From Game of Thrones to Watership Down, via Haruki Marukami, Margaret Atwood, Frank Herbert and everything in-between, Mostly Harmless are a thriving book club devoted to sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comics.
We interviewed founders Derek and Barbara about the hits and misses over the years. They shared a great set of expert recommendations for die-hard enthusiasts, and for those thinking about trying a genre novel for the first time.
Book recommendations
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The novels of George R. R. Martin, including Game of Thrones
- Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights by Ryu Mitsuse
- Annihilator by Grant Morrison
- Ronin by Frank Miller
- The Female Man by Joanna Russ
- The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
- The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemison
- Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Notes
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