What To Read When You’re Not Trying To Take Over The World

Also known as your new schedule for the rest of 2024 and into 2025: May 1, 2024: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (Sci Fi)June 5: Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk (Fantasy)July 3: Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer (SF)August 7: Bitter Medicine, by Mia Tsai (F)September 11: Pure, by Julianna Baggott (SF)October 2: […]

8th Annual New Year, New Books

It’s time once again for the Evanston Public Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group’s annual list of recommendations! Each January, our group members gather to share their own personal favorite SFF books (and other related media) and give each other (and you!) some new ideas to add to our personal reading lists. Here are […]

News You Can Use

Here’s our schedule for October 2023 – May 2024. Click on the links for more information and to register! Wednesday, October 4, 7 PM CST: Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky Wednesday, November 1, 7 PM CST: VenCo, by Cherie Dimaline Wednesday, December 6, 7 PM CST: The Bees, by Laline Paull Wednesday, January 11, […]

What’s New, Pussycat? AKA What We’re Reading Now

Here’s our schedule for February – August 2023: February 1: The Memory Librarian Janelle Monáe March 1: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher April 5: Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik May 3: Babel, by R.F. Kuang June 7: Beyond Black by Hillary Mantel July 5: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik August 16*: The Mountain […]

7th Annual New Year, New Books!

Welcome once again to the Evanston Public Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group’s annual list of recommendations! Each January, our group members gather to share their own personal favorite SFF books (and other related media) and give each other (and you!) some new ideas for our TBR piles. Here are this year’s recommendations from […]

New Books: July 2022-December 2022

Thanks to everyone who nominated and voted for our next 6 months of books to read and discuss together! Without further ado, the schedule is: July 6: The City We Became, by N.K. JemisinAugust 3: She Who Became The Sun, by Shelly Parker-Chan (special 7:30 PM start time)Sept. 7: Hench, by Natalie Zina WalschotsOct. 5: Daughter of the Moon […]

Reading the Hugo Nominees

Evanston Public Library Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Group is thrilled to be a part of the lead up to ChiCon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention, which is taking place in Chicago from Sept. 1-5! As part of the preparations for this event, local science fiction and fantasy book groups are coordinating to […]

6th Annual New Year, New Books Recommendations: 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual New Year’s book recommendations meeting for 2022! You can find our recommendations from previous years elsewhere on this website. Below are everyone’s latest recommendations for your reference, and I’ll also link to them in our Goodreads group and Facebook group. Sheena recommends The End of Eternity by Isaac […]

What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been…

As we prepare to select our group reads for the next 6 months, I thought it was time again to post the list of works our group has read together since we formed in April of 2015. Hop on and enjoy the journey forward with us! You can look for any of the titles below, […]

5th Annual New Year, New Books Recommendations: 2021

Thank you to everyone who attended our 5th Annual New Year, New Books meeting! Due to COVID, we weren’t able to gather in person, but it was great to see everyone via Zoom and get another great round of recommendations from our fellow sci-fi/fantasy fans! Below are everyone’s recommendations for your reference, and I’ll also […]