Obscure but awesome science fiction and fantasy

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Lud-in-the-Mist
Lud-in-the-Mist 3.86 avg rating — 9,262 ratings
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Merchanter's Luck (The Company Wars, #2)
Merchanter's Luck (The Company Wars, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 2,857 ratings
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Slow River
Slow River 3.85 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
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Wasp
Wasp 4.06 avg rating — 2,539 ratings
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Second Variety
Second Variety 4.01 avg rating — 4,375 ratings
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Eric Brighteyes
Eric Brighteyes 3.83 avg rating — 649 ratings
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The Prince in Waiting
The Prince in Waiting 3.89 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
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Enemy Mine
Enemy Mine 4.22 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
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Od Magic
Od Magic 3.99 avg rating — 4,509 ratings
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The Sorceress and the Cygnet (Cygnet, #1)
The Sorceress and the Cygnet (Cygnet, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 1,713 ratings
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The Gate of Ivory (Ivory #1)
The Gate of Ivory (Ivory #1) 3.97 avg rating — 853 ratings
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Emergence
Emergence 4.12 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
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The Merro Tree
The Merro Tree 4.29 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Ratha's Creature (The Named, #1)
Ratha's Creature (The Named, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 2,202 ratings
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God Stalk (Kencyrath, #1)
God Stalk (Kencyrath, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 4.11 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
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The Books of Great Alta (Great Alta, #1-2)
The Books of Great Alta (Great Alta, #1-2) 4.21 avg rating — 388 ratings
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A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 5,399 ratings
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Song for the Basilisk
Song for the Basilisk 4.02 avg rating — 2,765 ratings
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The Cygnet and the Firebird (Cygnet, #2)
The Cygnet and the Firebird (Cygnet, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,387 ratings
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City of Diamond
City of Diamond 3.88 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Book of Atrix Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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The Thread That Binds the Bones (Chapel Hollow #1)
The Thread That Binds the Bones (Chapel Hollow #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
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Rite of Passage
Rite of Passage 3.82 avg rating — 3,737 ratings
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The Falling Woman
The Falling Woman 3.61 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
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The Clone
The Clone 3.43 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Wolf's Cub: A Fantasy
Wolf's Cub: A Fantasy 3.83 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité, II : La Planète Shayol
Les Seigneurs de l'Instrumentalité, II : La Planète Shayol 3.82 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Color of Distance
The Color of Distance 4.27 avg rating — 912 ratings
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Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle, #4)
Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle, #4) 4.15 avg rating — 480 ratings
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Kirinyaga (A Fable of Utopia, #1)
Kirinyaga (A Fable of Utopia, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
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The Wizard's Tale
The Wizard's Tale 3.94 avg rating — 388 ratings
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Grand Design
Grand Design 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
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A Voyage to Arcturus
A Voyage to Arcturus 3.54 avg rating — 3,825 ratings
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The Earth Giant
The Earth Giant really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep
Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Slimer
Slimer 3.42 avg rating — 655 ratings
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The Stonor Eagles
The Stonor Eagles 4.18 avg rating — 391 ratings
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Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1)
Native Tongue (Native Tongue, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 4,581 ratings
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A Midsummer Tempest
A Midsummer Tempest 3.56 avg rating — 807 ratings
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Wizard of the Pigeons
Wizard of the Pigeons 3.71 avg rating — 1,600 ratings
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Medusa
Medusa 3.34 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Monster from Earth's End
The Monster from Earth's End 3.37 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The True Knight (Warhorse of Esdragon, #3)
The True Knight (Warhorse of Esdragon, #3) 3.91 avg rating — 175 ratings
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Eifelheim
Eifelheim 3.78 avg rating — 4,500 ratings
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Darwinia
Darwinia 3.38 avg rating — 4,153 ratings
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Odd John and Sirius
Odd John and Sirius 3.95 avg rating — 375 ratings
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Belarus
Belarus
by: Lee Hogan
4.05 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie 4.02 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
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Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (Children of the Star, #2)
Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains (Children of the Star, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 188 ratings
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The Others
The Others 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings
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One for the Morning Glory
One for the Morning Glory 4.06 avg rating — 510 ratings
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The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl
by: Tim Pratt
3.92 avg rating — 345 ratings
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The Art of Arrow Cutting (The Art of Arrow Cutting, #1)
The Art of Arrow Cutting (The Art of Arrow Cutting, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 195 ratings
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The Violet Keystone (The Seventh Tower, #6)
The Violet Keystone (The Seventh Tower, #6)
by: Garth Nix
3.99 avg rating — 5,857 ratings
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Dar Tellum: Stranger from a Distant Planet
Dar Tellum: Stranger from a Distant Planet 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Callanish
Callanish 4.21 avg rating — 261 ratings
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The Elves and the Otterskin (World of the Alfar, #2)
The Elves and the Otterskin (World of the Alfar, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 369 ratings
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Illumination
Illumination 3.54 avg rating — 217 ratings
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Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom
Colors in the Dreamweaver's Loom 4.17 avg rating — 179 ratings
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The Curse of Slagfid
The Curse of Slagfid 3.76 avg rating — 150 ratings
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The Reckoning
The Reckoning 3.88 avg rating — 80 ratings
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The Wizard and the Warlord
The Wizard and the Warlord 3.52 avg rating — 269 ratings
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The Last City (The Demon War Chronicles, #1)
The Last City (The Demon War Chronicles, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 123 ratings
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The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart
The Thrall and the Dragon's Heart 3.66 avg rating — 274 ratings
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The Shining Falcon
The Shining Falcon 3.92 avg rating — 83 ratings
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Superfolks
Superfolks 3.46 avg rating — 590 ratings
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The Sword and the Satchel (World of the Alfar, #1)
The Sword and the Satchel (World of the Alfar, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 508 ratings
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The Wizard's Shadow
The Wizard's Shadow 3.78 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Rock Crazy
Rock Crazy 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Wind-Witch (Warhorse of Esdragon, #2)
The Wind-Witch (Warhorse of Esdragon, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The High House (Evenmere Chronicles #1)
The High House (Evenmere Chronicles #1) 4.06 avg rating — 650 ratings
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Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3)
Titus Alone (Gormenghast, #3) 3.45 avg rating — 6,046 ratings
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The False House (Evenmere Chronicles #2)
The False House (Evenmere Chronicles #2) 4.04 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Operation Chaos (Operation Otherworld, #1)
Operation Chaos (Operation Otherworld, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 966 ratings
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Lord Darcy (Lord Darcy, #1-3)
Lord Darcy (Lord Darcy, #1-3) 4.07 avg rating — 1,140 ratings
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Another Day, Another Dungeon (Cups and Sorcery, #1)
Another Day, Another Dungeon (Cups and Sorcery, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 206 ratings
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The Hero Always Wins (The Hero Always Wins, #1)
The Hero Always Wins (The Hero Always Wins, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 67 ratings
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The Journal of Nicholas the American
The Journal of Nicholas the American 3.94 avg rating — 49 ratings
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This Star Shall Abide (Children of the Star, #1)
This Star Shall Abide (Children of the Star, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 386 ratings
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The Doors of the Universe (Children of the Star, #3)
The Doors of the Universe (Children of the Star, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Tech-Heaven
Tech-Heaven 3.67 avg rating — 428 ratings
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Mockingbird
Mockingbird 4.16 avg rating — 11,695 ratings
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Moonlight and Vines (Newford, #6)
Moonlight and Vines (Newford, #6) 4.21 avg rating — 3,111 ratings
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A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4)
A Case of Conscience (After Such Knowledge, #4) 3.61 avg rating — 7,135 ratings
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A Time of Changes
A Time of Changes 3.69 avg rating — 3,632 ratings
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The Healer's War
The Healer's War 3.69 avg rating — 1,842 ratings
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No Enemy But Time
No Enemy But Time 3.47 avg rating — 1,618 ratings