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Category: Reading Lists

A collection of science fiction and fantasy book covers

Summer Reading List 2021

May 27, 2021 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Projects, Reading Lists

Welcome to Nuketown’s 14th annual summer reading list! This year’s list welcomes back Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series, returns to Iain Bank’s The Culture books, re-reads Richard Adam’s Watership Down and tries out some new series, including Elizabeth Bear’s White Space books and Martha[…]

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Summer Reading List 2020

May 19, 2020 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

After last year’s summer reading list took me nine months to complete, I decided to make this year’s list more manageable. I certainly had fun with last year’s list – 19 books, 5 graphic novels – but by summer’s end,[…]

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Brainstorming Nuketown’s Summer 2020 Reading List

April 10, 2020 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

It’s April and we’re under “stay at home” orders in Pennsylvania. Work from home – and remote learning – are the order of the day for my family. Summer seems a hell of a long way off, and even when[…]

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A collection of covers from books on the summer reading list.

Summer Reading List 2019

May 19, 2019 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

Memorial Day Weekend is almost upon us, so it’s time to pop open a summer shandy, power up the Kindle, and launch into Nuketown’s summer reading list. The 12th Annual summer reading list contains 19 books and 7 graphic novels. It’s[…]

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Assembling Nuketown’s 2019 Summer Reading List

April 3, 2019 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

It’s spring, and while others are tending to their gardens I’m thinking about my summer reading list. I don’t have a goal in mind for my 12th annual summer reading list, but I expect it to be in the 12-15[…]

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A spaceship flies through a collection of space habitats.

Winter Reading List 2018-19

December 23, 2018 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

Christmas Break is upon us, which means grabbing a book and reading it by the virtual fireplace (or a real fireplace if I can find one). Unlike my Summer Reading Lists, which average 14-18 books, my winter reading lists tend[…]

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A stack of three books, with a small garden and white string lights in the background.

Summer Reading List 2018

May 26, 2018 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

Welcome to Nuketown’s 11th summer reading list! As expected, this summer’s list features lots of space opera and a smattering of fantasy, but it also includes the unexpected in the form of non-fiction books related to project management and self-improvement.[…]

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A close up of starship wreckage.

Building Nuketown’s 2018 Summer Reading List

May 7, 2018 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

After a winter spent recovering from a broken ankle, and a spring dominated by recovering from said broken ankle, summer is looking very appealing. So is my summer reading list, which I’ve been slowly compiling throughout the long, cold winter (and second[…]

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A woman holds an enormous blade while standing against a fantastic, pillar-filed landscape.

Nuketown’s Winter 2017 Reading List

December 15, 2017 Ken Newquist Books & Print, Reading Lists

Christmas vacation is coming up and bringing with it a glorious week filled with family, gifts, and lots of reading. I’ve compiled a winter reading list for the break, which is similar to my traditional summer reading lists except the[…]

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Several difference science fiction book covers shown side-by-side.

Summer Reading List 2017

June 15, 2017 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Reading Lists

Welcome to Nuketown’s 10th annual summer reading list! As with previous years, this year’s list is heavy on space opera and military science fiction, but includes a smattering of fantasy. It includes 17 novels, 1 novella, and 8 graphic novels.[…]

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Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

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