Reading Roundup Wrapup: April 2026

Pick of the month: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. My secret Santa on LibraryThing got this for me, a weird religious science fiction novel. More anon, I suppose; I haven't really processed it yet.

All books read:

1. Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400–1070 by Robin Fleming
2. Star Trek: Vanguard: Summon the Thunder by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore
3. Death of the Planet of the Apes by Andrew E.C. Gaska
4. Star Trek Classics #3: Encounters with the Unknown by Jeffrey Moy, W. C. Carani, et al.
5. The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
6. Star Trek: Vanguard: Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack
7. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, illustrated by W. W. Denslow
8. DC Comics Classics Library: The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Life and Death of Ferro Lad by Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, and George Klein
9. Star Trek: Vanguard: Open Secrets by Dayton Ward
10. Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion by Terrance Dicks
11. The Speckled Rose of Oz by Donald Abbott
12. Black Panther: Panther’s Prey Omnibus by Jack Kirby, Ed Hannigan, Peter B. Gillis, Don McGregor, Jerry Bingham, Denys Cowan, Gene Colan, Dwayne Turner, et al.
13. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Hugo reading has begun!

All books acquired:

1. Edges: Thirteen New Tales from the Borderlands of the Imagination edited by Ursula K. Le Guin and Virginia Kidd
2. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
3. The Space Cat by Nnedi Okorafor and Tana Ford
4. Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, and Mattia De Iulis
5. The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio

As has Hugo buying! This is the first batch; a second should come in a few days. 

Currently reading:

• Star Trek: Vanguard: Precipice by David Mack
• Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters by Malcolm Hulke

In between Hugo finalists, I am working my way through the Star Trek: Vanguard novels and third Doctor novelisations. 

Up next in my rotations:

1. Star Trek: Vanguard: Declassified by Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Marco Palmieri, and David Mack
2. The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois
3. The Poe Clan Vol. 1 by Moto Hagio 
4. On Progress in Physics and Subjectivity Theory: An Amateur’s Meanderings as Inspiration for Actual Physicists by N. Otre Le Vant 

Books remaining on "To be read" list: 669 (down 2)