Top list: Fantasy and Sci-Fi

"Mercy has friends in low places—and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary—and neither is the demon inside of him.

When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don’t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back—including the two werewolves circling around her heart.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Performed by Khaya Fraites, Rayner Gabriel, Gregory Linington, Christopher McLinden, Wyn Delano, Danny Montooth, Daniel Llaca, Belsheber Rusape, Charlie Albers, David Engel, Elias Khalil, Holly Adams, Ian Russell, James Konicek, James Lewis, Jessica Schly, Jon Vertullo, Julie Hoverson, Karenna Foley, Kay Eluvian, Laura C. Harris, Lise Bruneau, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Mike Carnes, Renee Dorian, RJ Bayley, Robb Moreira, Sheree Wichard, Steven Carpenter, Taylor Coan, Todd Scofield, Troy Allan, and Yenni Ann."

"The sexy, action-packed first dramatized audiobook adaptation in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

At least, he's not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking series that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable listen.

Performed by Melody Muze, Henry W. Kramer, Gabriel Michael, Natalie Van Sistine, Debi Tinsley, Bradley Foster Smith, Alejandro Ruiz, Christopher Graybill, Julie Hoverson, Karenna Foley, Eric Messner, Anthony Palmini, Steve Wannall, Rose Elizabeth Supan, Mort Shelby, Laura C. Harris, Michael John Casey, Scott McCormick, Richard Rohan, Karen Novack, Nora Achrati, and Nanette Savard."

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die…

Alexis Hert isn’t a hero, and she certainly isn’t a god. All she’s ever been is a survivor.

But the Fates disagree.

When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she’ll have to do more than merely survive.

Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality.

But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts.

Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting Alexis…

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War academy

Villainous love interests

Gods, gladiators, and warriors, oh my!

Adorable animal companions

Animal companions with a lot of ~opinions~

Prophecies

Dark romance

Why choose?

Touch her and die

Marriage law

Post-apocalyptic world

The romantasy OBSESSSION of 2024:

‘This was addictive as hell’

‘THAT WAS SO GOOD!!! Wow. I’ll be thinking about this book for awhile. Greek mythology + a spartan war academy + a STRONG FMC?! It was perfection. I love all the twists and turns and the guessing along the way. It was such a unique Hercules story and I’m OBSESSED! I need book 2 asap.

‘Actually iconic’

'LOOOOOOOOOVED IT OMG I literally tried to read it as slow as possible so I would have the book, the characters, their world… EVERYTHING for a little longer… but IT WAS HARD OK bc I really wanted to binge it in one night'

‘Literally gonna live rent free in my brain’

‘Perfection, favorite read this year so far’

From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a scorching romance with high stakes, breathtaking magic and a searing enemies-to-lovers romance.

She lives by her intuition. He feeds on her pleasure . . .

Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardian – royalty who feed on mortal pleasure.

Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information. When her intuition leads her to save a travelling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warning – and promise. Today he’ll bring her joy. One day he’ll be her doom.

When the Baron takes an interest in the prince, and the prince takes an interest in Calista, she becomes the latter’s temporary companion. But the city simmers with rebellion, and with knights and monsters at her city gates and a hungry prince in her bed, intuition may not be enough to keep her safe. Calista must choose: follow her intuition to safety or follow her heart to her downfall.

Fall of Ruin and Wrath is a captivating romantic fantasy from a mega bestselling author and global sensation.

Praise for Jennifer L. Armentrout:

‘I hope you guys love this book as much as I do!’ – Sarah J. Maas, bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series

‘Armentrout packs a powerful emotional punch’ – Publishers Weekly

☽ MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE No.1 BESTSELLING FANTASY PHENOMENON ☽

‘With dragons, doomed lovers and magic, this will be huge' Stylist

'An absolutely stunning fantasy world’ Raven Kennedy, author of international bestseller, The Plated Prisoner Series

‘A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants … An instant classic’ Thea Guanzon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars

She's an assassin on the run

Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. Until a rival assassin devastates her world, and she is captured by a group of powerful fae.

He's the dragon rider who'll stop at nothing to save her

Crushed by the loss of his great love, Kaan Vaegor hunts the world for answers. Then a clue lures him to the capital's high-security prison, where he finds Raeve …

Together, they'll burn it all down

Now they seek truths that threaten to shatter everything they knew about their world – and each other.

No.1 bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched will transport you into a world filled with magic, dragons and a love that blazes through the ages…

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Readers love this fantasy phenomenon!

‘The new fantasy romance of 2024 that you NEED to read!!!’

‘By far the best book I’ve read this year’

‘👌 Just wow… what did I just read!! I don’t think I’ll be forgetting this book any time soon! What a masterpiece 🥰’

‘Infinity five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’

‘Whoa, I love this book so much! This is the best fantasy book I read this year’

‘I'm almost certain I've already read my favourite book of the year’

‘THIS IS FANTASY ROMANCE. Full stop.’

Let the magic continue. Pre-order the sequel, THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS, out February 24th 2026!

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.

Book #1 Fourth Wing

Book #2 Iron Flame

From Hell’s Belles BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn comes a fiery romantasy about forbidden love, dark magic, and a young woman’s adventure in the Afterlife, perfect for fans of Sarah A. Parker and Callie Hart.

THEY TOLD HER TO GO TO HELL.

SHE WENT ON HER OWN TERMS.

Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning.

As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass.

Lily’s expectations are subverted every day in Hell—especially by Bel, a demon general with a distractingly sexy voice. The two meet by chance and form an immediate, deeply healing friendship, but the undeniable heat between them threatens to combust.

Meanwhile, something stirs beyond the boundaries of their world, threatening to destroy everything they’ve known and everything that could be…unless they fight like Hell to stop it.

"The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’s spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart. Though she’s now been granted the powers and lifespan of the High Fae, she is haunted by her time Under the Mountain and the terrible deeds she performed to save the lives of Tamlin and his people.

As her marriage to Tamlin approaches, Feyre’s hollowness and nightmares consume her. She finds herself split into two different people: one who upholds her bargain with Rhysand, High Lord of the feared Night Court, and one who lives out her life in the Spring Court with Tamlin. While Feyre navigates a dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms. She might just be the key to stopping it, but only if she can harness her harrowing gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her future?and the future of a world in turmoil.

Bestselling author Sarah J. Maas’s masterful storytelling brings this second audiobook in her dazzling, sexy, action-packed series to new heights.

Performed by Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Henry W. Kramer, Jon Vertullo, Amanda Forstrom, Nora Achrati, Gabriel Michael, Megan Dominy, Shawn K. Jain, Holly Adams, Natalie Van Sistine, Alysia Beltran, Darius Johnson, Karenna Foley, Scott McCormick, Trei Taylor, Debi Tinsley, Hannah Curtis, Ann Flandermeyer, Jeri Marshall, Shanta Parasuraman, Wyn Delano, Chris Davenport, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Yasmin Tuazon, and Nanette Savard."

As a werewolf alpha's daughter, Sophie Gregory was raised to understand she has two important purposes in life—to be wed and bred. But after a disastrous arranged marriage, she flees to a neighboring pack and lands in the arms of Remy Arsenault, a serial dater and notorious womanizer. The French-speaking telepath is the last person she expects to rescue her, but she soon discovers there may be more to Remy than just a pretty face and a ripped body . . .

Remy has a reputation for being a player, but when he sets his eyes—and his heart—on Sophie, everything changes. He'll do anything to win the hand of the curvy, captivating alpha's daughter. He's used to no one in the pack taking him seriously, but he's serious about shedding his playboy past and building a new future with the woman he loves.

But when danger from Sophie's old pack threatens to keep them apart, Remy must save her life before he can give them a chance at forever. And if he fails, they could both lose everything.

Contains mature themes.

Ruby Dixon presents the first book in the Icehome series. Contains mature themes.

Bitten: Bastian was the most handsome man Katherine had ever met. It was unfortunate that he was also the most stubborn, controlling, downright infuriating jackass. Oh, and there was the fact that he was a werewolf who bit her. She's been infected with lycanthropy and is kidnapped by Bastian and his pack. Forced to leave small-town Iowa behind and adjust to their way of life in a hidden society, Katherine must also deal with fighting the pull she feels towards the man who has bitten her.

Shy: If Katherine thought that her life would get any easier in the months following her realization that Bastian was her mate, she was wrong. But dealing with the man's behavior and surviving the Recruiting Rites were pieces of cake compared to the fierce emotional storm that envelops her when a secret is revealed, turning everything Katherine thought she knew on its head.

Luminous: When Katherine begins experiencing seemingly random physiological changes a few months after being claimed as Bastian's mate, she's terrified that she may somehow be losing her supernatural abilities. In many ways, though, the truth is even scarier: She's pregnant. Unfortunately, in a world where fertile wombs among werewolves are as rare as they are revered, envy and covetousness abound. Evil threatens to rip away from Katherine everything she never knew she wanted.

"Heart pounding and laugh out loud funny, Wall Street Journal Bestselling author K.F. Breene will take you on a magical joy ride you won’t soon forget.

Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn’t the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don’t have many options.

So dangerous or not, the job is mine. And it was going fine, until an old as sin vampire stole my mark, and with it, my pay day.

Knowing I’m poor and desperate, he has offered me a job. I’ll have to work by his side to help solve a top secret case.

Everyone knows not to trust vampires. Especially a hot elder vampire. But without any other jobs coming up, I’m stuck. As I uncover a web of lies and treachery, revealing an enemy I didn’t know existed, the truth of my identity is threatened. I might make it out alive, only to end up in a gilded cage.

Performed by Alyssa Keegan, Gabriel Michael, Nanette Savard, Terence Aselford, Holly Adams, Julienne Irons, Ken Jackson, James Lewis, Elliot Dash, Joe Mallon, Ian Putnam, Tyler Hyrchuk, Nick DePinto, Michael John Casey, Yasmin Tuazon, James J. Johnson, Daniel Llaca, Anthony Palmini, Jenna Sharpe, Sara Matsui-Colby, JW Rone, Rayner Gabriel, Rob McFadyen, Tanja Milojevic, Nora Achrati, and Renee Dorian."

Hannah Nicole Maehrer presents Book 1 in the Assistant to the Villain series. Contains mature themes.

"#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, climbed the ranks, and waited patiently to unleash the revolution that will tear the hierarchy apart from within.

Finally, the time has come.

But devotion to honor and hunger for vengeance run deep on both sides. Darrow and his comrades-in-arms face powerful enemies without scruple or mercy. Among them are some Darrow once considered friends. To win, Darrow will need to inspire those shackled in darkness to break their chains, unmake the world their cruel masters have built, and claim a destiny too long denied—and too glorious to surrender.

Performed by Stewart Crank, Jenna Sharpe, Kay Eluvian, Jon Vertullo, John Kielty, Julie-Ann Elliott, Karen Novak, Jeff Baker, Nhea Durrosseau, Andrew James Spooner, Andy Brownstein, Andy Clemence, Bradley Foster Smith, Colleen Delany, Danny Gavigan, Elena Anderson, Ian Putnam, Ken Jackson, Kimberly Gilbert, Laura C. Harris, Lucy Symons, Marni Penning, Martin Dickinson, Matthew Bassett, Melody Muze, Michael Glenn, Michael John Casey, Nanette Savard, Peter Stanley, Richard Rohan, Shanta Parasuraman, Stephanie Nemeth-Parker, Todd Scofield, Yasmin Tuazon."

The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the-20th-century New York.

"A lushly historical romance … This book is a charming fable—an elemental dance of fire and water."―THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

“Venessa gives life to the most unexpected things. I have a strong, strong feeling that this is the start of something special.”—TJ KLUNE, New York Times Bestselling Author of The House in the Cerulean Sea

Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show proprietor who commissioned it. Benny’s work earns him an invitation to join the show’s eclectic crew of performers—his first welcome in the city—and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon.

The merman is more than a mythic marvel, though. Benny comes to know Río as a clever philosopher, an observant traveler, and a kindred spirit more beautiful and compassionate than any human he’s ever met. Despite their different worlds, what begins as a friendship of necessity deepens to love, leading Benny’s heart into uncharted waters where he can no longer ignore the agonizing truth of Río’s captivity—and his own.

A cage is no place for a merman to survive. Though releasing Río means betraying his new family, bankrupting their home, and losing his soulmate forever, Benny must look within for the courage to do what’s right, and find a love strong enough to free them both.

The price of love is loss.

We all pay it eventually…

In every life…

Some moments are too painful to be endured.

Some moments will break you if you let them.

And yet I can’t afford to let anything break me, because we have one chance to win this war. One chance to create a better life for everyone across the four kingdoms.

Even as our enemies ally with each other, our own allies are forced to betray their kingdoms, their people…and themselves.

And even as Regner plans something so cruel, so wholly evil, he’s poised to douse the last remaining spark of hope in this world.

Unless we kill him first.

THE GODS LOVE TO PLAY WITH US MERE MORTALS. AND EVERY HUNDRED YEARS, WE LET THEM …

I have never been favored by the gods. Far from it, thanks to Zeus.

Living as a cursed office clerk for the Order of Thieves, I just keep my head down and hope the capricious beings who rule from Olympus won’t notice me. Not an easy feat, given San Francisco is Zeus’ patron city, but I make do. I survive. Until the night I tangle with a different god.

The worst god. Hades.

For the first time ever, the ruthless, mercurial King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible—the deadly contest the gods hold to determine a new ruler to sit on the throne of Olympus. But instead of fighting their own battles, the gods name mortals to compete in their stead.

So why in the Underworld did Hades choose me—a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders—as his champion? And why does my heart trip every time he says I’m his?

I don’t know if I’m a pawn, bait, or something else entirely to this dangerously tempting god. How can I, when he has more secrets than stars in the sky?

Because Hades is playing by his own rules … and Death will win at any cost.

Svera There are a few things my Tri-God did not prepare me for. The first? Niahhorru pirates. They want the coordinates to an unprotected human satellite, and I have them. The confusing? The human Council's secrets that I've uncovered and that may get me killed. The most sinful? The pressure in my stomach...well, lower than my stomach...that draws me to the male who hates me most in this universe. Krisxox There's nothing my warrior training did not prepare me for. Even though my body desires to bond to hers, I'll fight until I break it. She's a disgusting human, filthy and impure, a worshipper of a fickle human god and, worst of all, not Drakesh. Nox, that isn't the worst. Worse, is that she's got space pirates, traitors, and other enemies chasing her. Worst, is that I won't let them touch her because she's my Xiv—nox! I'll fight. But fighting is harder when I don't really want to win... Taken to Heimo is a full-length sci-fi space-opera romance complete with an angry alien and a head-scarf-wearing human heroine who is far too polite to meet anger with anger...at least most of the time. It is book 4 in the Xiveri mates series and should be read after books 1 and 2. Books 3, 6, and 8 are complete standalones (on other planets) and can be read at any point. Trigger warning! The heroine in this book is attacked more than once ,and there are multiple violent battle scenes before reaching the HEA.

It seems that my former power is gradually returning to me in my new body. I still have all my past experience, however, and everything is proceeding just as it should.

How quickly can I earn money and build my reputation? No, I'm not going to resort to killing and looting. I'm an Architect, after all! I'm going to craft and build things! That's how Architects work! The time has come to rebuild my empire. So . . . I might end up having to do some killing and looting, after all. I'm not short of enemies . . .

"The sexy, action-packed first dramatized audiobook adaptation in the #1 New York Times bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses series from Sarah J. Maas. Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.

At least, he's not a beast all the time.

As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.

From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking series that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable listen.

Performed by Melody Muze, Anthony Palmini, Henry W. Kramer, Ann Flandermeyer, Gabriel Michael, Debi Tinsley, Natalie Van Sistine, Karenna Foley, Scott McCormick, Bradley Foster Smith, Karen Novack, Christopher Graybill, Terence Aselford, Matthew Bassett, Michael John Casey, Nora Achrati, Yasmin Tuazon, Alejandro Ruiz, Steve Wannall, and Shanta Parasuraman."