Books are listed by series name where applicable.
* denotes an upcoming title

Alternate History/Universe

YA

• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – B
• That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston – B, I
  
• The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith
• The Conqueror’s Saga by Kiersten White – G

Adult

• The Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly – G
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey – NB
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan – GQ

Apocalyptic

• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block – B, T
• Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward – L
  

Cli-Fi

• The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
• Compass Rose by Anna Burke
• Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern – T
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
• Ruse by Cindy Pon (YA sequel)

• 2º by Bev Prescott

Contemporary Fantasy

YA

Female Protags

• This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
• The Lost Coast by AR Capetta – Q, NB
  
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova – B
• When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey (Amz)
• Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer – B
• *From Dust, a Flame by Rebecca Podos – B
• These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling – L
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters – B

Male Protags

• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by Nathan Burgoine – G
  
• Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco
• The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos – G
• The Rules by F.T. Lukens – B
• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell – G
• Reverie by Ryan La Sala – G

Mixed-Gender Group Cast

• Infinity Son by Adam Silvera – G, B
• *We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo

 

NA/Adult

• Help Wanted by J. Emery
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Cyberpunk

• Addict by Matt Doyle
• Orbit by Leigh Hellman
• Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe
• *The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• Pacifica by Laura Lam
• In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
• Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (YA)

Dieselpunk

• The Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly
• The Velocity of Revolution by Marshall Ryan Maresca

Dystopian

YA

• Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
• The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow – B
• The Culling by Steven dos Santos
• Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois – T
• The Fever King by Victoria Lee
• Proxy by Alex London
• Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz – NB
• Coda by Emma Trevayne – B
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Adult

• Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (Amz)
• When You Were Pixels by Julio Alexi Genao
• Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller – L
  
• Docile by K.M. Szpara
• Chameleon Moon by RoAnna Sylver – A,L,T

Epic/High Fantasy

YA

Female Protags

• The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
• The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco – L
• Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran
• Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L,B
• Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B
• The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine – B
• Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines
• Rule by Ellen Goodlett
• Havenfall by Sara Holland
• The Afterward by EK Johnston
• Empirium by Claire Legrand – B
• Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – BA
• These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
• The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
• It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B, A
• Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B
• The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

Male Protags

• Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson
• The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler
• Skybound by Alex London
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

Non-Binary Protags

• Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF

Adult

Female Protags

• Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin
• The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell
• Rook & Rose by M.A. Carrick
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
• The Gardener’s Hand by Felicia Davin
• *The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
• The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey
• The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
• When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Male Protags

• Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley
• The Cadeleonian series by Ginn Hale
• Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune
• A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
• Stagsblood Trilogy by Gideon E. Wood

Genderqueer Protags

• *The Water Bandits by S.L. Huang

Ghost Stories

YA

• Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist – B
• The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Berube
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould
• The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh
• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters – B
• Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia – A

Adult

• The Blade Between by Sam J. Miller (Bks)

Gothic

• *Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
• Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard
• A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
• Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo (Southern)
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
• Down Comes the Night by Alison Saft (YA Fantasy)
• Catfish Lullaby by AC Wise (Southern, Horror)

Historical Fantasy

YA

Female Protags

• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee – A
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – B
• *This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
• The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith

Male Protags

• Seidman by James Erich
• The Spy With the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke – D
• *The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (YA Historical)
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim
• The Shadow War by Lindsay Smith

Adult

Female Protags

• Graveyard Sparrow by Kayla Bashe
• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant – T
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark (Amz)
• The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
• The Alpennia series by Heather Rose Jones
• Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
• She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
• Stormsong by C.L. Polk
• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Amz)
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Male Protags

• Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant – T
• A Charm of Magpies series by KJ Charles
• Witchmark by C.L. Polk
• The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell
• The Watchmaker of Filligree Street by Natasha Pulley
• Spellbound by Allie Therin

Horror

YA

• His Hideous Heart (anthology) ed. by Dahlia Adler
• *My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham
• *The Pledge by Cale Dietrich
• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
• A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
• Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall
• Wilder Girls by Rory Power
• *The World Ends Here by Rory Power
• Bleeding Earth by Kaitlin Ward
• The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
• *The Restless Dark by Erica Waters
• *Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (YA)

Adult

• Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
• Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
• The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Blade Between by Sam J. Miller (Cosmic) (Bks)
• The Lights by Carrie Pack
• The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper (Cosmic)
• The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
• Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely
• Catfish Lullaby by AC Wise (Cosmic)

Magical Realism/Fabulism

• The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz
• Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
• When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore
• The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
• *Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
• Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
• The Wise and the Wicked by Rebecca Podos

Military Fantasy

• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Military Sci-Fi

• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker

Paranormal (Non-Romance)

YA

• Dagger by Steven Dos Santos
• As I Descended by Robin Talley
• Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey

Paranormal Romance

F/F

• Afterlove by Tanya Byrne (YA)
• Second Nature by Jae
• Bearly a Lady by Cassandra Khaw
• The Garoul series by Gill McKnight
• Wild by Meghan O’Brien
• The Better to Kiss You With by Michelle Osgood
• The Coyote’s Comfort by Holley Trent
• Rise of the Gorgon by Tanai Walker
• Better off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde

M/M

• The Triad Blood series by Nathan Burgione
• Spectred Isle by K.J. Charles (Historical)
• Coyote’s Creed by Vaughn R. Demont
• Daring Fate by Megan Erickson (Amz)
• Green Creek by T.J. Klune
• The Fell of Dark by Caleb Roehrig (YA)
• Shatterproof by Xen Sanders (Amz)
• Stake Sauce by RoAnna Sylver (Amz)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas  – GT (YA)
• Human Enough by E.S. Yu

F/NB

• Huntsmen by Michelle Osgood

Political SFF

• City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault
• The Councillor by E.J. Beaton
• The Breath of the Sun by Isaac R. Felman
• Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger
• Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (YA)
• Crier’s War by Nina Varela

Portal Fantasy

• In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan (YA)
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
• Wayward Children by Seanan McGuire
• An Accident of Stars by Foz Meadows

Post-Apocalyptic

• *All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown (YA)
• Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (YA)
• Rom and Yuli by Amara Lynn
• A Song for a Day by Sarah Pinsker
• *Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White (YA)

Retellings

YA

• “A Drop of Stolen Ink” by Emily Lloyd-Jones and “The Murders in the Rue Apartelle, Boracay” by Rin Chupeco in His Hideous Heart ed. by Dahlia Adler (“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, “The Purloined Letter”)
• “Some Other Metal” by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy, “King of the Fairies” by Anna-Marie McLemore, and “Dreaming of the Dark” by Lindsay Smith in That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler (“Much Ado About Nothing”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Julius Caesar”)
• Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust (Snow White)
• Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block (The Odyssey) – B
• Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy (King Arthur)
• Darling by K. Ancrum (Peter Pan)
• The Dark Wife by Sarah Diemer (Hades/Persephone)
• The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember (The Little Mermaid) – B
• The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode (Cinderella)
• Ash by Malinda Lo (Cinderella)
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore (Snow White and Rose Red)
• Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore (The Red Shoes)
• Tell Me My Name by Amy Reed (The Great Gatsby)
• Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (The Count of Monte Cristo)
• As I Descended by Robin Talley (Macbeth)
• Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi (Atalanta)

Adult

• Thorn by Anna Burke (Beauty and the Beast)
• Nottingham by Anna Burke (Robin Hood)
• In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard (Beauty and the Beast)
• Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett (The Tempest)
• *Spear by Nicola Griffith (King Arthur)
• Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (Little Red Riding Hood)
• Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn (Cinderella) – T
• The Symmetry of Stars by Alex Myers (Orlando Furioso)
• Sun-daughters, Sea-daughters by Aimee Ogden (The Little Mermaid) – B, T
• Create My Own Perfection by E.H. Timms (Medusa) – AA
• The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (The Great Gatsby)
• Malice by Heather Walter (Sleeping Beauty)

Science-Fantasy

YA

• Spellhacker by M.K. England
• The Fever King by Victoria Lee
• Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor – A

Adult

• Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
• Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Sci-Fi Thriller

• The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
• *Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson
• The Last 8 by Laura Pohl – BA
• Rise of the Gorgons by Tanai Walker

Solarpunk

• Snowstorm and Overgrowth by Claudie Arseneault (Short Stories) – A
• A Psalm for the WIld-Built by Becky Chambers

Space Opera

YA

• Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer – P
• The Disasters by MK England – B
• Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

Adult

• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
• Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone
• The Outside by Ada Hoffman
• The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
• The Widening Gyre by Michael R. Johnston
• Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
• Persephone Station by Stina Leicht (Bks)
• The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
• Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
• *Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
• The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
• Bonds of Brass by Emily Skrutskie
• *Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
• The Farian War by K.B. Wagers
• A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Steampunk

Female Protag

• Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear
• Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark (Amz)
• The Strange Case of the Big Sur Benefactor by Jess Faraday
• The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall – P
• The Winter Triangle by Nikki Woolfolk

Male Protag

• Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford
• Prosperity by Alexis Hall
• A Matter of Disagreement by EE Ottoman – T
• The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

Supernatural Thriller

• Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn
• The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (YA)
• *Echo Sunset by Courtney Gould (YA)
• The Better to Kiss You With by Michelle Osgood
• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (YA Historical)
• *The World Ends Here by Rory Power (YA)
• *The Restless Dark by Erica Waters (YA)

Time Travel

YA

• Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
• The Unintentional Time Traveler by Everett Maroon – T
• A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

Adult

• This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Urban Fantasy

YA

• Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist
• The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
• Ghost Girl in the Corner by Daniel José Older
• A Dark and Hollow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth

Adult

• Deadline by Stephanie Ahn
• Blackheart Knights by Laure Eve
• Liesmith by Alis Franklin
• The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone
• Legacy of Shadows by Jen Karner
• Unsung Heroine by Sarah Kuhn
• Rom and Yuli by Amara Lynn
• Snake Eyes by Hillary Monahan