Fantasy and Science Fiction

Discover recent releases in fantasy and science fiction, from space operas and apocalyptic worlds to dragons and magic!
Updated June 2, 2026
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Automatic Noodle
Annalee Newitz
Paper Book
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. An instant USA Today and indie bestseller! Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Best of the Year at...
Katabasis
R. F. Kuang
Paper Book
Dante's Inferno meets Susanna Clarke's Piranesi in this all-new dark academia fantasy from R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, in which two graduate students must put aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save...
Brigands & Breadknives
Baldree, Travis
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie bestseller! Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller Fern Fern has weathered the stillness...
The Shattering Peace
John Scalzi
Paper Book
After a decade, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man's War series with the long awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace THE PEACE IS SHATTERING For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A...
Platform Decay
Martha Wells
Paper Book
PLATFORM DECAY is a New York Times, USA Today, and National Indie Bestseller! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad...
The Everlasting
Alix E. Harrow
Paper Book
DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover edition featuring dark teal sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and full-page illustrations! Instant New York Times bestseller * USA Today bestseller * National Indie bestseller * Locus Award Winner ...
Twelve Months
Jim Butcher
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN INSTANT USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, has always managed to save the day--but, in this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files, can he...
Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl. ...
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montréal turns to a grouchy but charming magician to help save her shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series. "Absolutely magnificent!...
Slow Gods
Claire North
Paper Book
Finalist for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel!  Best of the Year at Gizmodo, Library Journal, and more!  "An astonishing, thought-provoking and above all touching story of found meaning and lost...
Alchemised
SenLinYu
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD * In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy--and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past. This...
Snake-Eater
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an enthralling contemporary fantasy seeped in horror about a woman trying to escape her past by moving to the remote US desert--only to find herself beholden to the wrath of a vengeful god. With...
There is no antimemetics division : a novel
QNTM
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Humanity is under assault by malevolent "antimemes"--ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself--in this whip-smart tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel. "Utterly...
Queen Demon
Martha Wells
Paper Book
A USA Today Bestseller! A Finalist for the Locus Award! The remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling novel Witch King: a breathtaking new epic fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling...
Hell's Heart
Alexis Hall
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Gideon the Ninth meets Moby-Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's thrilling SF debut, Hell's Heart! They are monsters, legends, gods. They are our...
Hemlock and Silver
T. Kingfisher
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring bright green sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers illustrated by the author. From New York Times...
After The Fall
Edward Ashton
Paper Book
Part alien invasion story, part buddy comedy, and part workplace satire, After The Fall by Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7 (inspiration for the film Mickey 17), asks an important question: would humans really make great pets? Humans must...
Through gates of garnet and gold
McGuire, Seanan
Paper Book
A LibraryReads Hall of Fame Selection! A fan-favorite character returns in this action-packed installment of the Hugo Award-winning Wayward Children series. After Nancy was cast out of the Halls of the Dead and forced to enroll at Eleanor West's...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! * A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers--and her life--back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches. Sera Swan...
Among the Burning Flowers
Samantha Shannon
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With the awakening of fire-breathing dragons, Among the Burning Flowers sees the first sparks of danger that threaten to consume the world in The Priory of the Orange Tree. Take your first steps...
The Enchanted Greenhouse
Sarah Beth Durst
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! A #1 LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick! DELUXE EDITION--a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful mint green sprayed edges! #1 New York Times...
The Faith of Beasts
James S. A. Corey
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND LA TIMES BESTSELLER  James S. A. Corey's Expanse series has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 23 languages, establishing itself...
The Summer War
Naomi Novik
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST * In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her...
The strength of the few
Islington, James
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 New York Times bestseller! This USA TODAY and international bestseller features a reversible book cover that matches the original hardcover art design, and beautifully designed endpapers. This highly anticipated sequel to The...
Children of Strife
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Paper Book
A new entry in the wildly successful Children of Time series from award-winning master of science fiction Adrian Tchaikovsky.   After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth's forgotten past. A ship crewed by...
The Astral Library
Kate Quinn
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures...
The Iron Garden Sutra
A. D. Sui
Paper Book
Klara and the Sun meets S. A. Barnes's Dead Silence with a touch of Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built in Nebula Award-winning author A.D. Sui's darkly philosophical, locked room murder mystery, as a death monk and a team of researchers trapped onboard a spaceship of...
The Red Winter
Cameron Sullivan
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! DELUXE EDITION--the hardcover edition of The Red Winter features beautiful red sprayed edges! A LibraryReads Pick! An Indie Next Pick! A devastating love...
What We Can Know
Ian McEwan
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the Booker prize-winning, bestselling author of Atonement and Saturday, a genre-bending new novel full of secrets and surprises; an immersive exploration, across time and history, of what can ever be...
The Poet Empress
Tao Shen
Paper Book
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER! A LIBRARY READS PICK! DELUXE EDITION―featuring gorgeous gilded edges, detailed endpapers, and beautiful case art under the book jacket! Debut author Shen Tao introduces readers to the lush, deadly world...
Lightbreakers
Aja Gabel
Paper Book
In the beginning, there was happiness. Maya, an artist obsessed with the nature of beauty, and Noah, a quantum physicist preoccupied by the mysteries of the universe, found in each other a shared curiosity about the world. But beneath the surface of their happy marriage is a third rail: Serena, the...
Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore
Emily Krempholtz
Paper Book
Guy Shadowfade is dead, and after a lifetime as the dark sorcerer's right-hand, Violet Thistlewaite is determined to start over - not as the fearsome Thornwitch, but as someone kind. Someone better. Someone good. The quaint town of Dragon's Rest, Violet decides, will be her second chance - she'll...
Jitterbug
Gareth L. Powell
In this twisty and action-packed adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Descendant Machine and Future's Edge, a crew of bounty hunters find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy on the very fringes of the devastated solar system. Perfect for fans of James S. A. Corey and Adrian Tchaikovsky...
Brimstone
Hart, Callie
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller USA Today Bestseller * PublishersWeekly Bestseller * Amazon Charts Bestseller  * Indie Booksellers Bestseller * Feature film in development with...
Alchemy of Secrets
Stephanie Garber
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER DELUXE LIMITED EDITION first printing featuring unique case stamp and black sprayed edges The HOTLY ANTICIPATED adult debut novel by the beloved, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of the Caraval and Once...
The Forest on the Edge of Time
Jasmin Kirkbride
Paper Book
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction. Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to...
The Isle in the Silver Sea
Tasha Suri
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF 2025 From World Fantasy Award-winning author Tasha Suri comes The Isle in the Silver Sea, a heart-shattering standalone...
The Library of Amorlin
Kalyn Josephson
Paper Book
A brilliant con artist and a secretive librarian collide in New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson's enchanting adult fantasy debut packed with twists, tricks, slowburn romantic tension, and magical creatures -- perfect for fans of S.A. MacLean, Mai Corland, and K.A. Linde.
The Language of Liars
S. L. Huang
Paper Book
A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author of The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang. "Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences....

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