It has been a fantastic year for new fantasy and sci-fi novels. Trying to get through these books will take a couple of years at least. Keep reading for our list of the best fantasy and sci-fi books released in 2023 that you should read!
We are always on the lookout for new fantasy and sci-fi books to read. And this year provided ample books to choose from. One of the biggest novels released was Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah. It is a about a group of prisoners who fight for survival and entertainment.

It was The New York Times’ top ten Books of the year. Another novel that was huge, easily the biggest fantasy novel of the year, was Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. The novel as well as the second novel in the series Iron Flame are dominating the book charts right now.
Some of my favorite novels were The Ferryman by Justin Cronin and Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton. Both novels are great stories and you can read our reviews for them and see if they are for you. You can see the full list below!
The Best Fantasy and Sci-fi Books Released in 2023
- Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
- Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
- Mister Magic by Kiersten White
- The Museum of Human History by for Rebekah Bergman
- The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
- Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
- Witch King by Martha Wells
- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei Brenyah
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
- Chlorine by Jade Song
- Lone Woman by Victor LaVelle
- Antimatter Blues by Edward Ashton
- A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
- Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
- The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
Conclusion
That ends this list of the best fantasy and sci-fi books released in 2023 that you should read. How many of them have you read or plan to read? What other fantasy books should we have included? Let us know in the comments below!
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Thanks for this!