fantasy & sci-fi

Urban Fantasy:
Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites (+ rest of series)Ilona Andrews, Magic Tides (+ rest of series)Ilona Andrews, On the Edge (+ rest of series)Ilona Andrews, Blood Heir (+ rest of series)Ilona Andrews, Iron and Magic (+ rest of series)Ilona Andrews, SanctuaryPatricia Briggs, Moon Called (+ rest of series)Patricia Briggs, Cry Wolf (+ rest of series)Seanan McGuire, Rosemary and Rue (+ rest of series)Terry Pratchett, Good OmensRobin McKinley, SunshineKevin Hearne, Hounded (+ rest of series)Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London (+ rest of series)Matt Wallace, Envy of Angels (+ rest of series)Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of WitchesMishell Baker, Borderline (+ rest of series)Faith Hunter, SkinwalkerSarah J. Maas, House of Blood and Earth (+ rest of series)

High Fantasy:
Poul Anderson, The Broken SwordJ.R.R. Tolkien, The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the RingPeter S. Beagle, The Last UnicornMartha Wells, The Cloud Roads (+ rest of series)Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer (+ rest of series)Alix E. Harrow, The Six Deaths of the Saint

Queer Fantasy:
C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince (+ rest of series)Rainbow Rowell, Carry On (+ rest of series)Hannah Moskowitz, TeethLee Mandelo, Summer SonsMaggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk (+ rest of series)Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (+ rest of series)Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune (+ rest of series)Arden Powell, The Faerie Hounds of York

Comedy Fantasy:
Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters (+ rest of series)Tom Holt, The Portable DoorJon Hollins, Fool's Gold (+ rest of series)

Magic Realism:
Angel Carter, The Magic ToyshopPatrick Ness, The Crane WifeAndrew Kaufman, The Tiny WifeAndrew Kaufman, All My Friends Are SuperheroesShane Jones, Light BoxesLouis de Bernières, Señor Vivo and the Coca LordKeri Hulme, The Bone PeopleHaruki Murakami, After DarkTim Winton, CloudstreetIsabel Allende, The House of SpiritsLeslye Walton, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava LavenderKaren Russel, Swamplandia!

Romantasy:
Grace Draven, Radiance (+ rest of series)Grace Draven, The Undying KingSarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses (+ rest of series)Laura Thalassa, Rhapsodic (+ rest of series)Kristen Ashley, Wildest Dreams, The Golden DynastyMargaret Rogerson, An Enchantment of RavensThea Harrison, Dragon Bound (+ rest of series)Amy Harmon, The Bird and the Sword (+ rest of series)Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove (+ rest of series)Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night (+ rest of series)

Cosy Fantasy:
Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes (+ rest of series)

Dark Academia:
Lev Grossman, The Magicians (+ rest of series)Robertson Davies, The Rebel AngelsLeigh Bardugo, Ninth House (+ rest of series)Naomi Novik, A Deadly Education (+ rest of series)Megan O'Regan & others, In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology

Dystopia:
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork OrangeAngela Carter, Heroes and VillainsCormac McCarthy, The RoadGeorge Orwell, Animal FarmMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's TaleSuzanne Collins, The Hunger GamesPeadar Ó Guilín, The Call (+ rest of series)Alix E. Harrow, The Knight and the Butcherbird

Mythology:
Robert Holdstock, Mythago Wood (+ rest of series)Tom Holt, Expecting Someone TallerTom Holt, Ye GodsMadeline Miller, The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller, CirceMadeline Miller, GalateaAmanda Bouchet, A Promise of Fire (+ rest of series)Bea Fitzgerald, Girl, Goddess, Queen

Fairy Tales:
Kirsty Logan, The Rental Heart and Other FairytalesGeorge MacDonald, The Princess and the GoblinA.S. Byatt, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eyes: Five Fairy StoriesHolly Black, The Cruel Prince (+ rest of series)Holly Black, The Darkest Part of the ForestT. Kingfisher, Nettle and BoneT. Kingfisher, ThornhedgeHeather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (+ rest of series)

Folktales:


Retellings:
Angela Carter, BluebeardAngela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other StoriesAngela Carter, The Erl-KingMargaret Atwood, The PenelopiadS. Jae-Jones, Wintersong (+ rest of series)Elana K. Arnold, DamselKiersten White, And I Darken (+ rest of series)

Gothic:
Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan (+ rest of series)Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the CastleJennifer Giesbrecht, The Monster of ElendhavenRachel Gillig, One Dark Window (+ rest of series)

Steampunk:
Alan Campbell, Scar Night (+ rest of series)

Gaslamp:
Kristen Callihan, Firelight (+ rest of series)

New Adult:


Young Adult:
Garth Nix, Sabriel (+ rest of series)Alan Garner, The Weirdstone of BrisingamenLeigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone (+ rest of series)Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows (+ rest of series)Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys (+ rest of series)Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking GlassFrank L. Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of OzDiana Wynne Jones, Howl's Moving CastleLaini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & BoneCornelia Funke, Reckless (+ rest of series)Melinda Salisbury, The Sin Eater's Daughter (+ rest of series)Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway (+ rest of series)Tessa Gratton, Strange Grace

Eco:
Donna June Cooper, More Than Magic (+ rest of series)

Cyberpunk:
Jeff Noon, Pollen

Grimdark:
Mark Lawrence, Prince of Thorns

Horror:
Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill HouseRay Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way ComesJohn Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One InToni Morrison, BelovedRichard Matheson, I Am LegendJeff Long, The DescentStephen King, Salem's LotJames Brogden, Hekla's ChildrenGlen Duncan, The Last Werewolf (+ rest of series)Tamsyn Muir, Undercover

Sci-Fi:
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go Iain Banks, The BridgeDouglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyAudrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's WifeMichael Moorcock, Blood: A Southern FantasyNaomi Alderman, The PowerCharlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the SkyTamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (+ rest of series)