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message 1: by Pam (last edited Apr 21, 2026 08:41AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:25AM

Pam | 564 comments 2025 thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
MM thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Dark Horse (Dark Horse, #1) by Kate Sherwood Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1) by L.J. Hayward Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah Ice Ice Babygirl by Ashlyn Kane Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) by Rainbow Rowell Resenting the Hero (Hero, #1) by Moira J. Moore Fatal Shadows (The Adrien English Mysteries, #1) by Josh Lanyon A Dangerous Thing (The Adrien English Mysteries, #2) by Josh Lanyon The Hell You Say (The Adrien English Mysteries, #3) by Josh Lanyon Death of a Pirate King (The Adrien English Mysteries, #4) by Josh Lanyon Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn & Grim, #1) by Juliet Marillier Galatea by Madeline Miller Beach Read by Emily Henry Exiles by Mason Coile Rogue & Gambit Ring of Fire by Kelly Thompson How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham Mexikid A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

January: History
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

February: Love
Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck Looking for Group by Alexis Hall An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

March: Diversity
Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All, #3) by Alexis Hall Trouble by Lex Croucher The Talk by Darrin Bell

April: Nature



Life Underwater by Matthew J. Metzger The History of Bees by Maja Lunde The Wall by Marlen Haushofer The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell


message 2: by Pam (last edited 1 hour, 1 min ago) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:26AM

Pam | 564 comments My GrabTag tracker: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to Google doc: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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paranormal
fantasy-romance
action-adventure
fun




The Tao of Pooh
poetry
reference
essays
personal-development
self-help
self-improvement
faith
business
health
sociology
leadership

The Te of Piglet
religion
philosophy
psychology
spirituality
spiritual
theology

(childhood)
asia/inspirational/fun
china




The History of Bees
German
nature
translated
animals
futuristic
19th-century
x
x
x
x



Tough Guy
canadian
fun
music



The Best We Could Do
manga
high-school
war
survival
colonialism
journey
asia
childhood
relationships
death




Charlie the Choo-Choo
stephen-king
paranormal


message 4: by Pam (last edited Apr 21, 2026 08:13AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:28AM

Pam | 564 comments Trim

✅ 1. The Kraken Wakes or The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

2. Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon

3. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

4. If I Don't Have You by Sareeta Domingo

5. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

7. The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord

8. Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper

11. A Surplus of Light by Chase Connor / HappyHead by Josh Silver

13. Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling

14. Documenting Light by E.E. Ottoman

15. Life Underwater by Matthew J. Metzger

16. Leonard and Hungry Paul

17. The History of Bees

18. A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

19. The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

20. At the End of the Matinee by Keiichirō Hirano / Twinkle Twinkle by Kaori Ekuni

21. Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell

22. Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett

23. Belinda by Maria Edgeworth

6. Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Katherine Fabian and Iona Datt Sharma
9. Outdrawn by Deanna Grey / The Duchess's Bodyguard by Drea C
10. Brothers Across Time by Brad Boney
12. Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson



The Employees by Olga Ravn
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold


The Hidden Moon by Jeannie Lin
3. Hester by Mrs. Oliphant


Planetfall by Emma Newman
A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy




The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman


message 5: by Pam (last edited Apr 21, 2026 08:07AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:31AM

Pam | 564 comments Potential skips: 14/20
james-patterson
nora-roberts
harlequin
reverse-harem
mafia
billionaire
mc
doctor-who
star-wars
dc
agatha-christie
finance
design
photography


manga-manhwa -- On or Off 01
christianity -- The Sparrow
cookbooks -- Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
bdsm -- The Spy and His Boy
plays
christian (Till We Have Faces)
psychological-thriller


The Long Past & Other Stories
1 anthology
2 steampunk

The Seep
The Second Death of Locke
Moon of the Turning Leaves

Stephen King
A Gun for Sale
Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Stand: Captain Trips
American Vampire, Vol. 1
A Suitable Boy
Hocus Pocus
Heart of Darkness
A Brief History of Time
The Stand: The Graphic Novel Omnibus

economics
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume II: Macroeconomics
The Ministry for the Future
The Grapes of Wrath
Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration

plays
John Proctor is the Villain

French
A Winter's Promise
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
The Scarlet Pimpernel
And Then There Were None
Giovanni’s Room
Address Unknown

German
The Wall
Go, Went, Gone
The Eighth Life
The Dwarves
The History of Bees
Animal Farm
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

essays
The Tao of Pooh (poetry/reference/faith/religion/spirituality/spiritual/theology/philosophy/childhood/history/sociology/business/health)
The Te of Piglet
personal-development/self-help/self-improvement/asia/china/non-fiction/inspirational/humor/comedy/funny/fun


message 6: by Pam (last edited Feb 18, 2026 11:59AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:37AM

Pam | 564 comments Scifi Project
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message 7: by Pam (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:37AM

Pam | 564 comments Would have to purchase:

The Outside (The Outside, #1) by Ada Hoffmann


Would have to purchase physical copy:

Albatross by Terry Fallis Harmony by Project Itoh We All Died at Breakaway Station by Richard C. Meredith


Available in Everand+ upgrade:
The Outside (also available ILL)


message 8: by Pam (last edited Apr 21, 2026 08:03AM) (new)
Dec 15, 2025 10:39AM

Pam | 564 comments Next round of PBT Top 100 Fiction TBR

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) by T.H. White The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1) by Mary Doria Russell


Indigenous authors

7 Generations A Plains Cree Saga (7 Generations #1-4) by David Alexander Robertson Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska by Velma Wallis Heartbeat Braves (Crooked Rock, #1) by Pamela Sanderson Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse The Sisterhood Season One Episodes 1-3 of a Serialized Apocalypse & Academy Saga (The Sisterhood (Seasons) Book 1) by Tali Inlow Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Take Us To Your Chief And Other Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor The Way of Thorn and Thunder The Kynship Chronicles by Daniel Heath Justice The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson Cold by Drew Hayden Taylor

Grea Alexander
Christina Berry

Classics

Fanny Herself
Address Unknown
The Best of Everything
Crossriggs

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12 sci-fi classics project

On my TBR:
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, 1955
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, 1967
Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky, 1972
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold, 1973
Raising the Stones by Sheri S. Tepper, 1990
Permutation City by Greg Egan, 1994


Farewell, Earth's Bliss by D.G. Compton, 1966
Past Master by R.A. Lafferty, 1968
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner, 1972
The Space Machine by Christopher Priest, 1976
Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster, 1979
The Family Tree by Sheri S. Tepper, 1997


Tanith Lee -- Electric Forest
The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee, 1981

Cyrion
Black Unicorn
Biting the Sun
Kill the Dead

Companions on the Road
Prince on a White Horse
Dark Castle, White Horse by Tanith Lee

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer




Lord Valentine's Castle (Lord Valentine, #1) by Robert Silverberg Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Rogue Queen
The Lathe of Heaven
The Eye of the Heron by Ursula K. LeGuin

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message 11: by Pam (last edited Apr 21, 2026 07:51AM) (new)
Dec 31, 2025 09:54AM

Pam | 564 comments Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward, 1980
Yukikaze 1984
Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986
The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy, 1989
Fools by Pat Cadigan, 1992
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes, 2010
Deathstalker by Simon R. Green
The Ragged World by Judith Moffett

?The Sea and Summer by George Turner, 1987
Diaspora by Greg Egan, 1997
The Martian Race by Gregory Benford, 1999
Clean by Alex Hughes, 2012
Our Blue Orange by A.R. Merrydew, 2015
Iron Truth by S.A. Tholin, 2018
The Rig by Roger Levy, 2018
Delta-v by Daniel Suarez, 2019
Out Among the Ice Beacons by Gareth Howells, 2019
The House of Styx by Derek Künsken, 2020
Aestus: Book 1: The City by S.Z. Attwell, 2020
Melody: A First Contact Techno-Thriller by David Hoffer, 2020
Refraction by Wick Welker, 2021
The Automaton by Ian Young, 2022
Moths by Jane Hennigan, 2023
The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Sordidez by E.G. Conde

https://www.locusmag.com/1998/Books/8...
https://www.worldswithoutend.com/list...


Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith I Still Dream by James Smythe The Stars Undying (Empire Without End, #1) by Emery Robin Nebula Vibrations by Annie Carl Small Town Problems A Sci-Fi Novella by Chris Ritchey Triangulum by Masande Ntshanga The Heaviness of Knowing (Conscious Dreamer #1) by Sharolyn G. Brown Neom by Lavie Tidhar Gunmetal Gods (Gunmetal Gods, #1) by Zamil Akhtar The Myriad (Tour of the Merrimack, #1) by R.M. Meluch This Is The Way The World Ends by James K. Morrow

Wayward Galaxy (Wayward Galaxy, #1) by Jason Anspach Cry Pilot (Cry Pilot, #1) by Joel Dane Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) by Craig Alanson Daemon (Daemon, #1) by Leinad Zeraus

Stringers by Chris Panatier Homeworld (The Illuminator Series Book 1) by Philip Ginn The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August Escaping First Contact (The Burnt Ship #1) by T.S. Beier Hunger Makes the Wolf (The Ghost Wolves, #1) by Alex Wells Children of the Black (Silver Sights Saga, #1) by W.J. Long III Bisection by Sheila Jenné

Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey In Universes by Emet North

Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) by Hannu Rajaniemi Amatka by Karin Tidbeck The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss

Divine Endurance (The Last Days of Ranaganar, #1) by Gwyneth Jones Steal Across the Sky by Nancy Kress Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand In War Times (Dance Family #1) by Kathleen Ann Goonan Light Music (Nanotech, #4) by Kathleen Ann Goonan The Secret City by Carol Emshwiller Natural History by Justina Robson Keeping It Real (Quantum Gravity #1) by Justina Robson A Door Into Ocean (Elysium Cycle, #1) by Joan Slonczewski Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle, #4) by Joan Slonczewski Synners by Pat Cadigan Mindplayers by Pat Cadigan

The Infinite Battle by David Bischoff Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) by Miles Cameron Uncanny Magazine Issue 32 January/February 2020 by Lynne M. Thomas Sign of the Labrys by Margaret St. Clair Toward Eternity by Anton Hur Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf

Checked library
vN by Madeline Ashby
Unity by Elly Bangs
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
First Light by Casey E. Berger
Valid: Dystopian Autofiction by Chris Bergeron
The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias
A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock
First Flight by Chris Claremont
Dancer of the Sixth by Michelle Shirey Crean
Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
Redux: The Lost Patrol: A SciFi Time Travel Novel by Gregg Cunningham
Circular Motion by Alex Foster
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
Outpost by W. Michael Gear
Tentacle by Rita Indiana
Emergency Skin by NK Jemisin
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick
Angel at Apogee by S.N. Lewitt
Alien Earth by Megan Lindholm
Up Against It by Laura J. Mixon
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
Spin State by Chris Moriarty
Vast by Linda Nagata
Limit of Vision by Linda Nagata
Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt
Chimera by Mary Rosenblum
Those Left Behind by NC Scrimgeour
The Phoenix in Flight by Sherwood Smith
We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

Authors
Chris Beckett
Murray Constantine
S.B. Divya
M. John Harrison
Ken MacLeod
Theodore Sturgeon

Translated

The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem, 1971
Ten Planets: Stories
War with the Newts by Karel Čapek The Next Continent by Issui Ogawa Usurper of the Sun by Housuke Nojiri Shadows of the Short Days (Hrimland Saga #1) by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha Scattered All Over the Earth (Scattered All Over the Earth #1) by Yōko Tawada On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee The Wall by Marlen Haushofer They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears by Johannes Anyuru You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue

The Slynx
Waste Tide


message 13: by Pam (last edited 22 hours, 15 min ago) (new)
Dec 31, 2025 09:58AM

Pam | 564 comments 1801 -- Belinda
1856 -- John Halifax, Gentleman
1861 -- East Lynne
1926 -- Lud-in-the-Mist
1952 -- Travel Light
1974 -- Oreo
1979 -- Electric Forest

1980 -- Kill the Dead
> Downbelow Station, 1981
(The Silver Metal Lover)
> Merchanter's Luck, 1982
> Forty Thousand in Gehenna, 1983
1984 -- The Ladies of Mandrigyn
1985 -- The Isle of Glass, Cuckoo's Egg
> Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History, 1986
(Daggerspell)
> Swordspoint, 1987
1988 -- Sheepfarmer's Daughter
1989 -- The Steerswoman

1990 -- Raising the Stones
> (Knaves' Wager by Loretta Chase)
1991 -- Illusion
> (Ammonite by Nicola Griffith, 1992)
> (Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis, 1993)
1994 -- Permutation City
(Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh)
1995 -- The Color of Distance
> (I Who Have Never Known Men, Lord of Scoundrels, City of Bones)
1996 -- Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska, The Sparrow, Indigo
> (Remnant Population, Bellwether)
(Finity's End, 1997)
??1998 --
1999 -- Rhapsody: Child of Blood, The Weaver Takes a Wife
> (Battle Royale)
(Fatal Shadows, Valor's Choice, 2000)

2001 -- Through Wolf's Eyes
2002 -- Fire Logic
2003 -- Song of the Beast, The Wizard Hunters
??2004 --
??2005 --
2006 -- Inda, Blindsight
??2007 --
2009 -- The Empress of Mars

2013 -- A Stranger in Olondria


Sherwood Smith

1. Inda
2. ?Book 2? Fox?
3. Banner of the Damned (OR try Time of Daughters I first???) -- https://www.sherwoodsmith.net/other-t...

Lily and Crown

Coronets and Steel
The Wicked Skill

Fledglings
The Phoenix in Flight
Fair Winds and Homeward Sail: Sophy Croft's Story


My Boyfriend Is a Bear by Pamela Ribon SLAM! Vol. 1 by Pamela Ribon The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman The Wall by Marlen Haushofer


2025 new releases

Oh hold (or available) in FL OR on Everand:
Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney The Cosmic Color by T.T. Madden If the Ring Fits (Funny Feelings, #2) by Camilla Isley Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson The Ordeals (Killmarth Trials, #1) by Rachel Greenlaw The Wayfinder by Adam Johnson Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill A Philosophy of Thieves (The Canarvier Files, #1) by Fran Wilde Sunward by William Alexander Simultaneous by Eric Heisserer Welcome to the Deep Estate by Kevin Kane Birth of a Dynasty (Birth of a Dynasty, #1) by Chinaza Bado The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri Tongues, Vol. 1 by Anders Nilsen Black Salt Queen (Letters from Maynara, #1) by Samantha Bansil


Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel A Testimony of Blood An epic fantasy infused with the mythology of West Africa by Rogba Payne The King Must Die by Kemi Ashing-Giwa The Door on the Sea (The Raven and Eagle, #1) by Caskey Russell Song of Spores by Bogi Takács Who Knows You by Heart by C.J. Farley Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana The Outcast Mage (The Shattered Lands, #1) by Annabel Campbell


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