58. Grounded and inventive speculative fiction recommendations for your TBR

Today Chelsey and Sara explore speculative fiction and sci-fi in anotherTBR toppling episode. We're not big sci-fi readers, but we have a bunch of grounded, page-turning books to recommend today. Even if you're not an avid speculative fiction reader, we think you'll find at least one book to interest you among these titles. For more bonus episodes, nerdy classes, and extra book talk, join our Classics Club: patreon.com/novelpairings.com. Connect with us on Instagram or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get updates and behind-the-scenes info. Get two audiobooks for the price of one from Libro.fm. Use our Libro.fm affiliate code NOVELPAIRINGS and support independent bookstores. Books mentioned: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (Amazon) The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Amazon) Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Amazon) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Amazon) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (Amazon) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (Amazon) To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (Amazon) The Martian by Andy Weir (Amazon) The Resisters by Gish Jen (Amazon) In the Quick by Kate Hope Day (Amazon) The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey (Amazon) Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark (Amazon) Watchmen by Alan M. Moore (Amazon) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Amazon) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Amazon) Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Amazon) Recursion by Blake Crouch (Amazon) The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Amazon) Destroyer by Victor LaValle (Amazon)

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