#Swords & Spaceships

News and recommendations from the world of science fiction and fantasy.

Never Let May Go: 12 Marvelous New SFF Books Out May 2025

Find a comfy chair, extinguish your dragons, and read these twelve excellent new sci-fi and fantasy books out in May 2025!

There and Back Again: Time Travel Romances

Keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle and beware of time slips, loops, and wrinkles in time.

Don’t Care How, I Want It Now: My 5 Most Anticipated Fantasy Books of the Summer

I am Veruca Salt levels of impatient to get my hands on these upcoming fantasy books, including Katabasis by R. F. Kuang.

How Much Is That Death Star in the Window?—and More SFF Links

Here's how much it would cost to build the Death Star, plus more of the best recent sci-fi and fantasy links.

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Book Riot has been doing what we do since 2011: recommending buzzy and under-the-radar books, reporting on headlines from the ...

Guess Who’s Back, Back Again: 5 Marvelous SFF Books About Reincarnation

In these sci-fi and fantasy books, characters have lived many lives—but reincarnation comes with its own problems.

10 Splendid Sci-Fi Movie Villains—and More SFF Links

Here are the most exciting SFF links this week, including great sci-fi villains, fantasy sequels, disturbing sci-fi shows, and more!

I Love Parasites in the Springtime: 5 Great Sci-Fi Tales That Will Get Under Your Skin

These parasite sci-fi stories about alien invaders will get under your skin.

8 Gothic Romantasy Books That Will Haunt Your Heart

Gothic romantasy is a delightful subgenre that combines the speculative and a great romance with gothic, often creepy, elements.

Still Holding On: NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro is 20 Years Old!

Have you read Never Let Me Go, the classic dystopian novel turning twenty this year?