This was a great year for new science fiction and fantasy books and I can’t wait to read them all. Barnes & Noble has released their list of the best science fiction and fantasy books of 2025 and we will be looking to which books made their list!

While I don’t consider myself an expert on fantasy novels, I am always following the genre and keeping tabs. I can’t say the same for sci-fi novels but I am always adding new sci-fi books to my reading list.

So when I saw this list by Barnes & Noble, I was excited to see what books they chose. And it is a good list but many of these novels are new to me and I will have to see other lists before I know how good this list actually is. You can see the full list below!

Barnes & Noble’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2025!

I have only read one book on this list and I am surprised with that fact. Well, not really because I often read fantasy books based on my interest in the book blurb. But that just means that I’ll have more sci-fi and fantasy books to check out.

The one book I read was Katabasis by R. F. Kuang and I had been looking forward to this novel for almost a year when it was first announced. And I loved every second of it. Kuang is a great writer and her magical systems have been some of my favorite and it was no different in this novel.

Conclusion

That is all for Barnes & Noble’s best science fiction and fantasy books of 2025 list. I would have preferred two separate lists for science fiction and fantasy but what can you do?

Overall, this list is decent and until I read other lists or read many of these books for myself, I won’t really be able to rate it. How many of these books have you read or plan to read? Let us know in the comments below. Happy reading!

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