What books to buy the sci-fi, horror and fantasy lovers in your life

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. You can't go wrong this holiday season with Aliette de Bodard's new Xuya universe collection, Seven of Infinities, which comes in a typically gorgeous limited-edition hardcover – though don't worry, a cheaper e-book edition is also available. Author Maurice Broaddus and artist Jim Mahfood produced urban fantasy Sorcerers, while science fiction veteran Adam Roberts teamed up with legendary French artist François Schuiten for The Compelled, where people around the world begin to assemble strange monoliths out of everyday objects. And for the science fiction fans, here's a trio of debuts worth checking out: Micaiah Johnson's tale of parallel universes, The Space Between Worlds; Essa Hansen's space opera Nophek Gloss; and Kimberly Unger's First Contact novel Nucleation, all showing that new voices continue to expand the genre. And if you're a fan of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London novels like I am, you'll be happy to know there's a new short story collection set in that world, Tales From the Folly.