SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

I'm reading the witcher books right now and I read bo-young kim's on the origin of species and other stories earlier this year. I'm realizing that I haven't read that many books that were originally published outside the US and UK, and I want to change that. Any good recs?

Try Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang. This will give you a political and sociocultural fiction mostly set on Mars, with Mars-Earth conflict. Translation by Ken Liu.

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (one of my personal favorites)

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu is translated. It’s not for everyone but I quite enjoyed the first one at least.

The Swarm by Frank Schatzing

QualityLand by Marc Uwe-Kling


If you are open to horror:
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
The Unworthy and Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Vita Nostra!

I second Vita Nostra!

And I always recommend Momo, it's sometimes listed as a children's or middle grade book, but it's actually a book for all ages.

The People in the Photo by Hélène Gestern

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman (many of his books are popular)

Only One Life by Sara Blaedel (part of a detective series but the only one I have had the chance to read so far.)

Mating Birds by Lewis Nkosi but very depressing

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

And I’ll third Vita Nostra and the Memory Police

I'll fourth Vita Nostra 😺

Hey Ian, here are mine: The Second World War historical novel The Red Horse, by Eugenio Corti, a great chatolic Italian writer. The Three-Body Problem, and Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger.

Hi, I also have some books I can recommend you :)

The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach

The Swarm by Frank Schätzing

Blackout: A Techno-Thriller by Marc Elsberg

Three more not mentioned yet:

Solaris by Stanisław Lem
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka
and Kafka on the Shore another by Haruki Murakami.

Oooh I forgot to suggest
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky

And for some books from the SFFBC bookshelf:

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

and

The City of Dreaming Books

(sorry on the app, so no links)

I enjoyed both books quite a lot.

DivaDiane wrote: "And for some books from the SFFBC bookshelf:

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

and

The City of Dreaming Books

(sorry on the app, so no links)

I enjoyed both books quite a lot."

Lonely Castle in the Mirror

The City of Dreaming Books

Inkheart blew me away

Definitely second Lonely Castle in the Mirror. I would not have thought of Stieg Larsson or Fredrik Bachman for SFF recommendations, but if you are looking outside of SFF, I would also recommend the works of those authors as mentioned above.

Thanks, Michelle!

Richard wrote: "Three more not mentioned yet:

Solaris by Stanisław Lem
"


If one endeavors to read Solaris, I'd recommend the Bill Johnston translation over the earlier translation which was actually based on the French translation and not translated directly from Polish. Johnston is apparently an expert translator of Polish texts into English and this is the translation preferred by Lem's surviving family.

DivaDiane wrote: "Thanks, Michelle!"

You're welcome 🙂

Kaladin wrote: "Blackout: A Techno-Thriller by Marc Elsberg."

I didn't read that one, Kal. I'll definitely give it a shot :-)

It won't be for everyone but I loved Before the Feast

Michael wrote: "Kaladin wrote: "Blackout: A Techno-Thriller by Marc Elsberg."

I didn't read that one, Kal. I'll definitely give it a shot :-)"

I hope you'll enjoy it. I like his books. Still have Helix on my TBR.

Beth wrote: "It won't be for everyone but I loved Before the Feast"

It's a hard reading?

And Momo, by Michael Ende (German), is so wonderful. It may seem like it’s a kid’s book, but it totally works for adults as well.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...