The Best of World SF: Volume 3
By: Lavie Tidhar
4.00
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
'Just the start of a whole new game for speculative fiction authors around the world.' LA Review of…
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1. Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
By: Garth Nix
4.29
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she shou… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"It's always better to be doing."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"Who or what are you? Besides insufferably rude?"-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"It was like someone far away calling someone else’s name."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
"As per usual, trouble comes in several directions at once."-Garth Nix, Lirael (Abhorsen, #2)
2. The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
By: Muriel Spark
3.65
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—i… read more
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- fiction
"it never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls."-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
"- 'Poise is perfect balance, an equanimity of body and mind, complete composure whatever the social scene. Elegant dress, immaculate grooming, and perfect deportment all contribute to the attainment …"-Muriel Spark, The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)
3. Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
By: Ann Leckie
4.08
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"Captain,"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
"Do you even know,"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
" Not tea but blood! "-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
"I’d run straight into a bulkhead trying to walk and receive data at the same time…"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
4. Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3)
By: Garth Nix
4.35
Format: 26 pages,
The Ninth was strong and fought with might But lone Orannis was put out of the light Broken in two … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
5. Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
'Holy wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most impo… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
6. Brave New Worlds
By: Caitlín R. Kiernan , Shirley Jackson , John Joseph Adams , Ursula K. Le Guin , Carrie Vaughn , Orson Scott Card , Robert Silverberg , Ross E. Lockhart , Kate Wilhelm , Ray Bradbury , Neil Gaiman , Adam-Troy Castro , Alexander C. Irvine , Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Geoff Ryman , Bryan Talbot , M. Rickert , Philip K. Dick , Sarah Langan , Harlan Ellison , Tobias S. Buckell , Genevieve Valentine , Kim Stanley Robinson , J.G. Ballard , C.C. Finlay , S.L. Gilbow , Cory Doctorow , Paolo Bacigalupi , None , Vylar Kaftan , James K. Morrow , Matt Williamson , None , Joseph Paul Haines , None
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
From Huxley's Brave New World, to Orwell's 1984, to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, dystopian books h… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
7. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
By: Terry Pratchett
3.78
Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)
8. The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
By: N.K. Jemisin
4.36
Format: 524 pages, Paperback
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidde… read more
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9. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)
By: Malka Ann Older
3.64
Format: 169 pages, Hardcover
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
10. Translation State
By: Ann Leckie
4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"I am not a potato."-Ann Leckie, Translation State
"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"-Ann Leckie, Translation State
11. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
12. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- short stories
- fantasy
- fiction
13. The Warm Hands of Ghosts
By: Katherine Arden
4.02
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despit… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Winter said there's ghosts all around you. Faland snorted. When you swim in the ocean there's water all around you, but no one mentions it."-Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts
14. Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By: Ben Goldfarb
4.45
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 and Editors' Choice • A Science News Favorite Book of 2023 • … read more
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15. Some Desperate Glory
By: Emily Tesh
4.06
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
While we live, the enemy shall fear us. All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"While Earth's children live, the enemy shall fear us."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
"While we live, the enemy shall fear us. We are what's left. We are what must survive."-Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory
16. Alien Clay
By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.06
Format: 396 pages, Kindle Edition
They travelled into the unknown and left themselves behind . . . On the distant world of Kiln li… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
17. A Bird in Winter
By: Louise Doughty
3.68
Format: None pages, ebook
Bird is a woman on the run. One minute, she's in a meeting in her office in Birmingham - the next, … read more
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- fiction
18. Rental Person Who Does Nothing
By: Shoji Morimoto
3.34
Format: 160 pages, ebook
Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more
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"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing
19. Drinking from Graveyard Wells: Stories (Contemporary Poetry And Prose)
By: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
4.40
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
"Even in death, who has ownership over Black women's bodies?" Questions like this sit between th… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
20. Jumpnauts
By: Hao Jingfang
3.33
Format: 368 pages, ebook
From the Hugo Award–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"Ren."-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts
"I reject aspects of Confucianism that emphasize hierarchy in relations, obedience to authority, and all the rites and restrictive rules of propriety,"-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts
"Chang Tian chuckled. “When I was in the kitchen, I heard the three of you debate ‘good relationships.’ My goodness, you’re all theory with no practical knowledge at all. What do you know about health…"-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts
21. 2024 SciFi Anthology (The Science Fiction Novelists, #4)
By: S.A. Gibson
3.87
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
For Lovers of Speculative Science Fiction This, our fourth, anthology brings you a collection of 2… read more
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22. The City in the Middle of the Night
By: Charlie Jane Anders
3.50
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January--a colonize… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
"Most people die for stupid reasons. The most anyone can hope for is to make some noises before that happens."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"I treat this decision the way I learned to treat my memory-panic. I stop, and I give myself space to feel all the worst emotions. Then I move forward."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"Part of how they make you obey is by making obedience seem peaceful, while resistance is violence. But really, either choice is about violence, one way or another."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"I can't do this thing anymore, where we live in a tiny space and pretend it's the whole world. People always have brand-new reasons for doing the same thing over and over."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
23. The Book of Elsewhere
By: Keanu Reeves
3.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
24. Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
By: Jackie Lau
3.55
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
A charming rom-com about a young woman’s desperate attempts to fend off her meddling mother…only to… read more
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- fiction
"They have flavors like Hong Kong milk tea and ube and Vietnamese coffee. Spiced persimmon. Mango lassi. Jasmine tea." There's something sexy about Mark listing off gelato flavors for me."-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
"At the liquor store, we select a bottle of wine based on one very important factor: price. The cheaper the better. Then we head home, change into comfier clothes, pull out our plastic wineglasses (ve…"-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
"Holy shit! Fifteen bucks for a milkshake!" I exclaim, looking at the poster for the special of the month: cherry pie milkshake. I, personally, consider fifteen bucks to be too much for a drink that d…"-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
"Sunday morning, I make a few posts on social media, something I'm supposed to do as an author to promote myself, but I'm rather unconvinced of the efficacy of posting things like cherry pie milkshake…"-Jackie Lau, Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
25. 2024 High Caliber Awards
By: J.F. Holmes
4.50
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
The Cannon High Caliber Awards are an annual contest for new writers. In it we ask them to submit a… read more
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- short stories
26. Rare Singles
By: Benjamin Myers
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more
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- fiction
27. The Best of World SF: Volume 3
By: Lavie Tidhar
4.00
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
'Just the start of a whole new game for speculative fiction authors around the world.' LA Review of… read more
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- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
28. Midnight and Blue (An Inspector Rebus, #25)
By: Ian Rankin
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh’s most deadly criminals behind bars.Now,… read more
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- fiction
29. Karla's Choice
By: Nick Harkaway
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, writ… read more
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- fiction
30. Fluff 2: A Wholesome LitRPG (Fluff, #2)
By: Ravens Dagger
4.47
Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition
Attempting to conceal her “villainous” nature, a superpowered college student embarks on an uninten… read more
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- science fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
31. Dark Matter Presents Monstrous Futures
By: Alex Woodroe
4.27
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
29 BRAND NEW SCI-FI HORROR STORIES The future is now, and it's not what we were promised. The opti… read more
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- short stories
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