Speculative Fiction Book Club
Like world-building fantasy? Eerie dystopias? Far-out sci fi? This club is for you! Have no idea what we’re talking about, but want to discuss weird books with cool people? This club is also for you!Speculative Fiction, “an umbrella term for science fiction, fantasy, and several other subgenres of improbable what-ifs” (Karen Lord, 2016), is the basis for this book club.
2026 Reading List (subject to change):
January 13 - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
February 10 - The Unworthy by Agustina Baztierrica
March 10 - Dwelling by Emily Hunt Kivel
April 14 - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
May 12 - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
June 9 - Saltcrop by Yumi Kitasei
July 14 - Red City by Marie Lu
August 11 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
September 8 - Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders
October 13 - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Accommodations
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