Recs if you like The Scar (New Crobuzon, #2)...

Books featuring older women as protagonists (age 30 and up) in science fiction and fantasy. Feedback and recs welcome!

Stories that follow the New Weird genre. Adventures that mix reality with fantasy, horror, science fiction, and literary fiction. Each a distinct and unique story to envelope your mind.

my favorite genre. elvia wilk’s essay is the best on what this genre is, but here’s an excerpt: “Weird knowledge does not deny the capacity of the human mind and body to produce knowledge, but it does not reduce the world to human subject experience either. Unlike science fiction—in which there is a rational explanation for everything—and fantasy—where magic explains it all—weirdness hovers between poles of explainability.”

I recently realised I love all things maritime, especially in fiction. My favourite movies, museums, books, even childhood stories all contain pirates, outlaws and the sea! So I'm making a very loose list of books with this vibe as a guide for my self of past reads and TBRs! Please comment your recs!💕

The most comprehensive list of award winning sci-fi and fantasy novels. The books on this list have won either 1 or multiple awards out of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus Sci-Fi, Locus Fantasy, goodreads Choice Fantasy, or goodreads Science Fiction Awards.

A set of books all in the genre of ‘Weird’ fiction, specifically sci-fi/fantasy.

Davy Jones, Kraken, Flying Dutchman, Ghost Ships, Pirates, Bermuda Triangle, oh my!

Nautical: of relating to sailors, sailing, or ships.

I have not read almost any of these, so sorry if a lot of these aren’t that good lol. There seem to be very few quintessential nautical horror books, but a whole lot of possibly middling ones.

They do not want your songs; they want your wood and your iron. These are the krakens of the fog, the massive serpents of the tide, and the whales with enough spite to sink a fleet. They see our ships as intruders and our sailors as snacks. They are the reason we fear the horizon. We call them... the Ship-Breakers.

Back to the world of Spyre with Dimension 20, a side quest on the pirate city of Leviathan, a thousand shipwrecks connected to make a floating island.

winners of the best fantasy novel locus award 1978-2026.