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Guest authors curate lists of five books centered on a theme — a common subgenre, a shared trope, an unusual character trait, a specific plot point, or whatever else sparks their imagination!

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5 Books That Prove Travel Is Terrifying

By Jennifer Thorne

March 25, 2024

5 Books About Regretting That Cult You Joined

By Olivie Blake

January 9, 2024

5 SFF Books Set in the American South

By Renee Ahdieh

December 13, 2023

5 Books That Explore the Drawbacks of a Superpowered Life

By Tobias Carroll

October 26, 2023

Five Books for Fans of Something Is Killing the Children

By Tobias Carroll

October 19, 2023

Five Books in Which Giant Insects Ruin Everyone’s Day

By Eric Smith

January 16, 2015

Five Books About Deeply-Flawed, Despicable People

By Myke Cole

January 26, 2015

Five Fantasy Armies You Don’t Want To Sign Up For

By Adrian Tchaikovsky

February 12, 2015

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Five Books About the Perils of Education

By Ian MacLeod

February 20, 2015

Five Books About Nonsense and Disorientation

By Maria Tatar

February 23, 2015

Five Books About Indelible Cityscapes

By Daniel Polansky

February 26, 2015

Five Books That Are Also Labyrinths

By Jedediah Berry

February 27, 2015

Five Books with Snarky Sidekicks

By Ferrett Steinmetz

March 2, 2015

Five Books About Weird Metropolises

By Carrie Patel

March 3, 2015

Five Books with Siege Warfare

By Col Buchanan

March 6, 2015

Five Theological Fantasies for Ecstatic Atheists

By Rachel Hartman

March 9, 2015

Five Books Featuring Heroic Hackers

By E.C. Myers

March 11, 2015

Five Books with Fantastic Horses

By Patricia Briggs

March 13, 2015

Five Duelists You Should Never Challenge to a Fight

By Sebastien de Castell

March 19, 2015

Five Books About False Identities

By Arwen Elys Dayton

March 20, 2015

Five Books with Unforgettable Animal Sidekicks

By Laura Bickle

March 23, 2015

Five Books that Twist History Until it Begs for Mercy

By Alan Smale

March 25, 2015

Five Stories About Cannibalism

By Karin Tidbeck

March 27, 2015

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Five Books with Magical Doors

By V.E. Schwab

April 2, 2015

Five Books in Which Pop Music is Trying To Kill You

By Nick Courage

April 6, 2015

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

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