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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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This artist's concept shows a black hole with an accretion disk -- a flat structure of material orbiting the black hole -- and a jet of hot gas, called plasma.

Five Books Whose Physics Broke My Head Open

By Yoon Ha Lee

July 23, 2024

Collection of 5 book covers of SFF by Korean authors, translated into English

Five Works of Korean SFF in Translation

By Anton Hur

July 17, 2024

Black and white photo of a carousel and carnival booths lit up at night

5 Books About Carnivals That Aren’t All Fun & Games

By Mahvesh Murad

July 8, 2024

Collection of 5 books featuring reincarnated gods

5 SFF Books Featuring Teenaged Reincarnated Deities

By Adrienne Tooley

July 2, 2024

Woodcut print of witches and devils dancing in a circle

5 Books Where the Devil Plays a Central Role

By Ananda Lima

July 1, 2024

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

Photo of a stack of books on top of a school desk

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

Photo of a stone doorway surrounded by large white tree roots

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

“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand Of Darkness

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