Welcome! The Cedar Rapids SciFi/Fantasy Book Club is a group of readers who meet monthly at the Cedar Rapids Barnes & Noble to discuss Science Fiction and Fantasy literature. The group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm. Meetings are held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers (333 Collins Rd NE, Cedar Rapids) in the Cafe. Join us!
For our June 9th, 2026 meeting, we will discuss The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes...
Some people are born boring. Some live boring. Some even die boring. Fred managed to do all three, and when he woke up as a vampire, he did so as a boring one. Timid, socially awkward, and plagued by self-esteem issues, Fred has never been the adventurous sort.
One fateful night – different from the night he died, which was more inconvenient than fateful – Fred reconnects with an old friend at his high school reunion. This rekindled relationship sets off a chain of events thrusting him right into the chaos that is the parahuman world, a world with chipper zombies, truck driver wereponies, maniacal necromancers, ancient dragons, and now one undead accountant trying his best to “survive.” Because even after it’s over, life can still be a downright bloody mess.
For our July 14th, 2026 meeting, we will discuss When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi...
It's a whole new moooooon.
One day soon, suddenly and without explanation, the moon as we know it is replaced with an orb of cheese with the exact same mass. Through the length of an entire lunar cycle, from new moon to a spectacular and possibly final solar eclipse, we follow multiple characters -- schoolkids and scientists, billionaires and workers, preachers and politicians -- as they confront the strange new world they live in, and the absurd, impossible moon that now hangs above all their lives.
Upcoming books
08/11/2026 Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
More upcoming book announcements soon. Until then, our selections can be found here.