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Niamh Rose The Tarot of Love Flame Tree Collections, 22nd September, hb, eb, £20, 9781835628102
Stories that explore the dual nature of love.
Patrick Ross, Sarah Ross-Thompson The Future, Too
Troubador, 28th August, pb, £24.99, 9781806343829
Novel-length poem about people stuck in the past and afraid of the future.
Laura R Samotin, Ben Alderson The Darkness Bites Back Angry Robot, 29th September, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781836730057
Danger and desire clash in a Romeo and Juliet retelling set in modern-day Oxford. With added vampires.
Christopher Ruocchio Shadows Upon Time Head of Zeus, 6th August, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781035920679
Remarkable conclusion to the Sun Eater series.
Caskey Russell The Eagle in the Mountain Solaris, 24th September, hb, eb, £18.99, 9781837867400
Warrior Kwa must take Elān’s place in their ongoing battle against the invading Koosh. Sequel to The Door on the Sea.
Series
Upon a Broken Throne Clare Sager Wayward TxF, 9781911751 1: King of Ravens 3rd September, pb, eb, £9.99, 298
Trapped in a twisted bargain, Rhiannon is thrust into a world of withered gods, scheming courtiers and ancient magic. 2: Queen of Thorns 28th January, hb, eb, £20, 304 The throne demands everything but Annon will not be broken.
Nikki St Crowe West of Wicked Tor Bramble, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035059911
The Wizard of Oz with a much darker twist.
Brandon Sanderson Tailored Realities Gollancz, 15th October, pb, £12.99, 9781399633246
Creator of The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn series has written a short fiction collection featuring the never- before-published novella Moment Zero.
Brandon Sanderson The Fires of December Gollancz, 8th December, hb, £25, 9781399640893
Autumn/Winter 2026
Standalone novel set in Sanderson’s Cosmere universe.
Andrzej Sapkowski Crossroads of Ravens Gollancz, 17th September, pb, £10.99, 9781399633482
Brand-new Witcher novel. The series inspired the video games and the Netflix show.
Helen Scheuerer Silver & Smoke Tor Bramble, 13th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781035067473
Third and final romantasy in Helen Scheuerer’s sensational The Ashes of Thezmarr line.
Helen Scheuerer Kiss of the Black Flame Wayward TxF, 22nd September, hb, eb, £20, 9781911760610
A gifted bookbinder and a cursed immortal general are bound together by a dangerous magical bargain.
VE Schwab Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Tor, 13th August, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781035064663
Featuring three strong women whose story casts a shadow across generations and continents.
VE Schwab Victorious Titan Books, 6th October, hb, eb, £20, 9781785658242
Masterful trilogy of ambition, jealousy and superpowers from bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Gallant.
Samantha Shannon Among the Burning Flowers Bloomsbury Archer, 10th September, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781526686770
With fire-breathing dragons awakening, danger threatens to consume the world.
Ben Shepherd Blood Drunk Tor, 3rd September, hb, eb, £22, 9781035083831
South London’s criminal underworld gets down and dirty with a vampire society in this brutal urban fantasy.
ME Shotwell Soul and Splinter City Owl Press, 8th September, pb, £14.99, 9781648985850
Perfect for fans of epics, romantic fantasy, magic-wielding heroines and world- ending stakes.
Natasha Siegel As Many Souls as Stars Bloomsbury Archer, 27th August, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781526684608
Breakout gothic sapphic fantasy of 2025.
Natasha Siegel Chateau Reverie Bloomsbury Archer, 22nd October, hb, eb, £20, 9781526684653
Centred on an auction where participants bid with secrets.
Josie Silver Merry Spooky Love Evermore, 8th October, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911746188
From the author of One Day in December comes the third novel in a romantic series full of supernatural charm.
Amal Singh Slow Burn Flame Tree Press, 18th August, hb, eb, £20, 9781787589889
A failed actor enters a mirror into dreamlike Mumbai and becomes a superstar. But in this inverted world fame has consequences and success demands a price he never expected to pay.
Sable Sorensen Dire Bound Wayward TxF, 28th January, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781911751236
Humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.
Julie Soto Vine of Hearts Magpie, 14th January, hb, eb, £18.99, 9780008711726
Middle story in the Evermore trilogy and sequel to Rose in Chains.
Olaf Stapledon, Matthew de Abaitua Last and First Men
MIT Press, 25th August, pb, £17.99, 9780262054621
A dazzling work of science fiction to which Dune, the Foundation trilogy and 2001: A Space Odyssey owe a major debt.
LK Steven Turncloak Del Rey, 17th September, hb, eb, £20, 9781529940930
Three rival mages race for power to seal the fate of Atherin. Second instalment of the Silvercloak Saga from the author of Our Infinite Fates.
Jonathan Strahan (ed) Vaster Than Empires MIT Press, 3rd November, pb, £23, 9780262054874
Futures imagined by writers at the outer
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