Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Automatic Noodle
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 | Best of the Year at...
Katabasis
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
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...
Brigands & breadknives
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller! 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...
Hemlock & silver
Kingfisher, T.
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...
The shattering peace
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace THE PEACE IS SHATTERING For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A...
The devils
Abercrombie, Joe.
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 This...
Stone & sky
Aaronovitch, Ben
Paper Book
THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES "This isn't London. The rules are different up here..." All Detective Sergeant Peter Grant wanted was a nice holiday up in Scotland. He'll need one once this is...
Agnes Aubert's mystical cat shelter
Fawcett, Heather
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montréal turns to a grouchy but charming magician to help save her shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series. "Absolutely magnificent!...
There is no Antimemetics Division
Qntm
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Humanity is under assault by malevolent "antimemes"--ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself--in this whip-smart tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel. "Utterly...
Twelve months
Butcher, Jim
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day--but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he...
Bury our bones in the midnight soil
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
#1 New York Times bestseller * #1 USA Today bestseller * #1 National Indie bestseller * #1 IndieNext List, June 2025 * 2025 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fantasy A genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger from V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York...
Alchemised
SenLinYu
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past. This...
Snake-eater
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an enthralling contemporary fantasy seeped in horror about a woman trying to escape her past by moving to the remote US desert--only to find herself beholden to the wrath of a vengeful god. With...
Hell's Heart
Hall, Alexis
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Gideon the Ninth meets Moby-Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's thrilling SF debut, Hell's Heart! They are monsters, legends, gods. They are our...
Day zero
Cargill, C. Robert
Paper Book
In this harrowing apocalyptic adventure--from the author of the critically acclaimed Sea of Rust--noted novelist and co-screenwriter of Marvel's Doctor Strange C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. It was...
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
McGuire, Seanan
Paper Book
A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Selection! A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series. After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor West's...
Queen demon
Wells, Martha
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! A Finalist for the Locus Award! The remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel Witch King: a breathtaking new epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling...
God's Junk Drawer
From New York Times bestselling author Peter Clines, God's Junk Drawer is a mind-bending tale of mystery and adventure set at the dawn of time. Welcome to the valley ... Forty years ago, the Gather family--James, his daughter Beau, and his son Billy--vanished during a whitewater...
The raven scholar
Hodgson, Antonia
Paper Book
★ A Goodreads Best Fantasy Choice Award Nominee ★ Best of the Year at ELLE, Gizmodo, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and more!  "A labyrinth of a book--vast and intricate, full of fiendish...
Among the burning flowers
Shannon, Samantha
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...
Hole in the sky
Wilson, Daniel H.
Paper Book
A Native American first contact story and gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse "Thrilling and personal... an important addition to the landscape of science fiction."-Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...
A witch's guide to magical innkeeping
Mandanna, Sangu
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 enchanted greenhouse
Durst, Sarah Beth.
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! A #1 LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick! DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful mint green sprayed edges! New York Times...
What we can know
McEwan, Ian
Paper Book
BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of 2025 * The Atlantic's Top 10 * The Standard's Best 2025 Titles to Buy for Book Lovers...
The summer war
Novik, Naomi
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York 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. ...
The strength of the few
Islington, James
Ebook
This highly anticipated sequel to The Will of the Many--one of 2023's most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels--follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions. Book two of the Hierarchy quartet.
The incandescent
Tesh, Emily
Paper Book
A Deadly Education meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy from bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in...
Poet Empress
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A LIBRARY READS PICK! DELUXE EDITION―featuring gorgeous gilded edges, detailed endpapers, and beautiful case art under the book jacket! Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world...
Exiles
Coile, Mason
Paper Book
A New York Times Book Review Favorite Book of 2025 A terrifying locked-room mystery from the author of William--this time set on a remote outpost on Mars. The human crew sent to prepare the first colony on Mars arrives to find the new base half...
The knight and the moth
Gillig, Rachel
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!  From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes a sensational romantasy, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her...
Violet Thistlewaite is not a villain anymore
Krempholtz, Emily.
Paper Book
Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer's right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over - not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. Someone better. Someone good. The quaint town of Dragon's Rest, Violet decides, will be her second chance - she'll...
Outlaw planet
Carey, M. R.
Paper Book
From one of genre fiction's most original and revolutionary voices comes a space opera adventure like no other. Sometimes the fate of entire worlds can be decided by a woman with nothing to lose, and the smartest gun in the multiverse in her hand . . . ...
Astral Library (Standard Edition) : A Novel
Quinn, Kate.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures...
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