Books from Reactor Magazine's Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2024.
Reactor Magazine Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2024 Public
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Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde, #2)
When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s …
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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
4 stars
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what …
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Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
In Ashtown, a rough-and-tumble desert community, the Emperor rules with poisoned claws and an iron fist. He can’t show any …
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Anna Sinjari—refugee, survivor of genocide, disaffected office worker—has a close encounter that reveals universe-threatening stakes. Enter Ssrin, a many-headed serpent …
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The Failures by Benjamin Liar (The Wanderlands, #1)
Welcome to the Wanderlands. A vast machine made for reasons unknown, the Wanderlands was broken long ago. First went the …
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
4 stars
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
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The Examiner by Janice Hallett
1 star
Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this unputdownable mystery follows a group of students in an art master’s program …
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Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso (The Echo Archives, #1)
Investigator Kembral Thorne finally has some time away from her newborn to enjoy the year-turning party. However, as people start …
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Karys Eska is a deathspeaker, locked into an irrevocable compact with Sabaster, a terrifying eldritch entity—three-faced, hundred-winged, unforgiving—who has granted …
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Metal from Heaven by August Clarke
5 stars
He who controls ichorite controls the world.
A malleable metal more durable than steel, ichorite is a toxic natural resource …
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4 stars
A demon. An angel. A city.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city of Azril. She has mothered, …
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The Dragonfly Gambit by A. D. Sui
5 stars
Nearly ten years after Inez Kato sustained a career-ending injury during a military exercise gone awry, she lies, cheats, and …
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City of Dancing Gargoyles by Tara Campbell
In the parched, post-apocalyptic Western U.S. of the 22nd Century, wolves float, bonfires sing, and devils gather to pray. Water …
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The Nightmare Box and Other Stories by Cynthia Gómez
A young queer man finds love at a magical clothing shop—and the courage to stand up to the homophobic cops. …
 














