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A much smaller list of 24 this year after last year's 49, partly because I've been less thorough in obtaining them, partly because I've been reading more widely including older books, partly because I've struggled on occasion to read paper and ebooks.
Him by the always interesting Geoff Ryman βοΈποΈ When Maryam finds herself unexpectedly pregnant she gets herself a convenient husband and they go into exile in Nazareth. While she hopes to raise young Avigayil in her image, her child is determined to be Yeshu who will create his own miracles.
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei ππ£ Selected at 12 and trained for a one way space colonisation mission, Asuka feels like an imposter even before the ship is sabotaged.
Translation State by Ann Leckie πΎπ Set in the Raaddchi universe and focusing on several disparate outsider characters trying to determine their places in society, with the expected amount of gender shenanigans.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older π A new mystery for Mossa and Pleiti to solve on the floating platforms of Jupiter, and also on Io.
What Feasts At Night by T Kingfisher π§ββοΈ Sworn soldier Alex Easton encounters more gothic horror in the form of a spirit that steals the breath as ka sleeps.
The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by VE Schwab ππ€?οΈ Addie makes a faustian bargain that gives her escape and immortality but at a price. Addie is bisexual and the central relationship is m/f.
Exordia by Seth Dickinson ππ« Kurdish refugee Anna meets advanced serpent alien Ssrin in Central Park. Cosmic level military mayhem follows.
Queers Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue of Lightspeed Magazine 2015 π³οΈβπ𧨠Short stories.
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach π Mushroompunk from Aotearoa; Yat is a struggling policewoman who encounters a strange power.
Star TrekPicard: No Man's Land by Kirsten Beyer π« Set between season 1 and 2 of Picard and focussed on Seven and Raffi.
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah πβοΈ In a dystopic future convict gladiators are paraded across the USA, famed even as they are forced to fight their comrades to the death.
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree ππ¦΄οΈ The prequel to Legends and Lattes is just as cosy. Viv helps out at a bookshop while recuperating.
The Fireborne Blade and sequel The Bloodless Princeby Charlotte Bond ππ§ Dragon slayer Maddileh discovers unexpected things about dragons and in the second book one helps her try to retrieve new high mage Saralene from the underworld.
Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow ππ° Ruth's latest con has two goals - make money and embarrass the man who broke her sister's heart, but she finds herself sidetracked by his sister Sol.
A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rebecca Fraimow π¦π€± Midwife Jean helps a stranger give birth on a Nova Scotian shore, why has her neighbour kept his wife so secret?
The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke π§ββοΈπ¨πΌβπ€οΈ Sideways and the other Scapegracers go up against the evangelical witchfinders in the final book of the trilogy.
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard ππ¦ Viα»t Nhi teams up with HαΊ‘c CΓΊc to track down a creature of horror that has escaped from the Hollows into in habited space.
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo π°π¦ A Bluebeardesque entry in the Singing Hills cycle as cleric Chich finds themself accompanying a wedding party without Almost Brilliant.
Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland π‘πΈ Herla, one of Boudicca's warriors makes a deal with an otherworld lord, after centuries riding as the Hunter she escapes to team up with warrior queen Γthelburg of Wessex against political and otherworld enemies.
Asunder by Kerstin Hall ππ A demon bound deathspeaker takes on a contract to transport a dying stranger, a quest that will lead her home and to the one place the demons can't penetrate.
Metal From Heaven by August Clarke ππ² Marney survives a violent strike busting to become a highwayman robbing trains; to protect her friends she needs to impersonate a wellborn heir and negotiate a marriage with her greatest enemy's daughter.
How to Get the Girl (And Not Destroy the World) by Marie Cardno πβ³ Sian (magic user from Dunedin) and Trillin (breakaway part of The Endless eldritch abomination; her girlfriend) find themselves stuck in a time loop. Book three of a sweet and short trilogy.
Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson π―ββοΈβοΈ Scales, an Ashtown Runner, witnesses people disintegrating when their other world dopplegangers cross over. She'll need to work with people she doesn't want to, including Cara, Dell and Cross, to prevent rich refugees displacing their town.
Thank you to LibraryThing for the easy covers screengrab.
You can see all the books I read in 2024, gay straight and nonapplicable at Aquila's LibraryThing 2024
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I'll follow up with a favourite books of the year post, once I have them in order.
