scroll to top
Press enter or spacebar to select a desired language.
Located in Chatham, Illinois
Chatham Area Public Library
Saturday: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
CDT

Outer Edge Archive

2024

  • January - Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti
  • February - American Hippo by Sarah Gailey
  • March - Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • April - Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
  • May - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
  • June - Contagion by Erin Bowman
  • July - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
  • August - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  • September - Circe by Madeline Miller

2023

  • January - Y: The Last Man: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
  • February - Monk & Robot Series: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
  • March - The Space Between Worlds by Michaiah Johnson
  • April - Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
  • May - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
  • June - The Disasters by M.K. England
  • July - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
  • August - Into the Mist by P.C. Cast
  • September - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  • October - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
  • November - Recursion by Blake Crouch
  • December - Firestarter by Stephen King

2022

  • January – Locke and Key: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill
  • February – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
  • March – The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
  • April – All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
  • May – Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  • June – To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
  • July – Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
  • August – The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
  • September – Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
  • October – Slewfoot by Brom
  • November – The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
  • December - The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

2021

  • January – DID NOT MEET
  • February – DID NOT MEET
  • March – Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
  • April – A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
  • May - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • June – The Everything Box by Richard Kadrey
  • July – The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
  • August – The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  • September – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
  • October – The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
  • November – The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
  • December – Joyland by Stephen King

2020

  • January – The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way
  • February – Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
  • March – DID NOT MEET
  • April – DID NOT MEET
  • June – DID NOT MEET
  • July – DID NOT MEET
  • August – Alice Isn’t Dead: A Novel by Joseph Fink
  • September – DID NOT MEET
  • October – Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by Cornelia Funke & Guillermo del Toro
  • November – DID NOT MEET
  • December – The Institute by Stephen King

2019

  • January – Altered Carbon by Richard k. Morgan
  • February – Noir by Christopher Moore
  • March – Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
  • April – The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
  • May – Nation by Terry Pratchett
  • June – This Perfect Day by Ira Levin July -- The Hike by Drew Magary
  • August – Noir by Christopher Moore
  • September – Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson
  • October – Vox by Christina Dachler
  • November – A Face like Glass by Frances Hardinge
  • December – The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

2018

  • January 2018 – Preacher by Garth Ennis
  • February 2018 – Legend by Marie Lu
  • March 2018 – Apocalypse Cow AND World War Moo by Michael Logan
  • April 2018 – Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
  • May 2018 – Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Cary
  • June 2018 – Tome of the Undergates by Sam Sykes
  • July 2018 –  Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
  • August 2018 – Sundiver by David Brin
  • September 2018 – Sleepless by Charlie Huston
  • October 2018 – Magician’s Apprentice by Raymond Feist
  • November 2018 – Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
  • December 2018 – Regulators by Stephen King as Richard Bachman

2017

  • January 2017 – Hounded by Kevin Hearne
  • February 2017 – Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig
  • March 2017 – Redshirts by John Scalzi
  • April 2017 – A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
  • May 2017 – The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough
  • June 2017 – Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
  • July 2017 – Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinett Kowal
  • August 2017 – Off to be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
  • September 2017 – Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
  • October 2017 – I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
  • November 2017 – Guards! Guards! by Terry Prachett
  • December 2017 – Lost Gods by Brom

2016

  • January 2016 – Mort(e) by Robert Repino
  • February 2016 – Good Omens by Neil Gaiman & Terry Prachett
  • March 2016 – The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
  • April 2016 – Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • May 2016 – Wicked by Gregory Maguire
  • June 2016 – Sabriel by Garth Nix
  • July 2016 – Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
  • August 2016 – Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
  • September 2016 – Dune by Frank Herbert
  • October 2016 – Ancestor by Scott Sigler
  • November 2016 – Nos4a2 by Joe Hill
  • December 2016 – Devil’s Rose by Brom

2015

  • January 2015 – Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
  • February 2015 – The Martian by Andy Weir
  • March 2015 – The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
  • April 2015 – Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
  • May 2015 – Amped by Daniel H. Wilson
  • June 2015 – Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
  • July 2015 – Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  • August 2015 – The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
  • September 2015 – The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
  • October 2015 – Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
  • November 2015 – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlien
  • December 2015 – Plucker by Brom

2014

  • January 2014 – The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • February 2014 – The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
  • March 2014 – The Postmortal by Drew Magary
  • April 2014 – The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
  • May 2014 – How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
  • June 2014 – The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
  • July 2014 – The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
  • August 2014 – Lexicon by Max Barry
  • September 2014 – American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Originally Stardust – members voted to change 7/21/14)
  • October 2014 – Honor Harrington On Basilisk Station by David Weber
  • November 2014 – Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • December 2014 – The Child Thief by Brom

2013

  • January 2013 – Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
  • February 2013 – Embassytown by China Miéville
  • March 2013 – Faerie Tale by Raymond Feist
  • April 2013 – Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
  • May 2013 – The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
  • June 2013 – The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
  • July 2013 – The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
  • August 2013 – Among Others by Jo Walton
  • September 2013 – Night Train to Rigel by Timothy Zahn
  • October 2013 – Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  • November 2013 – Kraken: An Anatomy by China Miéville
  • December 2013 – Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom

2012

  • January 2012 – The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
  • February 2012 – Shadow Raiders by Margaret Weis
  • March 2012 – The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
  • April 2012 – Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber
  • May 2012 – A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
  • June 2012 – Invasion by Mercedes Lackey
  • July 2012 – Blackout by Connie Willis
  • August 2012 – Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • September 2012 – Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
  • October 2012 – Demon Seed by Dean Koontz
  • November 2012 – The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  • December 2012 – Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

2011

  • January 2011 – V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
  • February 2011 – The Once and Future King by T.H. White
  • March 2011 – Neuromancer by William Gibson
  • April 2011 – Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • May 2011 – A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
  • June 2011 – A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
  • July 2011 – Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
  • August 2011 – The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • September 2011 – Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • October 2011 – Stormfront by Jim Butcher
  • November 2011 – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
  • December 2011 – The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex

2010

  • January 2010 – Watchmen by Alan Moore
  • February 2010 – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • March 2010 – World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
  • April 2010 – The Invention of Hugo Cabaret by Brian Selznick
  • May 2010 – American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • June 2010 – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
  • July 2010 – Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
  • August 2010 – Brave New World by Aldus Huxley
  • September 2010 – The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
  • October 2010 – Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • November 2010 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
  • December 2010 – Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

2009

  • September 2009 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • October 2009 – Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
  • November 2009 – The Princess Bride by William Goldman
  • December 2009 – The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore