2021 Reading List

January

The Not Yet by Moira Crone

February

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

March

The Empress of Salt and Fortune and When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

April

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

May

Bitter Root by Chuck Brown, David Walker, Sanford Greene, et al. and Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

June

The Four Profound Weaves by R. B. Lemberg

July

Stories from Exhalation by Ted Chiang

  • “Exhalation”
  • “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate”
  • “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom”
  • Plus bonus stories: “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” and “Omphalos”

August

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

September

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

October

The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

November

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

December

Stories from The Best of World SF: Volume 1 ed. by Lavie Tidhar

  • “Immersion” by Aliette Bodard
  • “Fandom For Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
  • “The Emptiness in the Heart of Things” by Fabio Fernandes
  • “The Sun from Both Sides” by R.S.A. Garcia
  • “The Bank of Burkina Faso” by Ekaterina Sedia
  • “The Old Man with the Third Hand” by Kofi Nyameye
  • Plus bonus stories “The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir” by Karin Tidbeck and “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho