Satire

Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman Genres: Adult, Satire, Science Fiction, Hard Sci-fi, Speculative Fiction Published by Penguin on February 9, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 390 Source: The Broken Binding All New Sonoran colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep their aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking.  But now the colossal Apex corporation has been hired to commence an ‘eviction action’ – exterminate all life on New Sonora in preparation for a reboot. And they charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines, remotely pilot them and make it a game.  The game is called OPERATION BOUNCE HOUSE…  And New Sonora is its playing field.  Determined to defend the only home he’s ever known, Oliver and his friends find themselves fighting for their lives against these machines.  To Earth it’s a game, but to Oliver, it’s war. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. There are many ways one could describe Matt Dinniman’s scifi novel Operation Bounce House, but what I’ve settled on is “refreshingly brilliant”. A self-contained …

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Novella, Satire, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Published by Tordotcom on August 4, 2025 Pages: 168 A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.  You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.  But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them. Masquerading under the guise of a cute and innocent story of sentient robots starting a take-out noodle restaurant, Annalee Newitz’s Automatic Noodle is brilliant satirical novella that is full of creative and imaginative metaphors. Part start-up company business story and …

Metallic Realms by Lincoln Michel Genres: Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Satire, Science Fiction Published by Atria Books on May 12, 2025 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 320 Source: Owlcrate A wildly inventive and entertaining novel about a sci-fi writing group whose fictional universe and personal dramas begin to collide and collapse from the critically acclaimed author of the “timeless and original” (The New York Times) The Body Scout.  Perennially single, socially awkward, and drowning in debt, Michael Lincoln’s life has turned out nothing like the intergalactic pulp heroes of his youth. But these are pedestrian concerns—he has a greater calling, and that is to preserve for all posterity the greatest series in the history of the written The Star Rot Chronicles. Written collectively by Michael’s best (and perhaps only) friend Taras K. Castle and his misfit sci-fi writing group, the Orb 4, the stories follow Captain Baldwin and his fearless crew on their mind-bending adventures across the Metallic Realms, from solar whales swallowing suns at the edge of spacetime to interstellar love triangles. These masterpieces have gone tragically unpublished—until now.  But the most urgent story Michael must tell takes place in the more intimate (if no less dramatic) …

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ+, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery Thriller Published by Tor Nightfire on July 9, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 304 From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes to succeed in a world that wants you dead.  Misha is a jaded scriptwriter who has been working in Hollywood for years, and has just been nominated for his first Oscar. But when he’s pressured by his producers to kill off a gay character in the upcoming season finale—”for the algorithm “—Misha discovers that it’s not that simple.  As he is haunted by his past, and past mistakes, Misha must risk everything to find a way to do what’s right—before it’s too late. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. Bury Your Gays’ title alone is one way to get someone’s attention followed by an earnest bit of social commentary on media culture wrapped up in a comedically ridiculous premise. Sub 300 pages complimented by a casual and …

Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan Series: Cities Genres: Adult, Asian Literature, Comedy, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Satire, Travel Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on May 21, 2024 Format: eBook Pages: 448 From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians.  Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories manors and yachts lies nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus’s scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend his sister’s wedding at a luxury eco-resort, a veritable who’s-who of sultans, barons, and oligarchs, and seduce a woman with money.  Should he marry Solène de Courcy, a French hotel heiress with honey blond tresses and a royal bloodline? Should he pursue Martha Dung, the tattooed venture capital genius who passes out billions like lollipops? Or should he follow his heart, betray his family, …