Find your next SF/F read by mood

series1 book2025

Grimdark, about quests and found family, set in mediterranean.

“The audiobook, read by Steven Pacey, won an AudioFile Earphones Award.”
from the catalogue

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →

includes The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings

Noble DeadUniverse

universe31 books2003

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“A woman makes her living slaying vampires that were never there — staged frauds, a wooden stake, a frightened village glad to pay.”
from the catalogue

Start with Dhampir →

includes The Dead Seekers, Mist-Torn Witches, Forgotten / Tales of Misbelief

The Tears of ArtamonSeries

series4 books2003

Epic fantasy.

“Expected to avenge his father's death—and still his unquiet ghost—Gavril soon learns that becoming Drakhaon means not only ascending to the throne of Azhkendir but slowly changing into a being of extraordinary power and might.”
from the catalogue

Start with Lord of Snow and Shadows →

The Circle TrilogySeries

series3 books2006

Emotional in tone.

“In the last days of high summer, with lightning striking blue in a black sky, the sorcerer stood on a high cliff overlooking the raging sea . . .”
from the catalogue

Start with Morrigan's Cross →

The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse

universe70 books2007

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary.

“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
from the catalogue

Start with City of Bones →

includes Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy, Magnus Bane, The Infernal Devices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Dark Artifices, The Last Hours, The Eldest Curses

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