We talk up these books, authors, shows, movies, comics, and more, so we strongly recommend ‘em! As a result, this page and its many lists are dynamic, but it will also always make for a great place to start if you’re looking for a way into what we like about science fiction and fantasy.
We’ve arranged this page into sections, with galleries of covers, movie posters, authors’ headshots, and more first and written lists below those galleries.
Standalone Novels & Novellas
(arranged alphabetically by author surname)
Our favorite standalone novels and novellas include
(presented in the same column order as above)
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Temper by Nicky Drayden
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
The House in the Cerulean Sea by Tj Klune
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
Rock Manning Goes for Broke by Charlie Jane Anders
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Stone and Steel by Eboni Dunbar
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley
Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars by Daniel M. Pinkwater
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Starless by Jacqueline Carey
Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
The Dazzle of Day by Molly Gloss
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
Grass by Sherri S. Tepper
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho
American War by Omar el Akkad
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
Up the Walls of the World by James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)
Lexicon by Max Barry
The Binding by Bridget Collins
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Hild by Nicola Griffith
The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Angel Mage by Garth Nix
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Unnatural Magic by C.M. Waggoner
Providence by Max Barry
Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Book Series
(by first entry in the series,
arranged alphabetically by author surname)
Our favorite book series include
(presented in the same column order as above)
Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate
The Semiosis duology by Sue Burke
The Belles series by Dhonielle Clayton
The Queen of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen
The Earthsea Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
A Secret History of Witches series by Louisa Morgan
Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
The Resonant duology by Bob Proehl
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Everworld series by K.A. Applegate
Xenogenesis series by Octavia E. Butler
Escaping Exodus series by Nicky Drayden
The Extraordinaries series by Tj Klune
Phoenix Extravagant series by Yoon Ha Lee
The Aurelian Cycle by Rosaria Munda
Nigerians in Space series by Deji Olukotun
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer
Remnants series by K.A. Applegate
Earthseed duology by Octavia E. Butler
American Hippo duology by Sarah Gailey
Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal
Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy by Liu Cixin
Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
Terra Ignota series by Ada Palmer
A Conspiracy of Truths series by Alexandra Rowland
The Bannerless Saga by Carrie Vaughn
The Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden
The Daevabad trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty
Great Cities series by N.K. Jemisin
The Poppy War series by R.F. Kuang
Tower of Winds series by Makiia Lucier
The Seventh Tower series by Garth Nix
The Siege series by K.J. Parker
Three Californias trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Culture series by Iain. M. Banks
Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Imperial Radch series by Ann Leckie
Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire
Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
The Kingston Cycle by C.L. Polk
The Sparrow duology by Mary Doria Russell
Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis
The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
Sorcerer Royal series by Zen Cho
The Interitance trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Philosophers series by Tom Miller
Akata Witch series by Nnedi Okorafor
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
The Children of Times series by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tensorate series by Neon Yang
Authors
Our favorite authors include
(presented in the same column order as above)
Charlie Jane Anders
Sarah Gailey
Ursula K. Le Guin
Garth Nix
Caitlin Starling
Octavia E. Butler
Nicola Griffith
Alix E. Harrow
Nnedi Okorafor
Becky Chambers
N.K. Jemisin
Rosaria Munda
C.L. Polk
Zen Cho
T.J. Klune
Annalee Newitz
Alexandra Rowland
Graphic Novels, Comics & Comic Series
Written list coming soon!
TV Shows
Our favorite TV shows include
(presented in the same column order as above)
Avatar the Last Airbender
Firefly
Russian Doll
Star Trek: Voyager
The X Files
Babylon 5
Futurama
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Stargate SG-1
Battlestar Galactica
The Good Place
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Steven Universe
BoJack Horseman
Infinity Train
Star Trek: Discovery
Stranger Things
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Tuca & Bertie
The Expanse
The Legend of Korra
Star Trek: The Next Generation
What We Do in the Shadows
Movies
Our favorite movies include
(presented in the same column order as above)
Alien
Galaxy Quest
A Quiet Place
Aliens
Interstellar
Sorry to Bother You
Arrival
Jurassic Park
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Contact
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Star Trek: First Contact
Fast Color
Made Max: Fury Road
The Fifth Element
Pan’s Labyrinth