Now if you’re an avid bookworm, you will have definitely stumbled upon Goodreads at some point whether it’s to find out more information about upcoming releases or an author, or to find your next big read!
With almost 90 million members, Goodreads users add 18 million books to their “want to read” shelves every month plus there’s over 89 million written reviews on Goodreads, so these users know a thing or two about books!
Based on Goodreads, we’ve collated the top 10 fantasy and sci-fi books of 2019 so far according to Goodreads members!
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
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From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing, epic high fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons – and the women who must lead the fight to save it.
Recursion by Blake Crouch
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From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film.
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
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Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen.
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
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Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey
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The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
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S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
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From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story “The Story of Your Life” was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories
Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
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Holy Sister completes the Book of the Ancestor trilogy that began with Red Sister and Grey Sister. A ground-breaking series, it has established Mark Lawrence as one of the most exciting new voices in modern speculative fiction.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
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In the first novel in Marlon James’s Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore.
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