Must-Read New Fantasy and Sci-Fi Books in 2016 - List by NerdMuch

Title: Morning Star: Book III of The Red Rising Trilogy

"Born a lowly Red in the mines of Mars, Darrow lost his beloved wife to the treacherous Gold overlords.

Author(s): Pierce Brown

ISBN 13: 9780345539847
Pages: 544

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Title: The High Mountains of Portugal

De vondst in 1904 in Lissabon van een dagboek uit 1631 dat een schat beschrijft, heeft grote gevolgen.

Author(s): Yann Martel

ISBN 13: 9781782114710
Pages: 332

Title: Calamity (The Reckoners)

David prepares for a confrontation against the High Epic to help his friend, Prof, achieve redemption and embrace his destiny. From the bestselling author of the Mistborn series and Words of Radiance comes Calamity, the final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Reckoners series: Steelheart, Firefight, and Calamity. When Calamity lit up the sky, the Epics were born. David’s fate has been tied to their villainy ever since that historic night. Steelheart killed his father. Firefight stole his heart. And now Regalia has turned his closest ally into a dangerous enemy.

Author(s): Brandon Sanderson

ISBN 13: 9780385743600
Pages: 432

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Title: A Gathering of Shadows: A Novel

Four months have passed since the shadow stone fell into Kell's possession. Four months since his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland's dying body through the rift, and into Black London.

Author(s): V. E. Schwab

ISBN 13: 9780765376473
Pages: 512

Title: Marked In Flesh: A Novel of the Others

The dynamic between humans and Others has changed.

Author(s): Anne Bishop

ISBN 13: 9780451474476
Pages: 416

Title: The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin)

The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin.

Author(s): Daniel Abraham

ISBN 13: 9780316204057
Pages: 592

Title: The Last Mortal Bond (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne)

Brian Staveley's epic fantasy trilogy that began with "The Emperor's Blades" and continued in "The Providence of Fire "reaches its epic conclusion in "The Last Mortal Bond," as war engulfs the Annurian Empire.

Author(s): Brian Staveley

ISBN 13: 9780765336422
Pages: 656

Title: Fall of Light: Book Two of the Kharkanas Trilogy

Steven Erikson returns to the Malazan world with the second book in a dark and revelatory new epic fantasy trilogy, one that takes place a millennium before the events in his New York Times bestselling Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Author(s): Steven Erikson

ISBN 13: 9780765323576
Pages: 864

Title: Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law

There's only one obstacle left - his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . . Sharp Ends combines previously published, award-winning tales with exclusive new short stories.

Author(s): Joe Abercrombie

ISBN 13: 9780575104686
Pages: 544

Title: The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4)

The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater.

Author(s): Maggie Stiefvater

ISBN 13: 9780545424981
Pages: 400

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Title: League of Dragons (Temeraire)

"--The New York Times "A glorious series whose future status as a genre classic is now assured."--SF Reviews "If you've never read these novels, now is the time to start."--io9 "Enthralling reading."--Time From the Hardcover edition.

Author(s): Naomi Novik

ISBN 13: 9780345522924
Pages: 352

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Title: Children of Earth and Sky

From the small coastal town of Senjan, notorious for its pirates, a young woman sets out to find vengeance for her lost family. That same spring, from the wealthy city-state of Seressa, famous for its canals and lagoon, come two very different people: a young artist traveling to the dangerous east to paint the grand khalif at his request—and possibly to do more—and a fiercely intelligent, angry woman, posing as a doctor’s wife, but sent by Seressa as a spy.

Author(s): Guy Gavriel Kay

ISBN 13: 9780451472960
Pages: 592

Title: Age of Myth: Book One of The Legends of the First Empir

Michael J. Sullivan's trailblazing career began with the breakout success of his Riyria series: full-bodied, spellbinding fantasy adventures whose imaginative scope and sympathetic characters won a devoted readership and comparisons to fantasy masters Brandon Sanderson, Scott Lynch, and Tolkien himself. Now, Sullivan's stunning hardcover debut, Age of Myth, inaugurates an original five-book series--and one of fantasy's finest next-generation storytellers continues to break new ground.

Author(s): Michael J. Sullivan

ISBN 13: 9781101965337
Pages: 432

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Title: Necessity: A Novel (Thessaly)

Necessity: the sequel to the acclaimed The Just City and The Philosopher Kings, Jo Walton's tales of gods, humans, and what they have to learn from one another.

Author(s): Jo Walton

ISBN 13: 9780765379023
Pages: 336

Title: The Guns of Empire (The Shadow Campaigns)

As the roar of the guns subsides and the smoke of battle clears, the country of Vordan is offered a fragile peace… After their shattering defeats at the hands of brilliant General Janus bet Vhalnich, the opposing powers have called all sides to the negotiating table in hopes of securing an end to the war. Queen Raesinia of Vordan is anxious to see the return of peace, but Janus insists that any peace with the implacable Sworn Church of Elysium is doomed to fail. For their Priests of the Black, there can be no truce with heretics and demons they seek to destroy, and the war is to the death.

Author(s): Django Wexler

ISBN 13: 9780451477323
Pages: 480

Title: The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth)

The second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin. THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization fades into the long cold night. Essun -- once Damaya, once Syenite, now avenger -- has found shelter, but not her daughter. Instead there is Alabaster Tenring, destroyer of the world, with a request. But if Essun does what he asks, it would seal the fate of the Stillness forever. Far away, her daughter Nassun is growing in power - and her choices will break the world.

Author(s): N. K. Jemisin

ISBN 13: 9780316229265
Pages: 448

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Title: The Invasion of the Tearling: A Novel (Queen of the Tearling, The)

In this second volume of the compelling trilogy begun with her bestselling The Queen of the Tearling, Erika Johansen brings back favorite characters and introduces unforgettable new players, adding exciting layers to her multidimensional ...

Author(s): Erika Johansen

ISBN 13: 9780062290397
Pages: 528