Unmissable Fantasy & SciFi of 2021! (Jan-June)
32 fantasy and sci fi books you mustn’t miss!
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How Literally Dare: 3 2020 Releases That Didn’t Get the Love They Deserve
What it says on the tin: three fabulous fantasy books from 2020 that no one seems to be talking about!
The (Totally Definitive) Best Fantasy & Sci-Fi Books of 2020!
We have WITCHES, we have ALIENS, we have SUPERVILLAINS, we have 21 books you absolutely must not miss!
Fantasy Featuring Fabulous Trans Leads
Five wonderful fantasy books with transgender main characters!
Pride Doesn’t End With June: Queer Fantasy+SciFi Books for the rest of 2020
Pride Month’s coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean the pride stops! I’ve talked a bit already about what books I’m looking forward to in the rest of 2020, but I thought I’d put together a list of the upcoming queer stories I’m most excited for – the books that’ll carry our little queer […]
Your Gender Binary Is Imaginary; Genderqueer Characters in Fantasy (+ Bonus SciFi)
More and more, we’re having an easier time finding cis queer characters in Fantasy – not an easy time; there’s still not enough of them, and publishers often don’t advertise the fact that a book is queer. But there’s more than there used to be, and the number’s steadily increasing. It’s much harder to find […]
Books I’m Dying to Get My Hands On: June-December
As Wyrd and Wonder wraps up for the year, instead of feeling sad about it, I’d rather look forward. There are so many amazing books coming out in the next six months! My tbr is unending, but all of these are books that will be jumping to the top once I get them in my […]
My Favourite Reads of 2020 (So Far!)
As Wyrd & Wonder comes to a close, it feels like a good time to gather together some of my favourite reads from the first half of the year. Not all of these were 2020 releases, though; plenty were amazing books I didn’t get to the year they came out. I’ve categorised them accordingly! 2020 […]
Fantastic Beasts, Here You’ll Find Them: Dragons!
Wyrd & Wonder is about celebrating the fantastic – and aren’t dragons emblematic of Fantasy? So how come we don’t actually see them that often? Think about it: we consider them genre staples, but they’re actually pretty scarce on the shelves. How many dragons have you seen lately? So I thought I’d gather together some […]
(Some of) The Coolest Magical Abilities in Fiction!
Last post, I talked about some of my favourite magic systems; this time around, I want to showcase some of my favourite magical/supernatural abilities. The difference? A magic system is a magic system; a magical ability is more like a superpower. The latter is a lot more limited in scope; a character with a magical […]