READING LISTS

Here’s a list of books the Lolitas have reviewed.   Also, visit our Steam Classics page. 

 

The Lolitas present their Steampunk Reading List*

Some of these are really books with Steampunk Elements, but we like them anyway, and this is by no means complete and all-inclusive. 

 

Steampunk Novels and Novellas

“The Ether Chronicles” series by Zoe Archer

“Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences” series by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris

“The Iron Seas” series by Meljean Brook

“The Parasol Protectorate” series by Gail Carriger

Timeless

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/book-monday-timeless-by-gail-carriger/

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/maeve-alpin-reviews-gail-carrigers-timeless/

Heartless

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/book-monday-heartless/

Blameless

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/lolita-suzannes-best-steampunk-books-of-2010/

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/book-monday-in-which-i-attempt-to-review-blameless-without-spoilers/

Changeless

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/book-monday-gail-carrigers-changeless/

Souless

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/01/11/book-review-soulless-by-gail-carriger/

“The St. Croix Chronicles” by Karina Cooper

Heart of Brass by Kate Cross

Heart’s Blood by Gail Dayton

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/book-review-hearts-blood-by-gail-dayton/

Return to Avalon by O.M. Grey

Avalon Revisited by O.M. Grey

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/visiting-lolita-candace-reviews-avalon-revisited/

“Vampire Empire” series by Clay and Susan Griffith

The Rift Walker

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/08/20/book-monday-guest-review-the-rift-walker/

The Greyfriar

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/book-monday-guest-review-the-greyfriar/

“Strangely Beautiful” series by Leanna Hieber

“Burton & Swinburne” series by Mark Hodder

Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon by Mark Hodder

God Save the Queen by Kate Locke

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/book-monday-god-save-the-queen-by-kate-locke/

Ghosts of Manhattan and Ghosts of War by George Mann

The Falling Machine and Heart of Smoke and Steam by Andrew Mayer

Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster

“The Legend Chronicles” by Theresa Meyers

“Age of Steam” series by Devon Monk

Aladdin and the Wonderfully Infernal Device by Tee Morris

Perdito Street Station by China Mieville

Clockwork Heart by Dru Pagliassotti

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/book-monday-dru-pagliassottis-clockwork-heart/

Whitechapel Gods by: S.M. Peters

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/in-which-o-m-grey-reviews-whitechapel-gods/

The Anubis Gate by Tim Powers

Boneshaker and Dreadnaught by Cherie Priest

The Buntline Specal by Mike Resnick

Night of Fire by Nico Rosso

The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia

The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling

“Phaeton Black, Paranormal Investigator” series by Jillian Stone

Steampunk  (Short Stories) by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (editor)

Steampunk Reloaded (Short Stories) by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer (editor)

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/lolita-suzannes-best-steampunk-books-of-2010/

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/book-monday-steampunk-reloaded-review-and-arc-giveaway/

Clockwork and Corsets (anthology)

The Omnibus of Doctor Bill Shakes (anthology)

The Steampunk Bible (anthology)

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/visiting-lolita-o-m-grey-reviews-the-strangely-beautiful-tale-of-miss-percy-parker/

Android Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and BenWinters

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/book-monday-android-karenina/

Steamed: A Steampunk Romance by Katie MacAlister

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/book-review-steamed-a-steampunk-romance/

The Dark Victorian: Risen by Elizabeth Watasin

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/07/23/guest-book-review-the-dark-victorian-risen/

YA/Middle Grade

“The Magnificent Devices” novels by Shelley Adina

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

“The Clockwork Chronicles” series by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis

Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, and Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

The Girl in the Steel Corset and The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/book-monday-the-girl-in-the-steel-corset/

Cuttlefish by Dave Freer

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Dearly Departed and Dearly Beloved by Lia Habel

Darker Still and The Twisted Tragedy of Miss Natalie Stewart by Leanna Renee Hieber

“The Iron Codex” series by Caitlin Kittredge

The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby

Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear

Planesrunner and Be My Enemy by Ian McDonald

The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands, and The Kairos Mechanism by Kate Milford

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

“His Dark Materials” series by Phillip Pullman

“Hungry City Chronicles” series by Phillip Reeve

“Larklight” series by Phillip Reeve

The Invention of Hugo Cabaret by Brian Selznick

“The Hunchback Assignments” series by Arthur Slade

Book 1

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/book-monday-the-hunchback-assignments/

The Dark Deeps book 2

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/lolita-suzannes-best-steampunk-books-of-2010/

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Taylor

Thomas Riley by Nick Valentino

Leviathan, Behemoth, and Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

Leviathan

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/book-monday-scott-westerfelds-leviathan/

The Faerie Ring by: Kiki Hamilton

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/book-monday-the-faerie-ring/

The Iron Thorn by: Caitlin Kittredge

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/book-monday-the-iron-thorn/

Classics

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

Steampunk Comic Books/Graphic Novels

AlterNation

Gary Gianni’s adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Cathedral Child

Clockwork Angels

Cyborg Ivy

Five Fists of Science

Kazu Kibuishi’s Flight

Gotham by Gaslight

Girl Genius

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/why-i-adore-girl-genius/

Jonah Hex

Lady Mechanika

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Les Aventures Extraordinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec

Steampunk (Wildstorm)

Steamypunk

As Timeless as Stone, As timeless as Magic, and To Love a London Ghost by Maeve Alpin

Prehistoric Clock and The Mysterious Lady Law by Robert Appleton

A Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale and The Bewitching Tale of Stormy Gale by Christine Bell

Cruel Numbers by Christopher Beats

A Clockwork Christmas by J.K. Coi

Island of Icarus by Christine Danse

Like Clockwork by Bonnie Dee

Badlands and Clockwork Mafia by Seleste Delaney

Love in a Time of Steam by Elizabeth Darvill

Full Steam Ahead by Nathalie Gray

Asher’s Invention by Coleen Kwan

Alchemy of Desire by Christa McHugh

Kilts and Kraken, Steam and Sorcery, and Photographs and Phantoms  by Cindy Spencer Pape

Magazines

Steampunk Tales

Dr. Fantastique’s Worlds of Wonder

Gaslamp Fantasy

Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula: the Adventure of the Solitary Grave by: John H. Watson

Edited by: Christian Klaver

Sherlock Holmes and Watson: The Adventure of the Innsmouth Whaler by: John H. Watson Edited by: Christian Klaver

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/holmes-like-youve-never-seen-him-before/

Short Stories

Tucker Teaches the Clockies to Copulate by: David Erik Nelson

http://ageofsteam.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/tucker-is-a-trip/

*This is by no means a definitive list

updated 9/6/2012

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• Reviews
• Steam Classics