TikTok's Favorite Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Before Jason Dessen is rendered unconscious, his kidnapper asks, “Are you happy with your life?” When he wakes up, he's strapped to a gurney, surrounded by a bunch of people he's never met in hazmat suits.

But the world he opens his eyes in is not the world he knows—it's not his life. His wife is an entirely different woman, his son was never born, and instead of being a perfectly average college professor, he's an acclaimed genius who has achieved something impossibly remarkable.

Is it this extraordinary reality or the mundanity he remembers that's the dream? And will he be able to fight his way back to the family he loves?

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In this gothic fantasy, Elspeth Spindle lives in a mist-locked kingdom infected with dark magic. To survive it, she may need a monster—a monster that is already a part of her.

He's called the Nightmare, and he's an ancient spirit trapped inside her mind. Though he protects her, no magic is without consequence.

After meeting a mysterious highwayman in the forest, Elspeth is tossed into a dangerous quest to save her kingdom. The problem is, this highway man happens to be the King's nephew, who has been found guilty of high treason…

He and Elspeth must gather a dozen Providence Cards by the Solstice to save their kingdom. But will both their vital mission and all-consuming attraction be derailed by the dark secret taking over her mind?

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The only survivor of a desperate mission, Ryland Grace is the only hope that Earth and humanity itself has. Unfortunately, he can't remember his own name, let alone his vital assignment.

All Ryland knows is that he's been sleeping for a very long time. Upon waking, he's millions of miles from home and in the company of two corpses.

As his mind slowly and fuzzily returns to him, he knows that he has an impossible task ahead of him. Traveling through space in a tiny ship, he must find a solution to a complex scientific mystery and overcome an extinction-level threat.

Time is running out, and it seems he's got to do this all alone…

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Adrian merely tolerated the gods, she never worshipped them. But in the cloistered city of Sanctuary, the elite's religious passion and the poor's desperate terror has always ensured that the Geist has been served.

Now it's Adrian's turn.

Dante, born into power and reared for greatness, stands for everything Adrian is against. Still, be may be her only hope of survival.

The two of them are unwillingly bonded and forced to compete in the brutal ancient gauntlet of the gods known as The Trial. Now they must put their differences aside and find a way to work together.

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Binti is the first of the Himba people to ever get an offer to attend Oozma University, the galaxy's finest institution of higher learning. But attending means leaving her family behind to travel through the stars to new people who do not share—or respect—her customs.

She knows that knowledge comes at a cost, and she's willing to pay it. However, a tumultuous journey awaits her.

The world she journeys toward is in the midst of a long war with an alien race known as the Meduse. Oozma University has wronged this race, and now Binti is traveling right into their deadly grasp.

 In order to a survive a war she had no hand in, she must use both the gifts of her people and the wisdom within the very University she may not live to see.

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From beloved fantasy author Brandon Sanderson comes a gripping epic fantasy series.

In Roshar, a world of stone and storms, cities stand only in sheltered areas safe from the violent tempests.

Centuries have passes since the 10 consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant fell, but their mystical swords and armor, Shardblads and Shardplate, remain a boon that can transform ordinary men into miraculous warriors.

Entire kingdoms have been exchanged for Shardblades. They are so coveted wars have been fought for them, and so powerful they have won wars themselves.

In a ruined landscape known as the Shatter Plains, one such war spills blood.

In this  awful battle, Kaladin, a man who has traded his medical apprenticeship for the chance to protect his little brother, as been dragged down into slavery. The fight is senseless—10 armies fight against a single adversary, yet Kaladin tries desperately to save his men so carelessly considered expendable by those that lead them.

Brightlord Dalinar Kholin is the commander of another army. He, like his brother, the late king, is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings.

Now his sanity has begun to wear thin as he is plagued with powerful visions of ancient times and the Knight Radiant.

Shallan is a young woman across the ocean who wishes to train under Jasnah, Dalinar's niece and a heretical scholar. As much as she loves learning, her true intentions are a risky heist.

As she researched for Jasnah, she gets closer to the secrets of the Knights Radiant, and truth at the heart of the war.

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Caring wasn't part of Murderbot's program. So it's probably a glitch that it decided to help the sole human that ever treated it with any respect…

After traversing the galaxy to uncover the specifics of the murderous deeds of both itself and the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is now returning home to help its former owner, Dr. Mensah, submit evidence to keep GrayCris from continuing its deadly business practices.

But why would anyone ever believe a rogue SecUnit? And what happens when it's caught?

This book has also been adapted into a new and popular Apple TV series!

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Yeeran's life has been tied to the battlefield—she was born upon it and fought through it. She knows that one day it's where she will die.

Violence is all Yeeran has known as a warrior in the elven army. But her sister, Lettle is attempting to may a living as a diviner—and trying to find visions of a better future.

After a deadly mistake gets Yeeran exiled from the Elven Lands, the sisters are forced into the eerie wilderness. Here they encounter something which has not been seen for a millennium: the fae court.

Thrust into the seductive fae world, Yeeran and Lettle must figure out if their loyalties lie with each other, their homeland, or their hearts.

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