The best fantasy books of 2020

"[Narrator Julia] Whelan's performance is unforgettable in this darkly romantic fantasy about one young woman cursed always to be forgotten...Her depiction of the darkness is smooth with a low cade... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian... Read more

"A hugely imagined, twisty, turning tale that leads through the labyrinths of magic and war to the center of the heart." — Diana GabaldonTHE LAST THING SHE WANTED WAS TO GET BACK INTO THE HER... Read more

Winner: 2022 Hugo Award for Best SeriesA 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!Amazon's Best of 2020 So FarThe fifth installment in New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's... Read more

HARRY DRESDEN IS BACK AND READY FOR ACTION, in the new entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files. When the Supernatural nations of the world meet up to negotiate an end to ongoing h... Read more

Winner of the 2021 World Fantasy AwardWinner of an 2021 ALA Alex AwardWinner of the 2020 New England Book Award for FictionWinner of the 2021 Ignyte AwardWinner of the 2021 AABMC Literary AwardA 20... Read more

A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist!A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!A 2020 ALA Booklist Top 10 SF/F Pick!A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick!Book Riot's Best Books of 2020 So Far!Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR |... Read more

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu comes a historical YA fantasy about a musical prodigy and the dangerous lengths she'll go to make history remember her—perfect for fans of Susanna... Read more

Includes stories featured in Pantheon—now an animated series on AMC+ "I know this is going to sound hyperbolic, but when I'm reading Ken Liu's stories, I feel like I'm reading a once-in-a-gen... Read more

As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy.“An absolutely w... Read more

Winner of the 2020 Crawford Award!Winner of the 2021 Hugo Award!A Hugo Award-Winning Series!A 2021 Locus Award FinalistA 2021 Ignyte Award FinalistA Goodreads Choice Award FinalistA Book Riot Best ... Read more

Melissa Bashardoust's Girl, Serpent, Thorn is "an alluring feminist fairy tale" (Kirkus) about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse.Ther... Read more

Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today's readers — a captivating modern fantasy about Black sirens, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's... Read more

Harrow the Ninth, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive ... Read more

WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and USA Today bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. An Amazon Best of the Year So Far Pi... Read more

The Memory of Souls is the third epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series and one of Library Journal's best SF&F books of the year!THE LONGER HE LIVESTHE MORE DANGEROUS HE BECOMESNow th... Read more

A 2021 Locus Award Finalist!A Lambda Literary Award FinalistA Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020Amazon's Best of 2020 So Far"Fantastic, defiant, utterly brilliant." —Ken LiuZen Cho returns w... Read more

An instant New York Times bestseller!The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collis... Read more

"No series since George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire has quite captured both palace intrigue and the way that tribal infighting and war hurt the vulnerable the most." —Paste MagazineT... Read more

"A classic, breathtaking adventure brimful of dangerous magic and clever politics. A book that will thrill and delight any fantasy fan."―Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine ThroneIn t... Read more

*Chosen as a 2020 Kids' Indie Next pick * A Locus Reading List recommendation * An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist*"Shveta Thakrar's prose is as beautiful as starlight."—New York Times bes... Read more

"Narrator Jennifer Hale's outstanding performance brings this story of alien invasion to life...Hale's range of differentiation is masterly as she animates all the quirky characters Kira meets. Fro... Read more

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWho has the right to change the world forever?  How will we live online?  How do we find comfort in an increasingly isolated world?   The Ca... Read more

Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a "glorious" story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New ... Read more

A fragile peace gives way to conspiracy, betrayal, and rebellion in this sequel to the New York Times bestselling A Little Hatred from epic fantasy master Joe Abercrombie."A master of his craf... Read more

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to re... Read more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the "engrossing and vibrant" (Tochi Onyebuchi, author of Riot Baby) first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy ... Read more

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to de... Read more

Named one of the best books of the year by People Magazine, Buzzfeed, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and more!"Dazzling.... Read more

I AM RENATA CONVIDA. I HAVE LIVED A HUNDRED STOLEN LIVES. NOW I LIVE MY OWN. Renata was only a child when she was kidnapped by the King's Justice and brought to the luxurious palace of Andalucía. A... Read more