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45 Recent Standalone Fantasy Books for When You Just Can't Commit to a Series

"One of the infamous hazards of the fantasy genre is that it can be a giant time sink. Fantasy stories tend to come in big multi-book series, so committing to one title can mean signing up for 3 or 5 or (gulp!) 40 individual books.

In an effort to provide you with some literary counter-programming, we've collected here 45 standalone fantasy books for those times when you just can't commit to a series. The titles here are all relatively recent—published in 2021 or later—and wander through pretty much all of the relevant subgenres: dark fantasy, weird fiction, magical realism, urban fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, grimdark, and so forth."
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Roshani Chokshi)
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride (Roshani Chokshi)
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Venco (Cherie Dimaline)
Venco (Cherie Dimaline)
3
Victory City (Salman Rushdie)
Victory City (Salman Rushdie)
4
The God of Endings (Jacqueline Holland)
The God of Endings (Jacqueline Holland)
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Stone Blind (Natalie Haynes)
Stone Blind (Natalie Haynes)
6
Clytemnestra (Costanza Casati)
Clytemnestra (Costanza Casati)
7
Babel (Rebecca Kuang)
Babel (Rebecca Kuang)
8
The Book Eaters (Sunyi Dean)
The Book Eaters (Sunyi Dean)
9
Fairy Tale (Stephen King)
Fairy Tale (Stephen King)
10
Karma of the Sun (Brandon Ying Kit Boey)
Karma of the Sun (Brandon Ying Kit Boey)
11
City of Last Chances (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
City of Last Chances (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
12
Siren Queen (Nghi Vo)
Siren Queen (Nghi Vo)
13
Elektra (Jennifer Saint)
Elektra (Jennifer Saint)
14
Thistlefoot (Gennarose Nethercott)
Thistlefoot (Gennarose Nethercott)
15
Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel)
Kaikeyi (Vaishnavi Patel)
16
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Simon Jimenez)
The Spear Cuts Through Water (Simon Jimenez)
17
The Bone Orchard (Sara A. Mueller)
The Bone Orchard (Sara A. Mueller)
18
When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill)
When Women Were Dragons (Kelly Barnhill)
19
Nettle & Bone (T. Kingfisher)
Nettle & Bone (T. Kingfisher)
20
The Witch and the Tsar (Olesya Salnikova Gilmore)
The Witch and the Tsar (Olesya Salnikova Gilmore)
21
A Taste of Gold and Iron (Alexandra Rowland)
A Taste of Gold and Iron (Alexandra Rowland)
22
Spear (Nicola Griffith)
Spear (Nicola Griffith)
23
The Book of Gothel (Mary McMyne)
The Book of Gothel (Mary McMyne)
24
Kalyna the Soothsayer (Elijah Kinch Spector)
Kalyna the Soothsayer (Elijah Kinch Spector)
25
Wrath Goddess Sing (Maya Deane)
Wrath Goddess Sing (Maya Deane)
26
Silver Under Nightfall (Rin Chupeco)
Silver Under Nightfall (Rin Chupeco)
27
Ballad of Perilous Graves (Alex Jennings)
Ballad of Perilous Graves (Alex Jennings)
28
Dark Earth (Rebecca Stott)
Dark Earth (Rebecca Stott)
29
Bindle Punk Bruja (Desideria Mesa)
Bindle Punk Bruja (Desideria Mesa)
30
All the Seas of the World (Guy Gavriel Kay)
All the Seas of the World (Guy Gavriel Kay)
31
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Megan Bannen)
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Megan Bannen)
32
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Sangu Mandanna)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Sangu Mandanna)
33
Under the Whispering Door (T.J. Klune)
Under the Whispering Door (T.J. Klune)
34
Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
35
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (Zoraida Córdova)
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina (Zoraida Córdova)
36
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nghi Vo)
37
Black Water Sister (Zen Cho)
Black Water Sister (Zen Cho)
38
Bacchanal (Veronica Henry)
Bacchanal (Veronica Henry)
39
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardy (C.M. Waggoner)
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardy (C.M. Waggoner)
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The Crane Husband (Kelly Barnhill)
The Crane Husband (Kelly Barnhill)
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