Historical Fantasy

SteamPunkAtomic Punk

Horror Dark Fantasy

CyberPUNK

Urban Fantasy

ScienceFantasy

Post Apocalyptic/Dystopia

SPACEOPERA

Epic FantasyParanormal

SpiritwalkerKate Elliott

The ExpanseSeries

james S.A. Corey

The reckoners seriesbrandon sanderson

@follow the realm

Paranormal Urban fantasy (II)

Epic Fantasy

Supernatural Beings (vampires,

zombies, demons etc.)

You would prefer the main goal of the characters to be...

AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST

WITH UNBEATABLE ODDS,

INCLUDING A STRUGGLE

BETWEEN GOOD AND

EVIL OR BATTLE FOR THE

RULE OF AN EMPIRE OR

WORLD. OFTEN INCLUDES

MAGIC AND/OR FANTASY

CREATURES SUCH AS

ELVES, DWARVES OR

DRAGONS ETC.

A FANTASY STORY IN AN

URBAN SETTING,

CONTAINING SUPERNATURAL

ELEMENTS LIKE VAMPIRES,

WITCHES AND WEREWOLVES.

THIS GENRE CONTAINS A

STRONG ROMANCE

ELEMENT, BALANCED

WITH ACTION, DANGER

AND A QUEST.

SIMILAR TO ROMANTIC

FANTASY, BUT WITH A

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

HUMANS AND

FANTASTICAL BEINGS, SUCH

AS VAMPIRES OR

SHAPESHIFTERS. THESE

NOVELS CAN BE EROTIC

AND TARGET A FEMALE

READERSHIP.

Fighting the

forces of evil

A little bit of

bothGetting

it on

MagicalCreatures (elves,

faeries, dragons etc.)

If you likeyour

fantasy witha side ofviolence

and bloodshed,

then try

If youlike

a good battle scene

then try

The Wheel of TimeRobert Jordon

The Millennium’sRule Trilogy

Trudi Canavan

The Stormlight ArchiveBrandon Sanderson

the draconis memoriaAnthony Ryan

TRYTHESE

Interview with the Vampire

Anne Rice

Mercy Thompson SeriesPatricia Briggs

House ofComarre SeriesKristen Painter

The Ocean at the

End of the LaneNeil Gaiman

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor

TRYTHESE

True BloodCharlaine Harris

House of NightP.C. &

Kristin Cast

The Black Dagger

Brotherhood Series

J.R. Ward

The Twilight sagaStephenie Meyer

TRYTHESE

THE TARNISHED CROWN SERIESKAREN MILLER

Chronicles of the Necromancer Series

Gail Z. Martin

A Trial ofBlood and SteelJoel Shepherd

TheLightbringer

SeriesBrent Weeks

The KingkillerChronicles

Patrick Rothfuss

The CopperPromise

Jen Williams

DARK HUNTER SERIESSHERRILYN KENYON

THE DARK SERIESCHRISTINE FEEHAN

RILEY JENSONGUARDIAN SERIES

KERI ARTHUR

ANITA BLAKE SERIESLAURELL K. HAMILTON

who’s afraid? maria lewis

black dagger legacyj.r. ward

SF Adventure ScienceFantasy

SPACEOPERA

AN ADVENTURE STORY

SET IN THE FUTURE, IN

WHICH A PERSON OR

GROUP CAN CHANGE OR

SAVE THE WORLD FROM

AN ALIEN INVASION,

NATURAL DISASTER,

POLITICAL UPRISING OR

OTHER THREAT.

A WORLD IN WHICH

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

FICTION BLEND INTO

EACH OTHER. DRAWS ON

ELEMENTS FROM BOTH

SCIENCE FICTION AND

FANTASY, AND

SOMETIMES ELEMENTS

OF HORROR.

A STORY SET PRIMARILY

OR ENTIRELY IN SPACE,

USUALLY FOCUSED ON

SPACE EXPLORATION AND

WHAT HUMANITY

DISCOVERS AS A RESULT.

A DRAMATIC PLOT

COMPLEMENTS THE

DRAMATIC

SURROUNDINGS.

Saving the world

A little bit

of both

Exploring the

world

ROBOTSHUMANS

You would prefer themain goal of the

characters to be...

If you want your space

adventure to be epic, then

try

The Engines of GodJack McDevitt

The ParadoxSeries

Rachel Bach

The Violent CenturyLavie Tidhar

By Light Alone Adam Roberts

TRYTHESE

Starship TroopersRobert a. Heinlein

DuneFrank Herbert

AstropolisSean Williams

The Culture SequenceIain M. Banks

Ketty Jay SeriesChris Wooding

Ancillary JusticeAnn Leckie

The ShannaraSeries

Terry Brooks

LagoonNnedi Okorafor

TRYTHESE

GhostwalkersChristine Feehan

TRYTHESE

The medusa chroniclesstephen baxter &

alastair reynolds

Sentients of OrionMariannede Pierres

RevelationSpace

Alastair Reynolds

Seeds of EarthMichael Cobley

SF Adventure ScienceFantasy

SPACEOPERA

2312KIM STANLEY ROBINSON

GrimDark Horror/Dark Fantasy

Urban Fantasy

RomanticFantasy

A TALE OF POLITICAL

REVOLUTION, UPHEAVAL

OR QUEST, WITH A

DARKER, MORE CYNICAL

AND VIOLENT ELEMENT.

HORROR IN A

CONTEMPORARY

SETTING, INCORPORATING

FANTASY OR SUPERNATURAL

ELEMENTS, SUCH AS

GHOSTS, DEMONS AND

ZOMBIES.

A FANTASY STORY

INVOLVING MAGIC,

FAE CREATURES AND

AN ELEMENT OF

MYSTERY, BASED IN A

CITY IN THE MODERN

WORLD. HAS A STRONG

CROSSOVER WITH

DETECTIVE AND NOIR

FICTION.

A SUB-GENRE OF

FANTASY WITH A PLOT

DRIVEN BY A ROMANTIC

RELATIONSHIP.

YESNO YESNO

Who gets killed next

Be honest, is that all you care about?

If they fall in love

In the Present

You keep turningthe page to see…

TRYTHESE

The Blade ItselfJoe Abercrombie

A Land Fit for HeroesRichard k. Morgan

NecronomiconH.P. Lovecraft

Low Town SeriesDaniel Polansky

The Boy with the Porcelain Blade

Den Patrick

Felix CastorMike Carey The Outlander series

Diana Gabaldon

Dark Hunter SeriesSherrilyn Kenyon

Rivers of LondonBen Aaronovitch

Alex Verus SeriesBenedict Jacka

A Madnessof Angels

Kate Griffin

If you’re bored of

human-to-human

romances, then try

If you like vampires then you

might also like

TRYTHESE

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Stephen r. Donaldson

The Dark Tower SeriesStephen King

The ThreeSarah Lotz

The Guild Hunter SeriesNalini Singh

OutpostAdam Baker

Blood OathChristopher Farnsworth

Red MoonBenjamin Percy

Shovel ReadyAdam Sternbergh

The TroopNick Cutter

TRYTHESE

Dresden FilesJim Butcher

TRYTHESE

Be honest, is that all you care about?

fellsidem.r. Carey

hexthomas olde heuvelt

Verity Fassbinder series angela slatter

Historical Fantasy

SteamPunk/AtomicPunk

A RETROSPECTIVE OF

HISTORICAL TIMES,

CREATING A FICTIONAL

STORY FROM THE POINT

OF VIEW OF REAL OR

IMAGINED PEOPLE,

OFTEN IN A FANTASY

SETTING.

You are moreinterested in

stories from the…

In the past

TRYTHESE

Under the EagleSimon Scarrow

Rebel Jack Whyte

runemarksJoanne Harris

Fenrir M.D. Lachlan

The Cardinal's BladesPierre PEvel

The Enterprise of Death

Jesse Bullington

Ash: A Secret HistoryMary Gentle

TRYTHESE

SoullessGail Carriger

RadianceCatherynne m. Valente

The Eyre AffairJasper FfordE

The FalconerElizabeth May

God Save the QueenKate Locke

The Bannon & Clare Series

Lilith Saintcrow

SET IN A WORLD WHERE

MODERN-SEEMING

TECHNOLOGY IS

POWERED BY STEAM

(THINK BRASS,

CLOCKWORK AND

MECHANISED GADGETS)

OR NUCLEAR

TECHNOLOGY.

Distant Past (e.g. The

Middle Ages)

Recent Past (e.g. The 19th

Century)

the cinder spiresjim butcher

Dragon's ChildM.K. Hume

the tale of shikanokolian hearn

CyberPUNKPost-ApocalyPtic

/Dystopia

OFTEN SET IN

NEAR-FUTURE EARTH AND

INVOLVES A BREAKDOWN

OR RADICAL CHANGE IN

SOCIAL ORDER.

FOCUSED ON HIGH-TECH,

ADVANCED SCIENCE,

SUCH AS CYBERNETICS

AND ARTIFICIAL OR

VIRTUAL INTELLIGENCES.

SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF

A DISASTER, POLITICAL

UPHEAVAL OR SOCIETAL

COLLAPSE, WHERE THE

CONDITIONS OF LIFE ARE

OFTEN CHARACTERISED

BY POVERTY, OPPRESSION

AND VIOLENCE AND ONLY

A SELECT MINORITY

BENEFIT.

A kid with a computer

An unlikely revolutionary

You want the hero of the story

to be...

In the near future

If you like your dystopias

to include hackers,

mirror shades and biotech,

then try

If you like your dystopias

to involve magic when civilisation crumbles, then you

might like

Do Androids Dreamof Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

The Electric ChurchJeff Somers

The Metrozone SeriesSimon Morden

The Forever WatchDavid Ramirez

TRYTHESE

Takeshi Kovacs seriesRichard K. Morgan

The Girl With All The GiftsM.R. Carey

The Uplift TrilogyDavid Brin

PureJulianna Baggott

TRYTHESE

The Passage trilogyJustin Cronin

On Such a Full SeaChang-Rae Lee

LexiconMax Barry

THE WORLDS OF Science Fiction and Fantasy

The sudden appearance of hope

claire north

You want the storyto take place…

What should I read next?

On Earth

You want the story to be set…

In another realm or a different planet

You prefer the main characters to be mostly…

SHAMANKIM STANLEY ROBINSON