SciFi and Fantasy Book Club discussion

We thought this might be an interesting thread to see how many of the group books members have read. The total currently stands at 131 books read, 2 currently-reading, and 2 to-read.

I'm currently at 100/133 (I'm not counting to-read yet). I joined the group in August 2010 so there are a few books from before then that I've not read. Some I already mean to, others I've not heard of. I've missed a couple books since joining and they're all waiting on my Kindle to be read at some point.

The two I'm not sure if I'll ever finish are Red Mars, which was really boring me, and Weaveworld, which I just couldn't get in to.

The best place to see what we've read is here on the bookshelf, https://www.goodreads.com/group/books..., or you can check out our listopia, https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3....

I am a new member, and I am currently engaged in, "Ripples in an Emerald Sea." I am enjoying it so far. So I guess I have read .24.

Well that's not one of our club reads.

Yikes. I do apologize. I will now direct myself towards the club reads. Thank you.

I am new to the group and have only read 5 (6 if you include the warded man). Many of them are on my to read list though!

I'm on 16/133 and currently reading Midnight Riot which will make 17. I'd love to see how many books on our bookshelf I can read by the end of the year - I'm going to make 50 my goal for 2013.

I've read about 40% of the 133 books.

55 with the group since I joined in late 2009, but another dozen or so that I'd already read before and since that are on our list.

Just joined a few days ago, but like Paul, a lot of them are on my to read list. I hope to join in next month, though!

Haven't figured out a way to get this statistic from GR but I'd say 20-30% of the group books.

Looks like I've read 74 of them, though a lot of those were before I joined, or after the group read.

I've read about half of the books on the list - but many, many more which aren't there :)

Is there any reason why there are only the first in a series mentioned, or only one or two written by a particular author??

Hm, I think 57. Some a long time ago. There's some on the shelves that I've added to my TBR (Snow Crash, Altered Carbon) and some I'll never read (R.R. Martin, Dr. Who). Overall, it's a great selection of books; a little heavy on the classics, but that's why they are classics :D

Ric wrote: "Haven't figured out a way to get this statistic from GR but I'd say 20-30% of the group books."

The only way is to look at the bookshelf and manually count them.

Carole-Ann wrote: "Is there any reason why there are only the first in a series mentioned, or only one or two written by a particular author?? "

Because those are the books we've read.

45, or about 1/3. Like others have said, though, I don't think I read most with the group, though a few I have.

I'd say at least around 1/3 of the group books I've read I read before I joined the group or I read later by myself.

Since I joined the group I've read along with every pick apart from a couple.

I think 65 but most of those were prior to joining a few months ago.

45/133 with Hyperion being one I abandoned. By the side of the road. After punching it in the nuts.

28 so far - though I have to say Weaveworld is one of my favourite books of all time. Must have read it over ten times. How far did you get through it?

I have read 77, including one of next month's but not counting one I just started and another I will start in a day or so. Some I read before I joined the group, some I read with the group and others I read after the group. When I read them after the group I always go back and read the group's discussions.

59 or so. But there were several that I DNFed though.

I have read 34 of them, but I have probably about another 40 of them on my TBR list.

29 read and 2 DNF

I've read about 15 of the books, but I only joined this group a few days ago, so haven't had the change to join in on a book the group's reading.

D.L. wrote: "28 so far - though I have to say Weaveworld is one of my favourite books of all time. Must have read it over ten times. How far did you get through it?"

Somewhere in the first chapter. I just really couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll try again some day.

Only 45 so far.

Kim wrote: "D.L. wrote: "28 so far - though I have to say Weaveworld is one of my favourite books of all time. Must have read it over ten times. How far did you get through it?"

Somewhere in the first chapter..."

The first chapter is quite set-up heavy, a fairly grey prologue to a fantastically colourful work - though as I was born in the particular industrial waste-land it's set in, I suppose it has a little more hold on me. The novel is one of the best dark fantasy novels of all time in my opinion (for what it's worth), well worth giving another go. By far and away Barker's best work and I'm a fan of his in general.

42 so far, but I only joined this month. Promise I'll be good and read some more!

46 so far - but I saw a whole lot of books I want to read.

This day job thing is sure cutting into my real life.

40- something.

I'm at 45 so far, with a bunch more on my to read list. I joined in February so I have some catching up to do.

I'm at 43. A great collection of books, though, many of which I've intended to read at various times. (A few of which I even have on my shelf but haven't gotten around to!)

I'm going to try and read the rest of the club books by the end of the year.

Thanks Kim. I love lists and putting ticks next to them!

Out of our read and currently reading shelves I've managed 60, or maybe 61 if we count a totally abortive attempt of the disaster that was our Dr Who pick. I've only got 3 of the rest on my TBR shelf.

I think my problem is I'm an awful bigot and usually end up not reading any of our Fantasy picks. Probably too stuck in my ways to change now, but I'll promise to try a little harder.
Maybe...

63 for me ... though most before I joined ...

27 so far, but I have quite a few of them on my to-read shelves.

Richard wrote: "Out of our read and currently reading shelves I've managed 60, or maybe 61 if we count a totally abortive attempt of the disaster that was our Dr Who pick."

I counted that one. Nobody should ever have to finish that book.

If I include the upcoming April books, I've read 57.

I'm at 45. I'm not sure how many I actually read with the group. Often, I read them after the fact.

I'm up to 17 now that I've read Midnight Riot, and I've got 4 dnf in the list. For those who don't want to go through the bookshelf, here's the list of books the club has read so far:

1. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Guin, Ursula K. Le
2. Snow Crash by Stephenson, Neal
3. Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut, Kurt
4. Neverwhere by Gaiman, Neil
5. Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Card, Orson Scott
6. A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by Martin, George R.R.
7. Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Herbert, Frank
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Dick, Philip K.
9. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Pratchett, Terry
10. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory
11. Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Butcher, Jim
12. Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein, Robert A.
13. A Night in the Lonesome October by Zelazny, Roger
14. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) by King, Stephen
15. The Anubis Gates by Powers, Tim
16. The Road by McCarthy, Cormac
17. His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Novik, Naomi
18. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) by Gibson, William
19. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vinge, Vernor
20. Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth, #1) by Goodkind, Terry
21. Watchmen by Moore, Alan
22. Alphabet of Thorn by McKillip, Patricia A.
23. The Suicide Collectors by Oppegaard, David
24. I, Robot by Asimov, Isaac
25. The Crown Conspiracy (The Riyria Revelations, #1) by Sullivan, Michael J.
26. Childhood's End by Clarke, Arthur C.
27. To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) by Willis, Connie
28. Tigana by Kay, Guy Gavriel
29. The Accidental Time Machine by Haldeman, Joe
30. Dragonflight (Pern, #1) by McCaffrey, Anne
31. Good Omens by Pratchett, Terry
32. The Left Hand of Darkness by Guin, Ursula K. Le
33. The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury, Ray
34. The Graveyard Book by Gaiman, Neil
35. The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, #1) by Keyes, Greg
36. Zodiac by Stephenson, Neal
37. The War of the Worlds by Wells, H.G.
38. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) by Guin, Ursula K. Le
39. The Algebraist by Banks, Iain M.
40. The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Margaret
41. Those Who Hunt the Night (James Asher, #1) by Hambly, Barbara
42. Nine Princes in Amber (Amber Chronicles, #1) by Zelazny, Roger
43. The Speed of Dark by Moon, Elizabeth
44. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by Tolkien, J.R.R.
45. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G.
46. Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) by Hobb, Robin
47. Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) by Miéville, China
48. The Windup Girl by Bacigalupi, Paolo
49. Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy #1) by Carey, Jacqueline
50. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Jr., Walter M. Miller
51. The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Gaiman, Neil
52. The Man in the High Castle by Dick, Philip K.
53. The Dispossessed by Guin, Ursula K. Le
54. American Gods by Gaiman, Neil
55. Altered Carbon by Morgan, Richard K.
56. Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1) by Butcher, Jim
57. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
58. Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Sanderson, Brandon
59. Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by Priest, Cherie
60. Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) by Leiber, Fritz
61. War for the Oaks by Bull, Emma
62. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein, Robert A.
63. Haze by Jr., L.E. Modesitt
64. The Magic of Recluce (The Saga of Recluce, #1) by Jr., L.E. Modesitt
65. The Lions of al-Rassan by Kay, Guy Gavriel
66. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Simmons, Dan
67. The Word for World is Forest by Guin, Ursula K. Le
68. Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Hobb, Robin
69. Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles by Moorcock, Michael
70. Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1) by Erikson, Steven
71. Cold Magic (The Spiritwalker Trilogy #1) by Elliott, Kate
72. Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) by Banks, Iain M.
73. Foundation (Foundation, #1) by Asimov, Isaac
74. Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1) by Willis, Connie
75. Opening Atlantis (Atlantis, #1) by Turtledove, Harry
76. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon, #1) by Goodman, Alison
77. The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) by Abercrombie, Joe
78. The Summer Tree (The Fionavar Tapestry, #1) by Kay, Guy Gavriel
79. Charmed Life (Chrestomanci, #1) by Jones, Diana Wynne
80. The Snow Queen (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1) by Vinge, Joan D.
81. Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1) by Salvatore, R.A.
82. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by Martin, George R.R.
83. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Robinson, Kim Stanley
84. White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) by Black, Holly
85. Leviathan Wakes (Expanse, #1) by Corey, James S.A.
86. Machine Man by Barry, Max
87. Shadow's Son (Shadow Saga, #1) by Sprunk, Jon
88. The Player of Games (Culture, #2) by Banks, Iain M.
89. Oryx and Crake by Atwood, Margaret
90. Anansi Boys by Gaiman, Neil
91. The City and the City by Miéville, China
92. Ready Player One by Cline, Ernest
93. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Brooks, Max
94. Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori, #1) by Hearn, Lian
95. The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Mikhail
96. Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Carriger, Gail
97. The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne, #1) by Hodder, Mark
98. When Gravity Fails by Effinger, George Alec
99. The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Haldeman, Joe
100. The Terror by Simmons, Dan
101. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1) by Adams, Douglas
102. John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by Wong, David
103. Watership Down by Adams, Richard
104. Blackout by Willis, Connie
105. Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) by Butler, Octavia E.
106. The Sword-Edged Blonde (Eddie LaCrosse, #1) by Bledsoe, Alex
107. The Native Star (Veneficas Americana, #1) by Hobson, M.K.
108. Weaveworld by Barker, Clive
109. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Chabon, Michael
110. A Scanner Darkly by Dick, Philip K.
111. Regarding Ducks and Universes by Maslakovic, Neve
112. Deathless by Valente, Catherynne M.
113. The Silent Tower (Windrose Chronicles, #1) by Hambly, Barbara
114. Under Heaven by Kay, Guy Gavriel
115. Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, Book 1) by Stirling, S.M.
116. Against the Tide of Years (Nantucket, #2) by Stirling, S.M.
117. Old Man's War by Scalzi, John
118. The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1) by O'Malley, Daniel
119. On the Oceans of Eternity (Nantucket, #3) by Stirling, S.M.
120. Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) by Lawrence, Mark
121. Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary
122. Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) by Hamilton, Peter F.
123. Midnight Riot (Peter Grant, #1) by Aaronovitch, Ben
124. The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) by Lynch, Scott
125. 1Q84 by Murakami, Haruki
126. The Princess Bride by Goldman, William
127. The Diamond Age by Stephenson, Neal
128. Wool Omnibus (Wool, #1-5) by Howey, Hugh
129. Mort (Discworld, #4) by Pratchett, Terry
130. The Black Prism (Lightbringer, #1) by Weeks, Brent
131. The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) by Bujold, Lois McMaster
132. Spin by Wilson, Robert Charles
133. The Warded Man (Demon Cycle, #1) by Brett, Peter V.
134. Infernal Devices by Jeter, K.W.
135. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1) by Wolfe, Gene

I have just joined and I'm starting out at 38 books - with another dozen or so either waiting to be read on my shelves, or on my shopping list :-)

Good list! (I like lists)

Anyone with a bit of time on their hands could make an official Listopia list, to make the voting/counting easy?

I've read 52, although most of those before I joined the group. I tend to try to find something to read along with every month, but it's a battle between different groups and other reading challenges.

I've made an official Listopia list - http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/34...

However it will only tell you which of the top 100 you've read, not out of all the books.

Thanks Kim :)

Cool list. I just copied that into a spreadsheet, then did some checking.

I read 22 of these with the group.
28 of them I read long before the group.
9 I read since the group did.
2 I could not finish.
74 I have not read at all.

ETA: Reseaching a little further, of those I have not read,

28 I want to read.
15 I am not interested in.
31 of them I neither want to read nor want to avoid.

41 for me.

49, didn't realise I'd read that many.

I've read 12. All of them before joining this group. :)
Want to read quite a few of the others. Thanks for posting the list here, Penny, that was very helpful!

Fifty.

69 so far.