Books that have been #SFFBookClub reads
SFFBookClub Picks Public
Created and curated by Tak!
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3 stars
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which a betrayed captain seeks revenge …
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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 …
Tak! says: May 2024
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Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
5 stars
What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman animal? Or in Dr. Sean Kell-Luddon’s case, to be in-kind with …
Tak! says: November 2025
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5 stars
For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which …
Tak! says: June 2025
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4 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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Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
4 stars
"A daring post-apocalyptic novel from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. …
Tak! says: July 2024
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Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer (Kalpa Imperial, #1-2)
4 stars
This is the first of Argentinean writer Angelica Gorodischer's nineteen award-winning books to be translated into English. In eleven chapters, …
Tak! says: October 2024
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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
4 stars
The boy was raised as one of the Chained, condemned to toil in the bowels of a mining ship out …
Tak! says: December 2024
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These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
4 stars
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay is killed, everyone at the …
Tak! says: March 2025
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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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A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers (Monk and Robot, #1)
4 stars
It’s been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en …
Tak! says: April 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 …
Tak! says: December 2023
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City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
4 stars
"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the …
Tak! says: June 2022
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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
