There’s some exciting book releases coming out this May, and you’ll be sure to find a great fantasy or sci-fi book to read! Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame explores a world of alchemy, Nafiza Azad’s debut fantasy novel The Candle and the Flame features powerful djinn, and while Mark Lawrence’s One Word Kill is described as Ready Player One meets Stranger Things. Meet two human-like robots in high school in Simeon Mills’s Obsoletes or perhaps you want to continue reading Jay Kristoff’s Lifel1k3 series with the second instalment, Dev1at3!
Read on to discover our picks and tell us in the comments below if you will be reading any!
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
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New York Times bestselling and Alex, Nebula, and Hugo-Award-winning author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy, Middlegame.
DEV1AT3 by Jay Kristoff
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From bestselling author Jay Kristoff comes the second installment in the LIFEL1K3 trilogy–hailed by Marie Lu as “a breathless, action-packed exploration of what humanity really means.”
The Candle and The Flame by Nafiza Azad
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Azad’s debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn.
Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen
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High seas adventure, blackmail, and meddling gods meet in Dark Shores, a thrilling first novel in a fast-paced new YA fantasy series by USA Today bestselling author Danielle L. Jensen.
One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
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Ready Player One meets Stranger Things in this new novel by the bestselling author who George RR Martin describes as “an excellent writer.”
Last Tango in Cyberspace by Steven Kotler
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A unique blend of cutting-edge technology and traditional cyberpunk, Last Tango in Cyberspace explores hot topics like psychology, neuroscience, technology, as well as ecological and animal rights issues. With its electrifying sentences, subtle humor, and an intriguing main character, readers are sure to find something that resonates with them in this groundbreaking cyberpunk science fiction thriller.
The Obsoletes by Simeon Mills
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The Obsoletes is a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel about two human-like teen robots navigating high school, basketball, and potentially life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by the inhabitants of their intolerant 1980s Michigan hometown.
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
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Isabel Sterling’s delightful, suspenseful debut is equal parts sweet romance and thrilling mystery. With everything she loves on the line, Hannah must confront the murderous villain before her coven–and any chance she has with the new girl–is destroyed.
Westside by W.M. Akers
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A young detective who specializes in “tiny mysteries” finds herself at the center of a massive conspiracy in this beguiling historical fantasy set on Manhattan’s Westside—a peculiar and dangerous neighborhood home to strange magic and stranger residents—that blends the vivid atmosphere of Caleb Carr with the imaginative power of Neil Gaiman.
Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi
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The inventive and hauntingly timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder’s catapult to stardom, reminiscent of The Social Network with a Ready Player One twist.
Exhalation: Stores by Ted Chiang
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From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story “The Story of Your Life” was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories
The Bone Charmer by Breeana Shields
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On the day of Saskia’s kenning―a special bone reading that determines the apprenticeships of all seventeen-year-olds―her worst fear comes true. She receives an assignment to train as a Bone Charmer, a seer, like her mother.
