Kids Love the Kaiser (An Autumn Reading List)
Here in North America, the leaves are brightly colored and there’s a chill in the air. What better time to stay inside, make a warm pot of tea, and curl up with a good book? Our panel has many suggestions for excellent books to read if you or a friend is looking for a good science fiction or fantasy novel.
Listen to this episode (1 hour, 19 minutes)
Show Notes
- Scott - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
- David - Deathbird Stories or Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
- Erika - School for Sidekicks by Kelly McCullough
- Dan - City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Jason - The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
- Scott - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
- David - Steal the Stars by Nat Cassidy & Mac Rogers
- Erika - Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- Dan - Midnight Riot/Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich
- Jason - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Scott - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
- David - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- Erika - The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Dan - Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
- Jason - Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Scott - Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal
- David - Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Erika - Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell
- Dan -The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
- Jason - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Bring out your books:
- Scott - The Zig-zag Girl by Elly Griffiths, IQ by Joe Ide
- David - Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink, The Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren
- Erika - Lock In by John Scalzi, Delia’s Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer, The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle, Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin, The Many Colored Land by Julian May, Broken Blade by Kelly McCollough, Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear, Borderline by Mishell Baker, A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
- Dan - Tiffany Aching and Guards Discworld books by Terry Pratchett, The Expanse series by James S.A. Corey, The Warded Man by Peter V. Corey, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Jason - 11/22/63 by Stephen King, The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan, Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Uprooted by Naomi Novik
