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Our Book Club wraps up its 2024 walk through nine shortlisted SF/F novels with our overall rankings, some short fiction recommendations, and a quick dip into what we’ve read recently and really enjoyed.

2024 Shortlist Book Club: Rankings and Short Fiction

Jason Snell with Scott McNulty, Erika Ensign, Aleen Simms and Heather Berberet

Show Notes & Links

The Incomparable Book Club Consensus

Translation State by Ann Leckie - 2.0 average rank (2 first-place votes)
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty - 2.6 (2)
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 2.8 (1)
The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz - 4.4
Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi - 5.0
Witch King by Martha Wells - 5.6
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera - 6.8
Starter Villain by John Scalzi - 7.8
The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang - 8.0

Novellas

Seeds of Mercury by Wang Jinkang
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo

Novelettes

The Year Without Sunshine by Naomi Kritzer
On the Fox Roads by Nghi Vo
One Man’s Treasure by Sarah Pinsker
Ivy, Angelica, Bay by C.L. Polk

Short Stories

The Sound of Chldren Screaming by Rachael K. Jones
Better Living Through Algorithms by Naomi Kritzer
How to Raise a Kraken in your Bathtub by P Djèlí Clark
The Mausoleum’s Children by Aliette De Bodard

What Are We Reading?

Scott:

Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry

Heather:

A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Erika:

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

Aleen:

City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Jason:

The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
The Penric and Desdemona novellas by Lois McMaster Bujold

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