SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

What books do You want to read when You finish Your current book?

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands. I can't wait!

Continue through the Sellswords trilogy withPromise of the Witch KingbyR.A. Salvatore.

Kirsi wrote: "Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands. I can't wait!"

I want to read the first one Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. It's sitting here ready to go.

I've started a few books so far this year but haven't finished any. Really should do something to change that eh

Looking forward to Slough House #5 by Mick Herron

Heretic Squad Book 2 of the evolution trials by Sean Kennedy and then I'm going to start a prequel Trilogy by Jeff Wheeler another great Fantasy fiction author entitled "The Poisoner's Enemy a Kingfountain Prequel which sounds good.

I'm dipping way into the past with The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester. I think it won the first Hugo award for best novel!

Ha! My TBR is closing in on 1900 titles. Narrowed down to fiction only, The Bone Ships, and Frankenstein.

Brett wrote: "Ha! My TBR is closing in on 1900 titles. Narrowed down to fiction only, The Bone Ships, and Frankenstein."

and I thought I was bad at a bit over 650

I'm kind of a crazy person.

Brett wrote: "I'm kind of a crazy person."

me too, but my TBR pile would only hold me for about three years...

I want to continue Pierce Brown's series with Golden Son

"me too, but my TBR pile would only hold me for about three years..."

I don't want to be caught off guard when they tap me for a mission to Enceladus.

Anything about animals or about romance

Reed wrote: "Anything about animals or about romance"

I recommend Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Brett wrote: "I'm kind of a crazy person."

Remember you said that

"Remember you said that"

I say it all the time! 😁

Brett wrote: ""Remember you said that"

I say it all the time! 😁"

At least you're not dull, Brett 😹

Michelle wrote: "Brett wrote: ""Remember you said that"

I say it all the time! 😁"

At least you're not dull, Brett 😹"

You'll have to admit that he's honest as well and I like that in a person.

Whew, I was afraid for a minute that I was ordinary!

Got a biography of Sir Francis Drake ready once I finish The Slave Trade - plus appendices it's 808 pages of dense print, so it may take a little while.

Brett wrote: "Whew, I was afraid for a minute that I was ordinary!

Got a biography of Sir Francis Drake ready once I finish The Slave Trade - plus appendices it's 808 pages of dense print, so it may take a litt..."

I just finished Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History about the 1900 hurricane that almost wiped out Galveston and I'll be starting Wuthering Heights as my non Fantasy and SciFi book

I always liked Wuthering Heights.

Michelle wrote: "I always liked Wuthering Heights."

for some reason I'm confused right at the start, but so is the narrator a bit so maybe that's intentional. The relationships between the people.

Michelle wrote: "I always liked Wuthering Heights."

Oh wow, yes.

Plans for the immediate future, which seems the focus of this thread: finish the Broken Earth series, ahead of the Virtual Book Club at the end of February; Fledgling by Octavia Butler with another Goodreads group; Greek Lessons by Han Kang and Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou for book clubs outside Goodreads.

I'm 21 pages away from finishing Severance by Ling Ma and then will read Yellowface by R.F. Kuang.

After that, I am reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton and then will tackle some more SF/Literature reads from my TBR for the year like Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin, Death's End by Liu Cixin, Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, and The Deluge by Stephen Markley.

I'd like to get back to the Dune series, or Endymion series. I'm already halfway through the Endymion series so I might as well finish. This, on top of all the other recommendations people give.

I’d like to read The End of All Things by John Scalzi next. It’s the sixth and final novel (so far) in the Old Man’s War series. Looking forward to learning about the background mysteries hinted at in the other novels.

Dune
The Facemaker, Fitzharris
The Language of the Third Reich, Klemperer
Her Majesty's Spymaster, Budiansky
Martin Luther, Roper
Mary, Queen of Scots, Fraser
The Royal Art of Poison, Herman

I'll be lucky if I get to these before June.

After the current book The Crown of Bones by Jocelyn A. Fox, I'm going to read The High Crusade by Poul Anderson.

Bewilderment by Richard Powers, A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World, or What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher.

I'm going to carry on the Drenai Saga by David Gemmell, with Quest for Lost Heroes which is number #4 in the series.

I've also just finished Mistborn era 1, so I have Elantris by Sanderson ready to go on my Kobo.

I’m thinking of starting Kindling or The Husbands as I wait for my turn for The Tainted Cup

My TBR lists are extensive.

I want to do a Dune series re-read, at least the first 5 novels, this year so I need to get started on that.

I want to continue with The Imperial Rachd series by Ann Leckie and the Singing Hills series by Nghi Vo, the first of both series I just read recently.

There are several SFFH books I picked out for Pride month that I didn't get to, too many to try to list here.

I also want to continue my reading through the Drizzt series (I recently finished book 7).

Of course, I keep going back to Murderbot but I want to read some of Wells' other works too.

Then there's my list of SF classics I either haven't read or haven't read in a very long time.

Who knows what I might settle on.

unfortunately, my TBR list contains 668 books... That's enough to keep me going for 3-4 years (I read at least 200 per year)

I want to continue the Drizzt DoUrden series, right now I'm reading The Lone Drow by R.A. Salvatore.

What’s the most books completed in a week?

Creed wrote: "@CBRetriever

TWO HUNDRED PER YEAR?!?!?! Holy hell! And I thought I read a lot. My TBR has 116 books and I’m always adding more."

I'm a natural, self-taught speed reader so I read fast and I often have multiple books going at the same time. However, probably 20-30% of those books are singleton short stories/novellas under 200 pages.

2024 = 120 so far
2023 = 2014
2022 = 207
2021 = 257
2020 = 259
2019 = 351 = Covid isolation
2018 = 189
2017 = 122 and I didn't join Goodreads until July 2017

I am wrapping up Awry by MCD and she has another book coming out this month in the same world, so I am excited about that and looking forward to it. There is also something coming out in the junkyard cats series that I am looking forward to.