Whether you love a time travel adventure or a space bound odyssey, a dragon-filled romantasy or an epic fantasy, there is always something out of this world to find on the science fiction and fantasy shelves. Don’t miss out on these reads in 2025.
Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan (1/7)
From the author of Daughter of the Moon Goddess, comes your first must-read romantasy of the new year. Liyen vowed vengeance on the immortals after her grandfather’s death and taking the throne. In order to serve her people though, she must forge an alliance with the God of War. Soon, her strategic relationship begins to ignite into something deeper, but in order to protect her people she must attempt to reject her heart’s desire.
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All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall (1/7)
In this dystopian novel set in New York City after the glaciers have melted and most of the city is abandoned, a girl lives in a settlement atop the American Museum of Natural History. They strive to preserve human history and knowledge, but when a flood forces them out, they must attempt to carry a book that holds records of lost collections to safety.
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The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (1/14)
In the vein of favorites like The Midnight Library, The In-Between Bookstore is a magical, time-bending tale of coming to terms with your true self. When Darby, a trans man, falls on hard times and returns to his small town home, he enters the bookstore that was a saving grace and his first job to find it completely and utterly unchanged… eerily so. Behind the desk is a teen working who reminds him of himself. With an opportunity to change his present, Darby must do so before he loses his past for good.
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The Vanishing of Josephine Reynolds by Jennifer Moorman (1/14)
When Josephine is widowed at 35, she decides to purchase and repair her ancestral home. She miraculously finds the original door in a salvage yard and when she installs it and walks through, she’s transported to 1927. There she meets her speakeasy-running great-grandmother, Alma. But something she has done has changed time and cut Alma’s life short. Now Josephine must travel back to save history, her great-grandmother and herself.
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We Lived on the Horizon by Erika Swyler (1/14)
For those looking to toy with the future possibilities of AI, this novel takes a deep look at the big questions around the merging of artificial intelligence and humanity. Bulwark is the last human stronghold after a series of cataclysms have wiped out much of humankind. The AI-run society has an elite class, one of whom is Enita, a bio-prosthetist last the end of her life. She decides to create a physical being that will contain her knowledge. But when a murder takes place and the AI operating the city erases the details, a mystery is launched and Enita and her crafted friend have to unspool the puzzle behind what happened.
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Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (1/21)
There’s just no denying that one of the biggest books of 2025 is the latest installment from The Empyrean series. Following up Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, we enter book three with Violet facing her biggest challenge yet. The battle for Navarre is underway with the enemy bearing down and unlikely alliances forming, Violet will have to contend with defending her home while also desperately trying to save her dragons, her family and him.
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The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang (1/21)
Just outside of Rainbow Town there’s an old house where it’s said that if you leave a letter of your misfortunes you may have the chance to magically change your life. Serin does just that and is shocked when she receives the opportunity. The catch? She has to find happiness in a week or be doomed to vanish into the Rainfall Market forever.
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I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming (2/18)
Kimberly Lemming is delivering another hilarious, romantic and completely unique story. When Dorothy Valentine survives a lion attack only to wind up in an escape pod that lands her on another planet, her encounters have only just started to get wild. Not only are there dinosaurs on this new world, but two very hot aliens. As she traverses the new planet (and an interesting love triangle) she questions if she even wants to return to Earth.
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A Curse for the Homesick by Laura Brooke Robson (2/18)
On windswept island, an unpredictable event occurs where women become a skeld. Capable of turning people to stone, the affliction lasts only three months, but those turned to stone are lost forever. This is how Tess’s mother killed Soren’s parents, and yet, they fell in love anyways. Torn by their past and uncertain about their future, this story about choices, responsibility and regret is aching and beautiful.
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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (3/4)
From the New York Times bestselling co-author of This Is How You Lose the Time War, comes the solo debut of Amal El-Mohtar. The mysterious Hawthorn family guard and harvests the willows, particularly sisters Esther and Ysabel. When Esther turns down a proposal in favor of a lover from Faerie, her bond with her sister and their lives will be put in danger.
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Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (3/18)
Welcome back to the world of The Hunger Games. In another prequel to the global sensation, we enter the story during the second Quarter Quell. Haymitch’s hunger games. All he cares about is the love he’s leaving behind when he heads to the Capitol with three other tributes from District 12. He can’t imagine winning, but something in him wants to fight.
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Silver Elite by Dani Francis (5/6)
Wren’s psychic ability not only make her a formidable weapon, but also a target. As a powerful Mod, death is almost a certainty. She’s forced lie and cannot trust anyone, but that doesn’t stop her from falling for the handsome and frustrating commanding officer leading her training.
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The Devils by Joe Abercrombie (5/13)
From the New York Times bestselling author comes the start to a dark fantasy series you’ll want to add to your TBR. Brother Diaz thought he’d be receiving a commendation, but instead, he’s met with a group of murderers, magic practitioners and vile people who are meant to help in a righteous mission. Facing elves at the borders and princes consumed by power, Brother Diaz will have to work with the devils to accomplish his assignment.
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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab (6/10)
Though we don’t have a lot of details yet, do we even really need them? #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is an auto-buy for many. And the latest novel focuses on three women across three different centuries. Each of their bodies are buried in the same soil… each are growing and now they have teeth.
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Katabasis by R. F Kuang (8/26)
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Yellowface, Babel and The Poppy War returns with a new historical fantasy novel. In this underworld-bound love story, academic rival must travel to Hell to retrieve the soul of their advisor. But living through that will be as hard as surviving each other.
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