This year’s SFF book recs…

And I added audiobooks into the mix.

It has been another great year reading fantasy and science fiction! Here’s what I’ve been up to since last July:

Contemporary Fantasy

• Rachel Griffin – The Nature of Witches
• Sangu Mandanna – The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
• Naomi Novik – A Deadly Education, The Last Graduate, The Golden Enclaves
• Meg Shaffer – The Lost Story, The Book Witch
• E.G. Sparks – Cruelly Fated, The Seventh Lord
• Aiden Thomas – Celestial Monsters

Fantasy Romance / Romantic Fantasy / Romantasy

• L.J. Andrews – The Ever King, The Ever Queen, The Mist Thief
• Megan Bannen – The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, The Undermining of Twyla and Frank, The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam
• Casey L. Bond – The First Lost Boy, Things That Should Stay Buried, Gravebriar
• Carissa Broadbent – Ashen Son, Children of Fallen Gods
• Maiga Doocy – Sorcery and Small Magics
• Dylan Drakes – Our Satyr Prince
• Charlie N. Holmberg – The Hanging City
• Danielle L. Jensen – The Endless War
• Sophie Jordan – Scar in the Bone, Spellcast
• T.J. Klune – Somewhere Beyond the Sea
• Taylor J. LaRue – Steelborn
• Jayci Lee – Nine Tailed 
• Eva Leigh – The Sea Witch
• Kimberly Lemming – That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf, That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Human
• Juliet Lockwood – Fatewoken
• Meredith R. Lyons – A Horn of Onyx
• Hannah Nicole Maehrer – Assistant to the Villain, Apprentice to the Villain, Accomplice to the Villain
• Sylvia Mercedes – The Seventh Champion, CurseBound, SoulFire
• Jessie Mihalik – Silver & Blood
• A.K. Mulford – Haastmouth Beach, The Witching Trail, The Evergreen Heir, The Witch’s Goodbye, The Amethyst Kingdom, A Heart of Crimson Flames
• Abigail Owen –The Games Gods Play, The Things Gods Break
• Gemma L. Preston – A Blaze in the Darkness
• Tesia Tsai – Deathly Fates
• Emily Varga – The River She Became
• Jen Williams – The Sleepless
• Sarah K.L. Wilson – The Trident and the Pearl
• Adrienne Young – The Last Legacy

Historical Fantasy

• Gail Carriger – Prudence
• Shannon Chakraborty – The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, The Tapestry of Fate
• Juliette Cross – Firebird
• Sylvia Mercedes – A Spot of Tea and Sorcery – Volumes 1-4

Cozy Fantasy

• Sarah Beth Durst – The Spellshop
• LeAnna Ehrsam – Hexes Go Well With Tequila, Curses Dance With Bourbon, The Moon Drinks Mojitos

Humorous Fantasy

• Django Wexler – How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

Fantasy / Sci-fi

• Matt Dinniman – Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, The Gate of the Feral Gods, The Butcher’s Masquerade

Fantasy / Horror

• T. Kingfisher – Hemlock & Silver

Fantasy / Paranormal Romance

• B. Perkins, Aimee Vance – Smoke Show, Deja Brew, Wing and a Miss
• Jamie D’Amato – The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends
• Lana Ferguson – The Fake Mate, The Mating Game, Under Loch and Key
• Jenna Levine – My Roommate is a Vampire, My Vampire Plus-One, Road Trip With a Vampire
• Sara Raasch – The Nightmare Before Kissmas, Go Luck Yourself, The Entanglement of Rival Wizards, The Fake Divination Offense

Sci-fi / Romance

• TJ Klune – We Burned So Bright, The Bones Beneath My Skin
• Kimberly Lemming – I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com, I Punched an Alien and Now We’re in Couples Therapy
• Annie Mare – Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon
• A.V. Wilcott – The Alien Jungle Warlord’s Bride

YA Sci-fi

• Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – Aurora Rising
• Marissa Meyer – Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Winter

Sci-fi / Dystopian

• Suzanne Collins – Sunrise on the Reaping

For more SFF book recommendations, check out my original comprehensive posts If you’re looking to dive into fantasy… and/or If you want to try science fiction… plus the past three years’ additions:

• I’ve got more fantasy book recs…
• Fantasy book recs…
• More fantasy book recs…
• A few new sci-fi books to add to the list…
• Science fiction book recs…
• More science fiction book recs…