Book Picks

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

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.

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

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.

June 2025: LGBTQIA+ Fantasy. This month's pick is The Night and Its Moon by Piper CJ.

2024 Book Picks: We're excited to have read 16 books in our first year as a book club!