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Adulthood Rites: Lilith's Brood 2
The Xenogenesis Trilogy (Book 2)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Akin has five parents. First male human-Oankali construct. Kidnapped by resisters, he'll decide: should humans get Mars and breed their own extinction? Butler's 1988 sequel bridges species. Coming-of-age captivity narrative. Locus nominee.
Blood Meridian
Written by Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy follows "the kid" through the violent 1850s borderlands where the Glanton gang scalp-hunts for profit. This brutal Western masterpiece explores violence, morality, and the American frontier's darkest realities through mythic prose.
Children of Memory
Children of Time (Book 3)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a philosophical science fiction novel exploring identity, trauma, and artificial reality. As a colonisation mission unravels, the line between memory and truth becomes dangerously blurred.
Children of Ruin
Children of Time (Book 2)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky expands the epic science fiction saga with new worlds, alien intelligence, and first-contact horror. As humanity encounters an unknowable mind, survival depends on understanding the truly alien.
Children of Strife
Children of Time (Book 4)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a science fiction novella set in the Children of Time universe, exploring conflict, survival, and cultural misunderstanding on a contested colony world shaped by alien legacy.
Children of Time
Children of Time (Book 1)
Written by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an epic science fiction novel exploring evolution, artificial intelligence, and humanity’s future. Spanning millennia, it follows the rise of an unexpected civilisation and a desperate struggle for survival among the stars.
Dawn: Lilith's Brood 1
The Xenogenesis Trilogy (Book 1)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Lilith wakes 250 years after nuclear war. Tentacled Oankali offer survival through genetic merger. No human child without alien DNA. Saviors or colonizers? Butler's 1987 masterpiece. Amazon series. Locus nominee. Consent, autonomy, humanity's fatal flaw.
DEV1AT3 (DEVIATE)
LIFEL1K3 (Book 2)
Written by Jay Kristoff
DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff continues the LIFEL1K3 saga as Eve battles deadly cyborgs, rogue AI, and corporate enemies, uncovering deeper secrets about her identity and the ruined world she fights to survive.
Imago: Lilith's Brood 3
The Xenogenesis Trilogy (Book 3)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Jodahs: first human-ooloi construct. Shapeshifter. DNA manipulator. Raised male, becomes third sex. Butler's 1989 finale from most alien perspective. Master powers or doom all. Locus nominee. Androgynous, powerful, profound.
LIFEL1K3 (LIFELIKE)
LIFEL1K3 (Book 1)
Written by Jay Kristoff
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff is a dystopian sci-fi thriller where a deadly cyborg girl hunts killers in a ruined world ruled by megacorps and rogue AI.
Parable of the Sower
Parable (Book 1)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler is a dystopian sci-fi novel following Lauren Olamina as she navigates a collapsing society, discovers her Earthseed philosophy, and fights to survive in a dangerous, chaotic world.
Parable of the Talents
Parable (Book 2)
Written by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler continues Lauren Olamina’s journey, exploring survival, faith, and resistance in a dangerous, dystopian world where her Earthseed vision faces violent opposition.
Station Eleven
Written by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a literary post-apocalyptic novel exploring survival, memory, and art after a global pandemic reshapes the world.
Storm of Locusts
The Sixth World (Book 2)
Written by Rebecca Roanhorse
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse continues Maggie Hoskie's story as the White Locust threatens Dinétah. Maggie must confront her relationship with the gods, her capacity for violence, and what it means to be both weapon and person.
The Dungeon Destroyer
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 2)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Tad Harrington survived his Rebirth. Now he faces something far worse - the endless class tower, warrior-rank trials, and battles that push him beyond his limits. The Dungeon Destroyer proves that levelling up always comes at a cost.
The Dungeon Leader
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 3)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Trapped in a dungeon and infected with a werewolf virus, Tad must battle both the monsters around him and the wolf inside his own dagger. The Dungeon Leader is where Konrad Ryan's LitRPG series shifts from thrilling to truly unmissable.
The Dungeon Phoenix
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 4)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Tad closed Warrior Titan - but at what cost? With loved ones lost, his brother missing, and a mysterious void egg in hand, The Dungeon Phoenix is where Konrad Ryan's LitRPG series transforms into something truly epic.
The Dungeon Predator
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 5)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Tad saved his brother and his mentor - but the world is worse than ever. The sky is still smothered, the Defector's schemes are accelerating, and the warlord trial looms. The Dungeon Predator is where the series truly bares its teeth.
The Dungeon Slayer
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 1)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Bullied, powerless, and written off - Tad Harrington's Rebirth was supposed to change everything. Instead, he got something stranger. In Konrad Ryan's pulse-pounding LitRPG debut, the underdog doesn't just fight back. He levels up.
The Dungeon Titan
The Dungeon Slayer Series (Book 6)
Written by Konrad Ryan
Not a triumphant entrance. Not the glory he imagined. Tad enters Titan with nothing left to lose - and something ancient is waiting for him in the dark. The Dungeon Titan is Konrad Ryan's boldest and most brutal book yet.
The Fifth Season
The Broken Earth (Book 1)
Written by N. K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin is a groundbreaking epic fantasy set in a world plagued by apocalyptic disasters, following powerful, persecuted individuals whose abilities may either save or destroy civilisation.
The Obelisk Gate
The Broken Earth (Book 2)
Written by N. K. Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin continues the Broken Earth trilogy as Essun learns the true power of the obelisks, while a shattered world faces extinction during an endless Fifth Season.
The Road
Written by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a haunting post-apocalyptic novel following a father and son’s journey through a ruined world, exploring survival, love, and moral endurance.
The Stone Sky
The Broken Earth (Book 3)
Written by N. K. Jemisin
The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin concludes the Broken Earth trilogy as Essun and Nassun face impossible choices, ancient powers awaken, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Trail of Lightning
The Sixth World (Book 1)
Written by Rebecca Roanhorse
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse follows Maggie Hoskie, a monster hunter with supernatural abilities in post-apocalyptic Dinétah. When gods and monsters from Navajo mythology return, Maggie must confront both external threats and her violent past.
TRUEL1F3 (TRUELIFE)
LIFEL1K3 (Book 3)
Written by Jay Kristoff
TRUEL1F3 by Jay Kristoff concludes the LIFEL1K3 trilogy as Eve faces the ultimate showdown against rogue AI, deadly cyborgs, and the dark secrets of her own identity.
Who Fears Death
Written by Nnedi Okorafor
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor follows Onyesonwu, born of genocide in post-apocalyptic Sudan, who discovers she's a powerful sorceress destined to challenge the sorcerer who destroyed her people. Dark Africanfuturist fantasy exploring trauma and resistance.