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Speculative and fantasy book club questions

Discussion guides we've filed under Speculative and fantasy, listed A to Z. 4 guides for your next meeting, each with themes, read-alikes, and where to find a copy.

  • The End of Everything

    by M. John Harrison

    On a collapsing Kent coast shadowed by a mysterious alien invasion, a scavenger and his aunt scrape by, in a bleak, oddly compassionate dystopia about the here and now.

    Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

  • The Renovation

    by Kenan Orhan

    When builders turn a woman's bathroom renovation into a magical portal to a working Turkish prison, the surreal premise opens onto questions of exile, activism, and the many forms of confinement.

    Booker Prize 2026 longlist

  • Under Story

    by Chloe Benjamin

    A grieving mycologist flees to Antarctica after losing her son, where a strange light and her ex-husband's arrival open a door to another version of their lives.

    Good Morning America Book Club, September 2026

  • The Witches of Cambridge

    by Alice Hoffman

    In 1950s Cambridge, two young women at Radcliffe are drawn into a secret society of witches, and into danger, when members start to vanish.

    Read with Jenna, September 2026