R. B. Lemberg’s best-selling THE UNBALANCING is one of the best books of the fall

Praise for R. B. Lemberg’s THE UNBALANCING hits new extremes as Jeff Somers at Book Hub includes the title among The 19 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of Fall 2022, for The Washington Post, Charlie Jane Anders discusses it in 4 science fiction and fantasy books mine a real issue: Climate change, and The Lawrence Times lists the title among The Raven Book Store’s bestsellers.

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Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte finalist R. B. Lemberg delivers a beautiful tale about a world where 12 stars slumber throughout the world. 

The 19 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of Fall 2022

There’s so much to cherish in THE UNBALANCING, a stand-alone novel in Lemberg’s Birdverse series. The relationship between Lilún and Ranra beautifully captures the spikiness and tenderness of a new connection that could turn into something beautiful. The world-building is full of deep lore and casual queerness, and Lemberg’s magic system is appropriately wild and poetic. But most of all, the noveloffers lessons in survival when complex, barely understood systems begin to fall apart.

4 science fiction and fantasy books mine a real issue: Climate change
  1. Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent
  2. R. B. Lemberg, THE UNBALANCING: A Birdverse Novel
  3. Danny Caine, How to Resist Amazon and Why (Second Edition)
  4. Lucas Bessire, Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains
  5. Jennette McCurdy, I’m Glad My Mom Died
  6. Louise Erdrich, The Sentence
  7. Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery
  8. Nina Totenberg, Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
  9. Nabil Ayers, My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family
  10. Megan Bannen, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

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