Find your next SF/F read by mood

series1 book1964

Adventurous in tone, about transported to another world.

series7 books1982

Dark in tone.

“Darwath begins with two modern-day Californians pulled through a portal into a dying medieval world under siege from the Dark, shape-shifting monsters that hunt by night and are driving civilization underground.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Time of the Dark →

The Broken EarthSeries

series5 books2014

Science fantasy, dark in tone, about ecological collapse.

“N. K. Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy is set on the Stillness, a single supercontinent wracked every few centuries by civilization-ending climate catastrophes called Fifth Seasons.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Fifth Season →

RailseaNovel

China Miévillestandalone novel2012

Steampunk and weird fiction, adventurous in tone.

ShannaraUniverse

universe50 books1977

Epic fantasy.

“Long after the world we know has burned itself to slag in the Great Wars, the Four Lands rise green over the bones of the old age.”
from the catalogue

Start with Imaginary Friends →

includes Legends of Shannara, Heritage of Shannara, The Genesis of Shannara, A Shannara Trilogy Prequel, High Druid of Shannara, The Dark Legacy of Shannara, The Defenders of Shannara, Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

The Demon CycleUniverse

universe18 books2008

Epic fantasy.

“When the sun goes down, the ground breathes out murder.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Painted Man →

includes Demon Cycle, The Nightfall Saga

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