Literature of the 2020s

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Works of literature from the 2020s.

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#-A

• 7th Time Loop
• 12 Miles Below
• 100% Match
• Abandon All Hope
• Across the Green Grass Fields
• The Adirondack Witch
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
• Aeon 14 (started in the 2010s)
• The Aether Cycle
• Afrotistic
• After the Revolution
• Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg
• The Agathas
  • The Night in Question
• Agency (2020)
• Agents of the Four Seasons
• Aiden Tyler, Quaran-Teen
• Alex Rider
• Alice and Sparkle
• All My Friends Are Invisible
• All Thats Left In The World
• All the Sinners Bleed
• Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
• Alternaversity
• American Dirt
• Among the Beasts and Briars
• Amor ou Algo Assim
• Ananda's Fall
• Ana on the Edge
• Andrew Doran
  • The Statement of Andrew Doran
  • Andrew Doran And The Mountains Of Madness
  • Andrew Doran and the Scroll of Nightmares
• "Angel (Derin Edala)"
• The Angel of the Crows
• Ani-Droids
• Anita de Monte Laughs Last
• Anna Kadabra (2020-present)
  • Marcus Pocus (2022-present)
• Anxious People (English translation released in 2020)
• Apollo Autism
• The Appeal
• Argylle
• Ariadne
• Armor (2022)
• Assistant To The Villain
• Artillerymen
• The Asterisk War (2012-2022)
• The Atlas Series
• Attracopel: Vigilante of London
• The Aurelian Cycle (began in 2019, continued into the 2020s)
• The Autumn Queen Protocol
• Axiom's End
• Azoth Express

B

• Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
• Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon
• The Bad Guys (The series started in the 2010s, with more books being written in the 2020s.)
• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
• Bandits in Your Grocer's Freezer
• Barebum Billy
• Batman: Resurection
• Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
• Beast Tamer (2018-present)
• Beautiful World, Where Are You?
• Beesong Chronicles
• Before the Batman
• Before We Disappear
• Behind Blue Eyes
• Benny Rose, the Cannibal King
• Bewilderment
• Billy Summers
• Blade Skill Online
• Blood of Stars
• The Bloodright Trilogy
• The Bone Maker
• The Book of Bill
• The Book of Dragons
• The Book of Eve
• Book Of Night
• Bookshops & Bonedust
• Books Of Cthulhu
• Born Behind Bars
• Both Can Be True
• The Boy with Blue Eyes
• Boyfriend Material
• Bravely
• Broken Veil
• Bubbles in Space
• The Burning Kingdoms
  • The Jasmine Throne
  • The Oleander Sword
• Burningblade and Silvereye
• By Any Other Name

C

• Camp Damascus
• Can You See Me? (the second book)
• The Carpenter And The Nightingale
• Carrie Soto Is Back
• Case File nº221: Kabukicho
• Cat on the Run series
• The Celestial Kingdom series
• The Cemeteries of Amalo
• Cemetery Boys
• Cerberus High
• Cerberus High II
• Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved
• Cerberus High: Another Story
• Chainsaw Man Buddy Stories
• The Chaos Cycle
• Character Flaws
• Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective
• The Charm Offensive
• Chase Ryder and the City of Lost Memories
• Chief Inspector Armand Gamache
• Children of Memory
• Children of Valentine
• Choosing Death
• The Chosen and the Beautiful
• The Christmas Pig
• The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (sequel series; original was 2004-2009)
• The Chronicles of Jegra
• Cinderella Is Dead
• City of No End
• The City We Became
• Clarice Bean
  • Clarice Bean: Think Like an Elf (2021)
  • Clarice Bean: Scram! (2022)
• Claw (2024)
• Claw & Warder
• The Cloisters
• Cloud Cuckoo Land
• Clown in a Cornfield
• Cobalt Blue
• Cocofolk And The Mushroom Hourglass
• Concrete Rose
• The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom (light novel publication)
• Constance Verity Destroys the Universe
• Contacts
• Cormoran Strike Novels
• A Court of Thorns and Roses series (A Court of Silver Flames was published in 2021)
• The Creeping Charlies
• Crepuscular Angles
• Critical Role: Vox Machina - Kith & Kin
• Crescent City
• Crossed (2023)
• The Crosses-Boy's Counselor
• The Crossroads Series
• Cruel Illusions
• Cubnet
• Cuphead in Carnival Chaos
• Cursed World
• Curse Words
• The Cyber Dragons Trilogy
• Cyberpunk 2077 No Coincidence
• Cyberpunk City

D

• The Daevabad Trilogy
• Dagger Eyes
• Daniel Hawthorne Novels
  • A Line to Kill
  • A Twist of the Knife
• Dark Destiny
• The Dark Gods
• The Dark Hours
• The Darkness Outside Us
• Date Me, Bryson Keller
• Daughter Of The Deep
• A Day of Fallen Night
• Deadlands
• Dead Silence
• A Deal with a Demon
• Dear Nemesis
• Death in Her Hands
• Defiant
• Delicate Condition
• Deltan Escape
• Delve (continued from 2010s)
• Demon Copperhead
• Desert Star
• A Desolation Called Peace
• Devolution
• Diary Of A Bomoh
• DI Fawley
• Digimon Seekers
• Discharge!
• Disciple of the Holy Sword
• Discordia
• Disney Chills
• The Diviners (2012)
• Divine Traitors
• Doom Valley Prep School
• The Door To Inferna
• Double Standards
• The Downloaded
• A Dowry of Blood
• Dragon and Damsel
• The Dragon Egg Princess
• Dragon Realm
• The Dragon Scales Trilogy
• Dreams of the Dying
• The Dresden Files
  • Peace Talks
  • Battle Ground (2020)
• Dune
  • The Caladan Trilogy
  • Princess of Dune
• Dungeon Busters
• Dying With Her Cheer Pants On

E

• Earth's Scariest Monsters!
• The Easy Part of Impossible
• Easytown
• Earthlings^note  The original Japanese version was released in 2018, while the English translation was released in 2020.
• Elancia Chronicles Book 1 "Symphony of Shifting Tides" released in 2019, while the sequels were released in the 2020's.
• Elatsoe
• Element Bots
• Emblem Island Series
• The Empirium Trilogy: Lightbringer and Queen of the Blazing Throne were both released in 2020.
• The Empyrean
• Encryption Straffe
• Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic
• Escapist Dream
  • Otaku Girl
• Even If We Break
• Even Though I Knew the End
• The Every
• Existentially Challenged
• Exordia
• The Expanse
  • Leviathan Falls
• The Extraordinaries Series
• Ezzie

F

• The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home
• The Factory Witches of Lowell
• Fair Warning
• Fake Saint of the Year
• The Fallen World
• The Fall of Númenor
• Fantasy Fables
• The Faraway Paladin (continued from 2010s)
• A Father's Wrath
• The Fell of Dark
• Feral Creatures
• A Few Good Gumshoes
• The Fifth Step
• The Final Girl
• The Final Girl Support Group
• Firebreak
• Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights
• The Founding of Valdemar
• Forced Perspectives
• Foreigner (1994)
• Forgive Me Not
• The Fort (2022)
• The Fortress of the Black Cauldron
• The Founders Trilogy
• Fractal Noise
• Franny K. Stein
• Fraternity
• Free Spirit
• The Friend Scheme
• Full Clearing Another World under a Goddess with Zero Believers (continued from 2010s; English publication began 2021)
• Full Dive
• Fun Jungle (starting with book 6)

G

• The Gaiad
• Garen: First Shield
• Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome
• Gearbreakers
• Genre Savvy
• Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!
• The Get Rich And Become God Method
• Ghost Girl (2021)
• Ghostlight
• Giant Monster Farmarna
• GI Joe: Classified
• The Girl and the Ghost
• Girls with Sharp Sticks: Girls with Razor Hearts and Girls with Rebel Souls published in 2020 and 2021, respectively.
• The Girl With The Louding Voice
• Given (2020)
• Glasses Stories
• Glasses Stories Redux
• Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again — Written in 1955, but translated into English and published as a compilation in 2023.
• Gold Tongues
• Graceling Realm: Winterkeep and Seasparrow published in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
• The Great Cleric
• Green Rider (Winterlight)
• The Grim Reaper's Apprentice
• Grimoire's Soul
• The Grimrose Girls
• Grounded for All Eternity

H

• The Hammer (2022)
• Hamnet
• Hanabishi Fusai no Taima-chou
• Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
• Harley Quinn: Reckoning
• The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway To A Parallel Universe
• The Harry Stubbs Adventures
• Hearts Of Oak
• Heat 2
• Heart of Star
• Heaven's River
• Hedge Witch
• Help Not Wanted: Remixed Phallic Memories in HD
• Help Not Wanted 2: Frigid Fornication
• Hench
• The Henchman's Survival Guide
• Henshin Sisters
• Heralds Of Rhimn
• Her Crown of Fire
• Her Majesty The Queen Investigates
• Her Majestys Royal Coven
• The Hero of Numbani
• The Hike (2023)
• Hilda and Richie
• His Only Wife
• A History Of Fear
• Hobbies and Interests
• Holiday Heroes
• Holiday Mode
• The Hollow Places
• The Hollow Ones
• Holly
• Hooked (2022)
• Hooked
• Hope Stapleford Mysteries
• The Horrible Series
  • The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things
• Horror Stories
• The House In The Cerulean Sea
• House of Doors
• The House of Fortune
• The House of Night (Found was published in 2020)
• How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (2016-present)
• How to Rule an Empire and Get Away With It
• How to Sell a Haunted House
• Hungers as Old as This Land

I

• I Became the Villain the Hero Is Obsessed With
• I Kissed Shara Wheeler
• I Left the A-Rank Party
• I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
• I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince (light novel publication)
• I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! (light novel publication)
• I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness (light novel publication)
• I'm Not Done With You Yet
• The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (light novel publication)
• The Ickabog
• Idol
• If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
• I'm the Queen in This Life
• Impossible Creatures (2023)
• The Impossible Us
• The Inconvenient Life Of An Arousing Priestess
• InCryptid
• Infinity Cycle
• The Inheritance Games
• The Ink Black Heart
• The Interdependency
• Interstellar Gunrunner
• Intertwined
  • Intertwined II The Lost Spirits
  • Intertwined: The Series
• Into the Bloodred Woods
• Into the Fiery Abyss
• Into the Heartless Wood
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
• Iron Gold
• Iron Widow
• Isekai Battle Royale
• Isekaid Shoggoth
• Isekai Monster Breeder
• Isekai ni Otosareta... Jouka wa Kihon!

J

• Jaine Austen Mysteries (starting with Murder Gets a Makeover)
• Jigoku No Gouka De Yakare Tsuzuketa Shounen (light novel publication)
• Joel Suzuki
• Johnny the Walrus
• Juniper's Christmas

K

• The Kaiju Preservation Society
• Kasia
• Katt Loves Dogg
• Keeper of the Lost Cities: Books 8.5 and onward.
• The Kept Man of the Princess Knight (2022-present)
• The Kindness of Devils
• A Kind of Spark
• The Kiss Quotient
• Kitten Catastrophe

L

• The Last Hours
• The Last Hunter
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club
• Laszlo Hadron and the Wargod's Tomb
• Later
• The Law of Innocence
• A Legacy of Light
• Legendborn
• The Legend of All Wolves
• The Legend of Anne Bonny
• The Legend Of Circe Circes Awakening
• Legends & Lattes
• Legends of Panthera
  • Sekhmet
  • The Night Mothers Heirs
• Lessons in Chemistry
• Let The Red String Lead
• Let's Start An Inn On The Dungeon Island
• A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear
• The Lies of the Ajungo
• Life is Strange: Steph's Story
• Light and Lavender
• The Lightlark Saga
• Like Other Girls
• Linked
• The Living Dead
• A Little Vice
• Like No Other Boy
• A Lily Blooms in Another World
• The Locked Tomb (The series started in the 2010s and continued in the 2020s.)
  • Harrow the Ninth
  • Nona the Ninth (releases in September 2022)
• The Long Shalom
• Longsummer Nights
• The Loop
• The Lost Metal
• The Love Hypothesis
• Loveless
• The Lunar Chronicles
• Luda

M

• The Magi Accounts
• Magic Hour
• The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess (light novel publication)
• Magistellus Bad Trip (2019-2020 in Japanese, 2021-2023 in English)
• Mahou Shoujo Alleys Inferno
• Malibu Rising
• The Manticore series
• The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
• The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family
• Marcy's Journal: A Guide to Amphibia
• The Marvellers
• Mask (2020)
• A Master of Djinn
• Max & the Midknights series
  • Max & the Midknights: Battle of the Bodkins
  • Max & the Midknights: The Tower of Time
• May the Best Man Win
• The Mermaid Chronicles
• The Mermaid in the Millpond
• Mermaid Moon
• The Mermaid of Black Conch
• Mexican Gothic
• The Middlemist Trilogy
• The Midnight Guardians
• The Midnight Library
• Midnight Sun (2020)
• Midnights Twins Trilogy
• The Migax Cycle
• Miskatonic University - Elder Gods 101
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (The series started in the 2010s, but sequels appeared in the 2020s.)
• The Missus
• Mistakenly Saving the Villain
• Mixed Up
• Modern Villainess
• Moojag and the Auticode Secret
• Moon Cops on the Moon
• Moonflower Murders
• The Moonlit Vine
• More Than You'll Ever Know
• Mouse Math (originally published from 2013-2017, new titles began publishing again starting in 2022)
• The Mouse Watch
• Mr. Einstein's Secretary
• Murder for the Modern Girl
• #MurderTrending
• Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide To Homicide
• My Dark Vanessa
• My Heart Is A Chainsaw
• My Weird School

N

• The Nature of Predators
• Naughty Boy
• Nerdycorn
• The Netanyahus
• Nettle & Bone
• The New Hercule Poirot Mysteries (started in 2014, continued into the 2020s.)
• The Nicci Chronicles
• Nick
• Night Gem
• Night of the Freaks
• The Night Watchman
• The Nightmare Before Christmas: Long Live The Pumpkin Queen
• Nikhil Out Loud
• No Gods for Drowning
• Nothing But Blackened Teeth
• Nothing Like The Sun
• Nowhere Stars

O

• The Obsession
• The Obsessive Shou Moves On
• The Occupation Saga
• October Daye
• October, October
• Of Ants and Dinosaurs
• Okies
• Old Scores
• Olga Dies Dreaming
• The Once And Future Witches
• The One and Only Bob
• One Last Stop
• The Only Good Indians
• Oona
• Oona Out of Order
• Operation Do-Over
• An Outcast in Another World
• The Outside
• Our Last Echoes
• Our Own Correspondent
• Our Wives Under the Sea
• Over High Seas

P

• Pahua Moua
• Pale
• Paranoid Mage
• The Patient
• Penance
• The Perfect Run
• Peta Lyre's Rating Normal
• Pig the Pug (The series started in the 2010s and continued into the 2020s.)
• Piranesi
• A Place So Wicked
• Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Giant Monster (2023)
• Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm Queen of the Dead (2022)
• Please Don't Tell My Parents I Work for a Supervillain
• The Plot
• Poe Dameron: Free Fall
• Poetry Pileup
• Pondovadia
• Poster Girl
• Post-Self
• Prehistoria
• Presidential
• Prison Life is Easy for a Villainess: English publication began 2022.
• Project Hail Mary
• Prophecy Approved Companion
• Prosper's Demon
• Proud Pink Sky

R

• Race to the Sun
• Raybearer
• Ready Player Two
• Realm Breaker
• Reborn
• Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship!: Continued from 2010s. Novels and manga began English publication in 2021.
• Reborn on a Systemless Earth...with a System
• Record of Wortenia War: Continued from 2000s.
• Redemption on Dal'yth
• Redemptor
• Reign of the Seven Spellblades: Continued from 2010s. Novels and manga began English publication in 2021.
• Resurrection Life
• Resurrection Walk
• Return of the Living
• Rise of the Outlaw Tamer and His S-Rank Cat Girl (light novel publication)
• Rivers of London
• RMR: The Realm-Mesh Reality
• Rollerskater
• Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
• Ruination
• The Running Grave
• The Ruthless Ladys Guide To Wizardry
• RWBY
  • RWBY: Before the Dawn (2020)
  • RWBY: Fairy Tales of Remnant (2020)
  • RWBY: Roman Holiday (2021)

S

• A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics
• Salamandra
• Salvos
• San Amaro Investigations
• Sanctuary
• Sarah Bain
• Sardines (In the Dark)
• The Savior's Series (from The Savior's Sister onwards)
• Scarlett and Browne
• Scarred
• Scars Are Forever
• Scary Stories For Young Foxes: The City
• Scavenge the Stars
• The Scholomance
• The School for Good Mothers
• Seasonal Fears
• Seawalkers: From book 2 onward
• The Secret Life of Kitty Granger
• Secrets of the Silent Witch
• See Amid the Winter Snow
• The Serpent & Dove Trilogy
• Serwa Boateng
• Seventh
• The Shadow of Kyoshi
• The Shadows Between Us
• She Who Became The Sun
• Ship Core
• Shotgun Nun
  • Shotgun Nun Vol. 2: The Wrath of God
• The Silence of Bones
• The Silence
• Siobhan Dunmoore (from book 7 on)
• Siren Queen
• Skandar Series
• Skin of the Sea
• Slow Life in Another World (I Wish!) (continued from 2010s)
• Slug Days Stories
• Slugfest
• Small Game
• Snow Shark
• So This is Ever After
• Social Queue
• Solar Defenders: The Role of a Shield
• Something Dark and Holy
• The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
• Solar Warden
• Something More Than Night
• Something to Talk About
• Sorry, Bro
• Space Academy
  • Space Academy Dropouts
  • Space Academy Rejects
  • Space Academy Washouts
• Spaced Out
• Spellhacker
• Spy Classroom
• Spy School: From book 8 onward
• Squad
• Squeeze Me
• Stalkers with Crushes
• Star Wars: Queen's Peril
• Star Wars: Visions - Ronin
• Starsnatcher
• Starter Villain (2023)
• The Stolen Heir Duology
• Stolen Skies
• "The Storm" (Arav Dagli)
• The Storm Swimmer
• Strike the Zither
• The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
• The Sunbearer Trials
• The Sun Eater
• The Superteacher Project
• Supernatural Investigations
• The Supervillainy Saga
• Surrender Your Sons
• Survival in Another World with My Mistress!
• Swamp Story
• Sweet & Bitter Magic
• The Sword Catcher
• Symphony Of Awakened Gods
• Symphony Of Hunted Truths

T

• The Tale Of Truthwater Lake
• Tant Quil Le Faudra
• Tea Shop Mysteries: Lavender Blue Murder (2020), Haunted Hibiscus (2021), Twisted Tea Christmas (2021), A Dark and Stormy Tea (2022)
• A Taste of Gold and Iron
• Tennis Shoes Adventure Series
  • Thorns of Glory: Part One
• testimone di gangster
• Thank You for Taking Care of our Enchanted and Haunted Castle
• Thieves Gambit
• There's Magic Between Us
• There's Magic in Bread
• There's No Freaking Way I'll be Your Lover! Unless…
• There's Something About Sam
• These Fleeting Shadows
• Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
• This Is Screwed Up, but I Was Reincarnated as a GIRL in Another World!
• This Woven Kingdom
• Time to Orbit: Unknown
• Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries
  • Arsenic and Adobo
  • Homicide and Halo-Halo
  • Blackmail and Bibingka
• The Tithenai Chronicles
• The Tome of Bill
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
• Too Bright to See
• Toon-Up
• Tornado Brain
• To Shape a Dragon's Breath
• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
• A Touch of Jen
• Tough Love
• Trapped in a Dating Sim: Otome Games Are Tough For Us, Too!
• Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus
• Translation State
• The Tree of Azathoth
• Trench Mouth
• Tress of the Emerald Sea
• Troubled Blood
• The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy
• The Twice-Dead King
• Twisted (2023)

U

• The Ultimate Killing Game
• The Undead King's Reign of Peace
• Underdogs
• Under Suspicion (Series)
  • Piece of My Heart (the seventh novel was published in 2020)
• Unimaa
• The Unorthodox Chronicles
• Unseen Magic
• Up Schitt Creek
• Upon This Pale Hill
• Upright Women Wanted

V

• Vanas Heritage
• The Vanishing Half
• The Vazula Chronicles
• Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers
• Verge: Stories
• The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess
• Vicarious
• Vigilauntie Justice
• Village Tales series:
  • Ordinary Time
• Violeta
• Voidskipper

W

• Waking Up As A Spaceship
• Waking Up Somewhere Else
• The Warring Gods
• Warrior Cats
  • Warrior Cats: The Broken Code
• A Warrior Exiled by the Hero and His Former Lover
• Wayward Children
• Wellness
• The Weight Of Blood
• We Were Promised Spotlights
• What Moves The Dead
• When the Angels Left the Old Country
• When We Were Magic
• Where Seagulls Dare
• Which Way To Anywhere
• White Trash Warlock
• WIEDERGEBURT: Legend of the Reincarnated Warrior
• Wilderlore
• The Wild Way Home
• The Wind Knows My Name
• Winter's Orbit
• Winterborne Home
• The Winter Queen Contingency
• Witch King
• The Witch of Knightcharm
• The Witches At The End Of The World
• The Witches of Thistle Grove
• Wizarding School Mysteries
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
• World's Greatest Animals
• The World We Make
• The Wonder Boy Of Whistle Stop
• Wonderland
• The Woods Are Always Watching
• Woodwalkers And Friends
• The World of Lightness
• Wraith Knight
  • Wraith King
• Wretched (2022)
• Wu Chang Jie

X-Y

• Yellowface
• Yes, Daddy
• You Can Be a Cyborg When You're Older
• You Have a Match
• You Love Me
• Your Forma
• Yumi and the Nightmare Painter

Z

• Zara Hossain Is Here
• Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good

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