Be Charmed by These Bewitching Books from 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elle (ellexamines on TT & Substack) (125 Lists)



Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
2025 Queer SFF
154 books — 83 voters
Radiant Star by Ann Leckie
2026 Queer SFF
48 books — 21 voters

Untethered Sky by Fonda LeeHe Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-ChanLost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2023
465 books — 1,082 voters
She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy HeardLast Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Sapphic & WLW Books Releasing in 2021
183 books — 315 voters

Chain of Gold by Cassandra ClareCome Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuireThe Midnight Lie by Marie RutkoskiNetwork Effect by Martha WellsLoveless by Alice Oseman
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,121 books — 2,492 voters
Network Effect by Martha WellsReturn of the Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaUpright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
511 books — 1,300 voters

The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMidnight Robber by Nalo HopkinsonThe Prey of Gods by Nicky DraydenAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Afrofuturism
197 books — 129 voters
How To Make A Wish by Ashley Herring BlakeThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersSong of the Dead by Sarah Glenn MarshInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantThe Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
Jamieson, Elise and Natasha's sapphic books
119 books — 14 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerBeneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuireGive Me Your Hand by Megan AbbottThe Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart TurtonNine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
2018 Most Anticipated Releases -No YA
533 books — 915 voters
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuireDarkdawn by Jay KristoffLoki by Mackenzi LeeThe Wicked King by Holly Black
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2019
591 books — 1,720 voters

These Rebel Waves by Sara RaaschMirage by Somaiya DaudSeafire by Natalie C. ParkerDance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
YA Releases of August, 2018
39 books — 315 voters
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonThe Edge of the Abyss by Emily SkrutskieThe Stars Are Legion by Kameron HurleyThe Prey of Gods by Nicky DraydenAmberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
2017 Queer SFF Releases
89 books — 95 voters

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuireAll Systems Red by Martha WellsMonstress, Volume 2 by Marjorie M. LiuThe Stars Are Legion by Kameron HurleyPassing Strange by Ellen Klages
Hugo 2018 Eligible Works
169 books — 306 voters
You Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Books with Really Long Titles
1,625 books — 339 voters

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
2018 Science Fiction & Fantasy Reading List (The Imaginaries Podcast)
61 books — 78 voters
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkWorlds Seen in Passing by Irene GalloVengeful by V.E. SchwabThe Queen of Crows by Myke ColeRogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Tor Publishing 2018
31 books — 10 voters

War Against the Weak by Edwin Black
Books on the Eugenics Movement
62 books — 24 voters
The Poppy War by R.F. KuangThe Night Masquerade by Nnedi OkoraforMem by Bethany C. Morrow
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
258 books — 283 voters

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Whoever Wants Honey Must Brave the Bees: Forthcoming Books for 2017 by Authors of African Descent
75 books — 53 voters
Witchmark by C.L. PolkMem by Bethany C. Morrow
The Very Time I Thought I Was lost, My Dungeon Shook and My Chains Fell Off: Forthcoming Books for 2018 by Authors of African Descent
78 books — 55 voters

More Than This by Patrick NessMidwinterblood by Marcus SedgwickBlood Red, Snow White by Marcus Sedgwick
Best #UKYA Books
575 books — 390 voters
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky AlbertalliDread Nation by Justina Ireland
YA Releases of April, 2018
46 books — 365 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
2,034 books — 1,946 voters
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. JohnstonThis is Not a Test by Courtney SummersThe Scorpion Rules by Erin BowA Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston
Canadian YA
518 books — 152 voters

Illuminae by Amie KaufmanThe Piper's Son by Melina MarchettaFinnikin of the Rock by Melina MarchettaThe Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
LoveOzYA
428 books — 216 voters
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. JacksonThe Spy with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
2017 YA/MG Debuts' Next Books
37 books — 42 voters

Undead Girl Gang by Lily AndersonGirl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring BlakeShip It by Britta LundinAlways Never Yours by Emily WibberleyI Was Born for This by Alice Oseman
YA Releases of May, 2018
71 books — 397 voters
The Lost Coast by Amy Rose CapettaThe Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James by Ashley Herring BlakeThe Devouring Gray by C.L. HermanWe Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
2019 YA Books with LGBT Themes
248 books — 717 voters

The Devouring Gray by C.L. HermanWe Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay MejiaThese Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
YA Debuts 2019
157 books — 919 voters
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi LeeBlood Water Paint by Joy McCulloughDread Nation by Justina IrelandThe Radical Element by Jessica Spotswood
2018 YA Historical Fiction
55 books — 72 voters


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