BOOKS
How to Stand Up to a Dictator - Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa saw the promise of democracy in the Philippines, and then watch as social media, specifically Facebook, gave autocrats the tools needed to shut down dissent and come back into power.
Isles of the Emberdark - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
Another excellent story from the Cosmere that reveals more of the vast intertwined universe that Brandon Sanderson is building.
Had it Coming - Robyn Doolittle
Robyn Doolittle
Doolittle digs into the messy world of sexual assualt, sitting in the mess to explore why society doesn't believe women and protects men by preference.
Rogue Protocol - Martha Wells
Martha Wells
Pesky feelings, Muderbot can't stop having them when it encounters humans. This time Murderbot is heading out to a remote station to try and collect data on why GrayCris abandoned a perfectly decent t
Outsystem - M.D. Cooper
M.D. Cooper
A decent romp through space with lots of action. Dialogue is a bit forced sometimes.
At a Loss for Words - Carol Off
Carol Off
We're reading this for February 2026 book club. Join us to get weekly discussion on the book. In an age of polarization, Carol Off, takes a look at how some key words in our language have been w
Artificial Condition - Martha Wells
Martha Wells
In the second entry of The Murderbot Diaries, murderbot boards a science vessel that's hauling cargo to the asteroid that features in their memories as the place they may have massacred a bunch of pe
Tailored Realities - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson
This is a collection of short fiction that Sanderson has written over the decades. Some of it has been seen published in various magazines or online, but some of it is seeing it's first publishing. A
Careless People - Sarah Wyn-Williams
Sarah Wyn-Williams
Did Facebook have some promise of being a force for good in the world, yes it probably did. But here Sarah Wynn-Williams shows that they were just lucky to be in the right place with a decent idea at
The Poisoned King - Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell
This is the second installment in the Impossible Creatures set of books. Here we find Jacques has escaped the Archipelago to find Christopher because dragons are dying. Christopher must get back in t