A friend of mine recently asked me a question about books I had a hard time answering. She has heard a lot about steampunk recently and wanted some reading recommendations. Given that I adore giving reading recommendations more than almost anything in the world, I was a little disappointed in myself that I could only come up with a couple of paltry titles. I felt a little better about myself after asking the same question at a used bookstore – the staff got the same confused brain look I felt like I had; I was sure I should know more, but just couldn’t think of anything.
Fiction-L, a great reader’s advisory listserv librarians can sign up for here, came up with the answer by pointing steampunk novices to this list by John Klima of the Library Journal. Give it a look if you anticipate ever being in a similar situation. I’m excited to get started on a few of them myself.
I do think a necessary addition is the brilliant graphic novel series Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio, also available as a free webcomic.
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