15 best-selling fantasy books like The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 by Jonathan Strahan

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The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020

By: Jonathan Strahan

3.74

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasin…

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Cover of Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

1. Johnny Got His Gun

By: Dalton Trumbo

4.20

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was… read more

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  • fiction
"See how I sing even though my mouth is choked with worms?"

-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

"Thank you mister. You fight for liberty. Me I don't care for some."

-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

"There are plenty of laws to protect guys' money even in war time but there's nothing on the books says a man's life's his own."

-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

"Now I lay me down to sleep my bomb proof cellar's good and deep but if I'm killed before I wake remember god it's for your sake amen."

-Dalton Trumbo, Johnny Got His Gun

Cover of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

2. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

By: Charles Yu

3.45

Format: 233 pages, Hardcover

A story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time.  Minor Universe 31 is a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"If I could be half the person my dog is, I'd be twice the human I am."

-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

"You can just sit in here, impervious and invisible. So invisible you might even forget yourself."

-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

"You want to tell a story? Grow a heart. Grow two. Now, with the second heart, smash the first one into bits."

-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

"Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire."

-Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Cover of Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction by John Joseph Adams, Vandana Singh, Seanan McGuire, Gregory Benford, Ken Liu, Charlie Jane Anders, Jim Shepard, Margaret Atwood, Alan Dean Foster, Tobias S. Buckell, Nancy Kress, Kim Stanley Robinson, Chen Qiufan, Chris Bachelder, Sean McMullen, Cat Sparks, Karl Schroeder, Paolo Bacigalupi, Jason Gurley, None, Craig DeLancey, None, None, None, None, None, None

3. Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction

By: John Joseph Adams , Vandana Singh , Seanan McGuire , Gregory Benford , Ken Liu , Charlie Jane Anders , Jim Shepard , Margaret Atwood , Alan Dean Foster , Tobias S. Buckell , Nancy Kress , Kim Stanley Robinson , Chen Qiufan , Chris Bachelder , Sean McMullen , Cat Sparks , Karl Schroeder , Paolo Bacigalupi , Jason Gurley , None , Craig DeLancey , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Collected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed magazine, one of the first anthologies of c… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
Cover of Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15) by Kerry Greenwood

4. Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15)

By: Kerry Greenwood

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

'Who are you?' asked the doctor. 'You are not the standard cruise passenger, I can tell you that.' … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of City by Clifford D. Simak

5. City

By: Clifford D. Simak

4.39

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Simak's "City" is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories t… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn

6. The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life

By: Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , Cliff Rathburn

4.23

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Trapped in a town surrounded by madmen, Rick must find a way out or die trying. Meanwhile, back at … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of House of Windows by John  Langan

7. House of Windows

By: John Langan

4.36

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From John Langan (Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters) comes House of Windows, a chilling novel i… read more

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  • fiction

8. What the Hell Did I Just Read (John Dies at the End #3)

By: David Wong

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

NYT bestselling author Wong takes readers to a whole new level with his latest dark comic sci-fi th… read more

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9. The Walking Dead, Vol. 09: Here We Remain

By: Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , Cliff Rathburn

3.74

Format: 70 pages,

In the last volume we learned that no one is safe. Now, after the staggering losses they've sustain… read more

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10. Passing Strange

By: Ellen Klages

4.23

Format: 11 pages, ebook

San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the ci… read more

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11. The October Country

By: Ray Bradbury

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Ray Bradbury's second short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhous… read more

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12. Ceremony

By: Leslie Marmon Silko

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the hor… read more

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Cover of Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4) by Nghi Vo

13. 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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  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • short stories
Cover of The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte

14. The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us

By: Steve Brusatte

4.38

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

In his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusa… read more

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15. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

Cover of Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man by Jean-Christophe Deveney

16. Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man

By: Jean-Christophe Deveney

3.67

Format: 153 pages, ebook

Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, es… read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V.

17. The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

By: Ram V.

4.30

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality, which means the avatar of Death is out of a jo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Perhaps it is enough to remember at story's end the miracle that it was simply to have lived."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"If life's an exercise in making memories...no one really goes away as long as they are remembered."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"It’s what happens when things die. They go away, but you don’t realize all the parts of you that they were holding up until after."

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

"And in the days that follow, the possibilities of what could've been begin to fall away. Leaving you with less, each time-- more precious, to be savored. Like a cigarette. The point of life, my frien…"

-Ram V., The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

Cover of The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

18. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

Cover of The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

19. The Tainted Cup

By: Robert Jackson Bennett

None

Format: 413 pages, Hardcover

In Daretana’s most opulent mansion, a high Imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, w… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Mal Goes to War: A Novel by Edward Ashton

20. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Meet Me in Another Life by Catriona Silvey

21. Meet Me in Another Life

By: Catriona Silvey

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Two people. Infinite lifetimes. One impossible choice. Thora and Santi are strangers in a foreig… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Don't go raking through broken glass looking for diamonds."

-Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

"There is no wrong choice", Santi says. "There is just what happens"

-Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

"Why did you expect to see a woman?’ Thora shrugs. ‘Because whoever’s masterminding all this has to be pretty smart?"

-Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

"She doesn’t want to see you.’ Thora’s daughter sounds upset. ‘She says she thought she’d made that clear.’ […] ‘She also told me to tell you she’s in the central hospital, and that visiting hours are…"

-Catriona Silvey, Meet Me in Another Life

Cover of Dr. No by Percival Everett

22. Dr. No

By: Percival Everett

3.71

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 by N.K. Jemisin

23. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.82

Format: 357 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best American science fiction and fantasy stories from 2017. Today’s readers… read more

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  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5 by Neil Clarke

24. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 5

By: Neil Clarke

3.76

Format: 794 pages, Kindle Edition

From Hugo Award-Winning Editor Neil Clarke, the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Collected … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • anthologies
Cover of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 7 by Neil Clarke

25. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 7

By: Neil Clarke

3.80

Format: 626 pages, Kindle Edition

A remote village is determined to keep their robot teacher from being fired. A poetry-loving AI con… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

26. A Sorceress Comes to Call

By: T. Kingfisher

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl, rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Playground by Richard Powers

27. Playground

By: Richard Powers

4.35

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author of T… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Hum by Helen          Phillips

28. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker

29. Houses of the Unholy

By: Ed Brubaker

3.73

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

An FBI agent from the cult crime beat and a woman with a past linked to the Satanic Panic are drawn… read more

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Cover of Once & Future Deluxe Edition, Book 1 by Kieron Gillen

30. Once & Future Deluxe Edition, Book 1

By: Kieron Gillen

4.14

Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive collection of the first two story arcs of the Eisner Award-nominated series collecte… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 by Jonathan Strahan

31. The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020

By: Jonathan Strahan

3.74

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasin… read more

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  • short story collection
  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • fantasy

23 Best fiction books like The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 by Jonathan Strahan

Transform Your Habits

Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo

4.20

Transform Your Habits

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Charles Yu

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction

John Joseph Adams , Vandana Singh , Seanan McGuire , Gregory Benford , Ken Liu , Charlie Jane Anders , Jim Shepard , Margaret Atwood , Alan Dean Foster , Tobias S. Buckell , Nancy Kress , Kim Stanley Robinson , Chen Qiufan , Chris Bachelder , Sean McMullen , Cat Sparks , Karl Schroeder , Paolo Bacigalupi , Jason Gurley , None , Craig DeLancey , None , None , None , None , None , None

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Death by Water (Phryne Fisher, #15)

Kerry Greenwood

4.17

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18 Top fiction books like Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1: Super-Frog Saves Tokyo, Where I'm Likely to Find It, Birthday Girl, The Seventh Man by Jean-Christophe Deveney

Transform Your Habits

Where Monsters Lie

Kyle Starks

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Saga, Volume 11

Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Monstress, Vol. 8: Inferno

Marjorie M. Liu

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Mysteries

Bill Watterson

3.76

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