Five top dieselpunk novels

K. W. Colyard is the author of the BNW-nominated “Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish,” which appeared in Seize the Press in 2022. Their fiction has also appeared in Clarkesworld and Diabolical Plots. They are currently working on a horror novel.

At Book Riot Colyard tagged five top works of dieselpunk, steampunk’s darker and dirtier cousin. One title on the list:

Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly

The Amberlough Dossier trilogy hearkens back to Weimar Germany — a world of bright lights, big cities, and queerness under looming threat. Here, readers meet Cyril, a spy whose last mission just went sideways. Forced to work for the socially conservative One State Party, Cyril must protect his criminal lover and cabaret emcee, Aristide, from harm. Together with Cordelia, Aristide’s partner in crime, the two men must navigate a deadly web of intrigue in Amberlough.

Read about another entry on Colyard's list.

My Book, The Movie: Amberlough.

--Marshal Zeringue