Professor Emma Teaches Worldbuilding

It's time to announce another of the classes I'll be teaching in the spring at the Bibliophile University:

Worldbuilding Through Science Fiction and Fantasy

I really wanted to teach this as two separate courses, but the university wanted it to be one. So I had the impossible task of narrowing my book choices down to four my students will actually read, and then the ones we'll read excerpts from, and then what's left will be recommended reading. I think this class is more aimed at writers than readers because I would have my students practice worldbuilding themselves after reading the books and excerpts.

Required Reading:

• A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
• Cinder by Marissa Meyer
• Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Excerpt Reading:

• Nil and Nil Unlocked by Lynne Matson
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
• The Young Elites by Marie Lu
• Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke

Recommended Reading:

• Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray (sequel to A Thousand Pieces)
• the rest of The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
• The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
• These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Pivot Point by Kasie West

So is this a class you'd be interested in? What books would you have liked to see on the syllabus? (And also, I'm still interested in what classes you'd like to see taught at Bibliophile University.)