These are the book that were recommended by members at Åcon 14.
Åcon 14 Book Recs Public
Created by Åcon
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The West Passage by Jared Pechaček
4 stars
When the Guardian of the West Passage died in her bed, the women of Grey Tower fed her to the …
Åcon says: Weird fantasy, strange world, “something has happened,” Gormenghast-type of thing
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
4 stars
A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life …
Åcon says: Western and vampires
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4 stars
This sweeping debut novel set in a unified Korea tells the story of three estranged siblings—two human, one robot—as they …
Åcon says: Literary book, family relations
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Åcon says: Urban fantasy
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Åcon says: Star ships, military sf
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The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster.
Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, …
Åcon says: Fantasy metropolis, Venice-inspired but unique, lives of people who live in a tree stump, Count of Monte Cristo / Perdido Street Station
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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Perdido Street Station is a novel by British writer China Miéville. Often described as weird fiction, it is set in …
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The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba (The Wandering Inn, #1)
4 stars
“No killing Goblins.”
So reads the sign outside of The Wandering Inn, a small building run by a young …
Åcon says: LitRpg setting, fantasy, series is very very long (15 million words at the moment)!
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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive New York Times bestselling …
Åcon says: LitRPG
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The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher (Cinder spires)
5 stars
"Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their …
Åcon says: Humanity moved onto spires, intrigue and skyships
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Åcon says: Summerfishing in Lapland / Fishing for the little pike – Finnish mythological fireworks
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Åcon says: German comedy book that’s actually funny. Shop which delivers stuff to you before you even know you need it, people leveling up.
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My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself.
Slow Gods is the galaxy-spanning …
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The Last Day (Welsh: Y Dydd Olaf) is a Welsh science fiction novel by Owain Owain, written in 1968 and …
Åcon says: SF from the 60s, Welsh, draws heavily on older SF, set in 1999, the narrator’s last day before his euthanasia, written in Welsh because The Computer cannot understand it. Computer scientists end up inventing The Borg! Translated into English in 2024
