Fantasy and Science Fiction

Discover recent releases in fantasy and science fiction, from space operas and apocalyptic worlds to dragons and magic!
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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant USA Today and indie bestseller! Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Most Anticipated at...
Onyx Storm
Rebecca Yarros
Paper Book
Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society. Accolades for Fourth Wing Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 * Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 * Barnes &...
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
John Scalzi
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye The moon has turned into cheese. Now humanity has to deal with it. For some it's an opportunity. For...
Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson
Paper Book
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive--the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. Dalinar Kholin challenged the...
Death of the Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by New York Times Book Review * People * NPR * Rolling Stone * Los Angeles Times * Reader's Digest * and more! "This one has it all." -- George R.R. Martin * "As delicious as it...
Katabasis
R. F. Kuang
Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save...
Among the Burning Flowers
Samantha Shannon
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps...
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented...
Queen Demon
Martha Wells
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel, Witch King. A fantasy of epic scope, Queen Demon is a story of power and...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab
Paper Book
ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last. "Unmissable... Nobody can write like V. E. Schwab" --Jodi Picoult #1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1...
Adrift in currents clean and clear
McGuire, Seanan
Paper Book
Giant turtles, impossible ships, and tidal rivers ridden by a Drowned girl in search of a family in the latest in the bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire. Nadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that...
The Devils
Joe Abercrombie
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller A brand-new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey Holy...
We lived on the horizon : a novel
Swyler, Erika
Paper Book
The acclaimed author of the "dazzling" (Sara Gruen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Book of Speculation returns with an engrossing new novel about a bio-prosthetic surgeon and her personal AI as they are drawn into a revolution. The city of Bulwark is...
Brigands & Breadknives
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller's life for decades, but now, in the face of...
Arcana Academy
Elise Kova
Paper Book
"Magical from nail-biting beginning to shocking end!"--Danielle L. Jensen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood A woman who wields magical tarot cards lands herself in a false engagement with the headmaster of a mysterious academy in this first...
A Drop of Corruption
Robert Jackson Bennett
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The Tainted Cup. "Wonderfully clever and compulsively...
The Martian Contingency
Mary Robinette Kowal
Paper Book
Mary Robinette Kowal returns to Mars in this latest entry to the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Lady Astronaut series. "Kowal masters both science and historical accuracy in this alternate history adventure."--Andy Weir, author of The Martian, on The Calculating...
The Last Wizards' Ball
Charlaine Harris
Paper Book
#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns with the sixth and final installment in the critically acclaimed Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia must face their fates at the last Wizards' Ball. Lizbeth Rose's sister...
The Knight and the Moth
Rachel Gillig
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy...
Quicksilver
Callie Hart
Paper Book
This #1 New York Times bestseller is a highly addicting enemies-to-lovers Romantasy with razor-sharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance. Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. ...
Hemlock and Silver
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring bright green sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers illustrated by the author. From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes Hemlock & Silver, a...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! * A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers--and her life--back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Sera Swan...
The Dream Hotel
Laila Lalami
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ● READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY ● From Laila Lalami--the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)--comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in...
Four Ruined Realms
Mai Corland
Paper Book
Order now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last―featuring gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork, as well as exclusive endpapers and special design features. This breathtaking collectible is only available on a limited first print run, a...
Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical quest when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop, in this dreamlike fantasy novel. FEATURES A UNIQUE ORIGAMI JACKET that folds into a boat, joining the...
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