“What are the best Science Fiction And Fantasy books released in 2023?” We looked at 362 of the top Science Fiction And Fantasy books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 45 books, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Science Fiction And Fantasy” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 300+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

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Top 45 Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Books From 2023

45.) Bridge written by Lauren Beukes

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads 2
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor
• Waterstones

Jo was a maverick neuroscientist fixated on an artifact she called the “dreamworm” that she believed could open the doors to other worlds. It was part of Jo’s grand delusion, her sickness, and it cost her everything, including her relationship with h…

44.) Chain-Gang All-Stars written by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads 2
• Polygon
• Publishers Weekly
• Tor

Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly popular, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly …

43.) Divine Rivals written by Rebecca Ross

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columni…

42.) Land of Milk and Honey written by C Pam Zhang

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Goodreads 2
• NPR
• Polygon

The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing…

41.) Lords of Uncreation written by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Lists It Appears On:

• Polygon
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

From the Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time, this third and final novel in an extraordinary space opera trilogy depicts humanity on the brink of extinction—and reveals how one man’s discovery will save or destroy us all….

40.) My Murder written by Katie Williams

Lists It Appears On:

• NPR
• NYPL
• Polygon
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She’s also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new …

39.) Sword Catcher written by Cassandra Clare

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Indigo
• Popsugar
• Waterstones

In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill….

38.) System Collapse written by Martha Wells

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads 2
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor

Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if …

37.) The Jasad Heir written by Sara Hashem

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

Ten years ago, the kingdom of Jasad burned. Its magic was outlawed. Its royal family murdered. At least, that’s what Sylvia wants people to believe. The Heir of Jasad escaped the massacre, and she intends to stay hidden, especially from the armies of…

36.) The Reformatory written by Tananarive Due

Lists It Appears On:

• BookPage
• Chicago Public Library
• Gizmodo
• NPR

Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the…

35.) The Terraformers written by Annalee Newitz

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Open Letters Review
• Polygon
• Tor

Destry’s life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her….

34.) The Will of the Many written by James Islington

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the …

33.) Tress of the Emerald Sea written by Brandon Sanderson

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• NPR
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his fat…

32.) Whalefall written by Daniel Kraus

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Book Riot
• NPR
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it’s a long shot, but Jay feels it’s the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has car…

31.) A Power Unbound written by Freya Marske

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• Tor
• Waterstones

Jack Alston, Lord Hawthorn, would love a nice, safe, comfortable life. After the death of his twin sister, he thought he was done with magic for good. But with the threat of a dangerous ritual hanging over every magician in Britain, he’s drawn reluct…

30.) Godkiller written by Hannah Kaner

Lists It Appears On:

• Paste
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• The Washington Post
• Tor
• Waterstones

Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the …

29.) Iron Flame written by Rebecca Yarros

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• Indigo
• Popsugar
• Waterstones

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice comm…

28.) Lone Women written by Victor LaValle

Lists It Appears On:

• BookPage
• Chicago Public Library
• Polygon
• Shepherd
• Tor

Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her pa…

27.) Silver Nitrate written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Lists It Appears On:

• BookPage
• Gizmodo
• The Washington Post
• Tor
• Waterstones

Montserrat has always been overlooked. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, th…

26.) The Hurricane Wars written by Thea Guanzon

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble 2
• Indigo
• Popsugar
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

Prince Alaric, the emperor’s only son and heir, has been tasked with obliterating any threats to the Night Empire’s rule with the strength of his armies and mighty shadow magic. He discovers the greatest threat yet in Talasyn: a girl burning brightly…

25.) The Last Tale of the Flower Bride written by Roshani Chokshi

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• NPR
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• Tor

Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily e…

24.) The Water Outlaws written by S. L. Huang

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• Popsugar
• Publishers Weekly
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• The Washington Post

Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor’s soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she bel…

23.) Victory City written by Salman Rushdie

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• NPR
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-str…

22.) The Ferryman written by Justin Cronin

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Goodreads 2
• Polygon
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embe…

21.) The Saint of Bright Doors written by Vajra Chandrasekera

Lists It Appears On:

• Gizmodo
• NY Times
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor

He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and …

20.) Thornhedge written by T. Kingfisher

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Chicago Public Library
• NPR
• Paste
• Popsugar
• Powell’s

Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a bless…

19.) To Shape a Dragon’s Breath written by Moniquill Blackgoose

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• NPR
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• The Washington Post

The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations—until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon’s egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days when dragons lived among them …

18.) White Cat, Black Dog written by Kelly Link

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• NY Times
• NYPL
• Shepherd
• The Washington Post
• Tor

Finding seeds of inspiration in the stories of the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers—characters on the hunt for love, connection, reven…

17.) Bookshops & Bonedust written by Travis Baldree

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn’t possibly imagine….

16.) Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries written by Heather Fawcett

Lists It Appears On:

• Goodreads
• Indigo
• NPR
• NY Times
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world’s first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good…

15.) Our Share of Night written by Mariana Enriquez

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• BookPage
• Chicago Public Library
• NPR
• Polygon
• Publishers Weekly
• Tor

A young father and son set out on a road trip, devastated by the death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travel to her ancestral home, where they must confront the terrifying legacy she has bequeathed: a family called …

14.) The Deep Sky written by Yume Kitasei

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads 2
• Kirkus Review
• NYPL
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• The Washington Post

It is the eve of Earth’s environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanity’s last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, …

13.) He Who Drowned the World written by Shelley Parker-Chan

Lists It Appears On:

• BookPage
• Indigo
• NPR
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• The Washington Post
• Waterstones

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor….

12.) Immortal Longings written by Chloe Gong

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Chicago Public Library
• Indigo
• Kirkus Review
• NPR
• Popsugar
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win uni…

11.) Ink Blood Sister Scribe written by Emma Torzs

Lists It Appears On:

• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• Indigo
• NPR
• NY Times
• Paste
• Polygon
• Waterstones

All magic comes with a price, though, and for years the sisters have been separated. Esther has fled to a remote base in Antarctica to escape the fate that killed her own mother, and Joanna’s isolated herself in their family home in Vermont, devoting…

10.) Starter Villain written by John Scalzi

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads 2
• NPR
• NYPL
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books

Charlie’s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan….

9.) Hell Bent written by Leigh Bardugo

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• BookPage
• Goodreads
• Paste
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy “Alex” Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory―even if it costs her a future at Le…

8.) Some Desperate Glory written by Emily Tesh

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Goodreads 2
• NPR
• Polygon
• Powell’s
• Publishers Weekly
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• The Guardian
• Tor

Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth. Raised in the bowels of Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she readies herself to face the Wisdom, the powerful, reality-shaping weapon that g…

7.) Starling House written by Alix E. Harrow

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• Book Riot
• BookPage
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• NPR
• Popsugar
• Tor

Opal is a lot of things―orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier―but above all, she’s determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two …

6.) The Fragile Threads of Power written by V. E. Schwab

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• Book Riot
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• Indigo
• Popsugar
• Shepherd
• Waterstones

Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protec…

5.) Fourth Wing written by Rebecca Yarros

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble 2
• Indigo
• NPR
• Paste
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• Shepherd
• Waterstones

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, t…

4.) Witch King written by Martha Wells

Lists It Appears On:

• Amazon
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads
• NPR
• NY Times
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor

After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well….

3.) A Day of Fallen Night written by Samantha Shannon

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble 2
• BookPage
• Goodreads
• Indigo
• Kirkus Review
• Open Letters Review
• Paste
• Polygon
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Waterstones

In A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of Priory of the Orange Tree and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come….

2.) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi written by Shannon Chakraborty

Lists It Appears On:

• BookPage
• Chicago Public Library
• Gizmodo
• Goodreads
• Kirkus Review
• NPR
• NYPL
• Paste
• Popsugar
• Powell’s
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor
• Waterstones

Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully w…

1.) Translation State written by Ann Leckie

Lists It Appears On:

• Barnes & Noble
• Chicago Public Library
• Goodreads 2
• Kirkus Review
• NPR
• NYPL
• Polygon
• Powell’s
• Publishers Weekly
• Shepherd
• The Best Sci-Fi Books
• Tor
• Waterstones

Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before them: learn human ways, and eventually, make a match and serve as an intermediary between the dangerous alien Presger and the human worlds. The…

The 300+ Additional Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Books Released In 2023

46) A Study in Drowning – Ava Reid List: (NPR, Paste, Waterstones)

47) Assistant to the Villain – Hannah Nicole Maehrer List: (Amazon, Barnes & Noble 2, Popsugar)

48) Camp Damascus – Chuck Tingle List: (Amazon, Chicago Public Library, Tor)

49) Children of Memory (Children of Time #3) – Adrian Tchaikovsky List: (Goodreads 2, Open Letters Review, Polygon)

50) Chlorine – Jade Song List: (Chicago Public Library, Gizmodo, Polygon)

51) Fall of Ruin and Wrath – Jennifer L. Armentrout List: (Amazon, Popsugar, Waterstones)

52) Fractal Noise – Christopher Paolini List: (Barnes & Noble, Open Letters Review, Waterstones)

53) I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself – Marisa Crane List: (Goodreads 2, Shepherd, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

54) In the Lives of Puppets – T.J. Klune List: (Goodreads 2, Shepherd, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

55) Infinity Gate – M.R. Carey List: (Kirkus Review, NY Times, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

56) Light Bringer – Pierce Brown List: (Barnes & Noble, Goodreads 2, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

57) Mister Magic – Kiersten White List: (Chicago Public Library, Polygon, Shepherd)

58) Prophet – Helen MacDonald and Sin Blaché List: (Book Riot, NYPL, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

59) Song of Silver, Flame Like Night – Amélie Wen Zhao List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books, Waterstones)

60) The First Bright Thing – J.R. Dawson List: (Popsugar, Shepherd, Waterstones)

61) The Foxglove King – Hannah Whitten List: (Paste, Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

62) The Future – Naomi Alderman List: (Amazon, Chicago Public Library, Goodreads 2)

63) The God of Endings – Jacqueline Holland List: (Gizmodo, NPR, Shepherd)

64) The Magician’s Daughter – H.G. Parry List: (NPR, Popsugar, Tor)

65) The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch – Melinda Taub List: (NY Times, Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

66) The Shadow Cabinet – Juno Dawson List: (Book Riot, Popsugar, Waterstones)

67) The Strange – Nathan Ballingrud List: (Polygon, Shepherd, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

68) Throne of the Fallen – Kerri Maniscalco List: (Barnes & Noble 2, Popsugar, Waterstones)

69) Titanium Noir – Nick Harkaway List: (NY Times, Open Letters Review, Shepherd)

70) Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons – Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Phil Jimenez, List: (NPR, NYPL, Shepherd)

71) A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy, 1) – Claire Legrand List: (Amazon, Popsugar)

72) A House with Good Bones – T. Kingfisher List: (Chicago Public Library, Shepherd)

73) After the Forest – Kell Woods List: (Chicago Public Library, Powell’s)

74) Antimatter Blues – Edward Ashton List: (Polygon, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

75) Cassiel’s Servant – Jacqueline Carey List: (Open Letters Review, Powell’s)

76) Chain Gang All Stars – Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah List: (Book Riot, NPR)

77) Clytemnestra – Costanza Casati List: (Goodreads, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

78) Conquest – Nina Allan List: (Shepherd, The Guardian)

79) Feed Them Silence – Lee Mandelo List: (NPR, Tor)

80) Him – Geoff Ryman List: (Financial Times, The Guardian)

81) Hopeland – Ian McDonald List: (Open Letters Review, Shepherd)

82) In Ascension – Martin MacInnes List: (The Guardian, Waterstones)

83) Labyrinth’s Heart – M. A. Carrick List: (Polygon, Popsugar)

84) Masters of Death – Olivie Blake List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books, Waterstones)

85) Medusa’s Sisters – Lauren J. A. Bear List: (BookPage, Popsugar)

86) Monstrilio – Gerardo Samano Cordova List: (Chicago Public Library, NPR)

87) More Perfect – Temi Oh List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books, Waterstones)

88) Observer – Robert Lanza & Nancy Kress List: (Open Letters Review, Shepherd)

89) On Earth as It Is on Television – Emily Jane List: (Barnes & Noble, Shepherd)

90) Our Hideous Progeny – C. E. McGill List: (NPR, Waterstones)

91) Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror – Jordan Peele List: (Chicago Public Library, Waterstones)

92) Playing the Witch Card – KJ Dell’Antonia List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

93) Relentless Melt – Jeremy P Bushnell List: (Financial Times, Gizmodo)

94) Rouge – Mona Awad List: (The Washington Post, Tor)

95) Savage Crowns – Matt Wallace List: (Popsugar, Tor)

96) Shubeik Lubeik – Deena Mohamed List: (NPR, NYPL)

97) The Bone Shard War – Andrea Stewart List: (Paste, Popsugar)

98) The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1) – Mark Lawrence List: (Goodreads, Waterstones)

99) The Circumference of the World – Lavie Tidhar List: (Publishers Weekly, The Guardian)

100) The Deluge – Stephen Markley List: (Goodreads 2, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

101) The Great Transition – Nick Fuller Googins List: (Goodreads 2, The Washington Post)

102) The Haunting of Alejandra – V. Castro List: (Popsugar, Shepherd)

103) The Princess of Thornwood Drive – Khalia Moreau List: (Amazon, Popsugar)

104) The Salt Grows Heavy – Cassandra Khaw List: (Gizmodo, NPR)

105) The Star and the Strange Moon – Constance Sayers List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

106) The Stolen Heir – Holly Black List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

107) The Sun and the Void – Gabriela Romero Lacruz List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

108) The Wicked Bargain – Gabe Cole Novoa List: (NPR, Popsugar)

109) These Burning Stars – Bethany Jacobs List: (Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Review)

110) This Dark Descent – Kalyn Josephson List: (Popsugar, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

111) Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, 2) – Rachel Gillig List: (Amazon, Chicago Public Library)

112) Untethered Sky – Fonda Lee List: (NY Times, The Best Sci-Fi Books)

113) VenCo – Cherie Dimaline List: (Goodreads, Shepherd)

114) A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? – Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith List: (Tor)

115) A Curse for True Love (Once Upon a Broken Heart, #3) – Stephanie Garber List: (Waterstones)

116) A Curse of Krakens – Kevin Hearne List: (Tor)

117) A Door in the Dark – Scott Reintgen List: (Shepherd)

118) A Game of Malice and Greed – Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti List: (Popsugar)

119) A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens – Raul Palma List: (NPR)

120) A Haunting on the Hill – Elizabeth Hand List: (Waterstones)

121) A Long Time Dead – Samara Breger List: (Tor)

122) A Market of Dreams and Destiny – Trip Galey List: (Popsugar)

123) A Necessary Chaos – Brent Lambert List: (Tor)

124) A Quiet Vengeance – Tim Hardie List: (Shepherd)

125) A Rival Most Vial – R.K. Ashwick List: (Shepherd)

126) A Shadow Crown – Melissa Blair List: (Popsugar)

127) A Sleight of Shadows – Kat Howard List: (Popsugar)

128) A Stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories – Terry Pratchett List: (Waterstones)

129) A Thousand Recipes for Revenge – Beth Cato List: (Shepherd)

130) Angels Before Man – Rafael Nicolás List: (Shepherd)

131) Appliance – List: (Tor)

132) Arca – G.R. Macallister List: (Popsugar)

133) Arch-Conspirator – Veronica Roth List: (Waterstones)

134) Artificial Wisdom – Thomas R. Weaver List: (Shepherd)

135) Ascension – Nicholas Binge List: (Goodreads 2)

136) Assassin of Reality – Marina Dyachenko List: (Shepherd)

137) Atalanta – Jennifer Saint List: (Goodreads)

138) Battle Song – Ian Ross List: (Shepherd)

139) Biography of X – Catherine Lacey List: (NPR)

140) Bitter Medicine – Mia Tsai List: (Shepherd)

141) Bitters – Kaaron Warren List: (Shepherd)

142) Black River Orchard – Chuck Wendig List: (NPR)

143) BLADE OF DREAM – Daniel Abraham List: (Kirkus Review)

144) Bliss & Blunder – Victoria Gosling List: (Shepherd)

145) Blood & Steel – Helen Scheuerer List: (Shepherd)

146) Blood Crime – Sebastia Alzamora List: (Tor)

147) Blood Debts – Terry J. Benton-Walker List: (Popsugar)

148) Bored Gay Werewolf – Tony Santorella List: (Book Riot)

149) Bound by Sword and Spirit – Andrea Robertson List: (Popsugar)

150) Brainwyrms – Alison Rumfitt List: (Tor)

151) Caged Ocean Dub – Dare Segun Falowo List: (Shepherd)

152) Camp Zero – Michelle Min Sterling List: (Waterstones)

153) Captain Marvel Omnibus Vol. 1 – Kelly Thompson List: (Shepherd)

154) Cassandra in Reverse – Holly Smale List: (NPR)

155) Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours, #3) – Cassandra Clare List: (Popsugar)

156) Chaos & Flame – Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland List: (Popsugar)

157) City of Day – October K. Santerelli List: (Shepherd)

158) Cold People – Tom Rob Smith List: (Open Letters Review)

159) Counterweight – Djuna (tr. Anton Hur) List: (Powell’s)

160) Create Destruction – Ryan A. Kovacs List: (Shepherd)

161) Critical Mass – Daniel Suarez List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

162) Curious Tides – Pascale Lacelle List: (Popsugar)

163) Cursebreakers – Madeleine Nakamura List: (Popsugar)

164) Damned If You Do – Alex Brown List: (NPR)

165) Dark Water Daughter – H.M. Long List: (Popsugar)

166) Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea – Rita Chang-Eppig List: (Polygon)

167) Defiant: The Fourth Skyward Novel – Brandon Sanderson List: (Waterstones)

168) Disruptions: Stories – Steven Millhauser List: (NPR)

169) Do a Powerbomb – Daniel Warren Johnson List: (NYPL)

170) Dragon Palace – Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Ted Goossen List: (NPR)

171) Drinking from Graveyard Wells – Yvette Lisa Ndlovu List: (Tor)

172) Dual Memory – List: (Tor)

173) Dune Messiah: Exclusive Edition – Frank Herbert List: (Waterstones)

174) Eagle Drums – Nasugraq Rainey Hopson List: (NPR)

175) Ebony Gate – Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle List: (Popsugar)

176) Edith Holler – Edward Carey List: (NPR)

177) Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 – Charles Soule List: (NYPL)

178) Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare – Megan Kamalei Kakimoto List: (Polygon)

179) Everything Is Fine, Vol. 1 – Mike Birchall List: (NYPL)

180) Exodus – David Moody List: (Shepherd)

181) Extended Stay – Juan Martinez List: (Tor)

182) Family Lore – Elizabeth Acevedo List: (NPR)

183) Foul Heart Huntsman: Exclusive Edition – Chloe Gong List: (Waterstones)

184) From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi – Olivie Blake List: (Barnes & Noble)

185) Frontier – Grace Curtis List: (Waterstones)

186) Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild, Untamed – List: (Tor)

187) Girl, Goddess, Queen – Bea Fitzgerald List: (Shepherd)

188) Girlfriend on Mars – Deborah Willis List: (Shepherd)

189) Gods of the Wyrdwood – RJ Barker List: (Popsugar)

190) Gold – Plated Prisoner – Raven Kennedy List: (Waterstones)

191) Gorgons Deserve Nice Things – Tansy Rayner Roberts List: (Shepherd)

192) Green Fuse Burning – Tiffany Morris List: (Tor)

193) Greenwild: The World Behind The Door – Pari Thomson List: (Shepherd)

194) Grievar’s Blood – ALEXANDER DARWIN List: (Polygon)

195) Guardian – Priest List: (Shepherd)

196) Her Radiant Curse – Elizabeth Lim List: (Shepherd)

197) Hestia Strikes a Match – Christine Grillo List: (NPR)

198) Holly – Stephen King List: (Chicago Public Library)

199) Hospital – Han Song List: (Gizmodo)

200) House of Cotton – Monica Brashears List: (NPR)

201) House of Odysseus – Claire North List: (Popsugar)

202) House of Ravens – Jenny Sandiford List: (Shepherd)

203) How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub – List: (Tor)

204) Immortality: A Love Story – Dana Schwartz List: (Popsugar)

205) Impossible Creatures – Katherine Rundell List: (Shepherd)

206) Incarcerat: Signed edition – Garth Marenghi List: (Waterstones)

207) Kafka: A Manga Adaptation – Nishioka Kyodai, translated by David Yang List: (NPR)

208) Landscapes – Christine Lai List: (NPR)

209) Lies We Sing to the Sea – Sarah Underwood List: (Shepherd)

210) Like Smoke Like Light – Yukimi Ogawa List: (Publishers Weekly)

211) Little Nothing – Dee Holloway List: (Shepherd)

212) Loki – Melvin Burgess List: (Polygon)

213) Luda – Grant Morrison List: (Financial Times)

214) Malarkoi – List: (Tor)

215) Mammoths at the Gates – Nghi Vo List: (Powell’s)

216) Matched to the Minotaur – Luna Joya List: (Shepherd)

217) Monica – Daniel Clowes List: (Chicago Public Library)

218) Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma – Claire Dederer List: (Tor)

219) Mr. Breakfast – List: (Tor)

220) Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide – Rupert Holmes List: (Tor)

221) Murtagh: The World of Eragon – Christopher Paolini List: (Amazon)

222) My Brother’s Keeper – Tim Powers List: (Shepherd)

223) My Death – List: (Tor)

224) Nell & the Netherbeast – Adi Rule List: (Shepherd)

225) Nestlings – Nat Cassidy List: (NPR)

226) Never Whistle at Night – Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst List: (Gizmodo)

227) Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy – Angie Thomas List: (Shepherd)

228) Night Angel Nemesis – Brent Weeks List: (Waterstones)

229) Night of the Witch – Sara Raasch and Beth Revis List: (Popsugar)

230) Night Side of the River – Jeanette Winterson List: (Waterstones)

231) Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories – Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses List: (NPR)

232) North Bay Road – Richard Kirshenbaum List: (Shepherd)

233) Novikov Windows – Chris Cosmain List: (Shepherd)

234) Of Light and Shadow – Tanaz Bhathena List: (Popsugar)

235) One For My Enemy – Olivie Blake List: (Waterstones)

236) Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever – Matt Singer List: (Tor)

237) People Collide – Isle McElroy List: (NPR)

238) Perilous Times – Thomas D. Lee List: (Popsugar)

239) Piñata – Leopoldo Gout List: (Gizmodo)

240) Prophet Song – Paul Lynch List: (NPR)

241) Proud Pink Sky – Redfern Jon Barrett List: (Shepherd)

242) Psyche and Eros – Luna McNamara List: (Popsugar)

243) Quest Academy – Brian J. Nordon List: (Shepherd)

244) Red Rabbit – Alex Grecian List: (Tor)

245) Ruling Destiny – Alyson Noël List: (Popsugar)

246) Saga – List: (Tor)

247) Same Bed Different Dreams – Ed Park List: (Polygon)

248) Schrader’s Chord – Scott Leeds List: (Gizmodo)

249) Secret of the Moon Conch – David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall List: (Popsugar)

250) Seven Faceless Saints – M.K. Lobb List: (Popsugar)

251) Shadow Baron – Davinia Evans List: (Popsugar)

252) Shadows of the Lost – Maxym M. Martineau List: (Popsugar)

253) Shanghai Immortal – A. Y. Chao List: (Shepherd)

254) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon – Wole Talabi List: (The Washington Post)

255) Silver in the Bone – Alexandra Bracken List: (Popsugar)

256) Sisters of the Lost Nation – Nick Medina List: (Chicago Public Library)

257) Skin Thief – Suzan Palumbo List: (Book Riot)

258) Sordidez – E.G. Condé List: (NPR)

259) Star Bringer – Tracy Wolff List: (Barnes & Noble)

260) Stone Blind – Natalie Haynes List: (Goodreads)

261) Surviving Daybreak – Kendra Merritt List: (Shepherd)

262) Tell Me I’m Worthless – Alison Rumfitt List: (Gizmodo)

263) That Self-Same Metal – Brittany N. Williams List: (Popsugar)

264) The Archive Undying – Emma Mieko Candon List: (Open Letters Review)

265) The Art of Destiny – War Arts Saga 2 – Wesley Chu List: (Waterstones)

266) The Art of Prophecy – Wesley Chu List: (Shepherd)

267) The Battle Drum – The Ending Fire Book 2 – Saara El-Arifi List: (Waterstones)

268) The Beast You Are: Stories – Paul Tremblay List: (NPR)

269) The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future – Christi Nogle List: (Shepherd)

270) The Blue, Beautiful World – Karen Lord List: (Shepherd)

271) The Boulevard – Jerrod Edson List: (Shepherd)

272) The Carnivale of Curiosities – Amiee Gibbs List: (Popsugar)

273) The Centre – Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi List: (NPR)

274) The Combat Codes – ALEXANDER DARWIN List: (Polygon)

275) The Curator – Owen King List: (Waterstones)

276) The Darkness Before Them – Matthew Ward List: (Popsugar)

277) The Daughters of Izdihar – Hadeer Elsbai List: (Popsugar)

278) The Death I Gave Him – Em X Liu List: (Financial Times)

279) The Department of Truth – James Tynion IV List: (Shepherd)

280) The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill – Rowenna Miller List: (Popsugar)

281) The Faithless – C.L. Clark List: (Popsugar)

282) The Ghost in Bone – Mike Carey List: (Gizmodo)

283) The Goldblum Variations – List: (Tor)

284) The Good, The Bad and The History – Jodi Taylor List: (Shepherd)

285) The Hand of God – Yuval Kordov List: (Shepherd)

286) The Hexologists – Josiah Bancroft List: (Popsugar)

287) The Hidden Legion – Snorri Kristjansson List: (Financial Times)

288) The Hummingbird Effect – Kate Mildenhall List: (Shepherd)

289) The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott – List: (Tor)

290) The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport – Samit Basu List: (Goodreads 2)

291) The Judas Blossom – Stephen Aryan List: (Popsugar)

292) The Kingdom of Sweets – Erika Johansen List: (Popsugar)

293) The Lamplighters – J Gabriel Gates List: (Shepherd)

294) The Land of Lost Things – John Connolly List: (Waterstones)

295) The Last Blade Priest – List: (Tor)

296) The Library of Broken Worlds – List: (Tor)

297) The Lies of the Ajungo (The Forever Desert #1) – Moses Ose Utomi List: (Polygon)

298) The Light Pirate – Lily Brooks-Dalton List: (Goodreads 2)

299) The Lonely Lands – Ramsey Campbell List: (Shepherd)

300) The Lost War (The Eidyn Saga #1) – Justin Lee Anderson List: (Polygon)

301) The Marigold – Andrew F. Sullivan List: (Gizmodo)

302) The Marriage Act – John Marrs List: (Goodreads 2)

303) The Memory of Animals – Claire Fuller List: (Gizmodo)

304) The Midnight Kingdom – Tara Sim List: (Popsugar)

305) The Mimicking of Known Successes – Malka Older List: (Barnes & Noble)

306) The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone – Audrey Burges List: (Shepherd)

307) The Museum of Human History – Rebekah Bergman List: (Polygon)

308) The Narrow Road Between Desires: A Kingkiller Chronicle Novella – Patrick Rothfuss List: (Waterstones)

309) The Night House: A novel – Jo Nesbo List: (Waterstones)

310) The Phoenix King – Aparna Verma List: (Popsugar)

311) The Pomegranate Gate – Ariel Kaplan List: (Shepherd)

312) The Quantum Curators and the Great Deceiver – Eva St. John List: (Shepherd)

313) The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher – E.M. Anderson List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

314) The Road to Roswell – Connie Willis List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

315) The Ruptured Sky – Jessica A McMinn List: (Shepherd)

316) The Scandalous Letters of V and J – Felicia Davin List: (Shepherd)

317) The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist #1) – Kylie Lee Baker List: (Polygon)

318) The September House – Carissa Orlando List: (Chicago Public Library)

319) The Spirit Bares Its Teeth – Andrew Joseph White List: (Shepherd)

320) The Splinter In The Sky – Kemi Ashing-giwa List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

321) The Surviving Sky (The Rages Trilogy #1) – Kritika H. Rao List: (Polygon)

322) The Thing in the Snow – Sean Adams List: (Gizmodo)

323) The Third Daughter – Adrienne Tooley List: (Popsugar)

324) The Tyranny of Faith – Richard Swan List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

325) The Unmaking of June Farrow – Adrienne Young List: (Goodreads)

326) The Warden – List: (Tor)

327) The Way Home – Peter S. Beagle List: (Paste)

328) The Weaver and the Witch Queen – Genevieve Gornichec List: (Popsugar)

329) The Wicked In Me – Suzanne Wright List: (Shepherd)

330) The Winter Knight – Jes Battis List: (Shepherd)

331) The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights – Bridget Collins List: (Waterstones)

332) The Wishing Game – Meg Shaffer List: (Shepherd)

333) The Witches of Bone Hill – Ava Morgyn List: (Popsugar)

334) The World Wasn’t Ready for You – Justin C. Key List: (Chicago Public Library)

335) These Infinite Threads – Tahereh Mafi List: (Popsugar)

336) They Split the Party – Elijah Menchaca List: (Shepherd)

337) Threads That Bind – Kika Hatzopoulou List: (Popsugar)

338) Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues – H.S. Valley List: (NPR)

339) Tonight, I Burn – Katharine J. Adams List: (Popsugar)

340) Treacle Walker – List: (Tor)

341) Unraveller – Frances Hardinge List: (NY Times)

342) Upon a Frosted Star – M.A. Kuzniar List: (Waterstones)

343) Vampire Weekend – Mike Chen List: (Gizmodo)

344) Vampires of El Norte – Isabel Cañas List: (NPR)

345) Venomous Lumpsucker – Ned Beauman List: (The Best Sci-Fi Books)

346) Walking Practice – List: (Tor)

347) We Are a Haunting – Tyriek White List: (NPR)

348) We Are the Crisis – Cadwell Turnbull List: (Kirkus Review)

349) We’re Safe When We’re Alone – Nghiem Tran List: (NPR)

350) Weyward – Emilia Hart List: (Popsugar)

351) What the River Knows – Isabel Ibañez List: (Popsugar)

352) Where Peace Is Lost – List: (Tor)

353) Where Rivers Go to Die – Dilman Dila List: (Shepherd)

354) Where the Dead Wait – Ally Wilkes List: (Gizmodo)

355) Where You Linger & Other Stories – Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam List: (Shepherd)

356) Wildblood – Lauren Blackwood List: (Popsugar)

357) Wings Once Cursed & Bound – Piper J. Drake List: (Popsugar)

358) Winter’s Gifts – Ben Aaronovitch List: (Waterstones)

359) Wolfwood – Marianna Baer List: (Gizmodo)

360) Women of Myth: From Deer Woman and Mami Wata to Amaterasu and Athena, Your Guide to the Amazing and Diverse Women from World Mythology – Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy, illustrated by List: (NPR)

361) Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: A Cosmere Novel – Brandon Sanderson List: (Waterstones)

362) Zeta-Epsilon – List: (Tor)

28 Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Book Sources/Lists