Reactor Magazine Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2025 Public
Created by Phil in SF
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The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E. M. Anderson
In this mesmerizing, wonderfully moving queer cozy horror fantasy, an immortal ghost hunter must confront his tragic past and solve …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Vanessa Armstrong
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Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire (Household Gramarye, #1)
5 stars
A hilarious and surprisingly moving cozy fantasy novel from the best-selling author of Once Upon a Tome.
In a tiny …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Vanessa Armstrong
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Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
5 stars
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Vanessa Armstrong
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The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
5 stars
The Raven Scholar is a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy.
Let …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Vanessa Armstrong and Molly Templeton
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Royal Gambit by Daniel O'Malley (The Rook Files, #4)
A delightful and hilarious supernatural adventure featuring a lady-in-waiting who must keep the court safe from murder, from the author …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky
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The Incandescent by Emily Tesh
4 stars
A Deadly Education meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy from bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky
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From the international bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts comes a wildly original and enthrallingly dark medieval …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky
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“There is Life on the Planet Mars” —New York Times, December 9, 1906
This New York Times headline was no …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky
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The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence, a transfixing fever dream of …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Liz Bourke
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The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear (White Space, #3)
5 stars
Dr. Sunya Song embarks on an interstellar journey across the Milky Way to connect with the artificial intelligence known as …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Liz Bourke
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The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri
From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone romantasy of sapphic …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Liz Bourke
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
4 stars
The New York Times bestseller and “horror masterpiece” (NPR) from Stephen Graham Jones—the master of modern horror—is a chilling historical …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown & Martin Cahill
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The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
4 stars
The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown & Martin Cahill
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As the Earth Dreams by Terese Mason Pierre
A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.
This bold …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown
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Signos by Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, and 2 others
Dark lore, myths, creatures of the night, and storied whispers coma live in this tantalizing anthology of fiction from the …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown
