Reactor Magazine Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2025 Public
Created by Phil in SF
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Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis, Rosiee Thor (A Dead & Breakfast Mystery, #1)
The new vampires in town are sinking their teeth into solving a murder…
Married odd couple Arthur and Sal are …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown
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The Dead Withheld by L. D. Lewis
Meet Dizzy Carter: private investigator/blues enthusiast/deadwalker witch. In this sapphic paranormal neo-noir, we follow her exploits in the neon-drenched desert …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Alex Brown
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From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Martin Cahill and Mahvesh Murad
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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
DELUXE EDITION—a beautiful hardcover edition featuring dark teal sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and full-page illustrations!
From …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Martin Cahill
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Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
One woman's deadly obsession with a haunted archival film precipitates her undoing in Black Flame, from the author of Manhunt, …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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In seventeenth-century Denmark, Christenze Kruckow, an unmarried noblewoman, is accused of witchcraft. She and several other women are rumored to …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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The National Telepathy by Roque Larraquy
In September 1933, the Peruvian Rubber Company delivers nineteen indigenous people from the Amazon to businessman Amado Dam, intended for …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman
4 stars
Notes from a Regicide is a heartbreaking science-fiction story of trans self-discovery from award-winning author Isaac Fellman.
When your parents …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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It begins with a gunshot: a student's public suicide on a university campus. The blast radius of this tragic explosion …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions by John Langan
A garishly painted figurine contains a terrible curse; the ten-year anniversary of a sensational horror film shot in an abandoned …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Tobias Carroll
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5 stars
Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske—a queer Gothic romance perfect …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Maya Gittelman and Natalie Zutter
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Callum, Melusine and Al play in a band with no name, baffling audiences in terrible pubs across the northeast of …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Maya Gittelman
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The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo
A dark history is unearthed amid crumbling façades in Lambda Literary fellow Victor Manibo’s new gothic tale of family, homecoming, …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Maya Gittelman
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Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (Little Thieves, #3)
It's been nearly two years since Vanja brought down the cult she started, and she’s still paying the price. As …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Jenny Hamilton
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Soulgazer by Maggie Rapier (The Magpie and the Wolf Duology, #1)
With their freedom on the line, a young woman and a rakish pirate take their fate into their own hands …
Phil in SF says: Listed by Jenny Hamilton
