Best of 2024: Aotearoa NZ science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction

Have a browse of our Librarian's Choice selection of Aotearoa New Zealand science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction titles for 2024! As an added bonus, we've included some stand-out titles for younger readers that fall inside the genre as well. Enjoy!

Updated December 16, 2024
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The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door
Parry, H. G.
Paper Book
From the author of The Magician's Daughter comes The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, a mythic, magical tale full of secret scholarship, faerie curses, and the deadliest spells of all--the ones that friends cast on each other. 
The Sunforge
Stronach, Sascha.
Paper Book
Sascha Stronach's queer, Maori-inspired Endsong trilogy reopens on a city in flames, where a magic-wielding pirate crew uncovers an age-old fight between the gods that threatens their world. The steel city of Radovan is consumed by fire between. Stranded in its harbor is the crew...
The amethyst kingdom
Mulford, A. K.
Paper Book
In the fifth and final novel in the Five Crowns of Okrith romantasy series from bestselling author A.K. Mulford, a young fae warrior is hellbent on winning the Eastern Court crown, but when her fated lover--and hated nemesis--Ersan enters the trials she struggles to balance the competition and...
When the Moon Hatched
Parker, Sarah A.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ORDER NOW to get a limited edition with blue-stained edges - available only on the first printing! This deluxe hardcover features metallic and embossed jacket effects and colored endpapers with exclusive character artwork. The #1 internationally...

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