SFBC- Group Read History

 Group Read History

2015 (eligible again as of 2019)

Aug Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Sept. The Martian by Andy Weir

Oct. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Nov. Dune by Frank Herbert

Dec. The Man in the High Castle by Phillip K. Dick

2016 (eligible again as of 2020)

Jan. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Feb. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Mar. The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin (Also read in 2022 so won’t be eligible again until 2026)

Apr. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

May Ringworld by Larry Niven

Jun. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Jul. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Aug. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Sep. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Also read is 2024, won’t be eligible again until 2028)

Nov. Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg

Dec. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Also read in 2023 won’t be eligible again until 2027)

2017 (eligible again as of 2021)

Jan. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Feb. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Mar. Guards, Guards by Terry Pratchett

Apr. Time and Again by Clifford Simak

May The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Also read in 2023 won’t be eligible again until 2027)

Jun. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

Jul. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

Aug. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Sep. Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Oct. The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Also read in 2023 won’t be eligible again until 2027)

Nov. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Dec. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

2018 (eligible again as of 2022)

Jan. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan

Feb. Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (Also read in 2022 so won’t be eligible again until 2026)

Mar. 1984 by George Orwell

Apr. Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

May Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Jun. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (Also read in 2022 so won’t be eligible again until 2026)

Jul. Hyperion by Dan Simmons

Aug. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds

Sep. Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Oct. The October Country by Ray Bradbury

Nov. Dragon’s Egg by Robert L. Forward

Dec. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Also read in 2022 won’t be eligible again until 2026)

2019 (eligible again as of 2023)

Jan. The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey

Feb. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Mar. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh

Apr. Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

May Embassytown by China Mieville

Jun. More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon

Jul. The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Aug. Cities in Flight by James Blish (Classic) Calculating Stars by Mary Robinson Kowal (Modern)

Sep. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Classic) (Also read in 2024 won’t be eligible again until 2028)
Planetfall by Emma Newman (Modern)

Oct. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (Classic) Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds (Modern)

Nov. The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (Classic) Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Modern)

Dec. UBIK by Philip K. Dick (Classic) All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) by Martha Wells (Modern)

2020 (eligible again as of 2024)

Jan. Ringworld by Larry Niven (Classic) The Peripheral by William Gibson (Modern)

Feb. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (Classic) Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (Modern)

Mar. Way Station by Clifford Simak (Classic) (Also read in 2024 won’t be eligible again until 2028) The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross (Modern)

Apr. Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (Classic) Blindsight by Peter Watts (Modern) (Also read in 2024 won’t be eligible again until 2028)

May Creature of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny (Classic) Exhalation: Stories by Ted Chiang (Modern)

Jun. The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (Classic) Singularity Sky by Charles Stross (Modern)

Jul. City by Clifford Simak (Classic) (Also read in 2024 won’t be eligible again until 2028)
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Modern)

Aug. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Classic) Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton (Modern)

Sep. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (Classic) The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (Modern)

Oct. A World Out of Time by Larry Niven (Classic) Spin by Robert Charles Wilson (Modern)

Nov. Tau Zero by Poul Anderson (Classic) The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer (Modern)

Dec. The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May (Classic) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (Modern)

2021 (eligible again as of 2025)

Jan. Eon by Greg Bear (Classic) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (Modern)

Feb. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Classic) Perdido Street Station by China Mieville (Modern)

Mar. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Classic) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern)

Apr. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Classic) Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill (Modern)

May Kindred by Octavia Butler (Classic) Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Modern)

Jun. Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Classic) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Modern)

Jul. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer (Classic) The City and the City by China Mieville (Modern)

Aug. The City and the Stars by Arthur C. Clarke (Classic) The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Modern)

Sep. Integral Trees by Larry Niven (Classic) Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern)

Oct. Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Classic) Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton (Modern)

Nov. The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov (Classic) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Modern)

Dec. Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (Classic) Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson (Modern)

2022 (won’t be eligible again until 2026)

Jan. Chrysalids by John Wyndham (Classic) Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson (Modern)

Feb. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison (Classic) Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds (Modern)

Mar. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (Classic) Station Eleven by Emily Mandel (Modern)

Apr. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Classic) The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi (Modern)

May A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (Classic) A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Modern)

Jun. Dawn by Octavia Butler (Classic) Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks (Modern)

Jul. Neuromancer by William Gibson (Classic) Semiosis by Sue Burke (Modern)

Aug. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (Classic) Upgrade by Blake Crouch (Modern)

Sep. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Classic) 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern)

Oct. Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (Classic) Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Modern)

Nov. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke (Classic) Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang (Modern)

Dec. Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh (Classic) Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear (Modern)

2023 (won’t be eligible again until 2027)

Jan. The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Classic) Ship of Fools/Unto Leviathan by Richard Paul Russo (Modern)

Feb. Red Planet by Robert Heinlein (Classic) Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds (Modern)

Mar. The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe (Classic) The Quiet War by Paul McAuley (Modern)

Apr. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (Classic) Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (Modern)

May Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Classic) Wool by Hugh Howey (Modern)

June The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (Classic)
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (Modern)

July Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes (Classic) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Modern)

Aug Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick (Classic) Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Modern)

Sep. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Classic) Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Modern)

Oct. The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner (Classic)
Passage by Connie Willis (Modern)

Nov. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (Classic)
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin (Modern)

Dec. The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (Classic) The Stainless Steel Rat Returns by Harry Harrison (Modern)

2024 (won’t be eligible again until 2028)

Jan. Blood Music by Greg Bear (Classic) Blindsight by Peter Watts (Modern)

Feb. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Classic)
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern)

Mar. Contact by Carl Sagan (Classic) The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Modern)

Apr. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Classic) The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (Modern)

May Hothouse by Brian Aldiss (Classic)
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds (Modern)

Jun. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Classic) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Modern)

Jul. Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss (Classic) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Modern)

Aug. Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (Classic)
Accelerando by Charles Stross (Modern)

Sep. A Talent for War by Jack McDevitt (Classic) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Modern)

Oct. City by Clifford Simak (Classic) Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Modern)

Nov. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (Classic)
The Birthday of the World and Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin (Modern)

Dec. Way Station by Clifford Simak (Classic) The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (Modern)

2025 (won’t be eligible again until 2029)

Jan. TBD (Classic) Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Modern)

(Please note: A three year restriction rule was voted on by members in Jan. 2018. Meaning a Group Read can not be repeated for three years. Therefore novels discussed in 2021 can be chosen again in 2025, 2022 novels can not be repeated until 2026, and so on).