Reactor Magazine Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2025 Public

Created by Phil in SF

  1. Keeper of Lonely Spirits by 

    find an angry spirit. send it on its way before it causes trouble. Leave before anyone learns his name.

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Vanessa Armstrong

  2. Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by  (Household Gramarye, #1)

    A hilarious and surprisingly moving cozy fantasy novel from the best-selling author of Once Upon a Tome.

    In a …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Vanessa Armstrong

  3. Automatic Noodle by 

    From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Vanessa Armstrong

  4. Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Vanessa Armstrong and Molly Templeton

  5. Royal Gambit by  (The Rook Files, #4)

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    A delightful and hilarious supernatural adventure featuring a lady-in-waiting who must keep the court safe from murder, from the author …

  6. The Incandescent by 

    A Deadly Education meets Plain Bad Heroines in this sapphic dark academia fantasy from bestselling author Emily Tesh, winner of …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky

  7. The Martians by 

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    “There is Life on the Planet Mars” —New York Times, December 9, 1906

    This New York Times headline was …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Sasha Bonkowsky

  8. The Starving Saints by 

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    From the nationally bestselling author of The Luminous Dead and The Death of Jane Lawrence, a transfixing, intensely atmospheric …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Liz Bourke

  9. The Folded Sky by  (White Space, #3)

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    Dr. Sunya Song embarks on an interstellar journey across the Milky Way to connect with the artificial intelligence known as …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Liz Bourke

  10. The Isle in the Silver Sea by 

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    From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone romantasy of sapphic …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Liz Bourke

  11. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by 

    A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Alex Brown & Martin Cahill

  12. The River Has Roots by 

    “Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”

    In the small town of Thistleford, …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Alex Brown

  13. As the Earth Dreams by 

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    A ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers that explore growth, futurity, and joy.

    This …

    Phil in SF says:

    Listed by Alex Brown

  14. Signos by , , , and 2 others

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    Dark lore, myths, creatures of the night, and storied whispers coma live in this tantalizing anthology of fiction from the …

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