December 2026: Cozy Fantasy. We're reading Swordheart by T. Kingfisher and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett, with a bonus pick of You Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne.

November 2026: Dragons. We're reading Fireborne by Rosario Munda and A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan, with a bonus pick of To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

October 2026: Dark and Gothic Fantasy. We're reading The Devils by Joe Abercrombie and The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan, with a bonus pick of The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.

September 2026: Historical Fantasy vs. Contemporary Fantasy. This month's picks are These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, with a bonus pick of The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan.

August 2026: Academia. This month's picks are Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence and The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, with a bonus pick of A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid.

July 2026: Adventure & Epic Fantasy. This month's picks are Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse and Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft, with a bonus pick of The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington.

June 2026: LGBTQ+. This month's picks are Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab and The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri.

May 2026: Free Will vs. Destiny. This month's picks are The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty and A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen.

April 2026: Mythology & Folklore. This month's picks are Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne.

This month, we're reading books from BIPOC authors. Read on to learn more about our book club picks (including one bonus pick!). Plus, an interview with Grand Gestures bookstore and a few recommendations of Black fantasy authors if you want to read more for Black history month.

March 2026: Lovers vs. Found Family. This month's picks are Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole and Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

February 2026: BIPOC Authors. This month's picks are Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan and Katabasis by R.F. Kaung

January 2026: Top of the TBR. This month's picks are Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman and The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

This month we are leaving the circus and entering a dungeon! So many exciting adventures await us in 2026 and we cannot wait to dive in! To stay informed on all things book club, I've put together this newsletter with links that will take you directly to where you can find things like buddy reads, side quests, story graph etc.. all in one place! Download the pdf version

December 2025: Historical Fantasy. This month's picks are The Knight Circus by Erin Morgenstern and The Lost Queen by Signe Pike

November 2025: Steampunk Fantasy. This month's picks are Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang and The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher

October 2025: Gothic, Paranormal, or Supernatural Fantasy. This month's picks are Anathema by Keri Lake and All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter.

September 2025: Dark Academia. This month's picks are Nevernight by Jay Kristoff and Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma.

August 2025: High Fantasy. This month's picks are Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eams and Odin's Child by Siri Pettersen

July 2025: Urban Fantasy. This month's picks are Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews and A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness.