We've compiled standout titles across different genres for readers on the hunt for their next book. The list features newly published novels, science fiction, crime fiction, fantasy literature and classics.

For readers who enjoy keeping multiple genres on their shelves, here are eye-catching options from every category.

New Releases

Titles that hit shelves in recent months and quickly reached a wide audience:

  • Ghost Cities – Siang Lu
  • The Hunter – Tana French
  • Room 19: Tom Babylon Series 2 – Marc Raabe
  • Night Pieces – E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Teaching with AI – C. Edward Watson, José Antonio Bowen
  • The Angel – Paulo Coelho

Science Fiction

Scenarios of the future, space travel and ideas that push the limits of technology... For those who love the question "What if it really happened?":

  • Omens – Nathan Ballingrud
  • This Immortal – Roger Zelazny
  • The Sheep Look Up – John Brunner
  • The Citadel of the Autarch – Gene Wolfe
  • Dreamsnake – Vonda N. McIntyre
  • Memoirs of a Spacewoman – Naomi Mitchison

Crime, Mystery and Thriller

Murders to solve, intricate plots and unexpected twists... The genre that makes you say "just one more chapter":

  • Key 17 – Marc Raabe
  • Offline – Arno Strobel
  • The App – Arno Strobel
  • The Girls' House – Andreas Winkelmann
  • Auris – Vincent Kliesch
  • Trauma – Wulf Dorn

Fantasy Literature

For anyone wanting to step away from the real world for a few hours, titles promising entirely different universes:

  • Roverandom – J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King – Carissa Broadbent
  • Quicksilver – Callie Hart
  • The Burning Six Roses – Carissa Broadbent
  • Piranesi – Susanna Clarke

Classics

Foundational works of literature that remain relevant despite the era they were written in:

  • Ruth – Lou Andreas Salome
  • Vatan Yahut Silistre – Namık Kemal
  • Jack London Classic Novels Set
  • Cain – Lord Byron
  • The Murders in the Rue Morgue – Edgar Allan Poe