Find your next SF/F read by mood

series26 books1991

Historical fantasy, set in british isles and age of sail & 18th century.

“Initially set around the time of the Second World War, it focuses on nurse Claire Beauchamp, who travels through time to 18th-century Scotland, where she finds adventure and romance with the dashing Jamie Fraser.”
from the catalogue

Start with Outlander →

The EmpyreanSeries

series4 books2023

Romantasy, about dragons and magic schools, set in secondary world.

“Rebecca Yarros's The Empyrean opens with Fourth Wing, following Violet Sorrengail as she's pushed into a brutal dragon-rider war college despite having trained for a different, less physically demanding path.”
from the catalogue

Start with Fourth Wing →

The Bridge KingdomSeries

series7 books2018

Tense in tone, set in secondary world.

“The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Bridge Kingdom →

CosmereUniverse

universe54 books2005

Epic fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue

Start with The Final Empire →

includes The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Komashi, Cosmere non-canon, Elantris, Canticle, Lumar, First of the Sun

KarouSeries

series4 books2011

Set in secondary world.

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

Saga of the UnfatedSeries

series2 books2024

Romantasy, about prophecy and gods, set in secondary world.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
from the catalogue

Start with A Fate Inked in Blood →

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