2025 Bookshelf Rereads [voting is CLOSED till November]

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Last chance to vote on July-September rereads.

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/joASo8yDfm9oGvDm2
Live results and book links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: May 25th

6 Books will be chosen.

9 Zodiac (308 pgs)
8 City of Stairs (452 pgs)
8 Solaris (204 pgs)
7 The Blade Itself (517 pgs)
7 Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
7 Lions of Al-Rassan (528 pgs)
* * *
6 The Algebraist (434 pgs)
6 Alif the Unseen (433 pgs)
6 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
6 Wool (509 pgs)

[a.g.e. montagner]

Looks good. I'll be in for Solaris and Zodiac, which is a good number that should leave space for other things (cough power points cough).

[Silvana]

will be in for Blade Itself and City of Stairs

[Cheryl L]

Wow! I'll be in for all of the top 6 and 2 of the runner ups.

[CJ]

I'm only interested in Doomsday Book from that top 6, and The Algebraist and The Calculating Stars from the rest. Which is fine for me.

[CBRetriever]

Zodiac and the Blade Itself I've read
Doomsday I haven't read in Kindle format so I'll read this one plus I'm using it for a reading challenge
Lions of Al-Rassan is in my TBR pile
and I found the movie version of Solaris so boring I'm not sure I want to read that one unless it gets really cheap

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Option A

July
SF Solaris (204 pgs)
F Lions of Al-Rassan (528 pgs)

August
SF Zodiac (308 pgs)
F The Blade Itself (517 pgs)

September
SF Doomsday Book (578 pgs)
F City of Stairs (452 pgs)

[CBRetriever]

A works for me

[Cheryl L]

Fine for me also.

[Aga]

Looks ok

[Silvana]

Option A looks good for me!

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Hearing no objection, I will make it official!

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

July 15th
Solaris >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Lions of Al-Rassan >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More

August 15th
Zodiac >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More
The Blade Itself >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series

September 15th
Doomsday Book >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series
City of Stairs >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

New rereads starting soon.

June 15th
The Diamond Age >> First impressions | Final thoughts
The Once and Future King >> First impressions | Final thoughts

[CBRetriever]

I'll join in for Diamond Age

[a.g.e. montagner]

I've finished Poor Things yesterday and I'm ready to start The Diamond Age next.
Anyone else joining?

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

July's Re-reads start soon.

July 15th
Solaris >> First impressions | Final thoughts
Lions of Al-Rassan >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Upcoming rereads start soon...

August 15th
Zodiac >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More
The Blade Itself >> First impressions | Final thoughts & More & Series

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I'm planning to read these both.

I also hope to have the next round of voting up this weekened.

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Quarter 4 Voting is now OPEN!

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/joASo8yDfm9oGvDm2
Live results and book links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: August 25th

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Commence rallying/bartering for your books in this thread :)

[Michelle]

Would anyone like me to vote for your book?

[April]

Oh darn! I somehow got in my head that The Blade Itself was for September! I dont think ill have time to read it this month.

Oh and taking a look at the vote now.
Edit: oh sign in? Sign in to what? What if we dont have an account?

Also, oh i just finished reading (i mean so close to done) Nettle and Bone! Lol (yeah i looked underneath the sign in prompt) 🤷‍♀️😅

[CBRetriever]

April wrote: "Oh darn! I somehow got in my head that The Blade Itself was for September! I dont think ill have time to read it this month.

Oh and taking a look at the vote now.
Edit: oh sign in? Sign in to wha..."

you just need a gmail account

[a.g.e. montagner]

Melanie wrote: "Commence rallying/bartering for your books in this thread"

A few I'm interested in:
Babel-17; Fahrenheit 451; The Fox Wife; The Ghost Bride; The Mere Wife (what is it with wives & brides?); Piranesi; The Raven Tower.

[DivaDiane]

I have marked all the ones that I own or have easy access to and am interested, but that is dozens! Also I’m inherently bad at actually reading them when they come up! But if, when we get closer to the deadline, there are other books that people would really like to read, I am not above voting for them!

Maybe one day I will learn to focus on these “rereads”!

[CJ]

It feels like we just had Babel-17 for the BotM. Wouldn't mind a reread, even if I'm thinking I'll never be much of a Delaney fan. Wouldn't mind a reread of Fahrenheit 451 even though I've reread it so many times I could probably do an interpretative dance of the whole story by now.

I'd love for one of the Iain M Banks to make the top 6. Oh, and Semiosis by Sue Burke.

[April]

CbRetriever,
Oh ok.

A.g.e. montagner,
I was planning to read ghost bride next month

Oh and alao Fahrenheit 451!

[a.g.e. montagner]

True, we've had Babel-17 recently.
Personally I wouldn't mind a reread as a springboard to more Delany.

[Anna]

Why is it on the list if it was a recent reread?

[CBRetriever]

Anna wrote: "Why is it on the list if it was a recent reread?"

Books that have been read by the group (main or reread) in the 24 months prior to the scheduled period will not be eligible, and will not be listed on the form

[Melanie, the neutral party]

I made an error in creating the form. It is fixed now.
If you voted already, you will have to vote again.

[Bonnie]

No more voting for Catfishing on CatNet, bc I have read it now >BUT, it was really fun so you should read it! :) I think I'm going to give it to my friend's kid, who doesn't read much.

[Ellen]

A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny is a great group read for October and count down to Halloween. It has 31 chapters meant to be read one a day (most of them pretty short) starting Oct 1.
Really enjoyed reading it with this group previously.

[Bonnie]

What do the percentages mean again? I think I understand them until I get to the

Other 119 (793.3%)

last line

[CBRetriever]

Bonnie wrote: "What do the percentages mean again? I think I understand them until I get to the

Other 119 (793.3%)

last line"

I don't see that on this page:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

[Bonnie]

How did i... oh.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

"Vote here" page
then
"See previous responses" (instead of "Edit your response")

[a.g.e. montagner]

Ellen wrote: "A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny is a great group read for October and count down to Halloween. It has 31 chapters meant to be read one a day..."

Sounds cool! I've added it to my votes.

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Bonnie wrote: "How did i... oh.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

"Vote here" page
then
"See previous responses" (instead of "Edit your r..."

It is better to view the results on the public spreadsheet. IDK how Google generates those percentages.

[Cheryl L]

CJ wrote: "It feels like we just had Babel-17 for the BotM. Wouldn't mind a reread, even if I'm thinking I'll never be much of a Delaney fan. Wouldn't mind a reread of Fahrenheit 451 even though I've reread i..."

I've been wanting to read some Banks so I voted for all of them again this time. And Semiosis, because I loved it.

[SFFBC, Ancillary Mod]

Voting Update

Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/joASo8yDfm9oGvDm2
Live results and book links: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Voting ends: August 25th

Top 6 will become our October-December 2025 rereads:
6 A Night in the Lonesome October (280 pgs)
5 Fahrenheit 451 (238 pgs)
5 Lock In (336 pgs)
5 Semiosis (336 pgs)

4 The Calculating Stars (431 pgs)
4 Cat's Cradle (179 pgs)
4 The City We Became (437 pgs)
4 Oryx and Crake (400 pgs)
4 The Outside (401 pgs)
4 Persephone Station (512 pgs)
4 The Warrior's Apprentice (372 pgs)

3 The Aeronaut's Windlass (630 pgs)
3 Anansi Boys (384 pgs)
3 The Anubis Gates (387 pgs)
3 The Bear and the Nightingale (322 pgs)
3 The Black Prism (629 pgs)
3 Blackfish City (336 pgs)
3 The Caves of Steel (206 pgs)
3 Childhood's End (224 pgs)
3 The Collapsing Empire (336 pgs)
3 Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (531 pgs)
3 Foreigner (428 pgs)
3 Fuzzy Nation (303 pgs)
3 The Ghost Bride (368 pgs)
3 Guards! Guards! (376 pgs)
3 Hollow Kingdom (308 pgs)
3 Hounded (292 pgs)
3 The House of the Spirits (448 pgs)
3 Hyperion (483 pgs)
3 The Killing Moon (418 pgs)
3 Kushiel's Dart (1015 pgs)
3 Light From Uncommon Stars (372 pgs)
3 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (512 pgs)
3 The Memory Police (274 pgs)
3 The Night Circus (400 pgs)
3 Perdido Street Station (623 pgs)
3 The Quantum Thief (336 pgs)
3 The Raven and the Reindeer (226 pgs)
3 Red Sister (469 pgs)
3 Redshirts (320 pgs)
3 Remnant Population (336 pgs)
3 The Shadow of the Torturer (262 pgs)
3 She Who Became the Sun (416 pgs)
3 Snow Crash (470 pgs)
3 The Sword of Kaigen (651 pgs)
3 To Say Nothing of the Dog (493 pgs)
3 The Warded Man (416 pgs)
3 Winter Tide (366 pgs)
3 Wizard's First Rule (836 pgs)

[Melanie, the neutral party]

Ellen wrote: "A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny is a great group read for October and count down to Halloween. It has 31 chapters meant to be read one a day (most of the..."

We have done this as an October read before, and it is always fun.

[CBRetriever]

Oryx and Crake
and
Lock In

please and I will take part in the discussion

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

Vote again... for The Quantum Magician, The Steerswoman, Stories of Your Life and Others, Gate to Womens Country, The Echo Wife, Mere Wife, Piranesi, Cage of Souls, Deeplight, Fate of the Fallen, Sword of Kaigen, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Spinning Silver, Semiosis, The Bear of the Nightingale, Uprooted, and The Goblin Emperor!

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

I'll vote for Locked In and Oryx!

[Ryan, Your favourite moderators favourite moderator]

i could've sworn it was Locked In rather than Lock In, but whatever.

[DivaDiane]

I added my vote to Lock In and Oryx and Crake. I might even reread Oryx. I bought the whole trilogy last year but barely remember Oryx.

I’d be grateful for votes for The Outside, which I own and really need a push to read it!

[CBRetriever]

DivaDiane wrote: "I added my vote to Lock In and Oryx and Crake. I might even reread Oryx. I bought the whole trilogy last year but barely remember Oryx.

I’d be grateful for votes for The Outside, which I own and ..."

voted for it

[Tamara]

Michelle wrote: "Would anyone like me to vote for your book?"

Michelle, would you vote for my books? These are the ones I'd like to vote for:
Remnant Population, by Elizabeth Moon
Tigana, by Guy Kay
The Summer Tree, also by Guy Kay

For those at the top of the voting list, I'd vote for Fahrenheit 451

Thanks!

[Michelle]

Tamara wrote: "Michelle wrote: "Would anyone like me to vote for your book?"

Michelle, would you vote for my books? These are the ones I'd like to vote for:
Remnant Population, by Elizabeth Moon
[bo..."

Yes, and done 😁