Literaire Studentenvereniging Flanor

The ReadCie would like to recommend some books that fit the Flanor Summer Readathon  prompts! For more information about the readathon check our blogpost with this year's rules.  We had fun with our space theme so most of the books in this list are science fiction books. But of course you can use books from any genre as long as they fit the prompts. If you’re unsure whether your book fits the prompt feel free to check with us in the Whatsapp Group. 

 

1. by a Flanor guest

September’s guest, keep an eye on our socials to see who that will be. 

As We Fall by Anya Wildt

Leegland by Marjan Brouwers (CliFi)

De waarheid zal me bevrijden by Alejandra Ortiz (Trans author)

Within the Heart of Wicked Creatures by Rima Orie

De komeet: speculatieve verhalen voor een nieuw Nederland by Vamba Sherif

Boto Banja by Raoul de Jong

 

2. that a reading group is currently reading 

We did our best to make an accurate list, but if you want to be sure the reading group is reading the book join their Whatsapp Group and ask.  

 

Cult of Dionysos: The Snow Ghost and Other Tales by Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki

De Nieuwe Leeslijst: Huiswerk by Marja Pruis

Dronken Boot: Marshmallow by Simone Atangana Bekono

Egel en Haas: Oever by Ludwig Voldeba

Electric Sheep: The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

Fellowship of Flanor: The Two Towers by  J.R.R. Tolkien

Flanor Redemption: The Last Word by Taylor Addams

Let’s Get Educated: We slaves of Surinam by Anton de Kom

Magisch Afvoerputje: Death Valley by Melissa Broder

Midnight Dreary: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brönte

Oui Oui Baguette: Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle Dabos 2) Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Romance Junkies:  Book Lovers by Emily Henry 

Sappho and Achilles: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern 

Shivering Spines: A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher 

Speechbubble: Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

These Adjective Nouns: A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal 

YA: All That’s Left in the World by, Erik J. Brown 

 

3. recommended by a Flanorian

Everything on this list counts and any of the books shown on our social media. Also the recommendations from the previous readathons and books added to this prompt on the Storygraph Challenge. 

 

4. participate in a Flanor activity 

An activity organized by the Readathon Committee, a book discussion or activity hosted by a reading group or another activity organized by Flanor

 

5. this readathon’s short story

The story we’ll read for this summer readathon is Fulfillment in Purpose by Jack Windeyer. You can read or listen to the story for free here. 

 

6. that makes you happy

 

7. Cli-fi (Climate Fiction)

Climate Fiction is any book that deals with climate change, either currently or its imagined effects in the future. 

The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 

KliFi by Adriaan van Dis

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

Waterjager by Chris Polanen 

Kinderen van moeder aarde by Thea Beckman

Greenwood by Michael Christie

 

8. A book about a star (of your choice)

Think of the/a sun, a movie star, a rock star, tv star, pop star, etc. 

Reverb by Anna Zabo (Rockstar)

The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner (Movie Star)

 

9. Set somewhere beyond planet earth

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow

 

10. From a non-human perspective

Wij zijn licht by Gerda Blees 

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

 

11. With a sunny cover

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Bewaar de zomer by Alma Mathijsen

 

12. A book by a Trans author

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

American Hippo by Sarah Gailey

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

My Heart Is Human by Reese Hogan

 

13. That has been adapted (movie, play etc.)

The Martian by Andy Weir

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly 

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

 

14. Set in the future

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

De komeet: Speculatieve verhalen voor een nieuw Nederland by Vamba Sherif

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

 

15. With a BIPOC main character

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

 

1. A genre you’ve never read before

Solarpunk

Space Opera

Afrofuturism

Steampunk

Alien Romance

First contact with aliens

Space Western

Silkpunk

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