf (what a terrible book. Here is my review)
X -
Y -
Z -

I added 4 more--here's what I wrote about them over in the "what have you been reading thread"
Half Magic (an older kid's magic book, but just as wonderful as my memories of it),
Zero In (the last of the Dean Koontz Nameless series, but not as good as some others in the series),
The XY (a poorly done "all the men died" scenario--don't read it even if you need an "X" book), and
You Suck by Christopher Moore, the second book of the funniest books about vampires I have ever read. This guy is hysterical. I even laughed out loud. I am definitely reading all of his books.

Lookee lookee! I only need U and V!!! And I have two U's to choose from right now!

A - Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
B - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
C - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
D - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
E - Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung
F - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
G - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
H - Half Magic by Edward Eager
I - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
J - Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
K - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
L - Later by Stephen King
M - Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
N - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
O - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
P - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Q - The Quick by Lauren Owen
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
S - Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
T - A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
U -
V -
W - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
X - The XY by Virginia Bergin
Y - You Suck by Christopher Moore
Z - Zero In by Dean Koontz

Great progress, Kate. I have to check mine, even if I still read without choosing titles for the game

A - Attack Surface
B - The Bone Ships
C - Call of the Bone Ships
D - A Deadly Education, YA magic school that tries to kill you and a sully teen girl whom no one like except for local knight in shining armor
E - Emissaries from the Dead
F - Fireheart Tiger
G - The Gods Themselves
H - Homeland
I - Iron Council
J -
K - Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
L -
M -
N - Neptune's Brood
O - The Only Good Indians
P - A Promised Land
Q -
R - Red Dust
S - Silver
T - Terra Nova. Antología de ciencia ficción contemporánea
U - The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land
V - Venus Plus X
W - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
X -
Y -
Z -

Amazing Kate, and looking good Z! I haven't made any progress - still trying to get O, X, Y, Z. I'm thinking The Original, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, and Zeroth Law...still not sure what X will be.

Three to go!

A - Amberlough ***
B - Brown Girl in the Ring
C - The Changeling
D - Downward to the Earth
E - Emergence ***
F - The Final Programme
G - Glory Road ***
H - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ***
I - Isle of the Dead ***
J - Halfway through Jem ***
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
L - 20% through Life During Wartime
M - Mockingbird ***
N - Neptune's Brood ***
O - On the Beach
P - Piranesi ***
Q - Plan is to read Queen of Angels ***
R - Road Out of Winter
S - Shades of Milk and Honey ***
T - There Will Be Time ***
U - Use of Weapons
V - Voices - LeGuin trilogy
W - Witchmark ***
X - Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 2
Y - The Year of the Quiet Sun ***
Z - Zodiac - not sff, true crime

Allan wrote: "Three to go!."

Congrats!

Well, I read Verity and it was a disappointment. (view spoiler)[ ending was wishy washy--it seems to be a new gimmick to, at the end of a novel, suddenly surprise the reading with aspects of a main character that went unsuspected until them. NOT a fan. (hide spoiler)]

And I tried to read three books starting with U--The Unspoken Name, Unsouled, and The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep--and they all were so boring I had to bail. I will probably return to one of them in December and skim. Or if anyone has a U book that is a page turner, please suggest! (Or if any of you think I should return to one of the above, please advise) Thanks.

A - Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
B - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
C - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
D - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
E - Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung
F - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
G - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
H - Half Magic by Edward Eager
I - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
J - Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
K - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
L - Later by Stephen King
M - Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
N - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
O - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
P - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Q - The Quick by Lauren Owen
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
S - Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
T - A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
U -
V - Verity by Colleen Hoover
W - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
X - The XY by Virginia Bergin
Y - You Suck by Christopher Moore
Z - Zero In by Dean Koontz

Kateblue wrote: "Well, I read Verity and it was a disappointment. [spoilers removed]

And I tried to read three books starting with U--The Unspoken Name, ."

I have this one in my TBR after a nice review in Asimov's

For U I reread Uprooted but you could also try Unspoken, it’s similar to Ilona Andrew’s stuff and was quick.

Is that this book?
Unspoken (The Lynburn Legacy #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan??

Oh no sorry, it’s this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... (sorry, I’m using the app 🤦🏻‍♀️)

no prob. thx!

Only two to go now! I knocked out J with Jem by Frederick Pohl. That's a good one, if a bit bleak.

I stalled on Life During Wartime, but started The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson and will likely finish that first to get L.

Finally, I've been eager to read Queen of Angels by Greg Bear for months, and it looks like I will finally get to it this week!

Rebecca wrote: "Oh no sorry, it’s this one: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... (sorry, I’m using the app 🤦🏻‍♀️)"

It was free today!!!! Thanks for the link!!!!

Well, I found a short one, UnStrung by Neal Shusterman I was going to read on to the third book of the series because this was #1.5, a short piece, but I decided that I could not bear them. The first book of this series truly creeped me out. So much so that I forgot to list it here on GR when I read it a year or two ago. So anyway, I am counting it as a U for now, and if I manage to read another U later, I will stick it in the list instead.

I'm done! No prize for me, I'm a mod. Just tell me how wonderful I am.

A - Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow
B - The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
C - Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
D - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
E - Evil Overlord: The Makening by Michael McClung
F - First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
G - Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
H - Half Magic by Edward Eager
I - Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews
J - Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
K - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
L - Later by Stephen King
M - Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter
N - Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
O - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
P - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham
Q - The Quick by Lauren Owen
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
S - Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
T - A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
U - UnStrung by Neal Shusterman
V - Verity by Colleen Hoover
W - The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
X - The XY by Virginia Bergin
Y - You Suck by Christopher Moore
Z - Zero In by Dean Koontz

You are wonderful, Kateblue! You read them all the way through and didn’t skip parts, right? Lol

You are wonderful, Kateblue!

Allan wrote: "You are wonderful, Kateblue! You read them all the way through and didn’t skip parts, right? Lol"

All but one of them I didn't skip at all. The XY, I was skipping some paragraphs. It was a BAD book.

Yep! Me! No skipping or skimming. I guess that's what happens when I read books I like!

Amazing Kate!!! 🥳

Woohoo! Well done, Kateblue 👏😙🎉🍰✨

As I had totally forgotten about this challenge, I just took a look and updated with the books I've read so far.
At this moment there are also non-SFF books and short stories listed, but by the end of the year I'll leave those ones out.

For SFF I just need books starting with A - F - G - J - N - U - V - X - Y
But as I like to read without restraints, I'm just reading the books which appeal to me most and I'll see how far I get doing that.

Reading Animus Mundi: Tales of the Spirit of Place, From His Perspective and Genius Loci: Tales of the Spirit of Place at the moment, so the first three spots will be the next ones that'll be filled up 😉

A -

B - The Brass Queen (Elizabeth Chatsworth)
B - Beneath the Sugar Sky (Seanan McGuire)
B - Brindille (Frédéric Brrémaud)

C - Les chercheurs de pharaons (Michel Duino) - non-fiction that reads like a thriller - review
C - The Cryo Killer (Jason Werbeloff)
C - Come Tumbling Down (Seanan McGuire)

D - Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Seanan McGuire)

E - Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
E - Endgame (Aisha Tritle) - short SF-novella
E - L'Examen (Sylvain Neuvel)
E- The Engineering of Coincidence: a scientific explanation of magic (Robert Ramsay)

F - Fractals: Fractal Images (Jack Cleveland) - non-fiction

G - Het gefluister van de bladeren (Sarah McCoy) - feelgood based on facts
G - Go the Fuck to Sleep (Adam Mansbach)

H - Hotel Lonely Hearts (Heather O'Neill) - magical realism

I - Het ijs (Anna Kavan)
I - In an Absent Dream (Seanan McGuire)

J - Jij en ik & andere verhalen (Jojo Moyes) - feelgood short stories about love
J - Jours de sable (Aimée de Jongh)

K - De kleine Odessa - Het Levende Boek (Peter Van Olmen)
K - Een kracht ontwaakt (Petra Doom)

L - Last One at the Party (Bethany Clift) - dystopian debut - review

M - A Most Magical Girl (Karen Foxlee)
M - Mimic (Daniel Cole)
M - The Minders (John Marrs)

N - Notes from a Public Typewriter (Michael Gustafson)
N - New Caviar (Stephany Brandt)

O - One Day All This Will Be Yours (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
O - The Old Equations (Jake Kerr)
O - De Overstap (Anthony Horowitz)

P - Les prescrits (Arnaud Elysiem)
P - Het perfecte leven van mevrouw Parrish (Liv Constantine)

Q - Qualityland (Marc-Uwe Kling)

R - Rode rozen en tortilla's (Laura Esquivel)

S - The Silent Companions (Laura Purcell)
S - Sweet Harmony (Claire North)
S - Silver in the Wood (Emily Tesh)
S - Shaking Hands with Death (Terry Pratchett)
S - Shadowology (Vincent Bal)
S - Something to Live For (Richard Roper)
S - The Silver Arrow (Elbert Hubbard)

T - Tourmaline (James Brogden)
T - Ternary (Kristin L. Stamper)
T - Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures (Jason Sandy)
T - To Read or Not to Read (Vincent Hobbes)

U -

V -

W - What Was Your Name Downriver? (Anthony Lowe)
W - The Wound of Words (Deborah Makarios)
W - Words With Friends With Benefits (Jeremy Sterling)

X -

Y - Your letter (Hyeon A Cho)

Z - Zon (Lucinda Riley) - Dutch version of The Sun Sister - review
Z - Zolang er leven is - Het tweede geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 85 jaar (Hendrik Groen) - review
Z - Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology (Cory O'Brien)

*Tau* wrote: "At this moment there are also non-SFF books and short stories listed, but by the end of the year I'll leave those ones out."

Tau--You don't have to make them all SFF. Back in message #4 of this thread, Art said "No, I'll keep it open to all genres, including non-fic. Go with whatever works for you"

Kateblue wrote: "Tau--You don't have to make them all SFF. Back in message #4 of this thread, Art said "No, I'll keep it open to all genres, including non-fic. Go with whatever works for you" "

I know, Kateblue 😉
It would be nice though to try it. Just for fun 😄

Woohoo, congratulations, Kateblue!

Tau, I think of the ones I read only three might be considered NOT SFF, and I am not really sure about those

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Verity by Colleen Hoover

All of these three are about people with altered mental states and/or are edging into horror. I TOTALLY recommend the first two. So I am good with counting them.

Kateblue wrote: "Tau, I think of the ones I read only three might be considered NOT SFF, and I am not really sure about those

Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Verity by Colleen Hoover

All of these three are about people with altered mental states and/or are edging into horror. I TOTALLY recommend the first two. So I am good with counting them. "

It totally wasn't a remark towards you, Kateblue!
Sorry if my reaction made you feel otherwise.
Of course it's totally fine to count those books you mention!

What I actually meant, is that I consider it a challenge for myself to read only SFF-books for this list.
As I read lots of different genres, I sometimes read less SFF-books and I'd like to try to change that 😉

Thanks for the tips btw 😄

I'll finish The Legion of Time today to get L and I've started Queen of Angels to finish out the challenge.

All but two of the books I've listed are SFF, counting X-Men as SFF. The other two were some true crime stories that were convenient audio books I got interested in.

we are all doing so great with this challenge and it is really fun. I am thinking we might do it again next year==with perhaps a caveat that you can skip one hard letter==Q or Z or X==if you can't find something you'd like to read.

I disagree, finding something for those odd letters is part of the fun!

Well, it wasn't fun for me. That X book I read was awful!!!! And I started 4 U books before I found one I could stand

Updating with a very short Z read.

A - Axiom's End
B - Beneath the Twisted Trees
C - The Curse of Chalion
D - A Desolation Called Peace
E - The Empire of Gold
F - Foundryside
G - Golden Son
H - House of Earth and Blood
I - The Invasion of the Tearling
J - Jade City
K - The Kingdoms
L - Legendborn
M - Mistborn: The Final Empire
N - Nevernight
O -
P - Piranesi
Q - Queens of the Wyrd
R - Red Rising
S - Shorefall
T - To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
U - Uprooted
V - A Veil of Spears
W - Winter's Orbit
X
Y - Year Zero
Z - Zsezzyn, Who is Not a God from Metaphorosis Magazine

Queen of Angels, my last book, is going slowly. It’s really good so far, but it’s hard & heavy SF, so it takes more concentration (not my strong suit). It’s busy season at work, and I just haven’t had good bits of time to just sit and read. Hard to make much headway 10 pages at a time.

I haven't commented earlier, since I'm pretty sure I won't be completing the challenge, but I realized just now that I'm missing only a few letters:
A - Among Others
B - The Book of Koli
C - Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World by Branko Milanović (non-fic, economics, very good)
D - David Mogo Godhunter
E - The Empress of Salt and Fortune
F - Fugitive Telemetry
G - Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo (non-fic, economics, okay but much worse that their earlier book)
H - Halla Helle by Niillas Holmberg (Finnish book, about a man who moves to Lappland and whose Sami girlfriend is going through an ethno-existential crisis. Very political and polemical, but still surprisingly good.)
I - Iron Council
J - Jälleenlöydetty aika by Marcel Proust (Finnish translation of Le Temps retrouvé)
K - Kuunpäivän kirjeet by Emmi Itäranta (eco-fiction in an Expanse-like setting, not [yet] translated to English. Good worldbuilding, characters and plot, but the prose was too purple and flowery for my tastes.)
L -
M - The Memory Theater
N - The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty by Daron Acemoğlu and James A. Robinson (non-fiction, politics/economics, not as good as their previous book)
O - One Day All This Will Be Yours
P - Project Hail Mary
Q -
R - Red Mars
S - The Scar
T - The Trials of Koli
U - Uhka avaruudesta (The Finnish translation of Rendezvous with Rama)
V - Vita Nostra
W -
X -
Y -
Z -