|
|
Fantasy and Science Fiction - November 2025 |
|
|
|
| Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane AndersJamie is a young witch worried about her mother Serena: after the passing of her wife, Serena has holed herself up in a one-room schoolhouse. Jamie decides to teach her mother magic as a way to help move past her grief, but the unexpected results of Serena's magic will force them both to confront uncomfortable truths.
For fans of: queer witchy fantasy with thoughtful and character-driven stories such as The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields. |
|
|
|
Alchemy of Secrets
by Stephanie Garber
In this adult debut novel, Holland St. James is pulled into a magical world in the heart of Los Angeles - and into the path of a magnetic stranger. As they chase clues and stories that will lead them to abject known as the Alchemical Heart, Holland realizes everyone in this intoxicating new world is lying to her, even this stranger.
Contemporary Fantasy
|
|
|
|
The Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters--but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory--failed soldier, struggling scholar--falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives--and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend--if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself--
Epic Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Hole in the Sky
by Daniel H. Wilson
On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, a strange atmospheric disturbance is noticed by Jim Hardgray. At NASA’s headquarters, astrophysicist Dr. Mikayla Johnson discovers that something enormous and unidentified is heading for Earth. And in an undisclosed bunker, an American threat forecaster intercepts a cryptic communication and sends an urgent message to the president: “First contact imminent.”
Daniel WIlson is a Cherokee citizen and has worked as a threat forecaster for the U.S. Air Force.
Science Fiction - Alien Contact
|
|
|
|
The Things Gods Break
by Abigail Owen
She has won the games of the gods, can she stand against the titans? Lyra may have survived the Crucible, but now she faces an even more dangerous test - a deadly race against time begins in Tartarus.
The games continue in the thrilling and highly anticipated follow-up to The Games Gods Play. Welcome to Tartarus!
Romantasy
|
|
|
|
Red City
by Marie Lu
'The Godfather' meets 'The Magicians' in this adult debut fantasy novel about magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles.
Contemporary Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Queen Demon
by Martha Wells
Dahin believes he has clues to the location of the Hierarchs' Well, and the Witch King Kai, along with his companions Ziede and Tahren, knowing there's something he isn't telling them, travel with him to the rebuilt university of Ancartre, which may be dangerously close to finding the Well itself. Can Kai stop the rise of a new Hierarch? And can he trust his companions to do what’s right?
Rising World (2)
Epic Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Simultaneous
by Eric Heisserer
Federal agent Grant Lukather works for an unknown department of Homeland Security called Predictive Analytics. They look for patterns in tips and chatter to prevent a terrorist event before it happens. One of these calls, about a possible explosion in New Mexico, leads Grant to a case with unimaginable consequences. He meets Sarah Newcomb, a therapist who uses past-life hypnosis in her treatment but has recently stumbled upon a phenomenon that seems to defy logic. Grant follows this thread to another crime: a copycat killer case in Colorado. With the help of one of Sarah's patients, they embark upon an investigation that spans multiple states, timelines, and consciousnesses. With limited time and only a tenuous grasp of how this phenomenon works, the unlikely trio are in a race for their lives--past, present, and future--
Science Fiction, Crime & Mystery
|
|
|
|
The Sword of Light
by Heather Graham
In her return to the romantasy genre, Heather Graham takes readers to ancient Ireland, where fabled powerful objects of myth appear just when an encroaching tide of northern invaders threatens their emerald island.
Romantasy
|
|
|
|
The Witching Moon Manor
by Stacy Sivinski
In 'The Witching Moon Manor', the Quigley sisters find themselves stumbling on their chosen paths, and they are drawn back home in search of refuge in each other’s company. And when the threads of fate begin to unravel, the sisters team up with a mysterious necromancer to save the city from an uncertain destiny and help old friends find a happy end.
Spellbound Sisters (2)
Gaslamp Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Kill the Beast
by Serra Swift
'The Witcher' meets 'Howl's Moving Castle' in this debut novel. Lyssa's brother is murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, and she vows to find a way to kill the creature. When she meets Alderic, who has found the monster's lair, the two of them set out to find the materials they will need to kill the Beast. But soon, an unlikely friendship begins to bloom - one that will either lead to the culmination of Lyssa's quest or spell doom for them both.
Fantasy, Action & Adventure
|
|
|
|
Local Heavens
by K. M. Fajardo
New York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he's struck by the city's contradictions shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class. When Nick meets alluring, new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby's frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren't all they seem and as a corporate-sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. He's the reason they don't. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself. As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city's most vulnerable he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love or truth? Heart or soul?
Science Fiction, Dystopia
|
|
|
|
The Finest Edge of Twilight: Dungeons & Dragons
by R. A. Salvatore
The daughter of legendary Dungeons & Dragons adventurers Drizzt Do'Urden and Catti-brie fights to build her own legacy in a brand-new series from R. A. Salvatore.
Fantasy, Action & Adventure
|
|
|
|
The Works of Vermin
by Hiron Ennes
The city of Tiliard is a metropolis carved into the stump of an ancient tree. As an exterminator, Guy hunts the uncanny creatures that crawl up from the river. His latest quarry is a centipede the size of a dragon with a deadly venom and a ravenous taste for artwork. As it digests Tiliard from the sewers to the opera houses, its toxin reshapes the future of the city. No sane person would hunt it, if they had the choice. Guy doesn't have a choice.
Dark Fantasy
|
|
|
|
Daughter of No Worlds
by Carissa Broadbent
A former slave fighting for justice. A reclusive warrior who no longer believes it exists. And a dark magic that will entangle their fates. 'Daughter of No Worlds' is this first book in the 'War of Lost Hearts' series.
Romantasy
|
|
|
|
Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife
by Deston J. Munden
An undead orc knight leaves battle behind for a new kind of afterlife--one with good food, good friends, and maybe even fatherhood.
Rottgor is worn out. Literally. Barely held together by dark magic, he has protected the Necropolis for centuries. When he's forced into retirement, he's faced with a new challenge: to forge a future guided not by obligation, but by passion.
Following his heart (and stomach), he decides to open a restaurant where the city's undead and living residents can share food and community. He's helped in his quest by an unlikely assortment of neighbors, including elves, skeletons, vampires--and a young orphan girl named Astra, whose ancestry, if discovered, could put her and the entire Necropolis in danger. To protect Astra and the life he's building, Rottgor must face his past and form new alliances built on friendship, loyalty, and love. As comforting as warm pumpkin bread, this gentle fantasy traces how even a dark history can rise into a bright future.
Fantasy, Dragons & Mythical Creatures
|
|
|
Mystical, Magical Holiday Books
|
|
|
|
Christmas Eve Love Story
by Ginny Baird
Annie Jones is stuck repeating Christmas Eve until she finds everything she's been missing in life in this heartwarming time travel Christmas romance for fans of Miracle on 34th Street, Groundhog Day, and Josie Silver's A Winter in New York.
|
|
|
|
The Wedding Witch
by Erin Sterling
Follows Bowen Penhallow and the girl he feels strangely drawn to--especially when she becomes his only hope of salvation after a strong spell sends them to a Yuletide celebration--more than 50 years in the past--
|
|
|
|
The Christmas Dress
by Courtney Cole
Meg Julliard returns to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father's apartment building. Add in demanding tenants and she's prepped for a terrible Christmas--until she is gifted a dress by one of the residents.
An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole.
|
|
|
|
A Wild Winter Swan
by Gregory Maguire
In 'A Wild Winter Swan', Gregory Maguire brings us a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Wild Swans', transforming this classic tale into an Italian-American girl's poignant coming-of-age story, set amid the magic of Christmas in 1960s New York.
|
|
|
|
Bells, Spells, and Murders
by Carol J. Perry
Lee Barrett has landed her dream job at Salem's WICH-TV. As the new field reporter, she'll be covering events live as they're unfolding. Next on her holiday checklist is an interview with the beloved chairman of a popular walking tour through Salem's historic districts. But it may be his ghost walking this snowy Noel season after Lee finds him murdered in his stately offices, bloody Santa hat askew.
With her police detective boyfriend working the case and a witch's brew of suspects--including some bell-ringing Santas--Lee chases down leads aided and abetted by her wise cat O'Ryan and some unsettling psychic visions of her own. When a revealing clue leads to another dead body, not even a monster blizzard can stop Lee from inching closer to the truth . . . and a scoop that could spell her own demise this killer Christmas
Witch City Mystery (7)
|
|
|
|
Midnight in Everwood
by M. a. Kuzniar
Marietta Stelle longs to be a ballerina but, as Christmas draws nearer, her dancing days are numbered – she must marry and take up her place in society in the New Year. But, when a mysterious toymaker, Dr Drosselmeier, purchases a neighbouring townhouse, it heralds the arrival of magic and wonder in Marietta’s life.
After Drosselmeier constructs an elaborate theatrical set for her final ballet performance on Christmas Eve, Marietta discovers it carries a magic all of its own – a magic darker than anyone could imagine. As the clock chimes midnight, Marietta finds herself transported from her family’s ballroom to a frozen sugar palace, silent with secrets, in a forest of snow-topped fir trees. She must find a way to return home before she’s trapped in Everwood’s enchanting grip forever.
|
|
|
|
The Afterlife of Holly Chase
by Cynthia Hand
On Christmas Eve five years ago, seventeen-year-old Holly Chase was visited by three Ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways. She didn't. And then she died.Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge--as their latest Ghost of Christmas Past. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable. But this year's Scrooge is different. This year's Scrooge might change everything...
|
|
Contact your librarian for more great books!
|
|
|
|
|
|