56/ The Black Tides of Heaven by J.Y. Yang. Asian-inspired genderfun fantasy. Not compelling to me, but not terrible either.
https://books.rixx.de/j-y-yang/the-black-tides-of-heaven/ #rixxReads

57/ Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. Coming-of-age novel about a trans gay Latinx boy in the US, who fights to become a brujo and solve a mystery. Well-done intersectional queer-by-default YA.
https://books.rixx.de/aiden-thomas/cemetery-boys/ #rixxReads

58/ Peter Darling by Austin Chant. Peter Pan, a trans boy, returns to Neverland to figure things out and finally grow up, by the power of Hook's pretty eyes or something.
https://books.rixx.de/austin-chant/peter-darling/ #rixxReads

59/ City of Lies by Sam Hawke. White-hat assassin siblings have to save the not-king from poison attempts and defend the realm. Nice inversion of the shining city into the decadent city on a rotting foundation.
https://books.rixx.de/sam-hawke/city-of-lies/ #rixxReads

60/ The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle. Reminded me of Princess Bride in places: very solid, always slightly unconventional fantasy, but failed to grip me. Still an enjoyable read, Beagle just can't disappoint.
https://books.rixx.de/peter-s-beagle/the-innkeepers-song/ #rixxReads

61/ The Seep by Chana Porter. Earth gets infected by aliens who give everybody amazing powers at the price of turning them into hippies. Slow and underexplored.
https://books.rixx.de/chana-porter/the-seep/ #rixxReads

62/ Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker. Short story collection - two or three really worked for me, and you can't ask more than that from a story collection.
https://books.rixx.de/sarah-pinsker/sooner-or-later-everything-falls-into-the-sea/ #rixxReads

63/ Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse. Urban fantasy, set on a reservation in post-collapse America. Follows all the genre tropes – not bad, just not good either.
https://books.rixx.de/rebecca-roanhorse/trail-of-lightning/ #rixxReads

64/ Vicious by V.E. Schwab. Did not finish. Superhero story from the perspective of a villain.
https://books.rixx.de/v-e-schwab/vicious/ #rixxReads

65/ Way Station by Clifford D. Simak. Published in 1963, the story of Earth as one of many way stations in a galactic transport network, and also commentary on the Cold War. Aged well.
https://books.rixx.de/clifford-d-simak/way-station/ #rixxReads

66/ God Stalk by P.C. Hodgell. 80s fantasy that is ALL over the place. The good parts are Bas-Lag levels of fantasy city building, but the uneven pace and sheer mass of things shoved into this book make it hard to enjoy.
https://books.rixx.de/p-c-hodgell/god-stalk/ #rixxReads

67/ Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling. Fantasy novel somewhere between "solid" and "excellent". Well-done apprenticeship-to-the-mysterious-spy story with vivid characters and a great world.
https://books.rixx.de/lynn-flewelling/luck-in-the-shadows/ #rixxReads

68/ Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor. St Mary masks as a history institute, but does time travel. Very fun popcorn read.
https://books.rixx.de/jodi-taylor/just-one-damned-thing-after-another/ #rixxReads

69/ Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis. Unconvincing first-contact fiction.
https://books.rixx.de/lindsay-ellis/axioms-end/ #rixxReads

70/ With the Lightnings by David Drake. Navy swashbuckling, but in space, with a touch of Lord Peter Wimsey. Lots of fun, and only the first part of a long series.
https://books.rixx.de/david-drake/with-the-lightnings/ #rixxReads

71/ Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling. Great second book in the Nightrunner series, but with some serious yikes thrown in.
https://books.rixx.de/lynn-flewelling/stalking-darkness/ #rixxReads

72/ Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling. The series continues to be good fantasy, and earnestly inclusive – but it's uneasy about its inclusivity, disappointingly.
https://books.rixx.de/lynn-flewelling/traitors-moon/ #rixxReads

73/ Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling. This is where I stop reading the Nightrunner series. The protagonists are kidnapped by NOT AT ALL ARABS who proceed to torture them for the rest of the book, until they escape.
https://books.rixx.de/lynn-flewelling/shadows-return/ #rixxReads

74/ The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs. Excellent, classic book on how cities come to be, neatly paired with a small history of invention.
https://books.rixx.de/jane-jacobs/the-economy-of-cities/ #rixxReads

75/ Cathedral, Forge and Waterwheel by Frances Gies, Joseph Gies. The best history book I've ever read, going into dense detail about technology and inventions in the Middle Ages. I'm in love to the point of taking excessive notes.
https://books.rixx.de/frances-gies-joseph-gies/cathedral-forge-and-waterwheel/ #rixxReads

76/ A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles. More gay magical Victorian mystery shenanigans – the charm of the first part has worn off a little, but still good as a comfort read.
https://books.rixx.de/k-j-charles/a-case-of-possession/ #rixxReads

77/ The Light Ages by Seb Falk. Explains medieval astronomy and all the related science and things by following one specific monk. Very down to earth and interesting as long as you skip the technical astronomy parts.
https://books.rixx.de/seb-falk/the-light-ages/ #rixxReads

78/ Cart and Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones. Diana Wynne Jones just always delivers great family dynamics. Nice YA book.
https://books.rixx.de/diana-wynne-jones/cart-and-cwidder/ #rixxReads

79/ The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. What's there to say? The book is a giant pretentious nerd trap and I enjoy pretty much everything about it. Re-read.
https://books.rixx.de/umberto-eco/the-name-of-the-rose/ #rixxReads

80/ Oranges by John McPhee. Yup, it's an entire book about oranges.
https://books.rixx.de/john-mcphee/oranges/ #rixxReads

81/ Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko. Excellent, dark book about a depressing magic college in Russia. Extremely strong on the vibes and worldbuilding; enough to forgive the sometimes rough translation.
https://books.rixx.de/marina-dyachenko/vita-nostra/ #rixxReads

82/ Das Jesus Video by Andreas Eschbach. Wannabe Dan Brown trash.
https://books.rixx.de/andreas-eschbach/das-jesus-video/ #rixxReads

83/ The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. YA about teenagers forced to live in Faerie. Good setting, lame execution; predictable and flat.
https://books.rixx.de/holly-black/the-cruel-prince/ #rixxReads

84/ Running on Empty by Jonice Webb, Christine Musello. Despite its overly sweeping approach a decent, practical book for people with problems getting in touch with their emotions.
https://books.rixx.de/jonice-webb-christine-musello/running-on-empty/ #rixxReads

85/ Lord of the Silver Bow by David Gemmell. Excellent adventure story set just before the Trojan war.
https://books.rixx.de/david-gemmell/lord-of-the-silver-bow/ #rixxReads

86/ The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty. Djinn and more during the Napoleonic wars in Egypt. Very flat despite the interesting setting – plot devices getting pushed through exposition blocks on a great stage.
https://books.rixx.de/s-a-chakraborty/the-city-of-brass/ #rixxReads

87/ The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz. Short, sweet queer sci-fi romance about a world where the last humanoid robots live out their life.
https://books.rixx.de/meredith-katz/the-cybernetic-tea-shop/ #rixxReads

88/ Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I like Andy Weir and the Martian as much as the next nerd, but please take away his dialogue writing rights. (The competency porn is great as always, though.)
https://books.rixx.de/andy-weir/project-hail-mary/ #rixxReads

89/ A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark. Steampunk with new living gods and everything, set in 1910s Egypt. Great worldbuilding, mediocre writing and story, overall an enjoyable read.
https://books.rixx.de/p-djeli-clark/a-master-of-djinn/ #rixxReads

90/ The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells. She sure likes writing outsiders from human society – this time winged shapeshifters. Not as compelling as I had hoped.
https://books.rixx.de/martha-wells/the-cloud-roads/ #rixxReads

91/ Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone. I love Gladstone in all his forms usually, but this wasn't it.
https://books.rixx.de/max-gladstone/empress-of-forever/ #rixxReads

92/ Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals by BitterKarella. First of the Kickstarter prints of the Midnight Society threads, sadly not very good to the point that reading them on Twitter is better.
https://books.rixx.de/bitterkarella/submitted-for-the-approval-of-the-midnight-pals/ #rixxReads

93/ Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals II by BitterKarella. More of the same. Still glad I supported the Kickstarter, because I love the account, but.
https://books.rixx.de/bitterkarella/submitted-for-the-approval-of-the-midnight-pals-ii/ #rixxReads