Booksweet currently hosts seven different genre-based book clubs that each meet once every six to eight weeks to discuss a new book. Each meeting ends with a vote to select the next book club pick. Book club attendees are encouraged to bring suggestions, discuss potential book club reads, and then together choose what the group will read next. Booksweet book clubs have read award-winning books, new releases, and some very thought provoking reads – and that’s just the books that have been selected for book club!
But what about the runner-ups? The books we’re interested in reading, but that don’t ultimately get selected for book club? We still want to recommend these incredible selections if you’re looking for even more reads in some of our most popular book club genres!
Here you’ll find all the Booksweet book club almost picks for some of our genres. Take these as recommendations from our book club attendees.
Last Update: July 2026
Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
- Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher
- To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher
- Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
- The Flesh Inherent by Perry Meester
- Leech by Hiron Ennes
- The Book Eaters by Suni Dean
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- The Twin Panthers by Héctor Fox
- Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton
- John Dies In The End by Jason Pargin
Mystery:
- Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Gods Of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
- The Post Script Murders by Elly Griffiths
- Holly by Stephen King
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Vera Won’g Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
- Gods Of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
- The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz
- Dissolution by C.J.Sansom
- We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Horror:
- Leech by Hiron Ennes
- The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
- The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Come Closer by Sara Gran
- Jackal by Erin E. Adams
- Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
- The Reddening by Adam Nevill
- The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
- Never Whistle At Night Anthology
- Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez
- The Madness by Dawn Kurtagich
- Out There Screaming Anthology
- The Troupe by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Hemlock Island by Kelley Armstrong
To browse the books that have been selected for Booksweet book clubs scroll through our Eventbrite events page where you can see all upcoming Booksweet book clubs and other events. Click the “Past” tab to view past events and see previous Book Club selections!