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This is the Monthly Megathread for January 2026. It's where the mod team links important things. It will always be stickied at the top of the subreddit. Please regularly check here for things like official movie and TV discussions, book club news, important subreddit announcements, etc.
Last month's book club hub can be found here.
Important Links
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- Subreddit Rules
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You might also be interested in our yearly BOOK BINGO reading challenge.
Special Threads & Megathreads:
- r/Fantasy 2025 Top Novels Results
- State of the Subreddit Discussion Post
- Pride Month 2025
- 2025 BOOK BINGO CHALLENGE
- 2025 BINGO RECOMMENDATION THREAD
- Compilation of Past Bingo Squares
- 2023 Top LGBTQIA+ Books List
- 2024 Top Standalone Books List
- 2024 Top Podcasts List
- 2025 Top Self-Published Books List
Recurring Threads:
- Daily Recommendation Requests and Simple Questions Thread
- Monday Show and Tell Thread
- Review Tuesday - Review what you're reading here!
- Writing Wednesday
- Friday Social
- Dealer's Room: Self-Promo Sunday
- Monthly Book Discussion
Book Club Hub - Book Clubs and Read-alongs
Goodreads Book of the Month: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai by Bradley P Beaulieu
Run by u/fanny_bertram u/RAAAImmaSunGod u/PlantLady32
- Announcement
- Midway Discussion - January 16th
- Final Discussion - January 31st
Feminism in Fantasy: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Run by u/xenizondich23, u/Nineteen_Adze, u/g_ann, u/Moonlitgrey
- Announcement
- Midway Discussion - January 14th
- Final Discussion - January 28th
- December Fireside Chat: Here
New Voices: North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherford
Run by u/HeLiBeB, u/cubansombrero, u/ullsi u/undeadgoblin
- Announcement
- Midway Discussion - January 12th
- Final Discussion - January 26th
HEA: Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
Run by u/tiniestspoon, u/xenizondich23 , u/orangewombat
- Announcement
- Midway Discussion - January 15th
- Final Discussion - January 29th
Beyond Binaries: Returns in February with Lifelode by Jo Walton
Run by u/xenizondich23, u/eregis
Resident Authors Book Club: Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher
Run by u/barb4ry1
Short Fiction Book Club:
Run by u/tarvolon, u/Nineteen_Adze, u/Jos_V
- December Discussion
- 'Space Meets Sea' Session: January 7th
- (to be announced): January 21st
Readalong of The Sign of the Dragon by Mary Soon Lee:
Hosted by u/oboist73 u/sarahlynngrey u/fuckit_sowhat
Readalong of The Magnus Archives:
Hosted by u/improperly_paranoid u/sharadereads u/Dianthaa
Is the book club google doc still being maintained? I find it really helpful when organizing my books for bingo cards!!
Not currently, it wasn't used at all last year but we'll try and get it updated soon.
fantastic, thanks!! It's the resource I link to people in my discord server who do bingo, it's a really helpful list!
Updated link & list for you: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/11DRMkfj2cUibvgT_cqG1p_LnLlTLgToyl_BwOLSAXKY/htmlview#gid=0
omg!!! thank you!!!
Is there a ranked books of 2025 post somewhere? I went through last years and was waiting for this years.
Do you mean this? It is linked in the main body of these megatheads each month.
That’s it, thanks!
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HEA book club's nominations for March are now open here