Our book discussions have generated lively and thoughtful conversations on genre works since January 1999. Each meeting is facilitated by a book club participant who has volunteered to lead the discussion of a particular book. If this sounds interesting to you, please join us at a future discussion.
Discussions begin at 7:30 PM with doors opening at 7:00 PM on the day in question (usually the fourth Thursday of the month, although we have a combined November/December meeting on the first Thursday in December) at the home of Rob and Peter, 1425 S Street NW, Washington, DC, within walking distance of both the U Street-Cardozo Metro station on the Green line, and the Dupont Circle station on the Red line. For more detailed information regarding our book discussions, please contact Rob.
| Title | Image | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin |  | |
| 2025-06 I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac (Marisa) Crane |  | |
| 2025-05 To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose |  | |
| 2025-04 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Volumes 1 & 2) by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe |  | Download |
| 2025-03 Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford |  | Download |
| 2025-02 A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers |  | Download |
| 2025-01 The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera |  | Download |
| 2024-11/12 The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz |  | Download |
| 2024-10 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle |  | Download |
| 2024-09 When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb |  | Download |
| 2024-08 Die (Volumes 1 and 2 – collecting issues 1-10) by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans, et al |  | Download |
| 2024-07 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin |  | Download |
| 2024-06 Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis |  | Download |
| 2024-05 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik |  | Download |
| 2024-04 The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren |  | Download |
| 2024-03 The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune |  | Download |
| 2024-02 The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson |  | Download |
| 2024-01 A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand |  | Download |
| 2023-11/12 The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky |  | Download |
| 2023-10 Hellboy Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola et al |  | Download |
| 2023-09 Middlegame by Seanan McGuire |  | Download |
| 2023-08 Into the Broken Lands by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2023-07 Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk |  | Download |
| 2023-06 Sins of the Black Flamingo (Issues 1-5, available in a single trade pbk) by Andrew Wheeler, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain |  | Download |
| 2023-05 Of Wars, and Memories, and Starlight by Aliette de Bodard |  | Download |
| 2023-04 Queers Destroy Science Fiction! by Lightspeed Magazine |  | Download |
| 2023-03 Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse |  | Download |
| 2023-02 Something Is Killing the Children Volume 1 by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera and Miquel Muerto |  | Download |
| 2023-01 What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher and The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe (1/26) |  | Download |
| 2022-11/12 She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (12/1) |  | Download |
| 2022-10 Spear by Nicola Griffith (10/27) |  | Download |
| 2022-09 A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers |  | Download |
| 2022-08 The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune |  | Download |
| 2022-07 Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki |  | Download |
| 2022-06 The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros |  | Download |
| 2022-05 Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao |  | Download |
| 2022-04 White Trash Warlock by David Slayton |  | Download |
| 2022-03 Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne |  | Download |
| 2022-02 A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine |  | Download |
| 2022-01 Far Out: Recent Queer Science Fiction and Fantasy edited by Paula Guran |  | Download |
| 2010-11/12 Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart |  | Download |
| 2010-10 Soulless by Gail Carriger |  | Download |
| 2010-09 The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2010-08 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi |  | Download |
| 2010-07 Stealing Fire by Jo Graham |  | Download |
| 2010-06 Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Fumi Yoshinaga |  | Download |
| 2010-05 Ash by Malinda Lo |  | Download |
| 2010-04 Boneshaker by Cherie Priest |  | Download |
| 2010-03 Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel Delany |  | Download |
| 2010-02 Palimpsest by Catherynne Valente |  | Download |
| 2010-01 Havemercy by Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett |  | Download |
| 2009-11/12 The Host by Stephenie Meyer |  | Download |
| 2009-10 Psycho by Robert Bloch |  | Download |
| 2009-09 Love and Rockets: Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez |  | Download |
| 2009-08 The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz |  | Download |
| 2009-07 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen |  | Download |
| 2009-06 A Companion to Wolves by Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear |  | Download |
| 2009-05 Farthing by Jo Walton |  | Download |
| 2009-04 Un Lun Dun by China Mieville |  | Download |
| 2009-03 The Family Trade by Charles Stross |  | Download |
| 2009-02 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris |  | Download |
| 2009-01 Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan |  | Download |
| 2008-11/12 Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale |  | Download |
| 2008-10 Vintage by Steve Berman |  | Download |
| 2008-09 Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones |  | Download |
| 2008-08 Undertow by Elizabeth Bear |  | Download |
| 2008-07 Sandman: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III |  | Download |
| 2008-06 Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler |  | Download |
| 2008-05 Tithe by Holly Black |  | Download |
| 2008-04 World War Z by Max Brooks |  | Download |
| 2008-03 Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh |  | Download |
| 2008-02 Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge |  | Download |
| 2008-01 Melusine by Katherine Addison (Sarah Monette) |  | Download |
| 2007-11/12 Stardust by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess |  | Download |
| 2007-10 Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2007-09 Vellum by Hal Duncan |  | Download |
| 2007-08 Teranesia by Greg Egan |  | Download |
| 2007-07 Top 10: The Forty-Niners by Alan Moore and Gene Ha |  | Download |
| 2007-06 Fledgling by Octavia Butler |  | Download |
| 2007-05 Spin Control by Chris Moriarty |  | Download |
| 2007-04 Carnival by Elizabeth Bear |  | Download |
| 2007-03 The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl by Tim Pratt |  | Download |
| 2007-02 Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman |  | Download |
| 2007-01 Set This House In Order by Matt Ruff |  | Download |
| 2006-11/12 Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite |  | Download |
| 2006-10 Smoke and Mirrors by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2006-09 Titan by John Varley |  | Download |
| 2006-08 Iron Council by China Mieville |  | Download |
| 2006-07 Storyteller by Amy Thomson |  | Download |
| 2006-06 Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons |  | Download |
| 2006-05 Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson |  | Download |
| 2006-04 Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove |  | Download |
| 2006-03 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith |  | Download |
| 2006-02 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis |  | Download |
| 2006-01 Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim |  | Download |
| 2005-11/12 Waiting by Frank Robinson |  | Download |
| 2005-10 The Curse of the Zwilling by Don Sakers |  | Download |
| 2005-09 Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2005-08 Gotham Central: Half a Life by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark et al |  | Download |
| 2005-07 Blood and Fire by David Gerrold |  | Download |
| 2005-06 Dracula by Bram Stoker |  | Download |
| 2005-05 Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett |  | Download |
| 2005-04 The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinsin |  | Download |
| 2005-03 Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |  | Download |
| 2005-02 Lust by Geoff Ryman |  | Download |
| 2005-01 Troll by Johanna Sinisalo |  | Download |
| 2004-11/12 Lost by Gregory Maguire |  | Download |
| 2004-10 Blood Price by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2004-09 Red Thunder by John Varley |  | Download |
| 2004-08 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold |  | Download |
| 2004-07 Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh |  | Download |
| 2004-06 Fire Logic by Laurie Marks |  | Download |
| 2004-05 Perdido Street Station by China Mieville |  | Download |
| 2004-04 Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge |  | Download |
| 2004-03 Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn |  | Download |
| 2004-02 Women Writing Science Fiction As Men edited by Mike Resnick |  | Download |
| 2004-01 Spin State by Chris Moriarty |  | Download |
| 2003-11/12 Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox |  | Download |
| 2003-10 Queer Fear II edited by Michael Rowe |  | Download |
| 2003-09 Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner |  | Download |
| 2003-08 Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer |  | Download |
| 2003-07 Nightmare by Steven Harper |  | Download |
| 2003-06 Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett |  | Download |
| 2003-05 Archangel Protocol by Lyda Morehouse |  | Download |
| 2003-04 Steel Beach by John Varley |  | Download |
| 2003-03 From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury |  | Download |
| 2003-02 Sea Dragon Heir by Storm Constantine |  | Download |
| 2003-01 Dance for the Ivory Madonna by Don Sakers |  | Download |
| 2002-11/12 The Ghost Sister by Liz Williams |  | Download |
| 2002-10 Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott and Lisa Barnett |  | Download |
| 2002-09 Neuromancer by William Gibson |  | Download |
| 2002-08 Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley |  | Download |
| 2002-07 American Gods by Neil Gaiman |  | Download |
| 2002-06 Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree R. Thomas |  | Download |
| 2002-05 The Fire’s Stone by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2002-04 Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones |  | Download |
| 2002-03 Aftermath by Charles Sheffield |  | Download |
| 2002-02 Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light by Tanya Huff |  | Download |
| 2002-01 The Gumshoe, the Clone and the Wannabe Vampires (originally titled Gumshoe Gorilla) by Keith Hartman |  | Download |
| 2001-11/12 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon |  | Download |
| 2001-10 The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft |  | Download |
| 2001-09 The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley |  | Download |
| 2001-08 NO DISCUSSION | ||
| 2001-07 Brain Plague by Joan Slonczewski |  | Download |
| 2001-06 Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay |  | Download |
| 2001-05 The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs |  | Download |
| 2001-04 Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley |  | Download |
| 2001-03 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman |  | Download |
| 2001-02 Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois |  | Download |
| 2001-02 (scheduled but replaced) Anno Dracula by Kim Newman |  | Download |
| 2001-01 Dune by Frank Herbert |  | Download |
| 2000-11/12 China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh |  | Download |
| 2000-10 Weaveworld by Clive Barker |  | Download |
| 2000-09 The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay |  | Download |
| 2000-08 Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Far Beyond the Stars by Steven Barnes |  | Download |
| 2000-07 Trader by Charles de Lint |  | Download |
| 2000-06 Grass by Sheri Tepper |  | Download |
| 2000-05 NO DISCUSSION | ||
| 2000-04 Accidental Creatures by Anne Harris |  | Download |
| 2000-03 Dark Water’s Embrace by Stephen Leigh |  | Download |
| 2000-02 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman |  | Download |
| 2000-01 Maximum Light by Nancy Kress |  | Download |
| 1999-11/12 Was by Geoff Ryman |  | Download |
| 1999-10 The Gumshoe, the Witch and the Virtual Corpse by Keith Hartman |  | Download |
| 1999-09 The Female Man by Joanna Russ |  | Download |
| 1999-08 Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold |  | Download |
| 1999-07 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm |  | Download |
| 1999-06 The Merro Tree by Katie Waitman |  | Download |
| 1999-05 Shadow Man by Melissa Scott |  | Download |
| 1999-04 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin |  | Download |
| 1999-03 Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire |  | Download |
| 1999-02 Slow River by Nicola Griffith |  | Download |
| 1999-01 The Sparrow by Maria Doria Russell |  | Download |