Third Place Books: Booze & Lasers discussion

I thought maybe a place where we could suggest books to read for upcoming months could be helpful.

I'll suggest Walkaway by Cory Doctorow. I've not read it but my husband says it's good. And it's a utopia, which might make for an interesting contrast to some of our other books.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - Becky Chambers

I'd second Walkaway. Maybe The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi, although I think that's the start of a series, or The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O by Neal Stephenson.

A friend of mine just recommended Rosewater (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...)...

Also, I'll mention The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell. I think we've had it come up in the past but I haven't seen it lately.

Books recommended at GeekGirlCon this weekend:

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy by Alex White
Salvation Day by Kali Wallace
A Pale Light in the Black by K. B. Wagers
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
Empire of Sand by Tasha Sun
The Deep by Rivers Solomon and others
If Darkness Takes Us by Brenda Marie Smith
New Suns (short stories) edited by Nisi Shawl

I may have a few more to add to this list later.

Thanks for the list Christina!

Additional titles from GGC. I attended the "Librarians Recommend" panel and while I don't know much about any of these, they are all supposed to be "the best new, inclusive, sci-fi and fantasy reads".

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Empire of Dreams by Rae Carson
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis
This is How You Loose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Library of the Unwritten by AJ Hackwith
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
How long til Black Future Month (stories) by NK Jemisin
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Tristan Strong Punched a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren
Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Vessel by Lisa A Nichols
Whispers of Shadow and Flame by L Penelope
The Need by Helen Phillips
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
A Very Scalzi Christimas by John Scalzi

Lots of things to possibly read in 2020!

FWIW, Goodread's Readers Choice list for the best Science Fiction of 2019 is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-fiction-books-2019. There is some overlap between books on this list and books recommended by the librarians at GeekGirlCon.