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Voting for 2026 Book Club Readings

Which Reading List Would You Like for the 2026 Book Club

  • A

    Votes: 2 33.3%
  • B

    Votes: 1 16.7%
  • C

    Votes: 4 66.7%
  • D

    Votes: 2 33.3%

  • Total voters
    6
  • Poll closed .

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As always I have tried to balance between fairness and randomization! Please vote for which list you would prefer and the top vote getter will be our list for next month. Let's close the poll on 12/20. Which will give folks some time to source our January reading! If I made any errors or omissions please know it was out of ignorance or incompetence and not malice!

A:
Provenance - Ann Leckie
Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
The Hunger - Alma Katsu
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Dune ~ Frank Herbert
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe - Kij Johnson
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
South of Broad - Pat Conroy

B:
The Neverending Story ~ Michael Ende
A Hero Born (The Legend of the Condor Heroes part 1) by Jin Yong
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
Company of Liars - Karen Maitland
The Light of the Fireflies - Paul Pen
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Diary of a Drag Queen ~ Crystal Rasmussen
Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

C:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman
The Great Passage - Shion Miura
Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
The Neverending Story ~ Michael Ende
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

D:
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe - Kij Johnson
If On Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
A Marriage at Sea - Sophie Elmhirst
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Dune ~ Frank Herbert
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Provenance - Ann Leckie
Lightning Rods - Helen DeWitt
 
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Say hi to your 2026 reading list:

Jan - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Feb - The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Mar - The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
Apr - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
May - Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman
Jun - The Great Passage - Shion Miura
Aug - Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls
Sep - Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
Oct - The Neverending Story ~ Michael Ende
Nov - Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
 
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