This season, we’re excited to usher in some of the most magical and futuristic reads of the season. From debuts that dare you to pick them up, to #1 New York Times bestsellers and Booker Prize winners, this is a list full of tech gone awry, gods at war and more.
Fantasy
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (9/2)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals comes a fresh story set in the same world. Matilda is a young goddess in a world where alliances are constantly changing and enemies are multiplying. But she’s keeping a secret… even from those that are closest to her. Vincent once sent a letter to Matilda, the goddess he once dreamed of, but ten years later he is a fierce and hardened man who has long forgotten. So when she appears in his room with a message, they must both face what they’re hiding from, including love.
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Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve (9/26)
A witch determined to contain her powerful, but unpredictable magic is accepted into a prestigious school for witches. When she arrives though, she’s confronted with the son of her family’s rivals. As she dabbles in magic—and obsession—she starts to question the truth of her family’s history in this page-turning, enemies-to-lovers romantasy.
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Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber (10/7)
Holland St. James is taking a Local Legends and Urban Myths where the professor tells extraordinary stories that most students think are made up. But not Holland. When her curiosity leads her to the Watch Man, she discovers she only has until midnight the next day to live unless she finds an artifact called the Alchemical Heart.
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Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake (10/21)
The New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six is unleashing a dark and twisted new story. In this academia-set novel, Nina is trying to move on from a disastrous freshmen year by joining the most elite sorority. Sloane is a demoted professor trying to cope with new motherhood and is serving as The House’s academic liaison. As both get sucked into the horrifying rituals of the sorority they discover that sisterhood is a bloody game.
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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (10/28)
The legend of Una Everlasting is the stuff of legends, an orphan girl who saved the queen as a knight lives on in books. Owen Mallory is a scholar obsessed with her story. He deep dives into the archives and eventually, into the past itself. Una and Owen become entangled in time and if they hope to change Una’s destiny, they’ll have to rewrite history in this stunning new romantic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House.
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Fallen City by Adrienne Young (11/4)
Luca Matius is supposed to carry on his family’s legacy, but his apprenticeship to the city’s Philosopher drops him into a disaster that threatens his future. Maris Casperia, raised inside the Citadel and trained by the last Priestess with stolen magic, wants a better future for their corrupt city. When they meet, a buried secret blows up their plans, turning their careful alliance into a holy war.
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I, Medusa by Ayana Gray (11/18)
New York Times bestselling author, Ayana Gray, flips the script with this incredible villain origin story retelling. Meddy has grown up in the shadow of her immortal sisters, but dreams of an adventurous life. When she strikes out on her own, she befriends Athena, but also catches the eye of Poseidon. When her hair is turned to snakes after being accused of a crime she didn’t commit, she must face the world with a new mission in mind: vigilante.
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Dawn of the Firebird by Sarah Mughal Rana (12/2)
Khamilla has only known a life of violence and war. When a rival clan assassinates those closest to her, her childhood spent learning to defend her father’s throne become skills essential for survival. And her magic is one that even her enemies dream of wielding. When she infiltrates her enemies, she risks everything to topple her enemies and survive.
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An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole (12/30)
Ellory Morgan dreams of attending Warren University, a school of magic built on the dark secrets and exploitation of its BIPOC students. When she arrives for her Freshman year, despite being in a new place, she can’t shake the feelings she’s been there before. Determined to discover the truth she must risk losing everything for good.
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Science Fiction
You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (9/9)
In a book described as Alien meets Midsommar, an invasion hits West Virginia. The invaders demand fresh corpses, but offer sanctuary to a select few humans. Crane is given the chance to transition, survive and meet a violent ex-Marine, Levi. When Crane falls pregnant, the hive demands the baby and Crane must fight for autonomy in a battle that can only end in blood.
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What We Can Know by Ian McEwan (9/23)
The bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Atonement is releasing a speculative fiction novel this season. In 2014, a poet writes a poem for his new wife and recites it at a dinner party in front of friends. Nearly 100 years later in a world torn apart by nuclear destruction and rising seas, a lone scholar pours over the poet’s words, dreaming of the wild freedom and joy of the 21st century. In his search for more information about the poem’s origins, he discovers crime and entangled love that shatters his perception of the world before.
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Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei (9/30)
Skipper is living in a near future Earth where coastal land has been swallowed up by water and mutant-fish and pirates roam the seas. Skipper attempts to collect plastic for money to help her ailing mother when she receives a note from her older sister, Nora. She’s in trouble and needs her help. So Skipper and her other sister, Carmen, set out to find the eldest who has been working to find a solution for failing crops. In so doing, they discover the corporation Nora has been working for is as dangerous as their mission.
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Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose (10/1)
Growing up with a prepper dad, all Casey wanted was to get out of her dad’s orbit. But now, the world is indeed ending in the midst of a zombielike outbreak, and there’s only one place for her to go. When she arrives, she’s shocked to find her father is not alone. A group of survivors has gathered around him, including her high school bully. Now she must face the apocalypse and her feelings.
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Twice by Mitch Albom (10/7)
From the adored #1 New York Times bestseller comes the story of Alfie, a man who has been able to get a second chance at every choice he has ever made since he was a boy. His amazing ability allows a redo for everything, but he must accept whatever comes of his second choice. He uses it to defy death and to charm women until he eventually falls in love. As he grows older, his eye begins to wander and he learns that if he loses love, there’s no getting it back. Despite a lifetime of second chances, he makes a choice that will change his life forever.
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The Emergency by George Parker (11/11)
From bestselling nonfiction author, George Parker, comes a novel that explores what happens when an empire collapses. With two sides of the youth population embracing radical new ideas, a family is caught in the middle of a new world after the Emergency.
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The Merge by Grace Walker (11/11)
In this enticing new debut, the ability to merge two consciousnesses into one body has become available. Amelia can’t bear the thought of losing her mother to Alzheimer’s, so she agrees to the procedure. Along with her are three other pairs, preparing for their own merge who will be held together in a rehabilitation village as they recuperate. But as they adapt to their new existence, they start to question if everything is as it seems.
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In the Algorithm We Trust by Ryan David Ginsberg (11/11)
In a near-future surveillance state, the head of an AI-company becomes the President of the United States and a device plugs everyone into the Algorithm. Every thought and feeling is monitored and dissenters are tortured. It’s a world Hugo was born into, one where the Algorithm commands your allegiance and insists it will deliver a perfect life in exchange for compliance.
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All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu
Julia Z became known as the “orphan hacker” at fourteen, but now she seeks isolation. She has to come out of hiding when a lawyer approaches her to help find his wife, Elli. She’s a famous “dream artist” who constructs an emotional and resonant performance for audiences, but she’s into something darker. She’s extracted the dreams of the head of a criminal organization and he wants them back in exchange for Elli. To get her back, Julia Z must solve a virtual puzzle and use her AI skills in this sci-fi thriller by New York Times bestseller, Ken Liu.
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