Science Fiction & Fantasy Science
Fiction & Fantasy
John Joseph Adams, Olivie Blake Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026 Mariner Books, 3rd December, pb, eb, £14.99, 9780063441521
Launched more than 100 years ago, the Best American series is a launchpad for some of the finest writing in various fields. This book features 20 stories.
AC Fisher Aldag Woman Afraid of Water City Owl Press, 10th September, pb, £16.99, 9781648985508
Blends magical realism, folklore and humor in a tale of transformation and finding magic in the most unexpected places.
Emily Alder Classic Weird Stories Macmillan Collector’s Library, 20th August, hb, eb, £11.99, 9781035072170
Mesmerising collection of weird short stories that conjure strong emotion.
Brittney Arena To Dance With Death Bloomsbury Archer, 13th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781526681485
Second part of the duology that started with A Dance of Lies. Vasalie journeys to the realms of the dead to restore her prince’s memories and stop a war.
Alex Aster Stormside Bloomsbury Archer, 17th November, hb, eb, £25, 9781037202872
Second book in the adult romantasy.
Victoria Aveyard Tempest Gollancz, 8th September, hb, £25, 9781399622141
Author behind the international YA fantasy phenomenon Red Queen makes her debut writing for adults.
Yoav Avni Time Clocks Roundfire Books, 29th September, pb, £21.99, 9781917704311
The present belongs to them—if they can reach it and stay. Mystery, suspense and an unexpected love.
58
Eugen Bacon Black Dingo Short Stories Flame Tree Collections, 20th October, hb, £16.99, 9781835627877
The literary strange unravels in these genre- bending, speculative, Africa-centric tales of longing and belonging, unlimited futures, and a collision of worlds.
Christine A Baker Raising Artemis Roundfire Books, 8th December, pb, £16.99, 9781806950102
Home is where the paws lead.
Travis Baldree Brigands & Breadknives Tor, 6th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035035960
Baldree’s next cosy fantasy, set in the same world as Legends & Lattes.
Travis Baldree Tales From the Territory Tor, 1st October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781035083350
Short stories to snuggle up to, with full-page illustrations.
Falon Ballard What Light Breaks Headline Eternal, 29th December, pb, £10.99, 9781035438778
Romance author of Change of Heart and All I Want is You delivers the second romantasy set in the universe as Something Wicked.
Bel Banta The Court of Venus Tor, 1st October, hb, eb, £22, 9781035088522
The Tudor court with added magic. A beautifully written historical fantasy about rival magicians for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Ava Reid and VE Schwab.
Leigh Bardugo Dead Beat Gollancz, 15th September, hb, £25, 9781399639361
Volume 3 of Ninth House, the final book in the series.
Series
Saint Janvier Jon Barghest Arkbound, 1st October, hb, eb, £16.99, 97819117401
Disgraced soldier Amiel is sent on a suicide mission into uncharted forests, where myth bleeds into reality and her faith and survival are tested. 1: Bury Me Where They Fall 24
2: The Second Resurrection 79
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction Holly Black,
Solenne Songer (illus) A Conspiracy of Charming Monsters Hot Key Books, 3rd November, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781471421662
Six tales from Black’s faerie worlds in a fusion of lush art and irresistible storytelling.
Holly Black Thief of Night Penguin, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529150049
Maximiliano Barrientos, Thomas Bunstead (tr) Thousands of Eyes Pushkin Press, 28th January, pb, £12.99, 9781805334873
Hallucinatory work about a cult that worships speed. JG Ballard meets Mad Max via a star of Latin American weird fiction.
Bradley P Beaulieu A Curse of Crown and Root Head of Zeus, 7th January, hb, eb, £25, 9781803285160
Grand finale of fantasy trilogy charts the rebirth of a forgotten divine contest and the mortals caught in its wake.
Mir Benitz Fire Power Mountain Leopard Press, 10th September, pb, £10.99, 9781035437870
Blending the enemies- to-lovers competition of sports romance and the magical escapism of romantasy, Fire Power invites readers into the fun world of competitive dragon racing.
Chloe Benjamin Under Story Tinder Press, 1st September, hb, £20, 9781035437382
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists comes the most ambitious literary love story of 2026.
Jedediah Berry Kill All Wizards Tor, 27th August, hb, £14.99, 9781250908056
Blood-soaked romp through high society. Picture Conan the Barbarian caught up in a comedy of manners.
Addictive fantasy sequel where con-artist Charlie must hunt deadly shadows while bound to a lover who no longer remembers her.
Series
Flame and Thorns Marion Blackwood Scarlett Press, pb, eb, £9.99, 97813985612
3: Court of Lies and Deceit 27th August, 43 Selena and her friends are pulled into a lethal scheme in the Unseelie Court. 4: Realm of Wind and Vines 5th November, 67 To take down the Iceheart Dynasty Selena and her friends must turn enemies into allies and setbacks into opportunities. But victory requires sacrifice.
Briar Boleyn With Hearts of Flame HQ, 13th October, hb, eb, £22, 9780008792381
Final instalment of the Bloodwing Academy series.
VL Bovalino
The Thief and the Traitor Bride Orbit, 29th September, hb, eb, £22, 9780356524900
A ruthless spy, a deadly mission and a thief who could ruin it all. New romantic fantasy set in the world of The Second Death of Locke.
Alexandra Bracken Immortal Rose Tempest New Adult, 18th August, hb, £20, 9781911769002
Set in a sumptuous world of magical perfume, this achingly romantic love story will leave readers breathless.
Anna Bright Wings of Reverie Studio Press, 4th August, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781835872888
Romantasy set in Disney’s Winter Woods. Periwinkle and Weaver must harness dangerous dream-magic to save the Pixie Dust Tree.
Carissa Broadbent The Lion and the Deathless Dark Tor Bramble, 4th August, hb, £22, 9781035051670
BookTok star returns with the first part of the Bloodborn Duet, the fifth book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series.
Carissa Broadbent Slaying the Vampire Conqueror Tor Bramble, 27th August, pb, £9.99, 9781035051755
Dark fantasy romance set in the same world as the vampire-filled Crowns of Nyaxia.
Series
The War of Lost Hearts Carissa Broadbent Tor Bramble, pb, £9.99, 97810350708
Standalone romantasy
trilogy.Series 1: Daughter of No Worlds 22nd October, 55 2: Children of Fallen Gods 3rd December, 86
Carissa Broadbent The Serpent and the Wings of Night Tor Bramble, 24th September, pb, £9.99, 9781037408601
New edition of the phenomenon.
Maurice Broaddus (ed), Chesya Burke (ed) Black Horror Flame Tree Collections, 20th October, hb, £16.99, 9781835629598
Landmark anthology traces Black American literary horror’s evolution and its future. The editors draw on cultural histories, mythologies and lived experience.
Charlotte Buckley The Witch in the Dead of Night
Magpie, 13th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008777562
A hidden witch is exposed and drawn into vampiric court politics.
Christopher Buehlman Between Two Fires Gollancz, 28th January, pb, £10.99, 9781399638388
Extraordinary medieval horror from a master of the genre.
Fiona Buttercup The Pumpkin Bride Mira, 24th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9780778332664
Set in the perpetually autumnal kingdom of Harvest Hollow. A bubbly princess takes refuge in an ogre pumpkin patch to avoid an arranged marriage.
CA Byford
The Night Market HQ Digital, 8th October, hb, eb, £20, 9780008803674
Perfect for fans of the Threadneedle series.
Eugenia Byney Ghost Syntax Amaurea Press, 3rd December, pb, eb, £15, 9781914278969
Speculative stories exploring what remains human in AI-shaped worlds where memory, language and identity are managed by systems designed to
Ryan Cahill Of Darkness and Light The Broken Binding Press, 10th November, hb, £25, 9781836980148
Well-anticipated second book in Cahill’s breakout debut series The Bound and the Broken.
RA Castellan Deathless King Zaffre, 1st October, hb, eb, £20, 9781785129810
With the final defence destroyed and another Blood War looming new heroes must rise up to stop a relentless vampire horde.
Sebastien de Castell The Malevolent Nine Arcadia Books, 12th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781529440966
The incredible conclusion to the story begun in The Malevolent Seven, an irreverent fantasy for everyone tired of the good guys always winning.
PC Cast Queen of Shadow Magpie, 13th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008827250
Magical epic rooted in Celtic legend, where Scáthach and Cuchulainn confront fate, divine interference and forbidden love.
Elise Chidley The Raven, the Wolf and the Rose Flare Books, 22nd October, pb, £14.99, 9781963511642
Seventeen-year-old Willow McBane discovers a hidden elemental realm in Deepwood and joins its haunted heir to stop a magical collapse.
Kim Choyeop, Anton Hur (tr) If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light MacLehose Press, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529447644
Debut short story collection from Korean sci-fi superstar.
Alexandra Christo Cursekeeper Michael Joseph, 5th November, hb, eb, £20, 9780241773024
In a world of impossible curses, shadow demons and deadly Fae assassins who will rule? Adult romantasy.
optimise and quietly reshape human life.
Catrin Cadogan Red Dragon Song HarperNorth, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008772420
Take flight with an epic story of courage, desire and the dragons who started it all.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
