Space! Dragons! Space dragons (that’s a thing)! Welcome to the sci-fi and fantasy corner of Book Riot, where we discuss the best fantasy book series (and best fantasy books that standalone–yes, those do exist), YA sci-fi, science fiction books for kids, cozy sci-fi (also a thing!), and more. Grab your sword and hop in the spaceship: let’s get reading.
High fantasy is any fantasy set in another world which features a hero. Here are 12 new high fantasies coming out in summer and fall.
Sure, we're living in a dystopia right now, but these 25 must-read dystopian short stories should inspire anyone to rebellion. And many of them are free.
Miss the sweeping fantasy and political intrigue of Eragon? These books like Eragon are full of dragons, war, and magic to fill the gap.
Get into some dark and darkly funny sci-fi and fantasy with this reading pathway to Jay Kristoff books.
From talking tigers to automaton dragons and UFOs, find some of the best 2020 under the radar SFF books you may have missed.
10 space books to read so the Galactic Federation will call us back and maybe help fluff our application to the Universe's bureaucracy.
In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read an SFF anthology edited by a person of color.
Check out the cover of FOLKLORN, a genre-defying, continent-spanning saga of Korean myth and scientific discovery, by Angela Mi Young Hur.
These ghost stories are so cinematic and haunting that this reader thinks they deserve adaptations (or newer spins on current adaptations), including The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson.
Catch up on the 2020 Elgin Award winners and some of the nominees, and find new speculative poetry to consume in small doses.