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Science Fiction/Fantasy books ONLY (no romance or fiction, mystery, etc.) for 2025

See also: Fantasy by Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Locus Recommended Fantasy:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Science Fiction By Year:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009

Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy By Year:
2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s

Fantasy By Ratings:
More than 100000, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100

Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100
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message 1: by Liina (last edited Dec 29, 2024 01:08PM) (new)

Liina I see Iris Lake is back again on all of these fantasy lists with 10+ voters who have 0 friends, private profiles and only vote her books on multiple lists. Very believable that her book just happens to be voted 6th on this list after Tamsyn Muir and above Suzanne Collins.

Please authors, for god's sake, use something else than fake profile voting to promote your books. Some of us readers really use and trust these lists to keep track of things, and this honestly ruins the fun for some.


message 2: by Sara (new)

Sara To the list creator(s),

I have looked up in the help page and, if you are a librarian, you can remove books from the your list. I think it's pretty stupid that the list owners cannot do it without being a librarian.

"Next to the description of the list, there's a link that says "(edit)". After you click on that, it will take you to another page. There's a link at the bottom: "remove particular books". It will then take you to a list of the books; "delete this book from the list" links are on the right."

If you are not a Librarian, you can submit your request to remove the books from your list in the librarian group here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I hope this helps.


message 3: by Matthew (new)

Matthew Battersby Why does Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei have two separate entries, one with a cover image and the other without?


message 4: by waterboy (new)

waterboy asd


message 5: by Janet (last edited Sep 15, 2025 07:28AM) (new)

Janet Martin Sara wrote: "To the list creator(s),

I have looked up in the help page and, if you are a librarian, you can remove books from the your list. I think it's pretty stupid that the list owners cannot do it withou..."


I am a librarian and am happy to delete things, but lack time these days to follow the list closely. I did delete 1 item this morning, #83, Villain, by Natalie Zina, because it has a publication date of May 2026. If folks want things deleted, just let me know. I agree that the list owner should be able to manage their own list!

ETA--I also ran a duplicate check that automatically found and merged a single dup


message 6: by Sara (new)

Sara Janet wrote: "Sara wrote: "To the list creator(s),

I have looked up in the help page and, if you are a librarian, you can remove books from the your list. I think it's pretty stupid that the list owners cannot..."


Thank you, Janet! I hope this rule will change; it's definitely better for everyone.


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