As the leaves turn, so do our pages. Is there any better reading season than fall? With the weather cooling down, some of the most exciting reads of the year are just heating up. And to make sure your shelves are stocked, we’re bringing you the most anticipated science fiction and fantasy novels of fall 2024. From space-set Jane Austen to a new novel from the author of The Midnight Library, this list is filled with magic, fantastical worlds and mind-bending adventures.
Science Fiction
Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby (8/13)
When a group of people who have recently invented an emotion-mapping-AI crash on a deserted island, they find themselves in a deadly, technological game of survival. Discovering an abandoned, but fully-stocked palace they have access to technology, but not the outside world. Kristen, the “chief emotional manager”, must use the wits that got her to the top of her field in order to help keep everyone alive. For anyone who loved Severance and Black Mirror, this is the near-future thrill for you.
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Edge of the Known World by Sheri T. Joseph (9/3)
In this speculative fiction novel, a group of people known as the refusé carry an illegal gene. When Alexandra finds out she’s one of these and that her adoptive father has been giving her an imperfect gene therapy to help mask her from surveillance that could send her to her death, she is suddenly on the hunt to find him when he goes missing. Dodging checkpoints and entangling herself in a love triangle with an intelligence officer and his diplomat brother, Alexandra must race to warn her father of a trap that could destroy them both.
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Songlight by Moira Buffini (9/3)
To carry the gift of songlight is to be dubbed Unhuman in Elsa’s world. She must keep this part of herself hidden. The only other person she knows with songlight is Rye, the person she must keep her true feelings hidden from. When a girl who isn’t really there, is drawn through songlight to Elsa’s grief, they inserted into a war that will put them both in danger.
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The Midnight Club by Margot Harrison (9/24)
In this twisty, unique time travel story, a group of friends from college used to gather, but it has been twenty-five years since they were all in the same place after the death of one their friends. Now they’ve reconvened and their host has provided them with a substance that allows them to relive the past. As they go back, more details emerge and the secrets run deeper than any of them expected.
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Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho (9/24)
The apocalypse has arrived, unleashing hellish demons into the world. Jasper can’t remember his past, but he nonetheless has to manage the dangerous monsters who come through the portal on aisle in the store where he works. He’s crushing on his co-worker, but she seems mad at him for reasons he can’t remember. When they both have a vision of the end of the world, they must team up to discover the truth about the portals and why they’re here.
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Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (9/24)
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Space Opera, comes the sequel readers have been clamoring. In a gladiator-meets-beauty contest, the wars erupting are continuing to threaten Earth. Civilizations who are against humanity threaten their very existence in this new adventure that challenges the existence of the human race.
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Solis by Paola Mendoza (10/8)
In 2033, a near-future America uses undocumented people to mine a new chemical, aqualinium. This substance would give the government the power to control the weather and work against the destruction of climate change. The horrific treatment of the laborers leads Rania to a revolution where she and her comrades must fight for the freedom of all.
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Pride and Prejudice in Space by Alexis Lampley (10/15)
Blending a beloved classic with the adventure of space, this book is a genre-bending joyride for lovers of both categories. Elizabeth is a young woman living in a lunar system dreaming of being a starship pilot. She is not interested in finding someone to marry, but then Mr. Bingley docks, bringing with him his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy.
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Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins (10/22)
When an AI mother loses her human child, she must wrestle with death. Exploring mortality through a collection of obituaries that stretch across time, generations and planets, this genre-defying book takes a look at the human experience through unique eyes.
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Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer (10/22)
From the author of Annihilation comes the fourth book in his Southern Reach series. This novel is intended to be the final word on Area X and the mysteries that lie within. Told in three parts, VanderMeer will take readers on the final expedition, answering untold questions about the origins of the mysterious Area X while also introducing fresh, provocative new questions.
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Fantasy
She Who Knows by Nnedi Okorafor (8/20)
In this blend of science fiction and fantasy that award-winning author, Nnedi Okorafor is known for, readers return to the world she created in Who Fears Death. Najeeba has heard The Call, but it isn’t suppose to call to her. Only men and boys hear it and make the journey to the Salt Roads. When she proclaims she’s heard it, she’s permitted to join the men on the journey and it seems like all she could have ever wanted, traveling to a place she’s longed to see. But the there is more than what it seems, as this trip will change her and her family forever.
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The Life Impossible by Matt Haig (9/3)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library, comes his next magical story. Grace, a retired teacher, has just inherited a friend’s run-down Mediterranean home. She decides to travel to Ibiza and explore both her late friend’s life and death. As she does, she uncovers an unimaginable truth that will force her to confront her past.
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Vilest Things by Chloe Gong (9/10)
From the bestselling fantasy author comes the sequel to Immortal Longings. Though Calla won the games and defeated the king, her problems aren’t over. She is serving as advisor to the one who now sits on the throne, August. Only that’s not August, it’s an angry and vengeful Anton who has taken over his body and won’t be giving up his newfound power. But when Anton’s lost love awakes from a coma, he must form an alliance with Calla to prevent anarchy, even if the empire deserves to fall.
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The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi (9/10)
In the final book of The Ending Fire trilogy, the empire has fallen and a vigilante has risen. Known only as the Truthsayer, an army has been risen in their name. The final battle is set to be waged in the wake of a new god, Child of Fire.
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune (9/10)
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, comes the much-anticipated sequel. Arthur found a way to leave behind his past. He built a new life taking care of magical orphans and is preparing for new ones to join. The love of his life, Linus, a sprite and her girlfriend are also there to guard the children, but the home and family he has created is under threat. Now they must forge forward to become stronger than ever or lose everything they have.
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An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson (9/17)
Readers can get excited for a new novel from the author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger. In this dark academia fantasy, Lennon has been invited to attend Drayton College, a school for magic. Her gift in persuasion earns her admittance where she is surrounded by brilliant peers and a stunning adviser, Dante. As her powers grow, she must push them to the brink without succumbing to corruption.
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A Fire in the Sky by Sophie Jordan (9/24)
From the New York Times bestselling romantasy author comes a new world. Tamsyn lives in a world where dragons are no longer seen in the skies and magic is dying, but the pursuit of power is eternal. She lives in the royal court among princess, assigned the task of being their whipping girl, taking any punishment meant for them. When the Fell threatens their world, she is married off to a beastly warrior. But as she finds herself in more dangerous scenarios, a truth awakens. Magic isn’t gone, it’s only dormant.
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The Crescent Moon Tearoom by Stacy Sivinski (10/1)
In this cozy fantasy, three clairvoyant sisters must fight the powers of Fate to remain together. Anne, Beatrix, and Violet Quigley are living a fairly quiet life when word reaches them that the city Diviner is losing her powers. Now, forces threaten to pull the three sisters apart and they must work to avoid their cursed destiny and preserve magic for themselves and three other witches.
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The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo (10/8)
In 1943, Nena is a teenager helping take care of her sisters while fearing she will end up like the old curandera, so she begs for help. Sister Benedicta arrives and leads Nena across time and space and awakens magic. Now, Nena is 93 and being cared for by her grandniece. Marta agrees to help Nena find a lost child from the past and is pulled into the world of magic herself in this beautiful, awe-inducing generational tale.
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The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen (12/3)
Harriet’s father disappeared, leaving her alone to wander her family home. She takes peace in the solace of her garden and the magic within. Embracing the dirt under her nails and avoid the Victorian society she was a little too peculiar to fit into. Now, a sinister plot dealing with her father’s disappearance has emerged and she must channel the wild magic she’s been cultivating.
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