Fantasy and Science Fiction

Discover recent releases in fantasy and science fiction, from space operas and apocalyptic worlds to dragons and magic!
Updated October 19, 2024
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Martha Wells
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller. A Washington Post bestseller. A USA Today bestseller. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. ...
Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree
Paper Book
An Instant #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller A Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 An Amazon Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2023 When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may...
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
Paper Book
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER "This summer's hottest debut." --Cosmopolitan * "Witty, sexy escapist...
Iron Flame
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 &...
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Heather Fawcett
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it's too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series. Emily Wilde is...
The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of the Expanse comes a spectacular new space opera that sees humanity fighting for its survival in a war as old as the universe itself. ...
House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas
Paper Book
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath. Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she...
A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes A Sorceress Comes to Call--a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm's "The Goose Girl," rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic. ...
Ghost Station
S.A. Barnes
Paper Book
"Relentlessly creepy and fantastically atmospheric...Ghost Station is space horror at its best."--The New York Times A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence....
The Tainted Cup
Robert Jackson Bennett
Paper Book
A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett "Great fantasy detective stories are too rare, but Bennett--[a] rising star of fantasy--more than delivers."--Charlie...
The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * #1 INDIE BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An immersive, sensual experience." --The New York Times "Essential." --The Washington Post From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh...
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
Malka Older
Paper Book
Named a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2024 by Esquire Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a new mystery in the follow-up to the cozy space-opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes, which Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders...
Winter Lost
Patricia Briggs
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this exhilarating entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. In the supernatural realms, there are creatures...
Cascade Failure
L. M. Sagas
Paper Book
L. M. Sagas's debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes's Divide series with Firefly. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space family, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be--and not to be--human. Most...
The Narrow Road Between Desires
Patrick Rothfuss
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, USA Today and Indie Bestseller! #1 New York Times-bestselling phenomenon Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of "The Lightning Tree." Expanded to twice its previous length...
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
Seanan McGuire
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! Portals and danger, and a girl who can find both in the next book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire. Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School...
Bride
Ali Hazelwood
Paper Book
#1 Indie Next Pick! A Hall of Fame LibraryReads pick! One of People's Best Books to Read in February A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the...
The Wren in the Holly Library
K. A. Linde
Paper Book
Don't miss out on 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 must-have for...
The Future
Naomi Alderman
Paper Book
The bestselling, award-winning author of The Power delivers a "page-turning" (Los Angeles Times), "propulsive" (The Boston Globe), "thrilling" (BookPage, starred review) tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants...
The Book of Doors
Gareth Brown
Paper Book
A debut novel full of magic, adventure, and romance, The Book of Doors opens up a thrilling world of contemporary fantasy for readers of The Midnight Library, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, The Night Circus, and any modern story that mixes the wonder of the unknown...
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton
Paper Book
"A gripping tale that reads like a Sherlock Holmes novel set in a broken future...Turton is an exciting writer with a knack for strange tales that push the envelope, and this strange story of murder, survival, and the importance of memory might be his best work yet." --Gabino Iglesias for NPR ...
The Tusks of Extinction
Ray Nayler
Paper Book
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA. Moscow has resurrected the mammoth. But someone must teach them how to be mammoths, or they are doomed to die out again. Dr. Damira Khismatullina, an expert in elephant...
Navola
Paolo Bacigalupi
Paper Book
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary historical fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he ascends to power. "Steeped in poison, betrayal, and...
A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king--while fighting her growing desire for his fiery son--in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology from the author of The Bridge Kingdom series. ...
Floating Hotel
Grace Curtis
Paper Book
Esquire Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024 UK bestseller Goodreads 58 Biggest Books of Spring Men's Health 30 Most Anticipated Sci-Fi and Fantasy books of 2024 Apple Books 2024's Most Anticipated Books LitHub March's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy...
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist, from the author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
The Book That Broke the World
Mark Lawrence
Paper Book
Two people living in a world connected by an immense and mysterious library must fight for those they love in the second book in a new trilogy from the international bestselling author of The Book That Wouldn't Burn. The Library spans worlds and times. It touches and...
Ocean's Godori
Elaine U. Cho
Audiobook
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune
Paper Book
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES, #1 USA TODAY and #1 INDIE BESTSELLER! Hope is the thing with feathers. And hope is the thing with fire. Featuring gorgeous golden yellow sprayed edges! Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the hugely anticipated sequel to...
The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Grossman, who is best known for his The Magicians series, is at the top of his game with The Bright Sword." --The New York Times Book Review "A thrilling new take on Arthurian legend. . . . Marvelous." --The Washington Post ...
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
John Wiswell
Paper Book
One of the Best Books of the Year So Far from: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Polygon, and Bookpage A Most-Anticipated Book of 2024 from: Amazon, Polygon, io9, Apple Books, Goodreads, Reactor, Book Riot, Writer's Digest, and Nerd Daily   "This unusual queer...
Running Close to the Wind
Alexandra Rowland
Paper Book
A queer pirate fantasy standalone adventure by Alexandra Rowland, the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron "Come for the irrepressible gremlin of a narrator, stay for the plot-relevant cake competitions! A whip-smart, hilarious and exuberant high seas romp."--Freya...
Buried Deep and Other Stories
Naomi Novik
Paper Book
A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical...

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