Looking to escape into a good book? We round up 16 new fantasy and sci-fi books hitting shelves this month with new releases from Matthew Ward, Seanan McGuire,  Claire North, and many more!

Read on to discover just a few of our picks and tell us in the comments below if you’re looking forward to any of them!

Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow

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Hearts will race and anti-grav boots will fly in this scifi rom-com perfect for fans of WINTER’S ORBIT and THE RED SCHOLAR’S WAKE.

Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba

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In this fiercely imaginative Filipino-inspired fantasy debut, a bisexual nun hiding a goddess-given gift is unwillingly transformed into a lightning rod for her people’s struggle against colonization.

The Fire Within Them by Matthew Ward

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The second book in Matthew Ward’s action-packed trilogy, the Soulfire Saga, The Fire Within Them is set in a world ruled by an immortal king, where souls fuel magic and a supernatural mist known as the Veil threatens to engulf the land. Perfect for fans of John Gwynne and Anthony Ryan.

Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin

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Genres collide in this dark and atmospheric reimagining of 1930s Shanghai for fans of Nghi Vo and S. A. Chakraborty.

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

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By turns irreverently funny and deeply moving, this debut contemporary fantasy is perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization.

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova

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The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured new voice in genre fiction.

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

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A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of the American South. 

The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

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From the New York Times bestselling author Carissa Broadbent, comes The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King, the gutting second installment of the Crowns of Nyaxia series, full of heartbreak, redemption, blood intrigue and heart-pounding action.

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks

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For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape

Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire

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New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire takes us back to the world of the award-winning Alchemical Journeys series in this action-packed follow-up to Middlegame and Seasonal Fears.

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

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A queer pirate fantasy standalone adventure by Alexandra Rowland, the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

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The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy.

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, from the author of The Saint of Bright Doors.

The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North

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The third book in award‑winning author Claire North’s Songs of Penelope Trilogy, a “powerful, fresh, and unflinching” (Jennifer Saint) reimagining that breathes life into ancient myth and gives voice to the women who stand defiant in a world ruled by ruthless men.

Fate of the Sun King by Nisha J. Tuli

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The highly anticipated third installment of the steamy Artefacts of Ouranos series journeys deeper into the glittering fae world as Lor puts both her life and her heart on the line in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance.

What June fantasy and sci-fi books are you looking forward to? Tell us in the comments below!

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Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis and an excerpt from Nadi Reed Perez’s The Afterlife of Mal Caldera, which is out June 11th 2024.

Mal Caldera—former rockstar, retired wild-child and excommunicated black sheep of her Catholic family—is dead. Not that she cares. She only feels bad that her younger sister, Cris, has been left alone with their religious zealot of a mother, picking up the pieces Mal has left behind. While her fellow ghosts party their afterlives away at an abandoned mansion they call the Haunt, Mal is determined to make contact with Cris from beyond the grave.

She manages to enlist the help of reluctant local medium Ren, and together, they concoct a plan to pass on a message to Cris. But the more time they spend together, the more both begin to wonder what might have been if they’d met before Mal died.

Mal knows it’s wrong to hold on so tightly to her old life. Bad things happen to ghosts who interfere with the living, and Mal can’t help wondering if she’s hurting the people she loves by hanging around, haunting their lives. But Mal has always been selfish, and letting go might just be the hardest thing she’s ever had to do…

Funny, emotional and life-affirming, The Afterlife of Mal Caldera will have readers laughing one minute and sobbing the next.

Nightfall looked different when I headed back to my place. I couldn’t see shadows anymore. The world simply lost its color, the gray broken up here and there by halogen light. I could see in the dark just as well as daylight.

As I walked through my door, my skin prickled, hairs standing on end. I never thought I’d get to feel goosebumps again.

The silhouette of a man wandered my living room in the dark. His pale skin flashed bright as he drifted in and out of the moonlight slicing through the window blinds. He hadn’t turned on any lights.

It didn’t surprise me when our eyes met.

“Malena Caldera,” he said, with surprisingly good Spanish inflection. It startled me when he continued, speaking too fast for my already slippery grasp of my mother’s language.

I cut him off. “I don’t fucking speak Spanish.”

That wasn’t wholly true, but he’d caught me off guard, reminding me just how far the apple had fallen from the family tree.

“My mistake,” he said in English. Now his voice lilted with the echoes of a fading British accent. “I said I’ve been looking for you.”

I hoped he couldn’t see my gulp. “How the fuck do you know who I am?”

He looked like he could be Death. Between his timeless double-breasted vest and trousers, old eyes in a young, symmetrical face, and wide grin like a scythe. Not to mention his multilingual fluency. Perhaps he’d run late to our appointment.

“I always read the obits,” he said. “You never know who’s just arrived.”

“So you’re not here to drag me to hell?”

His teeth flashed bright as he laughed. “I’m flattered, but you have me mistaken for someone else.” He kept circling around me, rhythmically, restlessly, casting a sweeping glance over my apartment. Then he looked back to me, over his shoulder. “You live like this?”

“Not exactly.” I shrugged in affront. “I’m dead.”

“So am I. That’s no excuse.”

“I didn’t think I’d have company.”

“You sound disappointed.” He turned and tilted his head at me with a sympathetic pout. “Not so happy to find you’re not alone on the other side?”

“I’ve been enjoying the peace and quiet.”

“Or you’re resigned to it.”

I crossed my arms. “Look, you can skip to the part where you tell me what you want.”

It wasn’t like I had much to offer. He and I couldn’t possibly have use for money anymore, not that I’d had much in life. And I hadn’t died with anything on me to give. Though apparently, we could still touch each other. I had to hold myself back from wandering too far down that line of thought. It had been nearly a year since I’d last gotten laid.

“Just delivering some good news,” he said. “If you haven’t noticed, our eternal judgment appears to have been postponed. So why not celebrate?”

He slowly turned up his palm in offering.

I didn’t know who or what he might be, where on Earth or elsewhere he might mean to take me. Even if he weren’t an angel or devil or intermediary, only another ghost, something about him felt off—uncanny. At the very least, he had to have been here a lot longer than me. Too long.

But I hadn’t touched anything for what already felt like forever. There were so many little things I’d never given a second thought in life, not realizing how much I’d miss them. No more alarm clock, toothbrush, shower, towel, clothes, coffee, cigarette, keys, doorknob, rinse and repeat. Let alone a hand, something warm and alive—or lifelike, anyway.

Even if I didn’t care for this guy’s evangelical tone, I did like the way he’d undone a few shirt buttons, no tie, and rolled up his sleeves, showing off his forearms.

So I took his hand. I reeled back at the feeling, not just skin, but something more. Like I’d touched an electric fence, some force pushing or pulling against me.

He winked. In a blink, we weren’t in my apartment anymore.

Something pulsed. It started as if from inside me, from my phantom heart pounding in my ears. It branched through my veins, my body shivering rhythmically.

“What the hell?” I asked.

“Close, but not there yet,” said the stranger.

Above us glowered a dark mansion. I didn’t have to look twice at the broken windows and creeping vines to recognize it as haunted, and not only by the two of us. The pulse tugged like a tide, growing louder and louder.

“Are you ready to join the afterparty?”

He didn’t wait for my reply. I couldn’t tell if he pulled me after him, or if the pulse itself strung me along. My feet fell in time to the beat.

Before us stood boarded double doors, stained with an orange watermarked sign reading:

CONDEMNED

DO NOT ENTER

We passed straight through it.

Moonlight flooded through the glassless windows, glinting on the shards among the dirt and dead leaves beneath our feet. Glowing marble flowered into the columns and arches of a foyer, framed on each side by a grand staircase. All the crumbling plaster of the walls went from gray to blue where they weren’t covered with vines, their leaves quivering in time to the music.

That pulse lapped at my skin like a heartbeat. Wave upon wave of an undulation not quite in the air, not quite in my blood, but somewhere between.

“What is this place?”

He swept out a hand with pride. “Welcome to the Haunt.”

Across the foyer, we reached doors thrown open to let out a column of light. I lifted my hand, trying to shield my eyes as we swept inside. My fingers glowed. So did all of the ghosts.

Around us bloomed the remains of a ballroom, full of dancers. They flickered through the silver light like phantasms, all different eras of the dead. Skirts flowed through the floor and slowly rose up and up, past the ankles, past the knees. Suits loosened up and slimmed down again, finally losing the jacket and becoming slacks, turning into jeans. There were top hats, bowler hats, newsy caps.

Bare heads with pompadours and mullets, bobs and beehives. Some of them looked modern, like me.

None of them clashed, despite their different eras and styles of dancing. Some danced with their feet, their arms, others their hips and shoulders. Arm’s length from their partners, or arms entwined. Everyone mingled and blended perfectly, as if rehearsed. It must have been the band.

They were floating at stage height. In each of their hands, they held something even more intangible than they were, appearing with every pluck of a harp string, throb of a violin, strike of a drum, like a flash of gossamer and shadow. Even the pipes of a church organ flickered along the wall, as if illuminated by lightning. They played on the ghosts of instruments.

At last, I turned to the stranger, who watched me and waited as I took it all in.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“I’m the host,” he said, like I ought to have figured that out already. “They call me Alastair.”

Somehow, I got the feeling that he hadn’t given me his real name.

He held out his palm again. “Come and dance.”

I wanted it. Of course I did. My feet were already tapping, my shoulders shaking almost involuntarily with the slightest echo of a shimmy. Not to mention the sight of my potential partner, with that ethereal face and infernal smile, went down like wine.

But I’d just died. It bothered me more than I cared to admit, now that I’d seen how it affected Cris. I couldn’t just shake that off with a little boogie.

Besides, this guy knew my name. No way he’d brought me here out of the kindness of his dead heart. I dreaded in the pit of my stomach what else he knew about me.

His grin made me shiver. “Or you could play.”

It felt like I’d just been shoved on stage. Lights in my eyes, making shadows of all the faces surrounding me, my bandmates waiting at my side for me to tap the cymbals. Once, I never felt more alive than in the breath of silence before an opening riff, sticks poised to strike.

My bandmates were gone now. I wasn’t supposed to be alone, standing there with no kit. I’d never had stage fright before, but my hands were shaking, eerily empty with nothing to clutch.

“We’re in need of a drummer,” said Alastair.

No fucking way. I couldn’t go back up there. It hurt my dry mouth to even speak, still tongue-tied just from imagining it.

“You already have one,” I said, gesturing toward the stage, or lack thereof. The moonlight wasn’t any more inviting, nor all the spectral faces.

“All the players take shifts, for a turn to dance.”

Well, this explained a lot. Contrary to what he said, I’d apparently already crossed over, straight to hell.

“I have to admit…” He looked me up and down, measuring the length of my gray chiffon skirt, counting the buttons done all the way up on my gauzy white blouse. I’d put it on for an interview, the morning of my last day. My final and forever outfit, delicate and prim, nothing like me at all. “You don’t look like a drummer.”

I nearly choked up. “Because I’m not.”

At last, I forced my feet to shuffle in the other direction, toward the doorway. He appeared before me so abruptly, I couldn’t help but flinch back. Even if he was only another ghost—who’d happened to die in an impeccable suit—he still gave me the screaming mimis.

His face twisted up in injury, suddenly not so pretty. “How on earth can you turn down this chance? As if you could possibly have anything better to occupy your time on this side?”

“You don’t know my”—I almost spat the wrong word—“afterlife.”

But I really did have something more important to do, and he seemed like the knowledgeable type. So I chanced the truth. “I need to get a message to the other side.”

His laugh made me tense up. “Why bother?”

I barely kept my mouth from falling open in indignation.

“No need to occupy yourself with the past,” he said. “It’s as dead to you as you are to it.”

“I can’t just stand aside and watch my sister fall apart.”

Admittedly, she’d been keeping it together so far, but I didn’t want to find out just how much she could bottle up before she finally popped.

He pursed his lips, shaking his head. “Then don’t watch.”

I opened and closed my fists, tempted to slap him, find out whether either of us would feel it. I’d been trying to curb my impulsive, destructive tendencies these past few years. And I didn’t want to burn this bridge just yet. So I just said, “I don’t dance.”

That worked even better than striking him, from the disbelief he struggled to conceal on his face. I permitted myself a moment to enjoy watching his cool facade fall apart.

Then, smoothing out his face save for the twitch of a smirk, he said, “Your mother didn’t teach you that, either?”

Luckily for him, I didn’t care to defend her honor. If I kept trying to have the last word, I’d be here all night. Instead, I laughed.

In the brief beat between songs, I managed to tear myself away.

“You shouldn’t wander alone,” he insisted. “No one will be around to help you if you start to go geist.”

I slowed, not turning around. “Geist—you mean poltergeist?”

“Have you seen any yet? That’s what happens if you spiral too far into your grief. It eats you from the inside.”

That must’ve been what the guys from the morgue had been talking about when they asked if I’d ever met anyone “disturbed”.

“I’ll take my chances.”

He called after me, just a hint desperate. “You’re going to regret it.”

Without looking back, I said, “That’s never stopped me from doing anything.”

I kept walking toward the front entrance. When I peeked to see if he was still watching, he’d disappeared. I grinned. I’d gotten the last word, after all.

There were plenty of other spirits here. I just had to wait until they weren’t so occupied. Surely I wasn’t the first to try piercing the veil.

I doubled back through the foyer and rushed up the left side of the grand staircase, my feet floating above the marble. Down the hallway on the second floor, I ducked through the nearest open door. I found myself in what looked like a bedroom, judging from the grand four-poster bed. It might’ve been the only bit of furniture in the room original to the mansion. Everything else looked modern, or at least, made in the last half century, mismatched and secondhand. As if some squatters had tried to get comfortable in the decay, covering the crumbling walls with posters, piling stacks of records and cassettes and CDs among the dust.

I lay down on the bed, the sheets beneath me forever made from lack of real use. Even if I could still sleep, I wouldn’t have been able to drift off with the noise reverberating through the walls. At least a lifetime of insomnia had given me plenty of practice staring at the ceiling, waiting for dawn.

But I struggled to keep my hands quiet. I still caught myself drumming sometimes, my fingers dancing with imaginary sticks, haunted by songs that could have been. Except on this side, they didn’t stay imaginary. Coalescing like plumes of smoke, my beloved old sticks became solid in my palms. The wood caressed smooth against callouses I’d lost years ago.

In my surprise, I dropped them. Rather than fall, they faded away to nothing.

If only I could do the same.

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If you’re ready to escape 2024 for a little while, then look no further than these upcoming January to June 2024 fantasy and science fiction book releases! With releases from the likes of Sarah J. Maas, Mike Chen, ST. Gibson, Micaiah Johnson, Hannah Kaner, Taran Matharu, P. Djèlí Clark, Hannah Whitten, Veronica Roth, and many more, along with some very exciting debut novels!

Read on to discover some wonderful new reads within this list and be sure to check out our other 2024 round-ups too, including our Most Anticipated, our Swoonworthy Romance, and Anticipated YA lists!

JANUARY 2024 BOOK RELEASES

Sons of Darkness by Gourav Mohanty

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An epic reimagining of the Mahabharata and a blend of House of the Dragon meets Succession.

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

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In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas’s Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt’s world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

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Told through the eyes of a murdered scientist whose consciousness has been implanted in a resurrected wooly mammoth and this story speaks to the folly of forcing nature down an unnatural path.

Mislaid In Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

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Portals and danger, and a girl who can find both in the next book in the Hugo and Nebula Award–Winning Wayward Children series from Seanan McGuire.

Unbound by Christy Healy

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For fans of Hannah Whitten and Rebecca Ross, Unbound is a gender-bent reimagining of the classic tale of a monstrous beast and the beauty determined to tame it, set against the lush backdrop of Irish mythology and folklore.

The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

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Slip into a lush world of magic, stardust, and monsters in this spellbinding contemporary fantasy from debut author Georgia Summers.

The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

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A love letter to Black readers of science-fantasy, The Principle of Moments is a symphonic, centuries-spanning adventure – unmissable for fans of the spacefaring found family of Becky Chambers, the alternate London of V. E. Schwab, and the virtuosic climate-craft of N. K. Jemisin.

Faebound by Saara El-Arifi

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Two elven sisters become imprisoned in the intoxicating world of the fae, where danger and love lie in wait. Faebound is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife.

A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

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It’s an average Thursday for Carter Cho… until the particle accelerator explodes and sends him back in time. Carter continuously relives the week never making it to Friday. Lonely and in need of help, he manages to pull Mariana into the time loop, and together they must find a way to finally reach the end of the week.

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

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When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late, in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

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The Atlas Complex marks the much-anticipated, heart-shattering conclusion in Olivie Blake’s trilogy that began with the New York Times bestselling phenomenon, The Atlas Six.

Exordia by Seth Dickinson

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Michael Crichton meets Marvel’s Venom in award-winning author Seth Dickinson’s science fiction debut

FEBRUARY 2024 BOOK RELEASES

Redsight by Meredith Mooring

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An imaginative new space opera for fans of Gideon the Ninth filled with sapphic romance, space pirates, a blind witch and powerful priestesses.

A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen

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A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in this Norse-inspired fantasy romance from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan

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Revolution is brewing in the semi-submerged city of Tiankawi, between humans and the fathomfolk who live in its waters. This gloriously imaginative debut fantasy, inspired by East Asian mythology and ocean folk tales, is a novel of magic, rebellion and change.

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

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A Holmes and Watson–style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson Bennett.

The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond

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A magically gifted con artist must gather her estranged mother’s old crew for a once-in-a-lifetime heist, from the New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds.

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

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A debut novel full of magic, adventure, and romance, The Book of Doors opens up a thrilling world of contemporary fantasy for readers of The Midnight Library, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, The Night Circus, and any modern story that mixes the wonder of the unknown with just a tinge of darkness.

Medea by Eilish Quin

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Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind.

Exit Black by Joe Pitkin

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Die Hard meets The Martian–with a dash of Knives Out–in this action-packed sci-fi thriller.

An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

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Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood. 

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

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Epic in scope and full of singular, unforgettable characters, The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.

The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan

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The third novel in Richard Swan’s acclaimed epic fantasy trilogy triumphantly concludes the tale of Sir Konrad Vonvalt, an Emperor’s Justice – a detective, judge and executioner all in one. 

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

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For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.

MARCH 2024 BOOK RELEASES

Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison

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Luck is its own kind of magic, in this first book in an electrifying new contemporary fantasy series from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Hollows novels.

A Touch of Chaos by Scarlett St. Clair

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The gods are at war in the highly-anticipated final installment of the Hades and Persephone story, from bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson

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Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in a searing sci-fi thriller from the Compton Crook Award–winning author of The Space Between Worlds.

Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner

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Return to the world of Godkiller in this thrilling sequel to the #1 internationally bestselling fantasy debut, where Kissen and her companions must navigate lands of gods and demons to unravel a dark truth at the heart of their world.

A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene

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Set in a world of perilous magic and moonlit forests, this seductive romantic fantasy tells the story of a defiant changeling, her cursed sister, and the dangerous fae lord she must defeat to save her family.

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

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A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.

The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang

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An unpredictable roller coaster of a debut novel, The Emperor and the Endless Palace is a genre-bending romantasy that challenges everything we think we know about true love.

The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

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The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia,

Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis

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This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery that spans the stars.

Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang

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From the Hugo Award­–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in which three unlikely allies attempt a desperate mission of first contact with a mysterious alien race before more militaristic minds can take matters into their own hands.

Baby X by Kira Peikoff

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When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X.

Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas

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L. M. Sagas’s debut, Cascade Failure, is a high-octane, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes’s Divide series with Firefly. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space family, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be―and not to be―human.

APRIL 2024 BOOK RELEASES

Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu

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Discover a rich world of magic, warriors, and dragons, in which a fearless orphan and an ambitious handmaiden flee from the empire that would imprison them, with a dream to return to their homelands and a determination that’s unbreakable…

A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

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Once a young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife, she’ll have to fight to keep herself—and the woman she loves—safe in this stunning queer reimagining of the classic folktale “The Selkie Wife.”

A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu

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A View From The Stars features a range of short works from the past three decades of New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu’s prolific career, putting his nonfiction essays and short stories side-by-side for the first time.

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

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Nebula and Alex Award winner P. Djèlí Clark introduces a brand-new world and a fantastical city full of gods and assassins.

Wicked Problems by Max Gladstone

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Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladstone’s Craft Wars, an epic fantasy like no other.

Play of Shadows by Sebastien de Castell

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Swordplay, magic, intrigue and friendships stronger than iron: the first book in a new swashbuckling fantasy series by the bestselling author of The Greatcoats.

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

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Discover this creepy, charming monster-slaying fantasy romance, which is Beauty and the Beast meets The Shape of Water by the Nebula-award winning author of Open House on Haunted Hill.

The Monstrous Misses Mai by Van Hoang

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A determined young woman in 1950s Los Angeles walks a darker city than she ever imagined in a spellbinding novel about the power to make dreams come true―whatever the sacrifice.

The Redemption of Morgan Bright by Chris Panatier

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From the subversive voice behind The Phlebotomist comes a story that combines the uncanny atmosphere of Don’t Worry Darling with the narrative twists of The Last House on Needless Street.

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

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A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

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Celebrated author Sofia Samatar presents a mystical, revolutionary space adventure for the exhausted dreamer in this brilliant science fiction novella tackling the carceral state and violence embedded in the ivory tower while embodying the legacy of Ursula K. Le Guin.

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten

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In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Hannah Whitten’s lush romantic epic fantasy series, the glittering and dangerous world of the Sainted King’s royal court is upended when Prince Bastian seizes control and a mysterious dark force begins to take over.

MAY 2024 BOOK RELEASES

The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields

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The Honey Witch of Innisfree can never find true love. That is her curse to bear. But when a young woman who doesn’t believe in magic arrives on her island, sparks fly in this deliciously sweet debut novel of magic, hope, and love overcoming all.

The Fireborne Blade by Charlotte Bond

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Maddileh’s tale contains a rich history of dragons, ill-fated knights, scheming squires, and sapphic love, with deceptions and double-crosses that will keep you guessing right up to its dramatic conclusion. Ultimately, The Fireborne Blade is about the roles we refuse to accept, and of the place we make for ourselves in the world.

Road to Ruin by Hana Lee

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An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic.

The Deer and the Dragon by Piper C.J.

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Fantasy author Marlow has been haunted by what she believes is a figure of her imagination: a mysterious and alluring man she calls Caliban. But when Caliban disappears, her quest to find him throws her into the very world of gods, demons, and monsters her books have been based on for years.

Kavithri by Aman J. Bedi

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A vibrant, action-packed and empowering South Asian fantasy epic. An underdog story like no other – Kavithri will remind you of fantasy heroes like Arya Stark, Fang Runin or Gideon the Ninth.

Evocation by S.T. Gibson

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Evocation kicks off the Summoner’s Circle series, and follows David, a psychic medium and hotshot lawyer, who must team up with his sorcerer ex-boyfriend and the ex’s witch wife to break a family curse. Forced proximity, magic lessons, and polyamory ensure, all against the moody backdrop of Boston. 

When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

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Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions, knights split their souls to make their weapons, and witches always take more than they give.

Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel

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A powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi.

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

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Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.

Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high-octane post-climate disaster novella written by Nommo Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

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A twisty new near-future genre-bending thriller: Knives Out in space with a Parasite twist. A decades-old murder looms over the glamorous clientele of a high-end space hotel . . . while an unforeseen threat percolates in the service corridors. The guests are about to experience the hospitality they deserve.

A House Like an Accordion by Audrey Burges

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A woman searches for her missing father in order to reconcile the many strange and fantastical secrets of her past before she loses herself completely in this deeply profound and magical novel by Audrey Burges.

JUNE 2024 BOOK RELEASES

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse

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The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy.

Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova

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The Witcher meets Naomi Novik in this fast-paced fantasy rooted in Slavic folklore, from an assured new voice in genre fiction.

The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

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In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton weaves a suspenseful, charming, and irresistibly joyous tale of fierce friendship, improbable love, and wonder as vast as the universe itself.

Saints of Storm and Sorrow by Gabriella Buba

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In this fiercely imaginative Filipino-inspired fantasy debut, a bisexual nun hiding a goddess-given gift is unwillingly transformed into a lightning rod for her people’s struggle against colonization.

Lady Eve’s Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow

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Hearts will race and anti-grav boots will fly in this sapphic sci-fi rom-com, perfect for fans of Winter’s Orbit and The Red Scholar’s Wake, Lady Eve’s Last Con.

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes a thrilling anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization.

Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin

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Genres collide in this dark and atmospheric reimagining of 1930s Shanghai for fans of Nghi Vo and S. A. Chakraborty.

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time.

Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland

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From the author of A Taste of Gold and Iron – Our Flag Means Death meets Six of Crows as a merry band of misfits attempts to get away with treason on the high seas.

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, from the author of The Saint of Bright Doors

The Knife and the Serpent by Tim Pratt

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From Hugo Award winning author Tim Pratt comes a new, high-concept space opera, exploring technology, family and the price we pay to follow our destiny, perfect for fans of Peter F. Hamilton and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

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By turns irreverently funny and deeply moving, this debut contemporary fantasy is perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.

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