One City One Book Recommendations: SFF

If you run a One City One Book program and are looking for Science Fiction / Fantasy recommendations, we’ve got you covered!

For even more recommendations of all genres, check out this post and this Edelweiss catalog.

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THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei
9781250875358
Trade paperback available 5/21/24

An enthralling sci-fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew.

ANATOMY: A LOVE STORY by Dana Schwartz
9781250342898
Trade paperback available 5/7/24

The paperback edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling gothic about a willful female surgeon, a resurrection man who sells bodies for a living, and the buried secrets they must uncover together.

THE GOD OF ENDINGS by Jacqueline Holland
9781250856784
Trade paperback available 3/5/21

By turns suspenseful and enchanting, this breathtaking first novel weaves a story of love, family, history, and myth as seen through the eyes of one immortal woman

FRACTURED FABLES by Alix E. Harrow
9781250905758
Trade paperback available 2/13/24

Follow professional fairy tale fixer, Zinnia Gray, as she helps women get the endings they deserve; first Sleeping Beauty in A SPINDLE SPLINTERED and then Snow White’s Evil Queen in A MIRROR MENDED!

FABLE by Adrienne Young
9781250254382
Trade paperback available 1/2/24

Welcome to a world made dangerous by the sea and by those who wish to profit from it. Where a young girl must find her place and her family while trying to survive in a world built for men.

WHAT BECAME OF MAGIC by Paige Crutcher
9781250905529
Trade paperback available now

A new tale about a witch, a book of magic and a beguiling and powerful creature whom she must free, even if it puts her life and soul at stake.

OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert
9781250826381
Trade paperback available now

Dangerous magic. Super-bad choices. Dark secrets . . . This is OUR CROOKED HEARTS, a contemporary fantasy ”so precise and enthralling that the only explanation is that Albert herself is a witch” (Booklist, starred review)

BOOK OF NIGHT by Holly Black
9781250812216
Trade paperback available now

#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black’s stunning adult debut, a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows, now available in trade paperback.

THORNHEDGE by T. Kingfisher
9781250244093
Novella available now

From USA Today bestselling author T. Kingfisher, THORNHEDGE is the tale of a kind-hearted, toad-shaped heroine, a gentle knight, and a mission gone completely sideways.

ORDINARY MONSTERS by J.M. Miro
9781250833679
Trade paperback available now

In this stunning historical fantasy, journey to the Victorian era, as children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness in a battle of good vs. evil…

THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean
9781250810205
Trade paperback available now

Set in modern day UK, The Book Eaters is a dark and fantastical story about a family who literally consume books for sustenance and the lengths one woman will go to in order to protect her son.

OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by Julia Armfield
9781250229908
Trade paperback available now

From Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year finalist Julia Armfield, a haunting, utterly original debut novel about a couple dealing with the aftermath of a disastrous deep-sea mission.

SIREN QUEEN by Nghi Vo
9781250820563
Trade paperback available now

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO meets Erin Morgenstern’s THE NIGHT CIRCUS in this dazzling, fantastical coming of age story from award-winning author Nghi Vo.

UNTIL THE LAST OF ME by Sylvain Neuvel
9781250262127
Trade paperback available now

A darkly satirical science fiction thriller, as seen through the eyes of the women who sacrifice all to make progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them.

DESTROYER OF LIGHT by Jennifer Marie Brissett
9781250268631
Trade paperback available now

The Matrix meets an Afro-futuristic retelling of Persephone set in a science fiction underworld of aliens, refugees, and genetic engineering.

NETTLE & BONE by T. Kingfisher
9781250244000
Trade paperback available now

This isn’t the kind of fairy tale where the princess marries the prince. It’s one where she kills him. Hugo & Nebula Award-winning author T. Kingfisher weaves a subversive and original fairytale in NETTLE & BONE.

THE CRANE HUSBAND by Kelly Barnhill
9781250850973
Novella available now

In this stunning contemporary retelling of “The Crane Wife,” one fiercely pragmatic teen forced to grow up faster than was fair will do whatever it takes to protect her family—and change the story.

MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
9781250875280
Trade paperback available now

The Martian meets Dark Matter in this high concept science fiction thriller (soon to be a major motion picture from Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-Ho, starring Robert Pattinson).

UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR by TJ Klune
9781250217394
Trade paperback available now

A MAN CALLED OVE meets The Good Place in this delightful, queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA.

A MARVELLOUS LIGHT by Freya Marske
9781250831798
Trade paperback available now

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE meets Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell in this debut, featuring an Edwardian England full of magic, contracts, and conspiracies.

LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki
9781250789082
Trade paperback available now

Faustian bargain meets space opera in this genre-bending novel of three vastly different women. Bombarded by catastrophe, misunderstanding, and fate, each has come to San Gabriel Valley, just outside of Los Angeles, to escape their fates, find their voices, and save the universe.

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN by Shelley Parker-Chan
9781250621818
Trade paperback available now

A lush, fresh literary voice merges with commercial appeal in this accomplished debut. Powerful and poetic, beautiful and brutal, SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN is a bold reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD by T.L. Huchu
9781250767783
Trade paperback available now

Sixth Sense meets Stranger Things in this sharp contemporary fantasy following a precocious and cynical teen as she explores the shadowy magical underside of modern Edinburgh.

A PSALM FOR THE WILD-BUILT by Becky Chambers
9781250236210
Novella available now

Just when the world needs it comes a story of kindness and hope from one of the masters of Hopepunk. Becky Chambers’s new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter?

MAGIC FOR LIARS by Sarah Gailey
9781250174628
Trade paperback available now

This debut novel from the Hugo-award-winning Sarah Gailey combines the mainstream fantasy appeal of The Magicians with the twists of Tana French’s investigative noir series, following the harrowing search for a killer at a private academy for mages hidden in modern-day Northern California.