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Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt—enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lamb’s Gauntlet. **Melinoë is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs.** The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks. **When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairs—the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors.** But she’s had years of practice surviving in the apocalyptic wastes, and with the help of her hunter brother she might stand a chance of staying alive. **For Melinoë, this is a game she can’t afford to lose.** Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last Gauntlet, where she broke down on livestream, she desperately needs redemption. **As Mel pursues Inesa across the wasteland, both girls begin to question everything:** Inesa wonders if there’s more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if she’s capable of more than killing. **And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love.** Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from chronicallybookish [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Aug 11 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [6-5-4-3-2-1 stars](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/AgpK2K23rBaGDwCDrEtB/) 6-5-4-3-2-1 Some books I’ve read in the last couple years that I rated 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 stars! It was SO hard to narrow down the 5 stars because there were sooooo many incredible books I wanted to include but I kept it to six—just know that it pained me greatly to do so. #bookstagram #books #sixstarbooks #fivestarbooks #fourstarbooks #threestarbooks #twostarbooks #onestarbooks #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram #romancebooks #romancebookstagram * * * 31 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jul 30 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [Inner Circle Exclusive: Every Book I've Read With Disability Rep in 2025 So Far](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) Link to Q&A with Leanne: https://youtu.be/cRlU0Jh38FA I actually have a lot less reviews than I thought I did... I need to write reviews more often I guess. Fable for the End of the World Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7309161033 Unloved Review: https://www.tiktok.com/@chronicallybookish/video/7472960553997192491?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7482910883225191966 * * * 23 books 1 [1](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/#comments) [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Mar 17 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [February Reading Wrap Up](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/hKz9oU5JTIG6XAF99kl2/) * * * 8 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Mar 4 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [March is here and we have a handful of books with disability rep releasing this month! There are less books this month than others, but what is here looks very good!\\ \\ Let's get into it!\\ \\ _Title:_ **I am Made of Death** by Kelly Andrew\\ \\ _Representation_: Deaf\\ \\ _Genre_: YA Horror\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 4, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Fable for the End of the World** by Ava Reid\\ \\ _Representation_: PTSD\\ \\ _Genre_: YA Dystopian\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 4, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Every Borrowed Beat** by Erin Stewart\\ \\ _Representation_: heart failure & transplant recipient\\ \\ _Genre_: YA Contemporary\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 11, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Glitch Girl!** by Rainie Oet\\ \\ _Representation_: ADHD\\ \\ _Genre_: Middle Grade Contemporary\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 11, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Go Luck Yourself** (Royals and Romance #2) by Sara Raasch\\ \\ _Representation_: anxiety & depression\\ \\ _Genre_: Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 11, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Hunchback** by Saou Ichikawa (translated from Japanese by Polly Barton)\\ \\ _Representation_: myotubular myopathy\\ \\ _Genre_: Literary Fiction\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 18, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **To Steal from Thieves** by M.K. Lobb\\ \\ _Representation_: ADHD\\ \\ _Genre_: YA Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 25, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **You, As You Are** by Emma Lobb\\ \\ _Representation_: endometriosis\\ \\ _Genre_: Romance\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 27, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **This Delicate Flame** by Avery Carter\\ \\ _Representation_: autism\\ \\ _Genre_: Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date_: March 30, 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/Jq9TW2hCKAEwJKtVpQxW/) [March Disability Book Releases](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/Jq9TW2hCKAEwJKtVpQxW/) * * * 9 books 2 Posts about this book from across Bindery [The Bibliothecary\\ \\ Samantha\\ \\ • Apr 14](https://bibliothecarybooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://bibliothecarybooks.binderybooks.com/item/oBti5QfdmxXjDD9odCha/) [EARLY ACCESS \| recent reads: lake monsters, biopunk detectives, re-reads of old favorites, and bad YA dystopians](https://bibliothecarybooks.binderybooks.com/item/oBti5QfdmxXjDD9odCha/) In which I discuss the books I've read recently.. ♡ Join THE BIBLIOTHECARY: patreon.com/thoughtsontomes or https://bibliothecarybooks.binderybooks.com/ ►► Bibliothecary members get perks such as early access to videos, written posts, podcast-like ramblings, witchcraft book reviews and sharing about my personal craft, a year long interactive reading challenge, seasonal readalongs, and more! ★ Reading spreadsheet I use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twhrdlRfnRs&t=626s ► End screen song: Magic Forest - Kevin MacLeod ★ FREELANCE EDITING SERVICES: https://tinyurl.com/editing-services \-\- I'm currently accepting clients for developmental editing and manuscript evaluation (I'm full for 2026 - I may open up additional editing slots later in the eyar depending on schedule so send me an email to get on the waiting list). 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I need to write reviews more often I guess. Fable for the End of the World Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7309161033 Unloved Review: https://www.tiktok.com/@chronicallybookish/video/7472960553997192491?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7482910883225191966 * * * 23 books 1 [1](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/#comments) [Rachel Skye Reads\\ \\ Rachel\\ \\ • Jul 23 2025](https://rachelskyereads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Read these if you want to support trans representation in the book industry](https://rachelskyereads.binderybooks.com/item/eILcswPr88su9tK25ADN/) \*In this post I am using the term “Trans” to include all non-binary and gender-expansive identities. These books have either a Trans or Gender-Expansive author or prominent character. Read these if (part 29) if you want to support trans representation in the book industry: 📖 Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang (coming May 2025) from @tordotcompub 📖 The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas 📖 Dark Rise by C.S. Pacat 📖 The Deep by Rivers Solomon 📖 Mistress of Lies by K. M. Enright 📖 A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland 📖 Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender 📖 Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid 📖 Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews #trr25 #TransRightsReadathon #TransRightsReadathon25 #bookreccomendations #ifyoulikethisreadthat #rachelskyereads * * * 9 books [Wanderland Reads\\ \\ Sayer\\ \\ • Apr 7 2025](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Sapphic New Releases: March](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/item/SHwmkrOgdF6rXjUafmP1/) Every writer has a story waiting to be told, and as a developmental editor, I get to be part of that journey. Helping authors breathe life into their ideas, developmental editing is the art of refining stories, enhancing structure, and elevating voices. If you’re interested in booking me, you can find all my information on my website, link in bio. #MyEditingJourney #WritersLife #DevelopmentalEditing #editing #indieauthors #bookishcommunity * * * 22 books [Wanderland Reads\\ \\ Sayer\\ \\ • Apr 5 2025](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Sapphic Books anyone?](https://wanderlandreads.binderybooks.com/item/7po4oOFRQwDdutRSjrdM/) Happy Sapphic Sunday fam, I heard someone say “sapphic books” and I was summoned. (Do I need my own version of a bat signal?) Also just fyi sapphic is inclusive of trans women, genderqueer, genderfluid and nonbinary individuals. So like yeah, do you need a recommendation bc I’ve got you!!! #sapphicsunday #queerbookstagrammer #sapphicbookstagram #sapphicromance #bookrecommendations #bookrecs #bookishlove * * * 35 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Apr 2 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [trans book recs from SATC!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/gWLuBYDTtzzvPArY1kYt/) sourcing trans book recs from some of the COOLEST and LOVELIEST bookish creators at shelves and the city 2025!!! and just remember - even though the @transrightsreadathon is over, you should read trans book year round! 📚 books mentioned: \- Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi (@michael.laborn) \- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (@fromthemixedupdesk) \- Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang (@raethereviewer) \- She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya (@aubs.kamilah) \- The Prospects by KT Hoffman (@serareadthat) \- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (@kenzibooks) \- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (@krystallotuslang and @nycbookhoe) \- A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee (@\_chronicallybookish) \- The Unpopular Vote by Jasper Sanchez (@mnmbooks) \- A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (@pawneepubliclibrary\_) \- Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues (@tritneyslibrary) \- The Deep by Rivers Solomon (@bookrvws) \- In Universes by Emet North (@booksthat\_slay) \- The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (@cemeterygay) \- Dragonfall by L. R. Lam (@novelniah) \- Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore (@aceofbooks) \- Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa (@emmaskies) \- Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid (@daphsreads) \- and i had to include @allisonsaplusreads clip 😭 thank you to the harpercollins team for gathering us all for an extraordinary weekend. @harpercollins @harpervoyagerus @epicreads @avonbooks #shelvesandthecity #shelvesandthecityla #transrightsreadathon #trr25 #transbooks #readbannedbooks #bookrecommendations #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram * * * 5 books 1 [Not So Well Read\\ \\ Courtney\\ \\ • Apr 2 2025](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [4 Sapphic Books I've Loved Recently](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/agjkoYVB4YJQxB3eu6Au/) I’ve been (poorly) singing The Giver for the last month, so here are 4 Sapphic Book Recs for your TBR. Books mentions: 📚 Planeta by Ana Oncina 📚 Tenderly I Am Devoured by @lkclipstone 📚 Kill Creatures by @itsrorypower 📚 Fable for the End of the World by @avasreid #sapphicbooks #queerbooks #queerbookrecs #sapphicbookrecs #readqueerallyear * * * 4 books 1 [Daph's Reads 📚✨\\ \\ Daphne\\ \\ • Mar 25 2025](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Books that were inspired by The Hunger Games!](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/item/bGCl2eJdgUylxNFAWFKY/) Books that were inspired by The Hunger Games! #booktok #bookstagram #bookrec #bookrecs #bookrecommendation #dystopianbooks #thehungergames #thg #catchingfire #bookhaul #chaingangallstars #fablefortheendoftheworld #redrising * * * 3 books [Daph's Reads 📚✨\\ \\ Daphne\\ \\ • Mar 25 2025](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [My most anticipated books of this year!](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/item/ASI9UCcGKoQJgycTyuJH/) My most anticipated books of this year! 📚✨ #bookstagram #booktok #2025books #tbr #toberead #katabasis #rfkuang #avareid #veschwab #mlrio #thehungergames #sunriseonthereaping #sotr * * * 7 books [Daph's Reads 📚✨\\ \\ Daphne\\ \\ • Mar 25 2025](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [A guide to Ava Reid books!](https://daphsreads.binderybooks.com/item/d6AsF5JED1VyZnd6286D/) A guide to Ava Reid books! 📚✨🔮💀⚔️🩸 #booktok #avareid #thewolfandthewoodsman #juniperandthorn #astudyindrowning #fantasybooks #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #fantasybookrecs #fablefortheendoftheworld * * * 5 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Mar 17 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [February Reading Wrap Up](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/hKz9oU5JTIG6XAF99kl2/) * * * 8 books [Not So Well Read\\ \\ Courtney\\ \\ • Mar 9 2025](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [I'm back with my scheduled weekly updates after a few-week-long brain break. Sorry for not keeping up with things, but sometimes I just don't really want to be on the internet. You can read this short post if you want to know more.\\ \\ **This week in the book world:** \\ \\ Oh, no! People are surprised that Barnes & Noble didn't treat the Oathbound release in the same way it treated Onyx Storm. It's almost like they're a giant corporation that chooses profits over people. If only there was a pattern of previous behaviors that they could have predicted this. If only they could choose better places to spend their money, you know, like indie bookstores that threw parties and had signed stock and special swag and everything for this release.\\ \\ Can't wait til the next time this exact thing happens.\\ \\ **This week's publishing news:** \\ \\ - Excited for Luke Larkin's debut, House of Hands, which was pitched as an "atmospheric Western with a paranormal twist, in which a girl in the Montana Territory sets out to find her father after he is carried off by an otherworldly creature".\\ \\ - Kelly Andrews, author of Your Blood, My Bones, announced a new duology. The Gravewood, was described as "supernatural romance with dystopian elements, about a Deaf girl living in post-climate collapse New England who offers up her blood to the cunning young leader of a local vampire cartel in exchange for desperately needed supplies". Sign me up.\\ \\ - New John Wiswell's!!! The Dragon Has Some Complaints, which is about "a dragon whose three heads bear three mismatched personalities and the dragon rider trying to befriend all three heads in time for them to save the world together"\\ \\ - Queer romantasy alert! Sarah Glenn Marsh's We Could Be (Anti)Heroes, "pitched as gay Lord of the Rings, a m/m romantasy in which ex-best friends, the descendants of heroes, must team up to find treasure in a haunted swamp"\\ \\ \\ **This week's new releases:** \\ \\ - Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (YA, Fantasy)\\ \\ - Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid (YA, Dystopian)\\ \\ - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Adult, Fantasy)\\ \\ - They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (YA, Horror)\\ \\ - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Adult, Literary)\\ \\ - The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Adult, Dystopian)\\ \\ - The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (Adult, Horror)\\ \\ \\ **What I read this week:** \\ \\ **The Devils (Finished):**\\ \\ THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING. The characters, the comedic timing, the storytelling. This book goes up there with Shades of Magic and The Scholomance as one of my favorite adult fantasy series. It made me laugh out loud in an embarrassing fashion and also made me cry. I'm not over it. \\ \\ **The Scorpion Queen (Finished):**\\ \\ This was... fine. I really liked the premise, but the pacing was so weird. It's not a long read, but it felt like it was dragging on for forever. I was also so disappointed when I got to the end and realized it was being set up a series. I will probably not be reading the next one. \\ \\ **Fable for the End of the World (Finished):**\\ \\ Fable for the End of the World has burrowed its way into my soul in ways I cannot even begin to describe. It has all of my favorite things... sapphic longing, enemies-to-lovers arc, dystopian setting... you know, the works. It’s a quick, easy-to-fall in love with read that will have you going back to the nostalgia of 2010s teen fiction.\\ \\ **One For My Enemy (75%):**\\ \\ If you're looking to get into Olivie Blake's writing THIS is where you should start. I love her books, but as I've said many, many times–she's not for everyone. One for My Enemy gives you a good look at her usual tone/storytelling approach, but with a much more traditional narrative approach. Also, it's endlessly quotable. Like, some seriously gorgeous moments. Join my Fable book club if you want to read a few I've pinned.\\ \\ **Brother Brontë (50%):**\\ \\ Lol, I'm supposed to have this finished by Book Club tomorrow. It's not very long, but I'm kind of hating it. The descriptions of the setting and the prose style is hard to describe, but it spends so much time describing things without actually telling you anything. Does that make any sense? Probably not. It's also structured in "4 Books," and they each have a different narrative style, which is kind of chaotic.\\ \\ **Oathbound (10%):**\\ \\ I swear to god if any of you spoil this book for me I will throw my phone/laptop/ipad into the nearest ocean and then I will drive to your home and throw yours in the next nearest ocean.\\ \\ **What I bought/shelved:** \\ \\ I went a little wild at the bookstore this week. Whoops.\\ \\ - A Song for You and I by K. O'Neill\\ \\ - The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao\\ \\ - Nightweaver by R.M. Gray\\ \\ - Oathbound by Tracy Deonn\\ \\ - Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft\\ \\ - Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid\\ \\ \\ Not being on the internet as much has caused a severe decline in books I've shelved, so nothing to report there.\\ \\ **Other Musings:** \\ \\ Sorry for being a "bad" creator last month. I'm feeling much better and will get back to my old habits. Thanks friends. Appreciate you.](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/SvQlRwA3kD2ZlCmdfs9J/) [Weekly Wrap Up – 3.03-3.09](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/SvQlRwA3kD2ZlCmdfs9J/) * * * 15 books [Not So Well Read\\ \\ Courtney\\ \\ • Mar 8 2025](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Fable for the End of the World](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/O1Vq7jPyS8oiUc8TE9Qf/) As a Hunger Games Girlie, I’m convinced Ava Reid gave us Fable for the End of the World as a little treat before Sunrise on the Reaping. I’m forever indebted. My entire soul is obsessed with this book. * * * 1 book [Skies Press\\ \\ Emma\\ \\ • Mar 4 2025](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [HUGE publication day book hunting!](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/item/gkL5ZahSEh9pNiwk74QD/) These ALL came out today and a few more that weren’t on my personal radar. What is it about this first Tuesday in March for book releases??? 📚 * * * 4 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Mar 4 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) [March Disability Book Releases](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/Jq9TW2hCKAEwJKtVpQxW/) * * * 9 books 2 [Skies Press\\ \\ Emma\\ \\ • Mar 3 2025](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [REVIEW: Fable for the End of the World](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/item/BkFrNZjAnnTwKB72Izs9/) I am once again in love with Ava Reid’s prose 🥹 I really love this book and the larger conversation not just about the resurgence of YA Dystopia, but what that looks like now and why it doesn’t look the same as it did fifteen or twenty years ago 📚 * * * 1 book [Enchanted Echoes\\ \\ Deirdre\\ \\ • Feb 28 2025](https://enchantedechoes.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [New year new book releases!!!!](https://enchantedechoes.binderybooks.com/item/UQVqXR32hCb1rPEVCAoP/) New year new book releases!!!! I actually had such a hard time narrowing this down because there are some pretty amazing sounding books coming out this year. Let me know in the comments if you have any of these books on your radar! #2025bookreleases #anticipatedbooks2025 #bookstoread2025 #fantasybooks #romancebooks * * * 9 books 1 [Skies Press\\ \\ Emma\\ \\ • Feb 27 2025](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [SO YOU WANT Cli-Fi Books](https://skiesreads.binderybooks.com/item/11v8GCBpp1udJqIabcrQ/) Cli-Fi (short for Climate Fiction) is a fiction subgenre that deals with climate change, either real world or fantastical. Here’s a few of my favorites! Some I’ve read very recently (like Fable for the End of the World) and others I read years ago and they’ve really stuck with me (like The Ones We’re Meant to Find). And the ever present reminder that the last book in this list, To Bargain With Mortals by R.A. Basu is a book I’m publishing through my imprint, @skiespress with @bindery\_books. I always want to make sure to note my obvious bias when I bring it up for those who may not know I’m involved with that book. We have some big reveals coming for you VERY SOON so 👀 keep an eye out and maybe go shelve it on goodreads. Releasing this fall. #booksta #bookstagram #bookrecs * * * 6 books [Not So Well Read\\ \\ Courtney\\ \\ • Feb 18 2025](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [The cathartic nature of horror is widely-talked-about across the book internet, but I haven't seen that same discussion extended into dystopian fiction. While some might consider dystopian a brand of horror in itself, there are clear differences between the two. Horror typical works to confront the self, but dystopian always is focused on greater societal issues.\\ \\ The reason these books feel so timely is not that their authors are gifted with some sort of clairvoyance, but because they are deeply rooted in reality. Authors of dystopian and apocalyptic fiction are simply looking at current events and asking "what if". And, the results of their thought experiments are often uncanny in their parallels to current society, because it's not hard to imagine the repercussions of our actions when we actually sit down and confront them.\\ \\ While not everyone might feel this way, for me, there's some comfort in the knowing. And, even more so, there's comfort in knowing that I'm not the only one looking out at the world and seeing that something has broken. It's a strange kinship, that's for sure, but kinship nonetheless.\\ \\ So, if you too, find solace in facing our potential futures, here are some new dystopian/apocalyptic novels coming out this spring...\\ \\ **All Better Now by Neal Shusterman (Out Now)** \\ \\ **What if:** all "negative" emotions were suddenly erased from the world?\\ \\ From the author of the Scythe series, comes a new sci-fi series where a virus wipes out all of humanities negative feelings. But, as people "recover" the economy begins to collapse, leading politicians and billionaires to try and race to find a "cure". This one confronts how much our economies depend on consumerism marketed towards "happiness". \\ \\ **Brother Brontë by Fernando A. Flores (Out Now)** \\ \\ **What if:** literacy was actually completely outlawed?\\ \\ I can't give much away here, but this one tackles a lot. Set in a Texas border-town, Brother Brontë confronts a world where literacy has officially been outlawed and theirs rampant violence against women. But, it's also up to them to to lead a rebellion. Oh, did I mention it also features a technocracy and a focus on "government efficiency".\\ \\ **All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall (Out Now)** \\ \\ **What if:** climate change threatened our collective history?\\ \\ All the Water in the World was actually inspired by the work of historians and museum curators in Iraq and Leningrad and all they've done to protect their collections from war. It follows a group of researchers trying to build a new society in a flooded world, while also protecting the world's history. But, as they rush to survive the failure of NYC flood protections, they're forced to weigh their new realities against humanity's history.\\ \\ **Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman** \\ \\ **What if:** your MAGA relatives were actually being possessed by the media?\\ \\ Wake Up and Open Your Eyes is a "social horror" novel, so it straddles the line into dystopian, while also bringing in some supernatural horror elements. This story follows a young man, whose family starts falling into the traps of the far-right media to the point of literal possession. It directly confronts the feeling of hopelessness many of us feel watching our loved ones descend into hatefulness.\\ \\ **A Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (March 4, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** even our fail safes start to fail?\\ \\ When I was in college, we had a guest artist come give a talk about her work photographing the world seed bank. Since then, I have been absolutely fascinated by the knowledge that the world's "fail-safe" is just out there in the literal middle of nowhere. A Wild Dark Shore, exists in a future where even that contingency plan is being threatened by rising tides. Asking the question of when should our focus shift from the greater good to our personal preservation?\\ \\ **Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid (March 4, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** the future was run by a single, blood-thirsty monopoly? \\ \\ I, unfortunately, wasn't one of the chosen few who received an early copy of this one, but I know it is going to change my very being, because it feels like the dystopian novels of old (i.e. the 2000s). Fable for the End of the World is set in a world where society is at the whims of a single corporation, to which many individuals are in massive amounts of debt. But, obviously, the corporation has come up with a great way to rid folks of that debt–sacrificing their children to a televised "assassination spectacle" à la The Hunger Games.\\ \\ **The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (March 4, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** organized religion promises an "escape" from the apocalypse?\\ \\ Let me caveat this blurb by being very clear that **I will not be reading this book**. I do not like splatterpunk, excessive violence, or graphic depictions of torture–which is exactly what this book promises (per current Goodreads reviews). But, if you're wanting ideological extremism and a world (and it's women) descending deeper into their violent natures, this one's definitely should be your go-to.\\ \\ **The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (March 4, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** the lines between our selves, technology, and the government disappeared entirely?\\ \\ The Dream Hotel explores a future in which government surveillance extends to our dreams, gathering data for algorithm that can predict an individual's "risk" to society. Unsurprisingly, this leads to women trying to prove their innocent against the word of biased data. This one places the relationship between sweeping technological "advancements" and societies fall Fascism front and center.\\ \\ **When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory (April 1, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** our entire world was a digital simulation?\\ \\ When We Were Real presents a reality in which nothing is in our control. In fact, our "reality" isn't even real, but rather an elaborate, widespread simulation. This one's a bit more on the lighthearted side of the genre. It still leans into the existentialism of knowing that your life is being dictated by an uncontrollable entity, but also the small activism in deciding to live anyway.\\ \\ **The Compound by Aisling Rawle (June 25, 2025)** \\ \\ **What if:** televised violence was the only thing left to distract the masses?\\ \\ In an increasingly violent world, is it surprising that our reality television would also become... well... increasingly violent? The Compound follows a young woman who is a contestant on a popular reality television show where folks compete for modern luxuries and avoid getting banished to the outside world. 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