Even though it’s a new year, it’s always fun to get lost in a new world or time! This January sees the release of some great new fantasy and sci-fi books for you to enjoy, including The Winter of the Witch, which is the conclusion to Katherine Arden’s Winternight Trilogy. Other great fantasy books includes Kiersten White’s Slayer, Circle of Shadows by Evelyn Skye, and Brenda Drake’s Analiese Rising.
Need some sci-fi? Mike Chen’s Here and Now and Then sees a time-traveling secret agent from 2142 stuck in the 1990’s, while Eyal Kless’ The Lost Puzzler is a page-turning post-dystopian debut novel.
Read on to discover our picks and tell us in the comments below if you will be adding any of them to your TBR!
The Binding by Bridget Collins
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In the tradition of Sarah Waters, Helene Wecker, and Jessie Burton, an atmospheric and mystery-laden historical novel set within a magical world where books are not stories but the repository of individual lives.
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
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Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Morozko return in this stunning conclusion to the bestselling Winternight Trilogy, battling enemies mortal and magical to save both Russias, the seen and the unseen.
Slayer by Kiersten White
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From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes a brand-new series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that introduces a new Slayer as she grapples with the responsibility of managing her incredible powers that she’s just beginning to understand.
The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty
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S. A. Chakraborty continues the sweeping adventure begun in The City of Brass—”the best adult fantasy I’ve read since The Name of the Wind” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir)—conjuring a world where djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger and waters run deep with old magic; where blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom.
Circle of Shadows by Evelyn Skye
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A thrilling new fantasy series full of magic and betrayal—from Evelyn Skye, New York Times bestselling author of the Crown’s Game series. Love, spies, and adventure abound as Sora and Daemon unravel a complex web of magic and secrets that might tear them—and the entire kingdom—apart forever.
Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer
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Echo Alkaev’s safe and carefully structured world falls apart after he mysteriously disappears. Believing he is lost forever, Echo is shocked to find him half-frozen in the winter forest six months later, guarded by a strange talking wolf—the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an offer: for her to come and live with him for a year. In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, Echo discovers centuries-old secrets, a magical library full of books-turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped inside of them.
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
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A uniquely emotional genre-bending debut, Here and Now and Then captures the perfect balance of heart, playfulness, and imagination, offering an intimate glimpse into the crevices of a father’s heart, and its capacity to stretch across both space and time to protect the people that mean the most.
The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless
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A brilliantly written, page-turning, post-dystopian debut from Eyal Kless, about a society hoping to salvage the technology of a lost generation, a mysterious missing boy who can open doors no one else can, and a scribe who must piece together the past to determine humanity’s future.
Analiese Rising by Brenda Drake
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When a stranger gives Analiese Jordan a list of names before he dies, the last thing she expects to see is her own on it. Her search for answers leads to the man’s grandson, Marek, who has dangerous secrets of his own. Both are determined to unlock the mystery of the list. But the truth is deadly. Analiese is a descendant of the God of Death, known as a Riser, with the power to raise the dead and control them.
The Wolf In The Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
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A young Inuit shaman’s epic quest for survival in the frozen lands of North America in 1000 AD. The Wolf in the Whale is a powerful tale of magic, discovery and adventure, featuring an unforgettable narrator ready to confront the gods themselves.
Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett
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Robert Jackson Bennett’s Vigilance is a dark science fiction action parable from an America that has permanently surrendered to gun violence.
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
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Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee’s space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you’d never know it by looking at her. his sci-fi adventure with the underpinnings of Korean mythology will transport you to a world far beyond your imagination.
