Underrated Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books You Need to Read

03 Oct 2025

Underrated Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books You Need to Read

Hidden gems deserve the spotlight. These overlooked but brilliant novels deliver incredible stories that every fan should discover. They explore humanity, power, morality, and the unknown through imaginative storytelling. Start reading today!

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Saintsville

by Rory Surtain

Release Date: September 16, 2025

A summoned warrior. A grief-stricken witch. A city under siege. In the sultry, mystical underbelly of New Orleans, death stalks the local coven, and a witch summons a warrior’s soul from another world to settle an old debt. Awakening in a dead mobster’s body—true identity stripped away—the man finds himself bound in a supernatural power struggle.

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13 Stone Corners and Other Stories (Thirteen Book 2)

by Jeffrey Cummins

Release Date: August 5, 2025

Thirteen ghost stories of the shudder variety that will linger long after the final page. A collection of what fans of ghost fiction crave: restless spirits and dark settings. Ghosts of spurned women, angry men, and forgotten or lost children haunt basements, attics, churches, coffee houses, and the Globe Theatre—all with a fresh narrative voice.

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Nephilim Origins: The Hunter-King (Nephilim Origins Series Book 2)

by Chido Hove

Release Date: August 28, 2025

From prophecy to power, Nimrod rises as the Hunter-King who builds the Tower of Babel. But as dark whispers promise glory, he must choose: bow to the Most High, or crown himself a god. A Christian fantasy of destiny, pride, and judgment.

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Revenant (Shadow of War Book 1)

by Anthony J. Melchiorri

Release Date: September 29, 2025

Branded a traitor. Hunted by aliens. Humanity’s last hope. Marine veteran Jace Hawthorne smuggles contraband in an alien-occupied galaxy to pay for his mother’s medical treatments. When a job goes wrong, they take his mother—and hunt him. A fellow smuggler offers sanctuary, and something deadlier, if he wants to save his mother: galactic rebellion.

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A House Between Sea and Sky

by Beth Cato

Release Date: October 1, 2025

Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace. All alone, save for the preternatural sourdough starter her family has nurtured for years, Fayette is also resentful. The proven healing powers of the bread made with her starter were insufficient to save her beloved mother. For Fayette, it’s time to try and push past the pain and anger and move on.

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Thief of Night (The Charlatan Duology Book 2)

by Holly Black

Release Date: September 23, 2025

Night is made of shadows, and shadows have teeth. Charlie Hall, glue trap for disaster, crooked from the day she was born, who’d never met a bad decision she wasn’t willing to double down on, may have finally met her match. After defeating Salt and stealing her lover—the powerful shadow, Vince—back from under the noses of the powerful Cabal leaders, she thought she’d won.

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