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Legends & Lattes

Travis Baldree

A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts.

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A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

Just when the world needs it comes a story of kindness and hope from one of the masters of Hopepunk. Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers’s delightful new series gives us hope…

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The Dawnhounds

Sascha Stronach

A queer fantasy debut about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with preventing an attack on her city.

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A Deadly Education

Naomi Novik

In the start of an all-new trilogy, the bestselling author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver introduces you to a dangerous school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death…

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Sea of Tranquility

Emily St. John Mandel

The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912…

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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

Hank Green

In his #1 New York Times bestselling novel, Hank Green spins a cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing she’s part of something bigger…

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The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates…

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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1)

N. K. Jemisin

This is the stunning first instalment in a fantasy trilogy set in a world of volcanoes and earthquakes, where the power to control the earth is the most dangerous of…

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Good Omens

Neil Gaiman,Terry Pratchett

‘Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don’t let you go around again until you get it right.

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She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

Zhu journeys from life as a peasant girl to war and the heights of power. This is a traditional Chinese tale reimagined in a subversive new way, for fans of…

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Fairy Tale

Stephen King

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good…

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A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula Le Guin

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.

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Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Sue Lynn Tan

The bestselling debut fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess. A young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the…

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Illuminations

Alan Moore

The first collection of short fiction from legendary comic book writer Alan Moore

Illuminations is a momentous, wildly original collection of short stories from ‘the king of comics’ (Guardian), each…

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Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes

Natalie Haynes brings life to the infamous myth of Medusa with a feminist, heartbreaking retelling unlike any other …

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A Winter’s Promise (The Mirror Visitor, Book One)

Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle (trans.)

The absorbing first instalment in the bestselling French fantasy series The Mirror Visitor Quartet

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman

From New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman, comes a novel of memory, magic and survival, about the power of stories and the darkness inside each of…

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The Jasmine Throne

Tasha Suri

Set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies

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A Master of Djinn

P. Djeli Clark

Set in an alternate Cairo in the early 20th century, this fun, fresh and exciting fantasy novel combines all the tricky twists you want from a police procedural with djinn…

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Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set in a dreamlike alternative reality.

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Terminal Boredom: Stories

Izumi Suzuki

The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon.

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Stardust

Neil Gaiman

A breathtaking and magical novel from a master storyteller

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Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

Philip Pullman

This is the first book in the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials, from Philip Pullman.

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I’m Waiting For You

Kim Bo-Young, Sophie Bowman (trans.), Ryu Sung (trans.)

A stunning collection of short fiction by one of South Korea’s most treasured writers, available in English for the first time.

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The Raven Tower

Ann Leckie

A triumph of the imagination, The Raven Tower is the first fantasy novel by Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C…

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Book of Night

Holly Black

1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein…

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Highfire

Eoin Colfer

From the internationally bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series: Eoin Colfer’s first adult fantasy novel is a hilarious, high-octane adventure about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who’s been hiding out…

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A Superior Spectre

Angela Meyer

A Superior Spectre is a highly accomplished debut novel about our capacity for curiosity, and our dangerous entitlement to it, and reminds us the scariest ghosts aren’t those that go…

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Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

Instant SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES bestseller NINTH HOUSE is the long-awaited adult debut by the bestselling author of THE GRISHAVERSE books, soon to be a NETFLIX series

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The City in the Middle of the Night

Charlie Jane Anders

A haunting, futuristic tale of a young girl who just might save humanity - if she can stay alive.

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The Bear and The Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy Book 1)

Katherine Arden

In the stories, they only come for the wild maiden.‘In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls…

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Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

The first volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy.

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The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu

The first collection of Ken Liu’s multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy short stories.

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This is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar,Max Gladstone

WINNER OF THE HUGO AND NEBULA AWARDS: Two time-travelling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters - and fall in love in this…

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The Lies of Locke Lamora: The deviously twisty fantasy adventure you will not want to put down

Scott Lynch

Introducing Locke Lamora, the fantasy genre’s next cult hero. A brilliant debut fantasy from a 26-year-old author.

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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Tamsyn Muir’s necromantic science fantasy debut Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you’ll ever have with a skeleton.

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Sabriel

Garth Nix

Garth Nix’s fantasy masterwork is a compelling high fantasy, the gripping story of a young heroine who must do battle in Death itself to defeat a powerful enemy. A tale…

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Rivers of London (Book 1)

Ben Aaronovitch

The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series

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Nevernight

Jay Kristoff

From New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff, comes a dangerous new fantasy world and a heroine edged in darkness.

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The Martian: Stranded on Mars, one astronaut fights to survive

Andy Weir

I’m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I’m in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the…

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Circe

Madeline Miller

From the Orange Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Song of Achilles comes the powerful story of the mythological witch Circe, inspired by Homer’s Odyssey.

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The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 ‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ - WIRED

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The Night Tiger

Yangsze Choo

A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths and an old…

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Dark Star Trilogy, Book 1)

Marlon James

Drawing from vivid African history and mythology, Marlon James weaves a saga of breathtaking adventure and powerful intrigue - a mesmerizing, unique meditation on the nature of truth and power.

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Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A glamorous young socialite discovers the haunting secrets of a mysterious mansion in 1950s Mexico.

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Threadneedle

Cary Thomas

Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic.

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The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.

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The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Night Circus comes a timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and…

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Recommended sci-fi & fantasy books

Legends & Lattes

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

The Dawnhounds

A Deadly Education

Sea of Tranquility

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

The Night Circus

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth Book 1)

Good Omens

She Who Became the Sun

Fairy Tale

A Wizard of Earthsea

Daughter of the Moon Goddess

Illuminations

Stone Blind

A Winter’s Promise (The Mirror Visitor, Book One)

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

The Jasmine Throne

A Master of Djinn

Piranesi

Terminal Boredom: Stories

Stardust

Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

I’m Waiting For You

The Raven Tower

Book of Night

Highfire

A Superior Spectre

Ninth House

The City in the Middle of the Night

The Bear and The Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy Book 1)

Annihilation

The Paper Menagerie

This is How You Lose the Time War

The Lies of Locke Lamora: The deviously twisty fantasy adventure you will not want to put down

Gideon the Ninth

Sabriel

Rivers of London (Book 1)

Nevernight

The Martian: Stranded on Mars, one astronaut fights to survive

Circe

The Poppy War

The Night Tiger

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Dark Star Trilogy, Book 1)

Mexican Gothic

Threadneedle

The Priory of the Orange Tree

The Starless Sea