It’s no surprise that these otherworldly genres remain popular for years to come. No matter your preferences, there really is a story for everyone. From wild adventures in space to pigeons living in a Great Depression-era world, 2027 is packed with many new extraordinary, magical books.

The Magical Cheese Emporium by Sarah Beth Durst (1/19)

After the Great Library went up in flames along with her job as Assistant Librarian, Eloren had no choice but to return to the only other place that would have her: her grandmother’s shop. Now she’s struggling to become the Magical Cheese Emporium’s heiress, something she never wanted, on the isolated island town of Dew. Life is difficult at the shop: the unicorns refuse to let her milk them, there’s something prowling in the cheese caves, and Eloren heavily prefers books over Brie. The only positive? Eloren gets to reunite with Garyn, her clever childhood friend who is now taller–and handsome. When ridiculous taxes are imposed on small business owners by Dew’s governor, Eloren knows one thing for certain: she didn’t defeat the emperor just for somebody else to take advantage of good people. As Eloren, Garyn (and his mostly helpful inventions), and a mouse made of cheese embark on a journey to save the local businesses, Eloren might finally understand that home is where the Havarti is.

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Merciful Carnage by Sara Hashem (2/2)

The inability to die has defined Tala’s life. When the oasis villages begin being ravaged by an obscure plague, Tala is exiled to Axsanda, a dazzling city across the desert, to obtain refuge for her people. With the assistance of her changeling scorpions, Tala will go to extreme lengths to prove she can be a healer and deserving of her community. However, a normally lethal encounter places her in front the unsettlingly beautiful High Judge of Axsanda, one of the four eternal rulers of the land–Selim. Overcome by the abnormal, persistent girl, Selim agrees to provide sanctuary f0r Tala’s village so long as she stays put in his palace until they arrive. One hundred years without his emotions means Selim has a single priority: preserve the divine order of his land and eradicate any risks to its balance. While Tala searches for a cure to her village’s epidemic, Selim seeks an answer to explain her existence. Sinister signs are diffusing across Axsanda. As Tala begins showing signs of an unconceivable power, the two of them must confront their attraction… and its calamitous consequences.

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The Moth Reborn by Samantha Shannon (2/23)

The world has been thrown into catastrophe. Outside the Republic of Scion, humans are now aware that gods walk alongside them. After being abroad for months, Paige Mahoney is set to reunite with Arcturus and complete the battle they began together. Before their return to Scion, they agree to an invitation from the Ranthen, the group who will be selecting the new leader of Iceland–only for violence to consume the night. Forced to flee through the merciless Alps, the mazes of Lyon and beyond, Paige must unravel the mystery of her own existence–and the roots of clairvoyance–to rescue the rebellion. Alliances will be confronted, hearts will be broken, and ancient truths will be discovered.

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Mickey Prime: A Mickey7 Novel by Edward Ashton (2/23)

Mickey Barnes is now an ex-Expendable. Instead of prowling around inside active reactor cores and getting dismembered by creepers, he has spent the past five years gardening tomatoes and cleaning rabbit pens. However, when an unexpected, deadly plague strikes the budding human colony on Niflheim, he’s forced to go back to his previous job. Mickey is given the jobs first responder and lab rat, expected to be killed and replaced as many times as needed to find a cure. However, no matter how many times the colony’s medical team tries, Mickey seems to be the only person who can’t catch the illness. As death rates rise and people begin to panic, Command is pressured to ruminate Reset–disinfecting the colony entirely, then recolonizing it with hundreds of embryos that will be raised under the careful eye of a dozen replicas of Mickey Barnes. No matter how difficult things become, Mickey won’t let that happen because he has a daughter now–and he is determined to make sure she survives. It’s a lot, but to be fair, Mickey has already died seven times. Things couldn’t get harder, right?

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Blaze by Emma Donoghue (3/9)

In New York in the year of 2040, a disastrous event has left the city in critical need of food and shelter. Blaze, a young pigeon, was born into this chaotic world, forcing her to navigate life where death is always lurking. Her and her close-knit family live in an abandoned tower, leaning on each other for survival and raising their young, all while avoiding the Talls–the starving humans who remain. Through the rule of no pigeon lives long alone and others, Blaze’s flock has managed to flee many disasters. On a gathering trip, Blaze rescues an elderly, lone pigeon and embraces him into her family. This new member brings along a forgotten history of life before that alters everything Blaze knows about pigeons, Talls, and the purpose of home. As Blaze matures, she must learn to navigate the ups and downs of adventures, developing flock politics, wild romances, and the doubts of motherhood. In the end, Blaze must choose between sticking to the beliefs of her flock or creating an entirely new path for herself.

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Witch Dance by Isabel Ibañez (3/9)

In the summer of 1518, the Strasbourg citizens are dancing to death.

Evelina del Valle, a bright medical student, arrives with a goal set on stopping the plague before the isolated city crumbles completely. But she has a fatal secret: she’s a witch. However, she’s left that life far behind her. Her only wish now is to have a career in healing others. But the Strasbourg illness disregards everything she knows about medicine. Then she meets Alaric Keller, a dangerous and mysterious man bound to the Black Forest that lingers beyond Strasbourg’s barriers. Here, rumors bubble about hidden courts, gemstone magic, and dark deals. He’s desperate to save his mother, the plague’s first ever victim. Although he accepts Evelina’s help, the way he watches her implies that he already knows her secret–and that he’ll use it against her. As suspicion grows and the death list rises, Evelina is forced to choose a sacrifice: the life she’s made, the identity she keeps secret, or the man who possesses the truth, her heart, and her destroying.

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TimeLess by A.F. Steadman (3/16)

Artemis has recently graduated from her Cambridge class of assassins, the most esteemed discipline in the Faculty’s army, at twenty-one years old. As a timeless solider, she has the ability to travel between linear time, shielding the frail future with her fatal hands. Alongside her team–a navigator, an armourer, a historian, and a medic–she will stop at nothing to ensure history isn’t destroyed by time vandals. Although Artemis’ life may seem wonderful, growing up in Cambridge hasn’t been smooth sailing. Assassin’s are forced to the merciless to survive–she’s made foes, left a few lovers, and possesses a secret that could risk everything. And things definitely don’t start to look up once she and her crew begin traveling. Artemis soon discovers that a vandal has been waiting for her. And although she knows this man is the epitome of devastation itself, she’s going to let him live. Will she regret this? Or will it be the driver to discovering secrets about the only world she’s ever known…and her actual place within it?

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Persephone by Kristi Charish & Sebastien de Castell (4/6)

Psychiatrist Daniel Richland didn’t even have the means to be an elite astronaut, let alone serve as chief medical officer on the Ulysses: the fourth ship to try and reach the Red Planet. However, Daniel is deeply in love with Sarah, his wife, and since Mars Now, billionaire Alan Burke’s exclusive space program, picked her to direct the assembly of the first human habitat on Mars, Daniel will do anything for them to meet again. But space travel is a dangerous business, and during a near-disastrous solar flare that strikes the Ulysses, Daniel spots another ship following a path parallel to them. When the ship is revealed to be an exact copy of Persephone–a ship that landed on Mars six months prior that was commanded by Sarah, Daniel and his team are thrust into wild scientific theories and rumors of a plan to destroy the Mars Now program. An almost fatal attempt to investigate the ghost ship throws the Ulysses mission out of order and causes Daniel’s team to question if he can command. As disasters multiply, it becomes more apparent that Daniel can’t trust anyone–possibly even his messages from Sarah. With only his training, his intuition, and the guidance of the woman he loves, Daniel Richland must unravel the truth, save his team, and preserve space exploration for future generations.

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NEWPHORIA! by Olivie Blake (8/10)

It’s 2075 and time for the annual Senecan Games, a lethal tournament comprised of sinful contestants nominated online by their neighbors, mutuals, and even friends. But honestly, who has time to watch murder games in this economy anyway? However, around the time Senecan is set to begin, Wolfie Anderson-Spencer, a millennial culture researcher at Oxford, realizes archival memes may have been wiped out of his files. This seemingly small IT issue leads Wolfie to to eerie discoveries of unrelated secrets such as the strange slaughter of a survivalist cult, a pop star’s cancellation turned placement into the first Senecan games, and Dolores, a forsaken woman who has somehow avoided being watched by big tech–until now. However, she just may be the only hope at rescuing humanity from the gloomy web of exploitation that they unwillingly joined in on.

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The Fox in Winter by Antonia Hodgson (10/5)

In this highly anticipated epic fantasy sequel to The Raven Scholar, return to a world of imperial affairs, archaic magic, and ascending ambition by the Hugo Award-nominated and bestselling author Antonia Hodgson.

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