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Venetia Constantine The Last Starborn Seer Aria, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035914425
First instalment of three-part romantasy.
Emily Cooper The Horrors We Harbour Simon & Schuster, 10th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781398535831
Haunting feminist folk horror. On a remote island, a lighthouse keeper battles sea terrors and monsters within her community to save the woman she loves.
Paul Cornell The Lychford Collection 2 Tor, 27th August, pb, £16.99, 9781250394026
Collected together for the first time.
Jules Cory
Second-hand Whispers Troubador, 28th August, pb, £9.99, 9781806345496
First novel in a portal- fantasy series. Creatures from folklore and medieval manuscripts set among real historical events including the witch trials and the English Civil War.
From the author of the Mirror Visitor quartet a heartstopping adventure: In a world ruled by “We” each person has an Instinct-assigned role, no deviation allowed.
Victoria Dalpe Selene Shade, Loving the Dead Clash Books, 8th October, pb, £16.99, 9781968043131
A city tears itself apart, a serial killer bowls up and Selene Shade desperately needs a vacation.
Gillian Daniels Jenny Will Eat You Now Simon & Schuster, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398563223
An immortal rusalka (malevolent female entity) stalks a man but falls in love with him. The choice is between hunger for human flesh and desire for love and acceptance.
Olivia Rose Darling Fear the Flames 3 Bonnier Books, 19th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781806170920
Next electrifying chapter in Elowen and Cayden’s story where the war of the Four Kingdoms continues.
Lauren T Davila The Patron Saint of White Menageries
Creature, 15th October, pb, £13.95, 9781951971458
Magical-realism debut that cracks Los Angeles wide open. Unlikely heroines and dreams, waitresses with clouds, spectral ballerinas and prophetic women.
Tara Crowe Little Mice Leapfrog Press, 1st October, pb, £12.99, 9781971225050
In a plasma-powered sky society teenager Astra Fairwood is cast into the Donor Zone and forced to serve those above.
Ella d’Avoine Of Blood & Petals Flame Tree Collections, 22nd September, hb, eb, £20, 9781835628096
Romantic fantasy anthology explores forbidden love, beauty and passion.
of technology in our collective imagination.
Ian Doescher William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Ahsoka’s Tale Insight Editions, 9th October, hb, £17.99, 9798337402833
Retells the events of the hit show in the meter of Shakespeare.
Vasilisa Drake
A Bargain So Bloody Scarlett Press, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398566149
The deal is simple: Samara unlocks his shackles and Raphael helps her escape the magic prison. But he never promised to let her go once they fled the castle.
Grace Draven The Moon Raven Tor Bramble, 3rd December, hb, eb, £22, 9781037418617
Slowburn fantasy with romance from the author of Wraith Kings.
Zoé Duhaime The Lost Spectacular Solaris, 24th September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781837867011
Two star-crossed readers race across the pages of their shared childhood towards a magical, ever-changing festival of lost things.
Jacek Dukaj, Ursula Phillips (tr) Ice Head of Zeus, 5th November, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781786697301
Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien.
Sarah Beth Durst Sea of Charms Tor, 6th August, hb, eb, £22, 9781035079520
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Rachel Van Dyken Fallen Gods Tor Bramble, 3rd December, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035050789
Spicy Norse fantasy of warring gods that could win fans of Katee Robert’s Neon Gods and Holly Black.
Kate Dylan Soul Sworn Piatkus Books, 17th November, hb, eb, £22, 9780349448039
Christelle Dabos, Hildegarde Serle (tr) We Europa Editions, 13th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9781787706545
Autumn/Winter 2026
Hernan Diaz Ply Picador, 24th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781037407161
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust turns to the future with a novel that examines the place
Dark romantasy duology from Sunday Times bestselling writer.
Saara El-Arifi Earthbound HarperVoyager, 27th August, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008597078
Concluding Faebound novel follows Yeeran,
Lettle and Alder through war, secrets, love and discovery.
Nadia El-Fassi Love at First Fright Penguin, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804949900
Cosy paranormal romance in which a successful horror writer clashes with the lead actor on the set of the film adaptation in a haunted mansion.
AT Emerald
Under the Iron Sky Del Rey, 8th October, hb, eb, £22, 9781529993493
Penguin, 8th October, audiofile, £16, 9781804964668
A human commander and the interrogator sent to break her are drawn into a dangerous bond.
Brooke Fast To Cage a Wild Bird Wayward TxF, 26th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911751038
The Hunger Games meets Prison Break in this enemies-to-lovers romantasy series. A potential winner with readers who grew up on 2010s dystopian SFF and are craving an adult version of those books.
Rebecca Ferrier The Salt Bind Renegade Books, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781408748671
Debut historical fantasy set on a Cornish coast of forgotten sirens, deadly sea gods and the alchemy of the Old Ways.
Mila Finch Runebreaker Magpie, 27th August, hb, eb, £22, 9780008841935
Rule-breaking heroine is bound to a ruthless fae king and drawn into deadly court politics, forbidden power and obsession.
Brian Fontenot Seraphim Descent Matthew James, 3rd September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780722365243
Forced aboard a warship investigating an impossible star, Carter must face a fractured crew, cosmic horror and ancient evil.
Amy de la Force A Crown of Blood and Magick DK Audio Canelo, 17th September, audiofile, £16, 9780241810514
Next in the Fated for Hael romantasy series. The forbidden romance established in A Kiss of Hammer and Flame ramps up.
3: Shadow and Son 19th November, 281 Rocked by secrets from his past and the truth about his power, Cedric Thorne scours the continent for the woman he loves.
Brian Froud Green Women Abrams, 15th October, hb, £27, 9781419783746
New imagery by the “grandfather of faerie art”.
Series
Once Upon a Broken Heart Stephanie Garber Gollancz, hb, 978139964 1: Once Upon a Broken Heart Gollancz, 27th October, £30, 4068
Collector’s edition with slipcase, hardback boards and endpapers all illustrated. Also includes the long-awaited bonus short story “The Ballad of the Archer and the Fox”. 4: The Mirror of Infinite Endings 29th September, £22, 1760 A Jacks and Evangeline novella.
Hayley Gelfuso The Book of Lost Hours Atlantic Books, 6th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781805464785
Gorgeous, speculative novel about time, memory and family for fans of The Ministry of Time and The Book Thief.
Rachel Gillig The Knave and the Moon Orbit, 1st September, hb, eb, £25, 9780356522999
A queen of gothic romantasy returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries and deeper
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Shattered Crown Gretchen Powell Fox Scarlett Press, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398561
2: Splintered Kingdom 13th August, 069 Elyria and Cedric’s passion ignites as they work to maintain the fragile peace between their realms.
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