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Buddy Reads A-Z (2018-2024)

Buddy Reads by Year

2025: See Buddy Read Recruitment (BR thread)
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

Series Buddy Reads

A-Z by series name
A-Z by first book name

BOTMs

Links to all group book discussions (BOTM list)

FAQs

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Why aren't the current year's buddy reads in this thread?

Because they're in the BR thread, and will be added to this thread once the year is over, and there are no more additions.

I'm sure we read [BookName] in [Year], but it's not on that list?!

Some buddy reads have happened several times, but the book will only be listed once in this thread.

Why isn't [BookName] on this list, I know there was a buddy read?!

If it was a buddy read of a group book (BOTM) or has since become either a group read (BOTM) or a series buddy read, it's on one of those lists.

What is a series buddy read and why are they listed separately?

A series buddy read thread is for buddy reading more than one book from the same series in one thread. Often it starts as a regular single book buddy read, and then turns into a series buddy read when more books in the series come out, or the buddy readers decide to continue the series. Sometimes series buddy reads are for continuing a series where the first book is on the group shelf (BOTM), and in most cases that is stated in the threads, but not always.

Why do some of the series on the list have the name of a group book?

The series list has the name of the first book in the series, even when that first book is a group book (BOTM), and thus has its own BOTM threads. This is for the sake of consistency. If the series is marked with any number of asterisks, please look for the discussions of those books on the BOTM list.

What is the difference between a group read and a buddy read?

Group books are the ones the group officially reads, two books voted each month by members. Buddy reads can be started by anyone, just ask in the BR thread! Group book discussions (BOTM threads) use a different system, two threads (non-spoilery and spoilery) per book, while buddy reads stay in one thread per book/series, and use spoiler tags. (hide spoiler)]

Acronyms

BR = buddy read
BOTM = book of the month (group book, book on the group shelf, official group read)

Epilogue

Comments, questions, mistakes, etc.? Ask in the BR thread or send the mods a private message!

You'll always find the link to this thread in Current Events.

Buddy Reads A-Z (2018-2023)
Updated once a year

2312 (2020) - discussion

An Accident of Stars (2021) - discussion
Akata Witch (2018) - discussion
The Alchemists of Loom (2019) - discussion
Alien Virus Love Disaster (2019) - discussion
All Clear (2019) - discussion
Amberlough (2018) - discussion
Ammonite (2018) - discussion
Autonomous (2018) - discussion

A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy (2019) - discussion
Bannerless (2018) - discussion
The Bear Whispers to Me (2022) - discussion
Beowulf (2019) - discussion
Beowulf: A New Translation (2020) - discussion
The Black God's Drums (2018) - discussion
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019) - discussion
Blackfish City (2019) - discussion
The Blue Sword (2024) - discussion
Borderline (2022) - discussion
Borne (2019) - discussion
The Breath of the Sun (2019) - discussion
The Broken Crown (2019) - discussion
The Broken Sword (2019) - discussion

Cards of Grief (2020) - discussion
Carnival (2018) - discussion
Cemetery Boys (2021) - discussion
Certain Dark Things (2018) - discussion
Charlotte's Web (2024) - discussion
Children of Ruin (2019) - discussion
The Circle of Ceridwen (2020) - discussion
The City in the Middle of the Night (2020) - discussion
The Consuming Fire (2018) - discussion

The Dark Is Rising (2022) - discussion
Dark Matter (2020) - discussion
David Mogo Godhunter (2021) - discussion
The Dazzle of Day (2020) - discussion
Dead Astronauts (2020) - discussion
Death's End (2020) - discussion
The Deep (2019) - discussion
The Devourers (2018) - discussion
Digital Divide (2021) - discussion
Doctor Sleep (2018) - discussion
Dogs of War (2019) - discussion
The Door Into Summer (2019) - discussion
Dracula (2022) - discussion
Dracula (2023) - discussion
Dreadnought (2018) - discussion
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe (2019) - discussion
Dying of the Light (2018) - discussion

Eartheater (2021) - discussion
Empire of the Ants (2022) - discussion
The Essex Serpent (2023) - discussion
Exhalation (2024) - discussion
The Expert System's Brother (2018) - discussion

Falling Free (2018) - discussion
The Falling Woman (2019) - discussion
Fever Dream (2022) - discussion
Finna (2020) - discussion
The Fireman (2018) - discussion
Firewalkers (2024) - discussion
The First Sister (2021) - discussion
Flesh and Spirit (2022) - discussion
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (2019) - discussion
The Four Profound Weaves (2021) - discussion
Frankenstein in Baghdad (2019) - discussion
Future Home of the Living God (2018) - discussion
The Future of Another Timeline (2020) - discussion
Future of Another Timeline (2022) - discussion

Gateway (2019) - discussion
Gilda Stories (2022) - discussion
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (2024) - discussion
The Giver (2024) - discussion
God Stalk (2020) - discussion
God's War (2022) - discussion
The Golden Compass (2024) - discussion
The Gray House (2018) - discussion
Gunpowder Moon (2022) - discussion

The Haunting of Hill House (2018) - discussion
Head On (2018) - discussion
Heart-Shaped Box (2018) - discussion
The Hidden Life of Trees (2024) - discussion
House of Leaves (2019) - discussion
How Long 'til Black Future Month? (2019) - discussion

The Iliad (2019) - discussion
In the Vanishers' Palace (2021) - discussion
Inkheart (2024) - discussion
Interference (2019) - discussion
Invisible Planets (2019) - discussion

Jews vs Aliens (2018) - discussion
Just One Damned Thing After Another (2019) - discussion

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr (2018) - discussion
Kea's Flight (2022) - discussion
Kings of the Wyld (2019) - discussion
Kraken (2018) - discussion

Continues below.

Buddy Reads A-Z (2018-2023)
Updated once a year

Lagoon (2018) - discussion
The Last Astronaut (2020) - discussion
The Last Cuentista (2024) - discussion
The Last Days of New Paris (2019) - discussion
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2024) - discussion
A Little Hatred (2019) - discussion
Lord of the Flies (2024) - discussion
The Lost Cause (2023) - discussion
Lud-in-the-Mist (2019) - discussion
The Luminous Dead (2019) - discussion

Magic for Liars (2019) - discussion
Master of Poisons (2020) - discussion
Medusa Uploaded (2019) - discussion
Midnight Robber (2018) - discussion
Momo (2021) - discussion
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening (2021) - discussion
The Moon and the Other (2018) - discussion
Moon Called (2022) - discussion
Mooncakes (2021) - discussion
The Mountain in the Sea (2023) - discussion
My Soul to Keep (2022) - discussion

Native Tongue (2022) - discussion
The Necessary Beggar (2019) - discussion
Night Theater (2021) - discussion
Norse Mythology (2022) - discussion
NOS4A2 (2018) - discussion

The Odyssey (2019) - discussion
The Old Drift (2021) - discussion
On Fragile Waves (2021) - discussion
One Hundred Years of Solitude (2019) - discussion
Ophiuchi Hotline (2018) - discussion

Parable of the Talents (2019) - discussion
Passing Strange (2018) - discussion
The Phantom Tollbooth (2024) - discussion
Polar City Blues (2020) - discussion
Potiki (2021) - discussion
Provenance (2019) - discussion

Redemption in Indigo (2021) - discussion
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2019) - discussion
The River of Dancing Gods (2020) - discussion
Runtime (2018) - discussion

The Salvage Crew (2021) - discussion
Sea of Tranquility (2022) - discussion
Shadow Man (2018) - discussion
Sheine Lende (2024) - discussion
Ship of Theseus (2019) - discussion
Silmarillion (2022) - discussion
Skin Folk (2020) - discussion
Sleeping Giants (2020) - discussion
A Snake Falls to Earth (2024) - discussion
The Sol Majestic (2020) - discussion
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (2018) - discussion
Sorrowland (2021) - discussion
Space Invaders (2021) - discussion
Space Opera (2018) - discussion
The Spare Man (2023) - discussion
A Spark of White Fire (2021) - discussion
The Starless Sea (2019) - discussion
Startide Rising (2020) - discussion
The Stone Sky (2021) - discussion
Stories of Your Life (2018) - discussion
Storm of Locusts (2019) - discussion
Strange Beasts of China (2022) - discussion
Strange Practice (2019) - discussion
Strange the Dreamer (2019) - discussion
A Stranger in Olondria (2019) - discussion
The Sudden Appearance of Hope (2020) - discussion
Swords and Deviltry (2019) - discussion

The Tangleroot Palace (2021) - discussion
A Taste of Honey (2019) - discussion
Theory of Bastards (2020) - discussion
Things in Jars (2020) - discussion
This Is How You Lose the Time War (2020) - discussion
This Virtual Night (2021) - discussion
The Tiger's Daughter (2019) - discussion
Time Was (2019) - discussion
To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) - discussion
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2022) - discussion
Trading in Danger (2019) - discussion
Trail of Lightning (2018) - discussion
Traitor's Blade (2020) - discussion
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (2019) - discussion

The Unbroken (2021) - discussion

Vagabonds (2020) - discussion
Velocity Weapon (2021) - discussion

Walking to Aldebaran (2019) - discussion
The Water Dancer (2020) - discussion
The Way of Thorn and Thunder (2019) - discussion
The Way To The Stars (2019) - discussion
We (2020) - discussion
When Fox is a Thousand (2021) - discussion
Who Fears Death (2019) - discussion
The Wild Robot (2024) - discussion
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (2020) - discussion
The Wrong Stars (2019) - discussion
Wylding Hall (2018) - discussion

The Years of Rice and Salt (2018) - discussion

Zero Stone (2018) - discussion

Series Buddy Reads
Sorted by name of series

Abhorsen (Sabriel) >> discussion *
Academy (Engines of God) >> discussion
Binti (Binti) >> discussion
Books of the Raksura (Cloud Roads) >> discussion
Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy) >> discussion
Craft Sequence (Three Parts Dead) >> discussion *
Chronicles of Tornor (Watchtower) >> discussion
Dandelion Dynasty (Grace of Kings) >> discussion *
Death Gate Cycle (Dragon Wing) >> discussion
Emelan (Sandry's Book) >> discussion
Expanse (Leviathan Wakes) >> discussion **
First Law (Blade Itself) >> discussion *
Green Bone Saga (Jade City) >> discussion *
Heralds of Valdemar (Arrows of the Queen) >> discussion
Lady Astronaut (Calculating Stars) >> discussion *
Locked Tomb (Gideon the Ninth) >> discussion *
Luna (Luna: New Moon) >> discussion
Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit) >> discussion *
Malazan (Gardens of the Moon) >> discussion *
Mars trilogy (Red Mars) >> discussion *
Murderbot Diaries (All Systems Red) >> discussion
Nightrunner (Luck in the Shadows) >> discussion
Old Man's War (Old Man's War) >> discussion *
Penric and Desdemona (Penric's Demon) >> discussion
Planetfall (Planetfall) >> discussion *
Protectorate (Velocity Weapon) >> discussion *
Quantum Evolution (Quantum Magician) >> discussion *
Realms of the Elderlings (Assassin's Apprentice) >> discussion **
Remembrance of Earth's Past (Three-Body Problem) >> discussion *
Revelation Space (Revelation Space) >> discussion
Sanderson Secret Projects (Tress of the Emerald Sea) >> discussion
Sevenwaters (Daughter of the Forest) >> discussion *
Skyward (Skyward) >> discussion
Steerswoman (Steerswoman) >> discussion
Stormlight Archive (Way of Kings) >> discussion *
Tamír Triad (Bone Doll's Twin) >> discussion
Teixcalaan (Memory Called Empire) >> discussion *
Tensorate (Black Tides of Heaven) >> discussion
Terra Ignota (Too Like the Lightning) >> discussion *
Thousand Worlds (Dragon Pearl) >> discussion
Tortall (Alanna: the First Adventure) >> discussion
Universe of Xuya (On a Red Station, Drifting) >> discussion
Wayfarers (Long Way to a Small Angry Planet) >> discussion **
Wayward Children (Every Heart a Doorway) >> discussion
Witcher (Last Wish) >> discussion *
World of the Five Gods (Curse of Chalion) >> discussion
World of the White Rat (Clockwork Boys) >> discussion
Worldbreaker Saga (Mirror Empire) >> discussion
Wormwood (Rosewater) >> discussion *

Ursula K. Le Guin >> discussion **
Ursula Vernon / T. Kingfisher >> discussion *

* First book is a group read
** Several books in the series are group reads

Series Buddy Reads
Sorted by name of first book

Alanna: the First Adventure (Tortall) >> discussion
All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries) >> discussion
Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar) >> discussion
Assassin's Apprentice (Realms of the Elderlings) >> discussion **
Binti (Binti) >> discussion
Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate) >> discussion
Blade Itself (First Law) >> discussion *
Bone Doll's Twin (Tamír Triad) >> discussion
Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut) >> discussion *
Clockwork Boys (World of the White Rat) >> discussion
Cloud Roads (Books of the Raksura) >> discussion
Curse of Chalion (World of the Five Gods) >> discussion
Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters) >> discussion *
Dragon Pearl (Thousand Worlds) >> discussion
Dragon Wing (Death Gate Cycle) >> discussion
Engines of God (Academy) >> discussion
Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children) >> discussion
Gardens of the Moon (Malazan) >> discussion *
Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb) >> discussion *
Grace of Kings (Dandelion Dynasty) >> discussion *
Infomocracy (Centenal Cycle) >> discussion
Jade City (Green Bone Saga) >> discussion *
Last Wish (Witcher) >> discussion *
Leviathan Wakes (Expanse) >> discussion **
Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers) >> discussion **
Luck in the Shadows (Nightrunner) >> discussion
Luna: New Moon (Luna) >> discussion
Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan) >> discussion *
Mirror Empire (Worldbreaker Saga) >> discussion
Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire) >> discussion *
Old Man's War (Old Man's War) >> discussion *
On a Red Station, Drifting (Universe of Xuya) >> discussion
Penric's Demon (Penric and Desdemona) >> discussion
Planetfall (Planetfall) >> discussion *
Quantum Magician (Quantum Evolution) >> discussion *
Red Mars (Mars trilogy) >> discussion *
Revelation Space (Revelation Space) >> discussion
Rosewater (Wormwood) >> discussion *
Sabriel (Abhorsen) >> discussion *
Sandry's Book (Emelan) >> discussion
Skyward (Skyward) >> discussion
Steerswoman (Steerswoman) >> discussion
Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past) >> discussion *
Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence) >> discussion *
Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota) >> discussion *
Tress of the Emerald Sea (Sanderson Secret Projects) >> discussion
Velocity Weapon (Protectorate) >> discussion *
Watchtower (Chronicles of Tornor) >> discussion
Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive) >> discussion *

Ursula K. Le Guin >> discussion **
Ursula Vernon / T. Kingfisher >> discussion *

* First book is a group read
** Several books in the series are group reads

2018 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January: Jews vs Aliens - discussion

March: Carnival - discussion
March 12: The Years of Rice and Salt - discussion
March 25: The Devourers - discussion

April: Shadow Man - discussion
April 25: Wylding Hall - discussion

May 20: Space Opera - discussion
May 21: The Moon and the Other - discussion

June: Akata Witch - discussion
June 5: The Fireman - discussion
June 25: Autonomous - discussion

July 10: Head On - discussion
July 11: Trail of Lightning - discussion
July 15: The Gray House - discussion
July 20: Dying of the Light - discussion

August 1: Certain Dark Things - discussion
August 7: Bannerless - discussion
August 15: Ammonite - discussion
August 16: Kraken - discussion

September 1: Midnight Robber - discussion

October 1: Dreadnought - discussion
October 1: Lagoon - discussion
October 7: Falling Free - discussion
October 10: Doctor Sleep - discussion
October 16: The Consuming Fire - discussion
October 22: Stories of Your Life - discussion
October 25: Heart-Shaped Box - discussion
October 29: The Haunting of Hill House - discussion

November 1: Passing Strange - discussion
November 1: Ophiuchi Hotline - discussion
November 15: The Expert System's Brother - discussion
November 18: The Black God's Drums - discussion
November 20: Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr - discussion
November 20: Amberlough - discussion
November 30: Runtime - discussion

December: Future Home of the Living God - discussion
December 10: Zero Stone - discussion
December 18: The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps - discussion
December 20: NOS4A2 - discussion

2019 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January 1: Kings of the Wyld - discussion
January 5: How Long 'til Black Future Month? - discussion
January 7: Provenance - discussion
January 10: The Way To The Stars - discussion
January 10: Blackfish City - discussion
January 20: Parable of the Talents - discussion
January 21: The Iliad - discussion
January 22: Medusa Uploaded - discussion
January 26: The Door Into Summer - discussion

February 5: Black Leopard, Red Wolf - discussion
February 12: The Odyssey - discussion
February 17: One Hundred Years of Solitude - discussion
February 23: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - discussion

March 3: A Stranger in Olondria - discussion
March 4: A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy - discussion
March 5: Borne - discussion
March 7: Who Fears Death - discussion
March 19: Moon Rising - discussion

April 5: Beowulf - discussion
April 10: Dogs of War - discussion
April 24: Ship of Theseus - discussion
April 25: The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. - discussion

May 3: Time Was - discussion
May 14: Children of Ruin - discussion
May 22: The Necessary Beggar - discussion

June 5: The Way of Thorn and Thunder - discussion
June 7: Just One Damned Thing After Another - discussion
June 8: Storm of Locusts - discussion
June 17: Strange Practice - discussion
June 20: The Wrong Stars - discussion
June 21: A Taste of Honey - discussion
June 25: Trading in Danger - discussion
June 30: Alien Virus Love Disaster - discussion

July 5: Lud-in-the-Mist - discussion
July 9: The Last Days of New Paris - discussion
July 20: The Breath of the Sun - discussion
July 25: Frankenstein in Baghdad - discussion
July 28: The Alchemists of Loom - discussion

August 10: The Broken Sword - discussion
August 25: The Falling Woman - discussion
August 27: Strange the Dreamer - discussion

September 5: To Be Taught, If Fortunate - discussion
September 10: Magic for Liars - discussion
September 17: Gateway - discussion
September 21: Jade War - discussion
September 26: The Luminous Dead - discussion

October 3: House of Leaves - discussion
October 5: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - discussion
October 15: All Clear - discussion
October 17: Walking to Aldebaran - discussion
October 19: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe - discussion
October 20: Invisible Planets - discussion
October 21: Swords and Deviltry - discussion
October 22: A Little Hatred - discussion

November 7: The Broken Crown - discussion
November 8: Interference - discussion
November 10: The Tiger's Daughter - discussion
November 12: The Deep - discussion
November 20: The Starless Sea - discussion

2020 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January 6: Skin Folk - discussion

February 5: Dead Astronauts - discussion
February 7: The Future of Another Timeline - discussion
February 8: Theory of Bastards - discussion
February 21: The Sudden Appearance of Hope - discussion
February 22: The Water Dancer - discussion

March 4: Traitor's Blade - discussion
March 6: Cards of Grief - discussion
March 18: Things in Jars - discussion
March 26: Death's End - discussion

April 7: Finna - discussion
April 20: 2312 - discussion
April 22: The Circle of Ceridwen - discussion
April 27: Sleeping Giants - discussion

May 10: The Last Astronaut - discussion
May 21: The City in the Middle of the Night - discussion

June 5: Startide Rising - discussion
June 20: Dark Matter - discussion

July 3: Vagabonds - discussion
July 9: Polar City Blues - discussion
July 21: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - discussion
July 24: God Stalk - discussion
July 28: The Sol Majestic - discussion

August 8: The Dazzle of Day - discussion

September 17: We - discussion
September 21: Beowulf: A New Translation - discussion

October 3: This Is How You Lose the Time War - discussion
October 26: Master of Poisons - discussion

November 7: The River of Dancing Gods - discussion

2021 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January 5: When Fox is a Thousand - discussion
January 13: The First Sister - discussion
January 25: The Four Profound Weaves - discussion

February 5: In the Vanishers' Palace - discussion
February 5: Space Invaders - discussion
February 22: The Deep - discussion

March 5: The Salvage Crew - discussion
March 20: Velocity Weapon - discussion
March 29: The Stone Sky - discussion
March: An Accident of Stars - discussion

April 3: This Virtual Night - discussion
April 5: A Spark of White Fire - discussion
April 10: Potiki - discussion
April 17: The Old Drift - discussion

May 4: Sorrowland - discussion
May 18: On Fragile Waves - discussion
May 22: Momo - discussion

June 5: Eartheater - discussion

July 5: The Unbroken - discussion

August 5: Digital Divide - discussion

September 5: Redemption in Indigo - discussion
September 12: Night Theater - discussion
September 20: The Tangleroot Palace - discussion
September 22: David Mogo Godhunter - discussion

October 5: Cemetery Boys - discussion

November 3: Mooncakes - discussion

December 5: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening - discussion

2022 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January 5: Strange Beasts of China - discussion

February 5: Fever Dream - discussion

March: Empire of the Ants - discussion
March 5: Moon Called - discussion

April 5: Borderline - discussion
April: Sea of Tranquility - discussion

May 3: Dracula - discussion
May 5: Frankenstein in Baghdad - discussion

June 5: Gilda Stories - discussion
June 27: God's War - discussion

July 9: Silmarillion - discussion

August 5: The Bear Whispers to Me - discussion
August 10: Gunpowder Moon - discussion
August 14: Norse Mythology - discussion

September 3: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - discussion
September 5: Kea's Flight - discussion
September 6: Flesh and Spirit - discussion
September 9: Future of Another Timeline - discussion

October 5: My Soul to Keep - discussion

November 5: We - discussion

December 5: Native Tongue - discussion
December 20: The Dark Is Rising - discussion

2023 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

February 11: How High We Go in the Dark - discussion

March 6: The Spare Man - discussion

April 5: The Essex Serpent - discussion

May 3: Dracula - discussion

October 5: The Mountain in the Sea - discussion

December 24: The Lost Cause - discussion

2024 Buddy Reads
Sorted by date started

January: The Giver - discussion

February: The Last Cuentista - discussion

March: Inkheart - discussion
March 4: Firewalkers - discussion

April: Charlotte's Web - discussion
April 10: Sheine Lende - discussion
April 19: Exhalation - discussion

May: A Snake Falls to Earth - discussion
May 15: The Hidden Life of Trees - discussion

June: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - discussion

July: Lord of the Flies - discussion

August: The Wild Robot - discussion

September: The Blue Sword - discussion

October: The Golden Compass - discussion

November: The Phantom Tollbooth - discussion

December: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - discussion