The Sandman may not be Wizards vs Lesbians but it is certainly Wizards vs Women Generally, and we had a whale of a time revisiting what to us is a formative childhood text. Featuring special guest Kiana, for whom it is decidedly not - check out her art at junkworldusa.tumblr.com.

In this book a gaggle of formerly gifted children drive off to look for America, only to find that this is not actually the best of all possible worlds.

A whole bunch of wizards vs lesbians alumni were nominated for best novel this year, so we talk about it! Featuring Leora Spitzer, who has read more of the nominated works than either of us have.

A terrifying, hallucinatory parable about the breakdown of communism on an alien world, featuring settler colonialism, struggle sessions and lots and lots of goo. High SF in the tradition of Dick and Lem, and one for fans of Annihilation.

A really good YA novel about found family, bad parents, small town schools and the power of a good Discord server to change lives. The selling point - that the server mod is an awakened AI - is the least interesting part of the whole thing, but hey, every book needs a hook.

A heist thriller set in fantasy Europe. The best we can say for this one is that it's like Foundryside - very like Foundryside - but much shorter.

A novel-length parody of Ready Player One? Snow Crash meets World of Warcraft? Lucky Wander Boy, revamped for the mid-2010s? This book is all these things, and less.

A blessed return to 90s Cyberpunk! Feels like home. Join us for a journey to far-future 1994, where cool lesbians fight cyber-corporations and grognard gatekeepers alike for the future of the internet itself (with help from sympathetic EU regulators.)

A murder mystery set in steampunk Cairo, with lesbians, wizards and jokes! What could possibly go wrong?

It's the sequel to the Wizzly-winning Unspoken Name! And we like it just about as much, which is to say, a lot. Possibly more, even.