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Every science fiction & fantasy title we currently recommend — each one human-reviewed.
George R.R. Martin
Noble houses scheme for control of a fractured kingdom while an ancient threat gathers beyond its northern wall, in the sprawling series known for its brutal twists.
Neil Gaiman
An ex-convict is recruited into a war between old-world gods, brought to America by immigrants, and new gods born of media and technology.
Robin Hobb
An illegitimate royal child is secretly trained as an assassin for the crown, in a deeply character-driven, slow-burn fantasy.
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The last remnants of humanity encounter an accidentally uplifted spider civilization on a terraformed planet, across a story spanning millennia.
Madeline Miller
A reimagining of the witch from Greek mythology, tracing her exile, her power, and her long path to becoming fully herself.
Frank Herbert
On the desert planet Arrakis, a noble family's fall triggers a young heir's transformation into a messianic figure, in this landmark epic of politics, ecology, and prophecy.
Orson Scott Card
A gifted child is trained through brutal military simulations to lead humanity's defense against an alien invasion.
Terry Pratchett
An angel and a demon, both rather fond of Earth, team up to stop an apocalypse that neither of them actually wants.
Susanna Clarke
Two rival magicians bring magic back to Napoleonic-era England, with consequences neither of them anticipated.
James S.A. Corey
A ship's crew and a hard-boiled detective uncover a conspiracy that threatens to ignite a war across the solar system.
Brandon Sanderson
A street thief with rare magical abilities joins a heist crew plotting to overthrow an immortal, all-powerful emperor.
William Gibson
A washed-up computer hacker is hired for one last job in cyberspace, in the novel that invented cyberpunk and the concept of the digital 'matrix.'
Andy Weir
A lone astronaut wakes with no memory on a desperate solo mission to save Earth, and must piece together the science and the truth as he goes.
Pierce Brown
A miner in a brutal, color-coded caste society on Mars infiltrates the ruling elite to bring down the system from within.
Leigh Bardugo
A crew of six teenage criminals attempt an impossible heist in a treacherous, morally gray fantasy underworld.
Neal Stephenson
A pizza-delivery-driver-turned-hacker uncovers a virus that infects both computers and human minds, in a fast, funny novel that predicted the modern metaverse.
J.R.R. Tolkien
A hobbit inherits a ring of immense evil power and must carry it across a richly imagined world to be destroyed, in the book that defined epic fantasy.
N.K. Jemisin
On a world plagued by catastrophic seismic cataclysms, three women's storylines converge around a hidden, world-altering power.
J.R.R. Tolkien
A reluctant, home-loving hobbit is swept into a quest to reclaim a dwarven kingdom from a dragon, in the book that opened the door to modern fantasy.
Suzanne Collins
In a dystopian future, teenagers are forced to fight to the death in a televised arena, and one girl's survival becomes a spark for rebellion.
Ursula K. Le Guin
An envoy from a human federation navigates the politics and customs of a genderless alien society, in this thoughtful, genre-defining novel.
Scott Lynch
A gifted con artist and his gang of thieves pull off elaborate scams in a Venice-inspired city, until a rival's scheme threatens everything.
Andy Weir
An astronaut stranded alone on Mars uses ingenuity and science to survive, in a fast, funny, technically detailed story of resourcefulness.
Patrick Rothfuss
A legendary figure recounts his own life story -- from orphaned performer to renowned magician -- in a richly detailed, character-driven fantasy world.
Erin Morgenstern
Two young magicians, bound since childhood to a mysterious competition, fall in love inside a dreamlike circus that only opens at night.
R.F. Kuang
A war orphan's rise through a brutal military academy leads her to a devastating power inspired by real 20th-century atrocities.
Samantha Shannon
Queens, dragons, and a looming ancient evil intertwine in this richly built, standalone epic fantasy.
Liu Cixin
A secret military project's response to an alien signal sets off a first-contact crisis threatening all of humanity.
Brandon Sanderson
In a world battered by devastating storms, several storylines converge around an ancient, magic-infused war and the fall of a legendary order of knights.