Each month, we try to give our books a theme. We produce a short list of related novels, and we vote for the winner! Themes are generally pretty witty and have literal or loosely related books. If you've read any, or have any titles that would fit nicely in a theme, post below!
THE LONG WINTER
December 2016 - January 2017
The Inheritance Trilogy - N.K. Jemisin
The Southern Reach Trilogy - Jeff Vandermeer
The Reality Dysfunction - Peter F Hamilton
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Novels clocking in at between 700-1,400 pages to tide us over for 2 months.
NOT LOST IN TRANSLATION
November 2016
The Three Body Problem – Liu Cixin Chinese
Blood of Elves: The Witcher – Andrzej Sapowski Polish
We – Yevgeny Zamyatin Russian
Paprika – Yasutaka Tsutsi Japanese
Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafón Spanish
This genius selection of books have all been translated to English from another language.
SO SCARY
October 2016
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
Swan Song by Robert McCammon
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
A great selection of horror chosen by one of our founding members, who himself happens to be a horror fanatic, and indeed read all of these novels in one month.
BACK TO THE BOOKS
September 2016
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde