Fantasy & Sci-Fi for Beginners - September 2024 - FVRLLike this list

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• A Court of Thorns and Roses

  Maas, Sarah J.,

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  "Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

  a Novel

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is both a dazzling historical novel and a daring science fiction journey.

• Daughter of the Moon Goddess

  a Novel

  Tan, Sue Lynn,

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  Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice--where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fall of Ruin and Wrath

  Armentrout, Jennifer L.,

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  Breathtaking suspense and scorching romance meet in this immersive new fantasy from a mega-bestselling force, Jennifer L. Armentrout.

• Fourth Wing

  Yarros, Rebecca,

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  As war grows more deadly, Violet Sorrengail joins the elite Navarre: the dragon riders. But she'll need to keep her wits because once you enter the Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

• Frankenstein

  Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851,

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  No-one in the grip of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN, with its mythic-minded hero and its highly sympathetic monster who reads Goethe and longs to be at peace with himself, can fail to notice how much more excellent the original is than all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  Rowling, J. K.,

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  Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

• The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again

  Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973,

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  Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E.,

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  The visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is pulled through time to face the horrors of American slavery and explores the impacts of racism, sexism, and white supremacy then and now.

• Legends & Lattes

  a Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes

  Baldree, Travis, 1977-

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  After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

  Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963,

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  Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

• The Martian

  a Novel

  Weir, Andy

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  Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

• Masters of Death

  Blake, Olivie,

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  Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire. But her biggest problem currently is that the house she needs to sell is haunted. The ghost haunting the mansion has been murdered, and until he can solve the mystery of how he…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She Who Became the Sun

  Parker-Chan, Shelley,

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  In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family's eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Starling House

  Harrow, Alix E.,

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  Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.

• Station Eleven

  Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-

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  Follows characters before and after the end of civilization, all survivors of a flu that wipes out 98% of the world's population. From the terrifying opening chapter, as Jeevan raids a grocery store, this book combines tension, suspense,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Stephen McCranie's Space Boy. Volume 1

  McCranie, Stephen, 1987-

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  Amy lives on a colony in deep space, but when her father loses his job the family moves back to Earth, where she has to adapt to heavier gravity, a new school, and a strange boy with no flavor.

• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

  Verne, Jules, 1828-1905,

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  "Climb aboard the Nautilus with Captain Nemo and embark on an undersea journey around the world in this Jules Verne classic with an arresting new look! When word about sightings of a sea monster spread, three men embark on a journey to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way of Kings

  Sanderson, Brandon,

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  Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When the Moon Hatched

  Parker, Sarah A. (Fantasy fiction writer),

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  The bestselling phenomenon, When the Moon Hatched, is a fast-paced fantasy romance featuring an immersive, vibrant world with mysterious creatures, a unique magic system, and a love that blazes through the ages.