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Ready Player Two
Ready Player Two is Ernest Cline's 2020 sequel novel to Ready Player One, continuing Wade Watts's story in the OASIS virtual world with a new technological advancement and quest; a Zak Penn-written film adaptation remains in development.
Reincarnated as the Daughter of the Legendary Hero and the Queen of Spirits
Reincarnated as the Daughter of the Legendary Hero and the Queen of Spirits (父は英雄、母は精霊、娘の私は転生者。; Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I'm a Reincarnator) is a Japanese isekai fantasy by Matsuura about Ellen, a reincarnated half-spirit daughter of hero Rovel and spirit queen Origin, with manga in Big Gangan and an anime.
Renegade Immortal (仙逆)
Renegade Immortal (仙逆, Xian Ni) is Er Gen's completed xianxia web novel, serialized on Qidian 2009-2012 in 2,088 chapters, about protagonist Wang Lin defying fate to cultivate; adapted into donghua, games, manga, and film.
Return from Death
Return from Death (死に戻りの魔法学校生活を、元恋人とプロローグから) is a Japanese fantasy-romance light novel series by Eiko Mutsuhana, serialized on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2020–2021, published in print by Earth Star Entertainment and digitally in English by Cross Infinite World.
Rhythm of War
Rhythm of War (2020) is Brandon Sanderson's fourth Stormlight Archive novel and sequel to Oathbringer, published by Tor Books; a #1 New York Times bestseller continuing the war against Odium on Roshar.
Rich Girl Caretaker
Rich Girl Caretaker (Saijo no Osewa) is a Japanese romantic comedy light novel series by Yusaku Sakaishi, published by Hobby Japan since 2021 and adapted into an anime in 2026.
Rich People Problems
Rich People Problems is Kevin Kwan's 2017 Doubleday novel, the third book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy, following the Shang-Young clan's fight over matriarch Su Yi's Tyersall Park estate.
Ring (リング) (Suzuki novel)
Ring (リング) is a 1991 horror novel by Koji Suzuki, which details a journalist investigating a cursed videotape that kills viewers exactly seven days after viewing it.
Rivers of London (novel)
Rivers of London (Midnight Riot, 2011), Ben Aaronovitch's first Peter Grant novel: probationary constable Peter Grant sees a ghost witness, joins the Folly under Thomas Nightingale, and mediates a river-spirits dispute.
Romelia War Chronicle
Romelia War Chronicle (ロメリア戦記, Romelia Senki) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series by Ryō Ariyama about a countess abandoned after the Demon King's defeat who builds her own army; it has a Mag Garden manga, Seven Seas English edition, and a 2026 Atra anime.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 Alex Haley novel tracing seven generations beginning with Kunta Kinte, abducted from Gambia into slavery.
Royal Assassin
Royal Assassin (1996) by Robin Hobb is the second Farseer Trilogy novel, following assassin FitzChivalry Farseer at Buckkeep amid Red-Ship Raider attacks and Prince Regal's intrigues; not to be confused with other works titled Royal Assassin.
Rutshire Chronicles
The Rutshire Chronicles is Jilly Cooper's eleven-book comic romance series (Riders, 1985, to Tackle!, 2023) set in a fictional Cotswolds county, starring Rupert Campbell-Black and adapted for TV as Rivals.
Ryanverse
Ryanverse: Tom Clancy's shared fictional universe of Jack Ryan techno-thriller novels, twelve written by Clancy himself, continued after his 2013 death by authorized authors, plus six films and the Prime Video series; distinct from Craig Robertson's sci-fi Ryanverse.
Saekano
Saekano (Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata, 冴えない彼女の育てかた) is Fumiaki Maruto and Kurehito Misaki's 13-volume light novel series (2012, Fujimi Fantasia Bunko), adapted into two A-1 Pictures anime seasons (2015, 2017) and CloverWorks' 2019 finale film.
Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace
Saved by the Ice Cold Prince's Embrace (Migawari Reijou...) is a Japanese romantic fantasy web novel by Yakiimohokuhoku, a Kusabi Kurokawa manga (Comic Spira/FUNGUILD), and a 12-episode 2026 light anime starring Katrina Sashebal and Prince Clarence.
Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!
Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! (勇者パーティーを追放された白魔導師、Sランク冒険者に拾われる) is a Japanese fantasy light novel by Sora Suigetsu and DeeCHA (Futabasha, 2020), with manga by Wasabi Mukuno, a 2025 FelixFilm anime, and J-Novel Club English releases.
Scrapped Princess (スクラップド・プリンセス)
Scrapped Princess (スクラップド・プリンセス) is a 13-volume light novel by Ichiro Sakaki and its 2003 BONES anime about Pacifica Casull, prophesied to destroy the world at 16, protected by siblings Shannon and Raquel.
Scum of the Brave (勇者のクズ)
Scum of the Brave (勇者のクズ) is a Japanese action fantasy by Rocket Shokai about ether-enhanced mafia Demon Kings and drug-fueled bounty-hunter Heroes in future Tokyo; it won the first Kakuyomu contest, became a hit self-published manga, and aired as a 24-episode OLM anime in 2026.
Season of Storms
Season of Storms (Sezon burz) is Andrzej Sapkowski's standalone 2013 Witcher novel from SuperNOWA, set in 1245, where Geralt loses both swords in the kingdom of Kerack; translated by David French, Gollancz, 2018. Not the Susanna Kearsley novel of the same title.
Seeds of Yesterday
Seeds of Yesterday is V.C. Andrews' 1984 Gothic novel, the fourth Dollanganger book, narrated by Cathy from age 52 until her death; adapted as a 2015 Lifetime film directed by Shawn Ku.
Septology
Septology (Septologien) is Jon Fosse's seven-part Nynorsk novel published 2019-2021 in three volumes, written as one sentence without full stops, following painter Asle and his doppelganger during Advent; Nobel-linked, Booker-shortlisted.
Shangri-La Frontier
Shangri-La Frontier (シャングリラ・フロンティア) is Katarina's web novel since 2017 and Ryosuke Fuji's Weekly Shonen Magazine manga since 2020 about kusoge hunter Sunraku in a 30-million-player VR game; won 47th Kodansha Manga Award, anime by C2C since 2023, season 3 in 2027.
Shannara
Shannara: Terry Brooks's epic fantasy series begun with The Sword of Shannara (1977), the first fantasy NYT bestseller; set on post-apocalyptic future Earth, 36 primary works, ended with The Last Druid (2020), adapted as MTV's The Shannara Chronicles.
Shimoneta
Shimoneta (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界), also Shimoseka, is a 2012 Japanese satirical comedy light novel series by Hirotaka Akagi, adapted into a 12-episode 2015 J.C.STAFF anime about dirty-joke terrorists in a censored Japan.
Shōgun (novel)
Shōgun (1975) is James Clavell's historical novel of Japan in 1600, part of his Asian Saga, following shipwrecked English navigator John Blackthorne, based on William Adams, amid Toranaga's (Tokugawa Ieyasu's) rise; it sold over six million copies by 1980.
Sister Princess
Sister Princess (シスター・プリンセス, SisPri) is a Japanese media-mix franchise begun in Dengeki G's Magazine in 1999 by Naoto Tenhiro and Sakurako Kimino, with twelve sisters, six games, two anime, and a founding role in the imouto-moe genre.
Sisterhood Everlasting
Sisterhood Everlasting is a 2011 novel by Ann Brashares and the fifth book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, its first written for adult readers.
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo
Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (The Yellow Woodpecker Farm) is a series of 23 Brazilian children's books by Monteiro Lobato, set on Dona Benta's farm and published from 1920 to 1947.
Six of Crows
Six of Crows (2015) is Leigh Bardugo's young adult fantasy heist novel, first of the Six of Crows duology with Crooked Kingdom (2016). Set in Ketterdam, Kerch, in the Grishaverse, it follows Kaz Brekker's crew of six outcasts on a heist to extract a scientist from Fjerda's Ice Court.