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

Discover recent releases in fantasy and science fiction, from space operas and apocalyptic worlds to dragons and magic!
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Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
Ebook
Katabasis
R. F. Kuang
Paper Book
Prepare for one hell of a journey... 'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN 'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE '[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE 'I devoured it' RED One of the BBC's 25 best books of 2025 2025's...
Brigands & Breadknives
Travis Baldree
Paper Book
Return to the cosy fantasy world of the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree, a freshly baked adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern.Fern has weathered the stillness and storms of a bookseller's...
The Shattering Peace
John Scalzi
Stone and Sky
Ben Aaronovitch
Paper Book
Platform Decay
Martha Wells
Having someone else support your bad decision feels kind of good.Having volunteered to run a rescue mission, Murderbot realises that it will have to spend significant time with a bunch of humans it doesn't know.Including human children. Ugh.This may well call for... eye contact!...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V. E. Schwab
Paper Book
The Heart-Stopping International Sensation! Instant No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller No. 1 New York Times Bestseller The Radio 2 Book Club Pick From V. E. Schwab, a genre-defying, unforgettable novel to sink your teeth into . . .
The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
Paper Book
From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.A legend. A lie. A love story.A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He's sent back...
Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman
From the author of the sensational global bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series comes a brand new epic standalone . . . All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do is run the family ranch and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking. But when his planet's...
Twelve Months
Jim Butcher
Paper Book
Slow Gods
Claire North
Paper Book
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett
Paper Book
Alchemised
SenLinYu
Paper Book
\"What is it you think you're protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There's no one left for you to save.\" Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner-of war and of her own mind. Her...
There Is No Antimemetics Division {Revised}
qntm
An antimeme is an entity with self-censoring properties. Some are benign; but others, less so... These entities can feed on your most cherished memories, the things that make you you - and you'll never even know anything changed. And they aren't just feeding on us....
Snake-Eater
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
In this witty fantasy horror from New York Times bestselling, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author T. Kingfisher, a young woman seeking a fresh start is confronted by ancient gods, malevolent supernatural forces, and eccentric neighbours in an isolated desert town. Perfect for fans of...
Queen Demon
Martha Wells
Dahin believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something Dahin isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, where all the evidence leads. Can Kai stop the rise of a...
Hemlock and Silver
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher, Hemlock & Silver is a dark reimagining of Snow White steeped in poison, intrigue and treason of the most magical kind.'A new favourite! Masterful storytelling with creepy magic, and a fantastic cat!'- Sarah Beth Durst,...
Among the Burning Flowers
Samantha Shannon
Paper Book
Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the...
The Knight and the Moth
Rachel Gillig
Paper Book
The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst
Paper Book
Return to the cosy and heartwarming world of The Spellshop in The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst, a world brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes and honeyed love. Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and...
The Summer War
Naomi Novik
Paper Book
In this enchanting, poignant novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell. Celia discovers her...
The Faith of Beasts
James S. A. Corey
The Strength of the Few
James Islington
The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened-with what I fear is coming-I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost everything-and now, impossibly, the ancient...
The Incandescent
Emily Tesh
Paper Book
''A searingly brilliant fantasy. This is magical school with teeth. Warm-hearted, terrifying and clever . . . an unmissable read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne A Deadly Education meets Rivers of London in this captivating...
The Astral Library
Kate Quinn
Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are doors to new worlds. Alix Watson knows one thing: unlike people, books will never let her down. Working dead-end jobs to make ends meet, she takes nightly refuge in the...
The Red Winter
Cameron Sullivan
A bewitching historical fantasy from a debut author, and the next global sensation from Tor. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power and redemption.A devastating love story.A bewitching twist on history.A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption.<...
What We Can Know
Ian McEwan
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD 2025** 'McEwan's most richly layered work' Sunday Times 'A gripping page-turner' Observer 'A daring, beautiful novel, full of wisdom and heart' Elif Shafak A quest, a literary...
The Poet Empress
Tao Shen
Paper Book
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
Emily Krempholtz
Paper Book
''Charming . . . A romance that, gently and pleasantly, asks questions about power and its uses.'' The New York Times ''I have rarely read a book so charming...Violet Thistlewaite might not be a villain anymore, but she''s definitely stolen my heart.'' Ashley Poston<...
Lightbreakers
Aja Gabel
'Audaciously tackles life's most formative experiences: love and loss' RUMAAN ALAM, New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind 'Like walking down a hall of mirrors . . . Lightbreakers made me see things anew' LING MA,...
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