The Freedom Race (The Dreambird Chronicles, #1)
By: Lucinda Roy
3.73
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The Freedom Race, Lucinda Roy’s explosive first foray into speculative fiction, is a poignant blend…
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1. Who Fears Death
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.94
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of… read more
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- adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"If you spend enough time in the desert, you will hear it speak."-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
"Oh, how our traditions limit and outcast those of us who aren't normal."-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
"My mother once said that fear is like a man who, once burned, is afraid of a glow worm"-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
"To be something abnormal meant that you were to serve the normal. And if you refused, they hated you... and often the normal hated you even when you did serve them."-Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death
2. The Ballad of Black Tom
By: Victor LaValle
3.85
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
People move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there. Charles… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"I wish I’d been more like my father,"-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom
"I'll take Cthulhu over you devils any day."-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom
"A good hustler isn't curious. A good hustler only wants his pay."-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom
"Because to watch would be to understand the play isn't being staged for us."-Victor LaValle, The Ballad of Black Tom
3. Home (Binti, #2)
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.87
Format: 260 pages, ebook
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
4. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty, #1)
By: Ken Liu
3.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
Two men rebel together against tyranny--and then become rivals--in this first sweeping book of an e… read more
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5. Love You More (Tessa Leoni, #1; Detective D.D. Warren, #5)
By: Lisa Gardner
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, st… read more
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6. Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
By: None , Becky Chambers
4.12
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are fr… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"We're our own warning."-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
"I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice ... I get dessert twice."-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
"If you never leave, you'll always wonder. You'll wonder what your life could've been, if you did the right thing. Well... scratch that. You'll always wonder if you did the right thing, no matter wha…"-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
"We are the wealthiest species alive today. We want for nothing. Without us, there would be no tunnels, no ambi, no galactic map. But we achieved these things through subjugation. Violence. We destroy…"-None, Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3)
7. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
By: Moniquill Blackgoose
4.17
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more
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- fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- young adult
8. The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)
By: Namina Forna
3.90
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered … read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
"She herself threw other girls on the metaphorical and even physical pyre. I should be used to it now, the way women sometimes betray other women, the way they align themselves with men, if only to gu…"-Namina Forna, The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2)
9. The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
By: Micaiah Johnson
3.94
Format: 336 pages, None
An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fr… read more
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- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Of course, humanity couldn't just look. We had to enter. We had to touch and taste and take."-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
"„An angel fallen from the sky, with my name on her back so I would know the gift was meant for me."-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
"It is only one world in infinite universes where this impossible happiness exists, but that is what makes it so valuable."-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
"I confused routine for reliability and reliability for safety. I had no idea the chaos I was capable of holding inside me."-Micaiah Johnson, The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
10. Remote Control
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.85
Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition
The new book by Nebula and Hugo Award-winner, Nnedi Okorafor."She’s the adopted daughter of the Ang… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
11. Tread of Angels
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.48
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Celeste, a card sharp with a penchant for trouble, takes on the role of advocatus diaboli, to defen… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"He’s playing some kind of game. One I haven’t quite unraveled yet. But I know a man looking to cheat when I see one, and Ibrahim is as sharp as they come. But he’s underestimated me, Mariel. Underest…"-Rebecca Roanhorse, Tread of Angels
12. Even Though I Knew the End
By: C.L. Polk
3.85
Format: 136 pages, Hardcover
A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"A warm firework blossomed in my chest, the brilliant sparks flying along my nerves. I barely stopped myself from reaching across the table for her hand."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"I never told her how she had saved me. I never told her how she became the dearest friend I’d ever had. I told her I loved her, but never enough. My Edith of the sparrows. My heart. My world."-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
"Ten years. It wasn't enough time, but I would live every blessed second of it. "We're going to San Fransisco." She smiled up at me. "We'll get a house in North Beach." "Right away," I said. "I've got…"-C.L. Polk, Even Though I Knew the End
13. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
By: Janelle Monáe
3.76
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- fantasy
- fiction
"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
14. Black Water Sister
By: Zen Cho
3.86
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Ma… read more
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- fantasy
- adult
- paranormal
- fiction
"Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
"What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years."-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister
15. Noor
By: Nnedi Okorafor
3.82
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
From Africanfuturist luminary Okorafor comes a new science fiction novel of intense action and thou… read more
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- adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
16. He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
By: Shelley Parker-Chan
4.25
Format: 486 pages, ebook
How much would you give to win the world? Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after … read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"A man's greatest treasure is his sons."-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"Take him out drinking with you somewhere in Qingyuan tonight. Then on the way home,"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
"This was the part she loved, fiercely. The leap from which there was no turning back; the buoyant thrill of knowing that all the threads of action would come together—had to come together—into succes…"-Shelley Parker-Chan, He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor, #2)
17. Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
By: Terry J. Benton-Walker
3.83
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greates… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
"Maybe that's it," he says. "Art is the meaning of life."-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
"The meaning of life. What a fucking joke. I barely understand the shit that goes on in mine."-Terry J. Benton-Walker, Blood Debts (Blood Debts, #1)
18. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
By: Micaiah Johnson
4.15
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more
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- dystopia
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
19. Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
By: Marlon James
3.45
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"What a day when a man tell me what to do."-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
"You could have a family of one and still drive them apart."-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
"Because at the end of a true story, there is nothing but waste."-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
"Why should anybody want anybody? Just have nothing, just need nothing."-Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
20. What Storm, What Thunder
By: Myriam J. A. Chancy
3.98
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an … read more
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- adult
- fiction
21. Strange New World (Brave New Girl, #2)
By: Rachel Vincent
3.97
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Dahlia 16's life is a lie. The city of Lakeview isn't a utopia that raises individuals for the grea… read more
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- science fiction
- dystopia
- fiction
- young adult
"I have to believe that human decency will prevail. That the world is better than this. That faced with the evidence of injustice, deep down they will all want to make it right."-Rachel Vincent, Strange New World (Brave New Girl, #2)
22. Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.96
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinét… read more
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- young adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- fantasy
- science fiction
- paranormal
"You know people who love you don't hurt you like that," he says, eyes steady on me. "Love's not supposed to try to kill you."-Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
23. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.05
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
24. Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa
3.68
Format: 545 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of the most exciting new storytellers in epic fantasy, Son of the Storm is a sweeping tale… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Information before you need it is just as dangerous as the lack of it."-Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
"Stories are like knives: weapons or tools, depending on who is wielding them."-Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
"When you pursue two rats at the same time, you catch neither, the pillar of Logic said. You do not divide forbidden meat with your teeth, the pillar of Religions and Philosophy whispered. A child doe…"-Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
25. Daughter of Redwinter (The Redwinter Chronicles, #1)
By: Ed McDonald
3.88
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing tr… read more
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- fantasy
- adult
- paranormal
- fiction
26. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
27. The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)
By: Linden A. Lewis
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alon… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"Go to sleep, I sing. “No,"-Linden A. Lewis, The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)
"Isn’t that what growing up means, learning to be disappointed by your parents? You’ve said it is accepting them as human, but that’s the same damn thing, Lito. Seeing your parents as humans instead o…"-Linden A. Lewis, The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1)
28. You Truly Assumed
By: Laila Sabreen
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country an… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"I am tired of existing. I want to live"-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed
"She has a heart of gold. But people rob gold."-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed
"But their voices and their words move mountains, create waterfalls, mend hearts, and make this world closer to what it should be."-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed
"But if I am going to paint my own future, then I can't have have people-pleasing on my paint palette. It only muddles the rest of the colors."-Laila Sabreen, You Truly Assumed
29. Escaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus, #1)
By: Nicky Drayden
3.76
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Escaping Exodus is a story of a young woman named Seske Kaleigh, heir to the command of a biologica… read more
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- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
"The price is high, and the price, it will change you. But the winner of life isn’t the one who gets through with the least number of scars."-Nicky Drayden, Escaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus, #1)
30. The Freedom Race (The Dreambird Chronicles, #1)
By: Lucinda Roy
3.73
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The Freedom Race, Lucinda Roy’s explosive first foray into speculative fiction, is a poignant blend… read more
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- adult
- young adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- fantasy
- science fiction
- new adult
- speculative fiction
- paranormal
