Reading and discussion since 1994

Denver Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Club

We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., at the IHOP, 1595 S. Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222 (southeast Denver, just north of I-25).

In November and December we meet only on the 2nd Wednesday.

Our current reading list

We alternate between science fiction and fantasy, and the group recommends and chooses the books.
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Past selections

Everything we've read since 2013, newest first. We've talked about many more books than this.

2026
  • The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  • Disavowed by John E. Stith
  • Snake Eater by T. Kingfisher
  • Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
  • After the Fall by Edward Ashton
  • A Forest, Darkly by A. G. Slater
  • Mister Magic by Keirsten White
  • Translation State by Ann Leckie
  • Hugo Nominated Shorts and Novelettes
  • The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington
  • The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schaefer
  • The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
  • The Ministry of Time by Kalinin Bradley
  • A Witch's Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sanguine Mandanna
  • Luminous, A Novel by Silvia Park
  • Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll
  • The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
  • The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
  • The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart
  • Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie
  • WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
2025
  • Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
  • Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
  • The Last Coin by James P. Blaylock
  • Zendegi by Greg Egan
  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
  • Theft of Fire by Devon Erickson
  • A Conjuring of Ravens by Azalea Ellis
  • Rich Man's Sky by Wil McCarthy (local author)
  • The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leone
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle
  • Lexicon by Max Barry
  • Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
  • Infected by Scott Sigler
  • The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
  • The Witches of Karres by James H Schmitz
  • When the Tides Held the Moon by Vanessa Vida Kelley
  • Flux by Jinwoo Chong
  • Babel by RF Kuang
  • Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
2024
  • Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  • Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
  • Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
  • This Immortal by Roger Zelazny
  • Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
  • The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
  • Zero Day by Mark Russinovich (NOT Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill)
  • Hugo Nominated Shorts
  • The Rookie by Scott Sigler
  • The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis
  • The Book of Love by Kelly Link
  • These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
  • Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
  • There Is No Antimemetics Division by Sam Hughes
  • Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
  • Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow
  • Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick by Shelby Van Pelt
  • Replay by Ken Grimwood
  • Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson
  • Drunk on all your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson
2023
  • Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
  • Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
  • The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekeras
  • Starter Villain, by John Scalzi
  • Unquenchable Fire, by Rachel Pollack
  • Looking Glass Sound, by Catriona Ward
  • A Thousand Ships, by Natalie Haynes
  • Hugo Nominated Short Stories & Novelettes
  • We Are Legion (We Are Bob), by Dennis E. Taylor
  • Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
  • The Man Who Folded Himself, by David Gerrold · classic science fiction
  • Kings of the Wyld, by Nicholas Eames · fantasy
  • The Terraformers, by Annalee Newitz · science fiction
  • Dead Silence, by S.A. Barnes · science fiction horror
  • Spear, by Nicola Griffith, and Enemy Mine, by Barry B. Longyear · fantasy and SF novellas
  • The Stars Undying, by Emery Robin · political science fiction
  • What Lies Dreaming, by Eneasz Brodski · dark historical fantasy
  • Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir · science fantasy
  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, by George R. R. Martin · fantasy
  • The Mountain in the Sea, by Ray Nayler · science fiction thriller
  • Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher · fantasy
  • A History of What Comes Next, by Sylvain Neuvel · science fiction
2022
  • The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez · fantasy
  • Dead Space, by Kali Wallace · science fiction
  • The Bone Orchard, by Sara A. Mueller · gothic fantasy
  • Ancient of Days, by Michael Bishop · science fiction
  • When Women Were Dragons, by Kelly Barnhill · fantasy
  • Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr · historical and speculative fiction
  • The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi · science fiction
  • Hollow Kingdom, by Kira Jane Buxton · post apocalyptic science fiction
  • Hugo Nominated Short Stories and Novelettes
  • Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki · science fiction
  • The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan · dystopian fiction
  • A Master of Djinn, by P. Djèlí Clark · fantasy
  • Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth · gothic fiction
  • The Demon Breed, by James H. Schmitz (novella in book "The Hub: Dangerous Territory")
  • She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan · fantasy / historical fiction
  • Worth the Candle: Through Adversity, by Alexander Wales · epic fantasy
  • The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater · teen & YA fantasy
  • Winter's Orbit, by Everina Maxwell · science fiction
  • The Memory Theater, by Karin Tidbeck · fantasy
  • Machinehood, by S. B. Divya · science fiction
  • The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo · fantasy
  • Shards of Earth, by Adrian Tchaikovsky · science fiction
2021
  • Ship of Magic, by Robin Hobb · fantasy
  • Hard Luck Hank: Screw The Galaxy, by Steven Campbell · science fiction
  • The Once and Future Witches, by Alix E. Harrow · fantasy
  • Dune, by Frank Herbert · science fiction
  • The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern · fantasy
  • Machine, by Elizabeth Bear · science fiction
  • Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey · urban fantasy
  • Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir · science fiction
  • Black Sun, by Rebecca Roanhorse · fantasy
  • Network Effect, by Martha Wells · science fiction
  • Hugo Award Finalist Novelettes & Short Stories
  • Harrow the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir · science fantasy
  • Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia · gothic horror
  • Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke · fantasy
  • Rosewater, by Tade Thompson · science fiction
  • The Sudden Appearance of Hope, by Claire North · fantasy thriller
  • The Iron Dragon's Mother, by Michael Swanwick · science fantasy
  • Embers of War, by Gareth L. Powell · science fiction
  • The Rook, by Daniel O'Malley · fiction, supernatural
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol. 1: Dawn, by Yoshiki Tanaka · science fiction
  • The City We Became, by N. K. Jemisin · urban fantasy
2020
  • Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch · science fiction
  • The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett · fantasy
  • Antediluvian, by Wil McCarthy · science fiction
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea, by TJ Klune · fantasy
  • This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone · science fiction
  • The Face in the Frost, by John Bellairs · fantasy
  • The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North · science fiction
  • Blood of Elves, by Andrzej Sapkowski · fantasy
  • A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine · science fiction, space opera
  • Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire · science fantasy / horror
  • Hugo Nominated Novelettes & Short Stories
  • The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley · science fiction thriller
  • The City in the Middle of the Night, by Charlie Jane Anders · science fiction
  • Agency, by William Gibson · science fiction
  • Gideon The Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir · science fantasy,
  • Machines Like Me, by Ian McEwan · alternate history
  • skipped meeting
  • The Devourers, by Indra Das · dark fantasy
  • The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks · science fiction
  • Empress of Forever, by Max Gladstone · science fiction, space opera
  • Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi · YA fantasy
  • Ra, by Sam Hughes · science fiction
2019
  • The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland · science fiction
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow · portal fantasy
  • Aftershocks by Marko Kloos · science fiction, space opera
  • Transformation by Carol Berg · fantasy
  • The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts · hard science fiction
  • Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett · humorous fantasy
  • Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky · hard science fiction
  • Lock In by John Scalzi · near future science fiction
  • The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal · science fiction, alternate history
  • Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse · dystopian fantasy
  • 2019 Hugo Award nominated short stories and novelettes
  • Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee · military science fiction, space opera
  • Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente · humorous science fiction
  • Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik · fantasy, loosely base on folklore
  • Way Station by Clifford D. Simak · classic science fiction
  • The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden · historical fantasy
  • The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson · geopolitical fantasy
  • Summerland by Hannu Rajaniemi · fantasy alternate history, espionage
  • Ubo by Steve Rasnic Tem · horror, science fiction
2018
  • Unholy Land by Lavie Tidhar · fantasy alternate history
  • Circe by Madeline Miller · ancient historical fiction, fantasy
  • Pandora's Star by Peter Hamilton · science fiction, space opera
  • Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher · epic fantasy
  • Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh · science fiction, colonization
  • The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss · fantasy historical
  • The Brotherhood of the Wheel by R. S. Belcher · dark paranormal urban fantasy
  • Deepsix by Jack McDevitt · science fiction, space exploration
  • Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee · hard science fiction, military
  • 2018 Hugo Award nominated short stories and novelettes
  • New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson · science fiction, rising seawater level
  • The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi · science fiction, galactic empire
  • Provenance by Ann Leckie · hard science fiction, space opera
  • Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty-- science fiction, technothriller
  • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid · literary fiction, refugee politics
  • Autonomous by Annalee Newitz · biotech science fiction
  • The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin · science fantasy
  • Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky · science fiction
  • Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny · classic fantasy
  • John Dies at the End by David Wong · humorous horror fantasy
  • Borne by Jeff VanderMeer · dystopian science fiction
2017
  • The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley · epic fantasy
  • Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson · science fiction, espionage
  • The Just City by Jo Walton · fantasy, inspired by ancient Greece
  • The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross · humorous science fiction and horror
  • Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison · science fiction short story anthology
  • Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart · fantasy, inspired by imperial China
  • Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells · science fiction, colonization
  • Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers · science fiction, space opera
  • The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi · science fiction
  • The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley · science fiction
  • Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone · fantasy
  • 2017 Hugo Award nominated Short Stories & Novelettes
  • A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers · science fiction
  • Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee · hard science fiction
  • Red Rising by Pierce Brown · science fiction
  • City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett · epic fantasy
  • The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey · dystopian science fiction
  • Hundred Ghost Soup by Robert Chansky · dark fantasy, mythology
  • Planetfall by Emma Newman · science fiction, coloniztion
  • The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin · science fantasy
  • Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear · steampunk fantasy
  • Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald · science fiction
2016
  • Crosstalk by Connie Willis · romantic comedy, science fiction
  • The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins · dark fantasy, horror
  • All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders · fantasy, science fiction
  • Lilith by George MacDonald · 19th century fantasy literature
  • Steel Beach by John Varley · science fiction
  • Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo · historical fiction fantasy
  • Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer · science fiction
  • Seraphina by Rachel Hartman · YA fantasy
  • Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson · children's fantasy adventure
  • Seveneves by Neal Stephenson · science fiction
  • The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemison · science fantasy
  • The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher · steampunk fantasy
  • Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie · science fiction
  • Uprooted by Naomi Novik · fantasy
  • Crystal Society by Max Harms · science fiction
  • The Devil's Eye by Jack McDevitt · science fiction
  • The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin · fantasy
  • Orion by Ben Bova · science fiction
  • The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom · fantasy fairytale
  • The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson · science fiction
  • The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley · fantasy
2015
  • Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson · science fiction
  • The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson · fantasy
  • The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi · science fiction thriller
  • Mort by Terry Pratchett · humorous fantasy
  • The Humanoids by Jack Williamson · classic science fiction
  • Vermilion by Molly Tanzer · weird western
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman · mainstream fantasy
  • Startide Rising by David Brin · science fiction
  • 2015 Hugo Award nominated short stories & novelettes
  • The Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson · science fiction
  • Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie · science fiction
  • The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison · fantasy
  • The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu · Chinese science fiction
  • Skin Game by Jim Butcher · urban fantasy
  • City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett · fantasy
  • Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer · new weird SF
  • River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay · fantasy
  • The Martian by Andy Weir · science fiction
  • Echopraxia by Peter Watts · hard science fiction
  • The Doubt Factory by Paolo Bacigalupi · YA fiction
  • Last Call by Tim Powers · fantasy
2014
  • The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente · YA fantasy
  • The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein · science fantasy
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley · classic science fiction
  • The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker · historical fantasy
  • Starters by Lissa Price · YA SF dystopia
  • The Circle by Dave Eggers · science fiction
  • Ash by Malinda Lo · YA GLBT fantasy
  • The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin · science fiction
  • Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross · science fiction
  • 2014 Hugo Nominated Short Stories & Novelettes
  • Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie · science fiction
  • Warbound by Larry Correia · noir fantasy
  • The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez · science fantasy
  • Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson · epic fantasy
  • Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor-- YA fantasy
  • The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi · YA science fiction
  • Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis · fantasy
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth · YA SF dypstopia
  • Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay · fantasy
  • Wool by Hugh Howey · science fiction
  • Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch · fantasy
  • Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey- science fiction
2013
  • Auraria by Tim Westover · fantasy
  • Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks · science fiction
  • The King's Blood by Daniel Abraham · fantasy
  • Maul by Tricia Sullivan · science fiction
  • Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud · YA fantasy
  • Lucifer's Hammer by Jerry Pournelle & Larry Niven · science fiction
  • Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie · fantasy
  • Blackout by Mira Grant · zombie science fiction
  • Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold · science fiction
  • 2013 Hugo nominated short stories and novelettes
  • Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed · fantasy
  • 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson · science fiction
  • Redshirts by John Scalzi · science fiction
  • Finch by Jeff VanderMeer · fantasy noir
  • Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler · science fiction
  • Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis · fantasy
  • The Light of Other Days by Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter · science fiction
  • Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear · fantasy
  • The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley · YA fantasy
  • The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman · fantasy
  • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline · science fiction
  • The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson · fantasy

Our science fiction and fantasy reading and discussion group has talked about many, many books since the summer of 1994. Once in a while we stray slightly from the genre.

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