Science Fiction & Fantasy
KM Moronova Once Written in Gilded Blood
Penguin, 18th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804962596
Steamy, romantasy finale where a demigod knight enters a dangerous arranged marriage with a demon commander.
Gemma Morr Sacrifice Me Pan, 10th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781037403729
Paranormal romance with cowboys. A runaway dryad on a mission to infiltrate a ranch of werewolves falls for the alpha who should have been her executioner.
Gryffin Murphy Twig’s Traveling Tomes Zaffre, 8th September, hb, £14.99, 9781806171521
Bindery Books, 8th September, pb, £14.99, 9781967967223
Book-loving witch, charming rogue and a gnome team up to recover a stolen grimoire.
Jayant V Narlikar, Sami Ahmad Khan (ed) Virus MIT Press, 17th November, pb, £38, 9780262056281
Critical, annotated version of Narlikar’s novel about a cybervirus attack by an advanced alien species. Updated text and added material.
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Chinelo Onwualu (ed) Africanfuturism Short Stories Flame Tree Collections, 18th August, hb, £20, 9781835622735
Sister book to Afrofuturism Short Stories focuses on stories that are set in and about Africa, whether future, alternative or parallel.
Meghan Nesmith A World Apart Aria, 19th November, hb, eb, £20, 9781035914043
Queer debut set against the backdrop of Victorian London. A tale of forbidden love, magical dimensions and impossible choices.
Annalee Newitz Automatic Noodle Tor, 29th October, pb, £9.99, 9781250450982
Sci-fi visionary delivers a cosy, near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their own restaurant.
Amber V Nicole The Fall of the Crowned King Headline Eternal, 24th November, hb, £20, 9781035439126
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Sydney Olivia A Viper Among Kings Daphne Press, 25th August, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781837841035
Esme, an immortal being, sees her chance for freedom when the king is murdered and she rigs the empire’s succession tournament in her favour.
Marie O’Regan, Paul Kane, Kelley Armstrong, Juliet Marillier, Jen Williams, Hannah Nicole Maehrer et al The Hopeless Romantic’s Guide to Enchantment Titan Books, 15th September, hb, eb, £19.99, 9781835415337
Rivalries explode into heated romance, lost lovers seek second chances and friendships turn to something more in these 12 romantasy stories.
Marie O’Regan (ed), Paul Kane (ed), MR Carey, Christina Henry, Robert Shearman, Adrian Tchaikovsky et al Land of Oz
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Fiction
Highly anticipated next step in the Gods & Monsters series.
Claire North As We Fall Through Time Orbit, 13th October, hb, eb, £22, 9780356526249
An extraordinary tale of time travel, betrayal and a love that echoes through the centuries.
Naomi Novik The Summer War Penguin, 3rd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804956601
Poignant novella centres on a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love.
Katy Nyquist The Purgatory Hotel for Wayward Ghosts Headline Accent, 8th October, pb, £10.99, 9781035438686
Fantasy, but a grounded one, says the publisher. Set in an out-of-time, malfunctioning hotel where a cast of quirky ghosts must discover the secret festering in its heart.
Titan Books, 1st September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781835417478
Thirteen original stories from masters of fantasy and science fiction inspired by the tales of L Frank Baum and the land of Oz.
Series
The Wolf King Lauren Palphreyman Wayward TxF, 9781911751 Forbidden romance. Werewolves. Kilts. A sizzler of a story that has the internet obsessed. 1: The Wolf King 5th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 090
2: The Night Prince 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99,144 3: The Wolf Queen 17th November, hb, eb, £22, 151
Sarah A Parker To Bleed a Crystal Bloom HarperVoyager, 14th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008802271
Rapunzel reimagining involving secrets, monsters and dangerous devotion. From the author of When the Moon Hatched.
Esther Park, Gene Png (tr) The Legend of Lady Byeoksa
Wildfire, 13th August, pb, £10.99, 9781035424344
Travel to the Underworld and back in this tale of star-crossed lovers, political intrigue and mysticism. Inspired by Korean mythology and set in the Joseon dynasty.
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti Lightwing King’s Hollow, 13th October, pb, £22, 9781916926868
From the bestselling authors of Zodiac Academy, the second instalment of the Crown of Hearts and Chaos series. Held captive in a castle surrounded by Hollows, Ferris is at the mercy of a Fae with nothing but hatred in his heart. Will she escape unscathed to fulfill her promises to The Great Elm?
Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti On the Cursed Day of Christmas King’s Hollow, 29th September, pb, £25, 9781918335057
New, fully illustrated hardback advent calendar book experience for Zodiac Academy and Dark Fae fans.
Chloe C Peñaranda The Bloodfire Oath Tor Bramble, 26th November, hb, eb, £22, 9781035095810
The Wheel of Time meets The Hunger Games in a new series full of heartbreak, magic and a pocket sized dragon.
Series
Adenashire J Penner Poisoned Pen Press, pb, £9.99, 4: A Fellowship of Curses & Cats 18th August, 9781464276491 A potion leads to stray cats appearing on woodland elf Theo’s doorstep and multiplying until the bakery becomes Adenashire’s first cat cafe. 5: A Fellowship of Academics & Arts 24th November, 9781628861877 eries closes with this comforting tale about how the most unlikely beginnings can lead to extraordinary endings.
Alex Pheby Waterblack Galley Beggar Press, 17th September, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781913111786
Monumental conclusion to Pheby’s celebrated Cities of the Weft trilogy.
Alyssa Pickering Princess of Lies Wayward TxF, 7th January, hb, eb, £20, 9781911760092
Crossover fantasy with magic and romance about a princess and her brothers.
Pirateaba The Wandering Inn HarperVoyager, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9780008836238 Book One, Part One of Pirateaba’s LitRPG fantasy in which Erin Solstice runs an inn in a world of perilous magic.
Damian Popolo The Aeon Paradox Troubador, 28th September, pb, £10.99, 9781806346387
Sharp, sardonic and genuinely surprising, The Aeon Paradox is a literary science fiction novel built on original academic theory.
Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby (illus) The Discworld Bestiary
Doubleday, 15th October, hb, eb, £30, 9780857529497
Guide to the creatures and critters of Pratchett’s much-loved creation. Includes annotations by the hapless wizard Rincewind.
Jade Presley The Kings’ List Arcadia Books, 1st January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529445152
A woman’s search for her missing sister
brings her four princes of chaos instead. Why- choose romantasy.
Laura Purcell Thorns in the Hollow Magpie, 22nd October, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008562878
Gothic historical fantasy set at Reynard’s Hollow. Bburied secrets, shifting loyalties and something strange in the woods threaten Tabitha’s future.
qntm There is No Antimemetics Division
Penguin, 1st October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804954751
Mind-bending science fiction about antimemes: ideas that attack memory, identity and the fabric of reality itself.
AT Qureshi Rider of Dragons Avon, 27th August, hb, eb, £16.99, 9780008834258
Dragon racing romantasy for fans of Fourth Wing.
Eliza Raine
Of Blades and Wings Scarlett Press, 19th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398566125
A princess with hidden abilities must train to become a Valkyrie without being tempted from duty by an alluring fallen warrior.
Emily Rath North is the Night Arcadia Books, 26th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781529436532
Queer fantasy retelling of The Kalevala by the author of the viral self-published winner Pucking Around.
Michael Redhill The Trial of Katterfelto No Exit Press, 27th August, pb, £9.99, 9780857303288
Faithful account of the trial and punishment of Dr Gustavus Katterfelto, the greatest natural philosopher who ever lived.
Ava Reid A Theory of Dreaming Penguin, 17th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781804953815
Fantasy sequel in which Effy and Preston face war, identity and dangerous dreams.
Valentina Cano Repetto Loba Angry Robot, 10th November, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781836730606
Split timeline Gothic horror set in a lighthouse. A woman escapes from an abusive marriage into a haunting.
Rick Revelle The Elk Whistle Warrior Society
Beth Revis Dragon of the Deep Sourcebooks Casablanca, 26th January, hb, £18.99, 9798256501235
A woman exiled by superstition joins a dragon-hunting voyage. A Nordic setting and a love triangle.
Randy Ribay Nest of Tongues Hot Key Books, 11th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781471419270
Gripping vampire story. Siblings Lily and Caleb must protect their community from a relentless hunter.
Series Alex Rivers, CN Crawford
Avalon Tower Scarlett Press, 24th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781398566132
Nia is finally on her dream beach holiday but it soon turns into a nightmare when she is kidnapped by a fey and taken to spy school.
Katee Robert The Tarot Trials Tor, 22nd October, hb, eb, £22, 9781035080427
Acclaimed author of Neon Gods introduces fans to The Tarot Trials, a brutal fantasy trilogy.
Gabriela Romero Lacruz The River and the Star Daphne Press, 4th October, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781837840816
Two women find themselves caught in an ancient feud between ruthless entities. Warring Gods conclusion.
Ivy Rose Of Shadows and Blood DK Audio Canelo, 6th August, audiofile, £14, 9780241840436
Yearning romantasy debut. Liv wakes from a coma to find herself in the unforgiving Kingdom of Lux, inhabited by Vampyr and sorceresses.
Dundurn Press, 1st October, pb, £11.99, 9781459756281
From the author of the Algonquin Quest series comes the story of a secret, female-led group that has sought justice for Indigenous women and children for centuries.
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