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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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)
4 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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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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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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A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
4 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 Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu (Edinburgh Nights, #1)
3 stars
When a child goes missing in Edinburgh's darkest streets, young Ropa investigates. She'll need to call on Zimbabwean magic as …
Tak! says: October 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 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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She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
4 stars
To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything
Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in …
Tak! says: September 2022
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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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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
