Master list of Previous Books of the Month—2018 to 2022

[Kathi, Moderator & Book Lover]

12/2022
MATTER (CULTURE #8) by Iain M. Banks (SF)
BABEL, OR THE NECESSITY OF VIOLENCE: AN ARCANE HISTORY OF THE OXFORD TRANSLATORS’ REVOLUTION by R.F. Kuang (F)

11/2022
TERMINATION SHOCK by Neal Stephenson (SF)
A MASTER OF DJINN (DEAD DJINN UNIVERSE #1) by P. Djèlí Clark (F)

10/2022
UPGRADE by Black Crouch (SF)
THE TIGER AND THE WOLF (ECHOES OF THE FALL #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (F)

9/2022
CAGE OF SOULS by Adrian Tchaikovsky (SF)
THE FORGOTTEN BEASTS OF ELD by Patricia A. McKillip (F)

8/2022
SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN (RADIANT EMPEROR #1) by Shelley Parker-Chan (F)
LUNA: NEW MOON (LUNA #1) by Ian Mc Donald (SF)

7/2022
PALADIN’S GRACE (SAINT OF STEEL #1) by T. Kingfisher (F)
GATEWAY (HEECHEE SAGA #1) by Frederik Pohl (SF)

6/2022
GALLANT by V.E. Schwab (F)
THE KAIJU PRESERVATION SOCIETY by John Scalzi (SF)

5/2022
UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR by T.J. Klune (F)
WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS by Neil Sharpson (SF)

4/2022
ONCE UPON A RIVER by Diane Setterfield (F)
DARK MATTER by Black Crouch (SF)

3/2022
SONG OF THE BEAST by Carol Berg (F)
SEA OF RUST by C. Robert Cargill (SF)

2/2022
THE GRACE OF KINGS (DANDELION DYNASTY #1) by Ken Liu (F)
INVERSIONS (CULTURE#6) by Iain M. Banks (SF)

1/2022
OMBRIA IN SHADOW by Patricia A. McKillip (F)
THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS by Poul Anderson (SF)

12/2021
HENCH by Natalie Zina Walschots (F)
FOUNDATION (Foundation #1) by Isaac Asimov (SF)

11/2021
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow (F)
DAY ZERO by C. Robert Cargill (SF)

10/2021
NEVERWHERE (LONDON BELOW#1) by Neil Gaiman (F)
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes

9/2021
THE DRAGON'S PATH (DAGGER AND COIN #1) by Daniel Abraham (F)
WE ARE SATELLITES by Sarah Pinsker (SF)

8/2021
BROWN GIRL IN THE RING by Nalo Hopkinson (F)
PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir (SF)

7/2021
THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS by Poul Anderson (F)
THE LONG EARTH (LONG EARTH #1) by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (SF)

6/2021
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE by Samantha Shannon (F)
REMNANT POPULATION by Elizabeth Moon (SF)

5/2021
BLACK SUN (BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse (F)
THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS by Micaiah Johnson (SF)

4/2021
THE CITY OF BRASS (DAEVABAD TRILOGY #1) by S.A Chakraborty (F)
THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE by Kim Stanley Robinson (SF)

3/2021
THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by T.J. Klune (F)
FOOL’S WAR by Sarah Zettel (SF)

2/2021
RING SHOUT by P. Djèlí Clark (F)
THIS IS HOW YOUR LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (SF)

1/2021
THE DOORS OF EDEN by Adrian Tchaikovsky (SF)
SENKIN ASCENDS (THE BOOKS OF BABEL #1) by Josiah Bancroft (F)

12/2020
TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini (SF)
PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke (F)

11/2020
BLOOD MUSIC by Greg Bear (SF)
THE UNLIKELY ESCAPE OF URIAH HEEP by H.G. Parry (F)

10/2020
THE POWER by Naomi Alderman (SF)
THE WAY OF KINGS (STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE #1) by Brandon Sanderson (F)

9/2020
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE (TEIXCALAAN #1) by Arkady Martine (SF)
A BRIGHTNESS LONG AGO by Guy Gavriel Kay (F)

8/2020
CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell (SF)
THE CITY WE BECAME (GREAT CITIES #1) by N.K. Jemisin (F)

7/2020
THE PRIDE OF CHANUR (CHANUR #1) by C.J. Cherryh (SF)
GIDEON THE NINTH (THE LOCKED TOMB #1) by Tamsyn Muir

6/2020
ONE WORD KILL (IMPOSSIBLE TIMES #1) by Mark Lawrence (SF)
GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (F)

5/2020
SIX WAKES by Mur Lafferty (SF)
THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY (INVISIBLE LIBRARY #1) by Genevieve Cogman (F)

4/2020
THE GHOST BRIDE by Yangze Choo (SF)
ROSEWATER (WORMWOOD TRILOGY #1) by Tade Thompson (F)

3/2020
HOW LONG ‘TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH? by N.K. Jemison (F)
THE CALCULATING STARS (LADY ASTRONAUT #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal (SF)

2/2020
THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE (WINTERNIGHT #1) by Katherine Arden (F)
EXCESSION (CULTURE #5) by Iain M. Banks (SF)

1/2020
SIXTEEN WAYS TO DEFEND A WALLED CITY by K.J. Parker (F)
PARABLE OF THE SOWER (EARTHSEED #1) by Octavia Butler (SF)

12/2019
MIDDLEGAME by Seanan McGuire (F)
THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi (SF)

11/2019
WINTER ROSE (WINTER ROSE #1) by Patricia McKillip (F)
CHILDREN OF RUIN (CHILDREN OF TIME #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (SF)

10/2019
INTO THE DROWNING DEEP by Mira Grant (F)
RED MARS (MARS TRILOGY #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson (SF)

9/2019
SORCERER’S LEGACY by Janny Wurts (F)
KAREN MEMORY (KAREN MEMORY #1) by Elizabeth Bear (SF)

8/2019
A SHADOW IN SUMMER (LONG PRICE QUARTET #1) by Daniel Abraham (F)
DOWNBELOW STATION (SF) by C.J. Cherryh (SF)

7/2019
TRAIL OF LIGHTNING (THE SIXTH WORLD #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse (F)
BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller (SF)

6/2019
CIRCE by Madeline Miller (F)
THE CITY AND THE STARS by Arthur C. Clarke (SF)

5/2019
THE RAVEN TOWER by Ann Leckie (F)
THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT by Charlie Jane Anders (SF)

4/2019
TOOTH AND CLAW by Jo Walton (F)
DOGS OF WAR by Adrian Tchaikovsky (SF)

3/2019
TIGANA by Guy Gavriel Kay (F)
THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by Cixin Liu (SF)

2/2019
SORCERER TO THE CROWN by Zen Cho (F)
ILLUMINAE by Annie Kaufman (SF)

1/2019
THE RIDDLE-MASTER OF HED by Patricia A. McKillip (F)
THE RISE AND FALL OF D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson (SF)

12/2018
AKATA WITCH by Nnedi Okorafor (F)
PLANETFALL by Emma Newman (SF)

11/2018
SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik (F)
RAINBOWS END by Vernor Vinge (SF)

10/2018
AGE OF MYTH (The Legends of the First Empire #1) by Michael J. Sullivan (F)
TOO LIKE THE LIGHTNING (Terra Ignota #1) by Ada Palmer (SF)

09/2018
DECLARE by Tim Powers (F)
WAY STATION by Clifford D. Simak (SF)

08/2018
JADE CITY (The Green Bone Saga #1) by Fonda Lee (F)
THE QUANTUM THIEF (Jean le Flambeur #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi (SF)

07/2018
A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (All Souls Trilogy) by Deborah Harkness (F)
ALL SYSTEMS RED (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells (SF)

06/2018
SUNSHINE by Robin McKinley (F)
SEMIOSIS by Sue Burke (SF)

05/2018
A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA (Earthsea Cycle #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (F)
TALES OF THE DYING EARTH by Jack Vance (SF)

04/2018
EVERY HEART A DOORWAY (Wayward Children #1) by Seanan McGuire (F)
FUZZY NATION by John Scalzi

03/2018
FEAST OF SOULS (Magister Trilogy) by C.S. Friedmann (F)
USE OF WEAPONS (Culture #3) by Iain M. Banks (SF)

02/2018
THE CITY AND THE CITY by China Miéville (F)
CHILDREN OF TIME by Adrian Tchaikovsky (SF)

01/2018
PALADIN OF SOULS (World of the Five Gods #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold (F)
THE BOOK OF THE UNNAMED MIDWIFE (The Road to Nowhere #1) by Meg Elison (SF)