Books that have been #SFFBookClub reads
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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
5 stars
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
Tak! says: February 2024
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The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
4 stars
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
Tak! says: August 2024
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3 stars
It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." …
Tak! says: April 2024
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How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
4 stars
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter …
Tak! says: January 2024
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What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
4 stars
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling …
Tak! says: January 2023
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Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4 stars
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes this reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story …
Tak! says: May 2023
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David Mogo by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
3 stars
Nigerian God-Punk - a powerful and atmospheric urban fantasy set in Lagos.
Since the Orisha War that rained thousands of …
Tak! says: May 2024
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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota -- Book 1)
3 stars
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …
Tak! says: June 2023
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Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
4 stars
It's been twenty years and two election cycles since "Information," a powerful search engine monopoly, pioneered the switch from warring …
Tak! says: February 2023
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Wondrous Journeys In Strange Lands by Sonia Nimr, Marcia Lynx Qualey
3 stars
Award-winning historical fantasy and literary folktale. Winner of the presigious Etisalat award.
In a tent at the foot of a …
Tak! says: December 2023
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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
5 stars
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay. …
Tak! says: September 2023
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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
4 stars
A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there. Guet Imm, a young votary of the …
Tak! says: March 2023
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2 stars
When a massive object crashes into the ocean off the coast of Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous and legendary city, three …
Tak! says: March 2022
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo, Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
3 stars
With the heart of an Atwood tale and the visuals of a classic Asian period drama, Nghi Vo's The Empress …
Tak! says: November 2022
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The core of the sun by Johanna Sinisalo
5 stars
Set in an alternative historical present, in a "eusistocracy"--An extreme welfare state -- that holds public health and social stability …
Tak! says: July 2022
