New Fantasy and Science Fiction To Read This Year
Explore the most epic stories that will immerse you in imaginative worlds coming out in 2026. Find your next science fiction or fantasy read by new and beloved authors.
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A Parade of Horribles
by Matt Dinniman
Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI called A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means. Just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.” But Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been … It’s off to the races in the explosive eighth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.
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The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy
by Brigitte Knightley
The stakes are high, the love is forbidden, and the slow burn turns steamy in this swoony, witty, and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy.
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Broken Dove
by Dani Francis
In the heart-pounding sequel to the New York Times bestselling dystopian romance Silver Elite, lines will be crossed, loyalties will be tested, and the fight for the Continent is only just beginning as Wren Darlington finds herself caught in the middle of two wars: One for the fate of her home and another for the fate of her heart.
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Defy the Dusk
by Danielle L. Jensen
In the Sundered world, there are two options: Ride the dawn, or face what rises in the night. When darkness means certain death and survival depends on reaching the dawn, the woman whose magic broke the world will carve another path: Defy the dusk. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom comes the first book in a gritty post-apocalyptic fantasy duology.
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Fishbone Cinderella
by Elizabeth Lim
A mother and daughter must break their family’s curse through trials of war and immigration, love, loss, and redemption in this riveting multi-generational saga with a shimmer of magic, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Forgery of Fate.
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Dominion
by Jean Kwok
A woman with no past. A warrior with no future. Their love could save the world — or burn it down … Fourth Wing — by way of Chinese mythology — meets The Hunger Games in a perilous world where a young woman with no memory and little magic may hold the key to uniting the Dominions and saving the mortal realm, from the New York Times bestselling author of the Read with Jenna pick Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.
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Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter
by Heather Fawcett
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.
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Intercepts
by T. J. Payne
The word-of-mouth BookTok hit about a supervisor at a top-secret government facility running experiments on human beings. He’s always been able to tell himself it’s for the greater good — until the day his work follows him home …
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Twelve Months
by Jim Butcher
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 save himself?
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The Unicorn Hunters
by Katherine Arden
In a desperate gamble to save her throne, a young monarch conceals a secret marriage in the shadows of an enchanted forest — and unknowingly alters the fate of her world — in this dazzling novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.
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Strange Familiars
by Keshe Chow
Two scholars of magical veterinary science must put aside their lust and loathing to save the world in the first installment of his whimsical, romantic, dark academia duology.
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Beneath
by Ariel Sullivan
Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform.
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The Empire Burns at Dawn
by Fatima Al-Shemary
The Arabian Nights meets romantasy in this debut about two sisters sent on separate missions to help their father seize power, but dark magic is brewing across the land, and they might be pawns in a much larger game …
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A Glimmer of Death
by Laurell K. Hamilton
I am Meredith Gentry. Princess of the realm of faerie and private investigator in the mortal land of Los Angeles. With a family and a court to support back home, I can’t say no to a job investigating a string of magical attacks against up-and-coming Hollywood actresses. Not when the case raises old nightmares from my own past. This time when I find out who is responsible for all this pain, I can make him pay … New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton returns for the first in a two-book epic conclusion to her genre-defining Merry Gentry series.
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The Elsewhere Express
by Samantha Sotto Yambao
When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your life’s purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of Water Moon.
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Lore Olympus: Volume Eleven
by Rachel Smythe
The finale of Lore Olympus has arrived! Witness Hades and Persephone’s modern, romantic reimagining in this gorgeously illustrated, Eisner Award-winning comic — now including a never-before-seen bonus short story!
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Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon
by Mike Chen
ND-5 and Jaylen Vrax embark on their descent into the galaxy’s underworld in search of answers and opportunity, in this essential prequel to Star Wars Outlaws.
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Exodus: The Helium Sea
by Peter F. Hamilton
The epic conclusion of the Archimedes Engine duology by legendary author Peter F. Hamilton. Set in the universe of EXODUS, a new sci-fi action-adventure RPG coming soon from Archetype Entertainment.
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Dead Batteries
by Kate Maupin
A single mom and her neurodivergent son battle for survival and stability in a post-apocalyptic world, one that is arguably no less harsh to them than the pre-pandemic one, in this gripping, one-of-a-kind debut.
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Our Dark Incantations
by Wanda Hellmund
In this achingly romantic dark academia fantasy a young woman must embrace Dark Magic and an alliance with a deadly Wielder to fight a powerful threat cloaked in shadow. Can the two enemies work together without losing their hearts — or their lives — in the process?
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Innamorata
by Ava Reid
A decadently dark gothic fantasy for readers who love “haunting atmospheres, morally tangled characters, and stories where love becomes doom” (Booklist, starred review), the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth.
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Weavingshaw
by Heba Al-Wasity
Leena didn’t believe in monsters until she saw Weavingshaw. This yearning, slow-burn gothic fantasy romance follows a young woman haunted by the ghosts of her past and a ruthless merchant known as the Saint of Silence, who promises her greatest desire in return for her darkest secret …
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Stellar Smoke
by TanaĂŻs
A hypnotically original and lush speculative novel from award-winning author Tanaïs about technology, sex, spirituality, family secrets, and the mother-daughter bond across generations — ultimately blurring the boundary between past and present, human and machine.
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Thistlemarsh
by Moorea Corrigan
Faeries disappeared over one hundred years ago, as suddenly as slipping through a doorway. It was only the very foolish, or the very determined, who held out hope for their return … Welcome to Thistlemarsh — a ramshackle estate where an impoverished orphan and a beguiling Faerie collide in an enchanting novel of love, revenge, and ruin.
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Dreamers of the Full Moon Coffee Shop
by Mai Mochizuki
From the bestselling author of the Japanese sensation The Full Moon Coffee Shop, this charming and heartfelt standalone novel brings more lost souls to the enchanted café — where they might find some help from the cats who run it.
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Exhumation
by Nicholas Binge
A London P.I. investigates the disappearance of a young woman with ties to a secret cult whose roots run deeper than he imagined.
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The First Step
by Tao Wong
In a spectacular world of immortals, spirit beasts, and mystical martial arts, the young farmer Wu Ying’s life will be changed forever when he is unexpectedly invited to join an elite school of cultivation. Author and martial artist Tao Wong introduces a thrilling blend of progression fantasy, Xianxia, and Chinese mythology in this irresistible tale of an underdog hero who dreams of something more.
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Certainty
by John Twelve Hawks
John Twelve Hawks, bestselling author of The Traveler, returns with a masterful journey through the near future of Artificial Intelligence, in which a wise, orphaned ten-year-old girl goes on the run with only her trusty “Interactive Toy” to guide her toward New York City, where a dark landscape, and perhaps a hidden hero, await her.
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Under the Oak Tree: Volume 4 (The Novel)
by Suji Kim
Before he became the continent’s mightiest hero, he was a lowborn peasant just struggling to survive. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webnovel on MANTA, continues in this fourth volume.
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Critical Role: The Mighty Nein–Children of Empire
by Nibedita Sen
Return to Wildemount with this first-of-its-kind official sequel to the hit Mighty Nein campaign from Critical Role, exploring the fates of “Empire Kids” Caleb Widogast and Beauregard Lionett. Written by Hugo, Nebula, and Ignyte Award-nominated author Nibedita Sen, Children of Empire ties together the stories of Campaigns Two and Three of the hit series Critical Role, complete with intrigue, machinations, and the occasional fist fight.
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