A to Z

NOTE: I acknowledge that the world is on fire as we live through a pandemic, a recession and a civil rights movement all at the same time. This should be obvious, but racism including institutional racism is evil, black lives matter and being a cop is NOT a license to kill. But this is a book and writing blog about SF, fantasy and romance and, in these troubled times, I believe a little escapism is important to mental health. So…

Here's a little game is you want to distract yourself for a few minutes. I’ve read over 100 books so far this year, and I wondered if I had read a title for every letter of the alphabet. Some letters were harder than I thought! Here’s my incomplete A to Z. Wherever possible I’ve put in a book that is both SF/fantasy AND romance, but sometimes it’s just one category. These are all books I enjoyed. And sometimes I couldn’t resist listing more than one…

A – (Okay, I had to cheat a little here, as I wouldn't normally file these titles under A.) A Conjuring of Assassins by Carol Berg (fantasy), A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane AKA Meljean Brooke (fantasy romance)

B – Bane and Shadow by Jon Skovron (epic fantasy), Black Wolves of Boston by Wen Spencer (urban fantasy)

C – Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik (SFR), Crush the King by Jennifer Estep (epic fantasy)

D – Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur (PNR/Urban fantasy)

E –

F –Found Magic by Jax Garren (superhero fantasy)

G – Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (fantasy), Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia (historical fantasy)

H –His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (alternate history/fantasy), Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence (epic fantasy)

I – Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy)

J –Jade War by Fonda Lee (fantasy)

K – Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep (superhero romance)

L –Love Hard by Nalini Singh (contemporary romance), Lament by Maggie Stiefvater (YA paranormal), The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (SF)

M –Mercy Burns by Keri Arthur (PNR/Urban fantasy)

N – Network Effect by Martha Wells (SF)

O –

P – Penric’s Progress by Lois McMaster Bujold (fantasy), A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole (contemporary romance), Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher (fantasy romance)

Q –Queen Takes Sunfires by Joely Sue Burkhart (PNR)

R – Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst (fantasy)

S -Shattered Earth by Karen Chance (urban fantasy), Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy), Stormsong by C.L. Polk (fantasy with romantic element), Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse (apocalyptic fantasy), Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler (YA fantasy)

T- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia (middle-grade fantasy), Terminal Uprising by Jim Hines (SF), The Truth by Terry Pratchett (fantasy)

U – Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles (historical romance), Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy), Utterly Dwarfed by Rich Burlew (graphic novel epic fantasy)

V – Venusian Job by Ryan McFadden (SF heist), Vengeful by VE Schwab (superhero fantasy)

W – Wicked Bite by Jeaniene Frost (PNR), Warprize by Elizabeth Vaughan (fantasy romance), War Priest by Ann Aguirre (PNR), Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh (PNR)

X –

Y –

Z -Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang (SF thriller)

My score is 22/26, what’s yours?