Recs if you like Year of the Reaper...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

When the narrator(s) makes the book even better. For new listeners and audiobook elites, here is a range of different genres and narrators that excel at audio perfection.

less of the usual culprits if you please!

Disclaimer: I am not Pacific Islander, but we should all strive to read more Pasifika authors!

The grouping of Pasifika and Asian communities has a complex history. And because of this grouping, Pasifika authors are largely underrepresented.

Check out Pacific Islanders in Publishing (I cannot figure out how to hyperlink, sorry) for more recs!

I have not read all of the books on this list, so please let me know if any are not fit for this list!

Suggestions are always welcome!

Want to get into fantasy but never read/only read a bit and don't want to read anything too complex? These books and series have light worldbuilding, magic systems, and are overall good introductions to those new to fantasy. The majority of these are more YA due to the nature of entry-level fantasy

I've listed the first if it's a series to help you begin!

Where you mix fantasy with a little bit of whodunit mystery and you get to enjoy both. Found and enjoyed a lot of Fantasy Mystery books in 2025. Please recommend me some more so I can read and add them to the list!

Books written by writers from the Pacific islands.

-Micronesia (Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Kiribati) -Melanesia (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Makulu Islands, West Papua) -Polynesia (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Hawai'i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Niue, Pitcarin Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu)

In which a main character sees ghosts 👻

A list of all the books featured as monthly picks for the Fairyloot YA Sub. ◽️ Not Including sequels or special editions outside of the monthly sub.◽️ I will include new books about a month after release to avoid spoilers.

Books by AANHPI authors and/or AANHPI stories. I added Pinoy specifically because while I want all stories for this group I will make a point in finding stories by Filipinos or about Filipino stories. These books aren’t all that are out there. Just what is on my radar.

Books with (primarily) black covers!

Like a fire in the dark, like a sword upon our hearts.

Crime in a fantasy or scifi setting, usually with incredible queer characters.

Books about people returning to their communities and families after being gone for a long time while going through something traumatic or life-changing that they now feel a stranger in their home.

Feel free to recommend books that you think fit this list. One of my favorite tropes is 'a stranger in a familiar land' but I have trouble finding books where it's prominent. So I'm mainly looking for SFF books where it's a main plot point that drives the story.

(this list is still being updated)