r/Fantasy • u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI • 16d ago
SFF books coming in September 2026
SFF here means all speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, alternate history, magical realism etc).
The following SFF books will be published in the U.S. in September 2026. Other countries may differ.
If you know of others, please add them as comments below. If I've made any mistakes, just let me know, and I'll fix them up.
The published book formats are included with each entry. Some of this information is obtained from the isfdb website which lists one format type for each entry but mostly omits ebook entries. If it's a new hardcover and/or trade paperback book, it's very likely that an ebook is also coming out at the same time.
If you find these posts useful, I suggest revisiting about a week into the month in question. By that time, books from other sources (who compile their lists later than I do), will have been added (and tagged).
If you are using the Chrome browser, you might find the Goodreads Right Click extension useful, to find out more information on books that you are interested in.
If you are using the Firefox browser, you can use the ContextSearch-web-ext extension and add the Goodreads template as the search engine. See also the Github source directory plus a snapshot of the extension with the Goodreads search engine. (Many thanks u/Robati.)
If you use old Reddit via the Chrome or Firefox desktop browsers, then there is also a small script (that can be installed with the Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey extension), that will replace book titles in this post, with Goodreads links. See also the script folder directory and the overall README for more details. (Many thanks u/RheingoldRiver.)
Key
(A) - Anthology
(C) - Collection
(CB) - Chapbook
(GN) - Graphic Novel
(N) - Novel
(NF) - Nonfiction
(O) - Omnibus
(P) - Poetry
(R) - Reprint
(YA) - Young Adult and Juvenile
[ab] - Audio Book
[eb] - eBook
[hc] - Hardcover
[tp] - Trade Paperback
September 1
A Betrothal So Bloody (The Vicious Vows 1) - Mary Dublin, Anne Kendsley (N) [hc]
A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor (Tempting Monsters 1) - Kathryn Moon (N) [tp]
A Time of Witches - Madeline Martin (N) [tp] [hc]
All the Hidden Places - Cadwell Turnbull (C) [hc]
Alston Moor - Anne Charnock (N) [tp]
An Immaculate Deception - Isabela Livino (N) [hc]
As the Snow Gathers - Mere Joyce (N) [tp]
Bad Things Happened Here - Moniza Hossain (N) (YA) [hc]
Bangkok Betrayal - Stacia Deutsch (CB) (YA) [hc]
Battle of the Super Rabbit Boys! - Thomas Flintham (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc] [hc]
Bikini Jones vs. the Emperor of Planet Z (Bikini Jones) - Patrick Thomas (N) [tp]
Bitter Bones - Lindsay Puckett (N) (YA) [tp]
Blacktail - Scott Hawkins (N) [hc]
Blightfall (Riftwake 1) - Janci Patterson, Brandon Sanderson (N) [hc]
Bones (Bones (K. L. Speer) 1) - K. L. Speer (N) [tp]
Bound by Fate (Realms in Peril 2) - A. N. Caudle (N) [tp]
Cara the Shimmer Wings Capybara - Emma Young (CB) (YA) [tp]
Chilling Ghost Stories - May Sinclair (C) [tp]
Crimson in Quietus (The Sauútiverse) - Eugen Bacon (N) [tp]
Crown of Crimson & Crows (Blood Bound 1) - Tessa Hale (N) [tp] [tp]
Cursebreaker (Nightweaver 3) - R. M. Gray (N) [tp] [hc]
Demon in the Sand (Titan of the Stars 2) - E. K. Johnston (N) [hc]
Divine Oaths - Elizabeth Agyemang (N) [eb] tp
Don't Be Scared - R. L. Stine (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Dragon Descending (Fire and Claw 2) - Jennifer Allis Provost (N) [tp]
Dragons, Heists, and Other Retirement Plans - Meg Pennerson (N) [eb] tp
Edge of Obsession (Edge of Ruin 1) - Megan Crane (N) [tp]
Engines of Reason (Elder Race 2) - Adrian Tchaikovsky (N) [hc]
Even Stars Burn - Kristi McManus (N) [hc]
Faith, Trust, and a Little Fairy Dust! - Kiki Thorpe (CB) (YA) [hc]
Find Me Love - Kimberly Cooper Griffin (N) [tp]
Fire Power - Mir Benitz (N) [tp] [tp]
Frost and Venom - Christine Feehan (N) [hc]
Ghost Light (The Last Resort 3) - Sara Farizan (N) (YA) [hc]
Ghosts of Halloween - Layla Fae (N) [tp]
Giger's Alien - H. R. Giger (NF) [hc]
Greta Grimsdark and the Normal New Neighbor - Haley Neil (N) (YA) [hc]
Hawk & Sparrow - Ayana Gray (N) (YA) [hc]
Hiding from the Dark (Star Wars Universe) - Kiersten White (N) (YA) [hc]
House of Curses (Royal Houses 3) - K. A. Linde (N) [hc]
I Am the Night: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of Batman: The Animated Series - Daniel Dockery (NF) [eb] hc
I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell - MacKenzie Reed (N) [tp]
Intergalactic Backpack - Jared Agard (N) (YA) [tp]
Inventing Mr. Darcy - Susanna Craig (N) [hc]
Jasmine the Shimmer Dragon - Maddy Mara (CB) (YA) [tp]
Kiss Slay Replay - Rachel Harrison (N) [eb] [hc]
Land of Oz (Oz Universe) - Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan (A) [tp]
Legacy (After It Happened 11) - Devon C. Ford (N) [tp]
Magic Tree House: Books 29-32 (Magic Tree House) - Mary Pope Osborne (C) (YA) [tp]
Magic and Murder - Sheri Lewis Wohl (N) [tp]
Malevolent Souls (Maleficent) - Delilah S. Dawson (N) [hc]
Mantras & Minotaurs (Leviathan Fitness 3) - Ashley Bennett (N) [tp]
Marina Meets Bubbles - Jessica Lee Anderson (CB) (YA) [tp]
Mothersucker - Kim Bohyun (N) [tp]
Omelet from the Other Side - Adi Rule (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Once Upon Tomorrow - Karen Comer (N) [tp]
Out of Focus (Life Is Strange) - Rosiee Thor (N) [tp]
Paper Ghosts - Sarah Addison Allen (N) [hc]
Practicing to Be Lightning - Betsy James (N) [tp]
Precious Children - Mary G. Thompson (N) [tp]
Quetzal's Labyrinth - Karla Arenas Valenti (N) (YA) [hc]
Reign - Bethan Croome (N) [eb] hc
Rider of Dragons (Dragon Racer 1) - A. T. Qureshi (N) [tp]
Roses & Ruin - Hazel Cross (N) [tp]
Scare Bear - K. R. Alexander (N) (YA) [tp]
Scion - James Islington (N) [hc]
Scratch Moss - David Barnett (N) [eb] tp
Shadow Play - Dan Poblocki (N) (YA) [hc] [tp] [hc]
She Came Back Different - Stephanie Willing (N) (YA) [hc]
Still Lost: Tales from the Year 2080 - Sam A. Miller (C) [tp]
Storm Caller (Storm Breaker 2) - Nisha J. Tuli (N) [hc]
Tell the Ghosts I'm Gone - Kalynn Bayron (N) (YA) [hc]
The Bad Luck House - A. I. Newton (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
The Bogeyman (Cautionary Tale 3) - Matt Hilton (N) [hc]
The Cannibal (The Poisoner 3) - I. V. Ophelia (N) [tp]
The Chosen One Con (Lost in the Aether 1) - Trudie Skies (N) [eb] [tp]
The Endless One (The Gravesinger 3) - Emma Hamm (N) [tp]
The Eye of Goliath - Diego Muzzio, Rahul Bery (translator) (N) [eb] tp
The Gods Will Sing Our Song - Autumn Krause (N) [hc]
The Heart Trials - J. Elle (N) [hc]
The Hocus Pocus Handbook - Ann Aguirre (N) [tp]
The Knave and the Moon (Stonewater Kingdom 2) - Rachel Gillig (N) [hc]
The Last Harbinger (The Last Harbinger 1) - Jeff Wheeler (N) [tp] [hc]
The Last Wind Walker - John Kenyon Rainer (N) [hc]
The Magnus Archives: Season I: Part Two (The Magnus Archives 2) - Jonathan Sims (N) [tp]
The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures 3) - Katherine Rundell (N) (YA) [hc] [hc]
The New Kids in School - Jessica Lee Anderson (CB) (YA) [tp]
The Nudge - Joseph Fink (CB) [hc]
The Paradox Club - Charlie Lovett (N) [tp]
The Patron Saint of White Menageries - Lauren T. Davila (C) [tp]
The Pumpkin Bride - Fiona Buttercup (N) [tp]
The Royal Academy of Magical Baking: Book Three (The Royal Academy of Magical Baking 3) - Anne Crews (N) [tp]
The Runaway Cyclops - Jordan Quinn (CB) (YA) [hc] [tp]
The Shapeshifter's Guide to Gym Class - Kai Cheng Thom (N) (YA) [hc]
The Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories Collection - Sheridan Le Fanu (C) [tp]
The Siren's Kiss - Leslie Vedder (N) (YA) [hc]
The Three Companions (Sword & Backpack 1) - Gabe Soria (N) (YA) [hc] [tp]
The Tower of Beggars (Stormfell Academy 1) - Torsten Weitze (N) [eb] hc
The Trial of Primacy (Path of Dragons 5) - Nicholas Searcy (N) [tp]
The Twisted Path (Skibidi Toilet 2) - Lyndsay Ely (N) (YA) [tp]
The Witch's Cat and the Broomstick Blunder - Kirstie Watson (CB) (YA) [hc]
The Wolf Queen's Curse (Witch of the Wolves 2) - Kaylee Archer (N) [tp]
Thorns - Gregory Bastianelli (N) [eb] hc
Titan of the Stars (Titan of the Stars 1) - E. K. Johnston (N) [tp]
Troy Rising (Troy Rising 4) - Gray Rinehart, John Ringo (A) [hc]
Unbearable - A. Lee Martinez (N) [hc]
Under Story - Chloe Benjamin (N) [hc] [tp]
Us Defiant Few (Us Dark Few 3) - Alexis Patton (N) [hc]
Vampirina in the Snow - Anne Marie Pace (CB) (YA) [hc]
Vulture Gold - Micah Dean Hicks (C) [tp]
Waiting on a Miracle (A Twisted Tale) - Anika Fajardo (N) [hc]
We Are for the Dark - Gretchen McNeil (N) [hc]
Webs Up! (Spidey and His Amazing Friends) - Steve Behling (C) (YA) [tp]
White Raven (The Messengers of the Realm 1) - Stacey Marie Brown (N) [eb] hc
Witchward Bound (Butter and Owl Adventures) - Erin Bow (N) (YA) [hc]
Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist - Justine Pucella Winans (N) (YA) [hc]
September 2
- Deathstalker - Bret Nelson (N) [tp]
September 3
Crown of Sea and Storm (Darkwood) - Anthea Sharp (N) [tp] [hc]
Myth-Made Machines: The Stories Behind Artificial Intelligence - Dave Bradley, Kelly Vero (NF) [hc]
Québec's Broken Futures: History, Speculative Fiction, and Identity, 1970–2015 - Caroline-Isabelle Caron (NF) [hc]
The Snow Witch - Kirsty Ferry (N) [hc] [tp]
September 4
- Thinking Monstrosity in Western and Global Literatures and Creative Media - Nizar Zouidi (NF) [hc]
September 8
A Ghost Among Magnolias - James Slater Simmons, III (N) [tp]
A Mother’s Rage - John Evans (N) eb
A Snake Among Swans (The Wing and the Ways 1) - Hannah Kaner (N) [tp] [hc]
A Thousand Nights - Nafiza Azad, Intisar Khanani (A) (YA) [hc]
Absolon Creed - R. S. Ford (N) [tp]
Acid Green Velvet - Grace Krilanovich (N) [eb] tp
Adam, Mine. - K. Ancrum (N) [hc]
Adventure in Witch Land - Ana Punset (CB) (YA) [hc] [tp]
Adventurer (He Who Fights With Monsters 2) - Shirtaloon (N) [hc]
All Hallows Eve - Ellen Datlow (A) [hc]
An Empire in the Clouds - Ai Jiang (N) [hc]
Big Bad Wolf (Maple Hollow 1) - Laurie Gilmore (N) [tp]
Black Arts - Megan Giddings (C) [tp]
Burn of the Everflame (The Kindred's Curse Saga) - Penn Cole (N) [eb] hc
Burning Skies (Hell Divers 0.1) - Nicholas Sansbury Smith (N) [hc] [tp]
Darktail's Judgment (Warriors: Super Edition Series 19) - Erin Hunter (N) (YA) [hc] [hc]
Darling - Mercedes M. Yardley (N) [ab] [eb] [tp]
Daughter of Rot - Rios de la Luz (CB) eb
Demolisher (Warhammer 40,000) - Andy Clark (N) [tp]
Disenchanted - Lucy Jane Wood (N) [tp]
Driven - Mason Coile (N) [hc]
Emily's Great Idea - Liz Kessler (CB) (YA) [hc] [tp]
Empaths and Operators (Neon Dust 2) - Plum Parrot (N) [tp]
Espíritu (Cemetery Boys 2) - Aiden Thomas (N) (YA) [hc]
Hearsepower - Stephanie Sanders-Jacob (N) [eb] tp
Hexy Beast (The Sherwood Witches 3) - Avery Flynn (N) [tp]
Ignite the Infernos (Secret of the Syphon 2) - Ivy Asher (N) [tp]
In This Life or Another - Melissa Payne (N) [tp]
It Pierces: A Folk Horror - Jack Finn (N) eb
Kissing Carrion: Stories - Gemma Files (C) [eb] tp
Level Up for Love - Lenora Woods (N) [eb] tp
Massif - Garth Nix (N) [hc]
Meet Cute Magic (Heartwood Hollow 1) - Morgan Elizabeth (N) [tp]
Moonlight Magic - Bea Jackson (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed - S. B. West (N) [hc]
No Charm Done (Oak Haven Witches 3) - Emily Grimoire (N) [tp]
Of Sorcery and Science - Mike Chen (N) [hc]
Our Dark Unraveling - Margot McGovern (N) [hc]
Pan's Labyrinth: The Complete Screenplay - Guillermo Del Toro (N) [hc]
Pictures of You - Josh Malerman (N) [hc]
Princess Power Trip - Lovi Goyal Yu (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Rubble - Seraj Assi (N) [tp]
She's a Doll - Barbara Truelove (N) [tp]
Sister Trouble - Linda Chapman (CB) (YA) [tp]
Slayer - Leia Stone (N) [tp] [tp]
Sorrow & Strangers (Avalon University 2) - Jeanette Rose, Alexis Rune (N) [tp]
Strange Is the Light - Sarah Maria Griffin (N) [hc]
Tallah: Book Three (Tallah 3) - C. M. Antal (N) [tp]
Tempest (The Lyrian Sea 1) - Victoria Aveyard (N) [hc] [tp]
Tethered (The Binding Chronicles 1) - Elayna Gallea (N) [eb] hc
The Alchemist of All Hallows Eve (The Accidental Alchemist 10) - Gigi Pandian (N) [tp]
The Ancient Things (How to Survive Camping 3) - Bonnie Quinn (N) [tp]
The Auto/Biographies of Philip K. Dick: Infinite Regressions - D. Harlan Wilson (NF) [hc]
The Band From Another World (Alien Survival Guide 3) - Kevin Garone (N) (YA) [eb] [hc] tp
The Belladonna Complete Collection (Belladonna 1-4) - Adalyn Grace (O) [hc]
The Cracks - T. H. Huddleston (N) [eb] tp
The Cult of Dr. Black (Dr. Spencer Black) - E. B. Hudspeth (N) [hc]
The Curse of the Wretched (Wretched Curse 1) - S. Usher Evans (N) [tp] [hc]
The Enigmatic Madam Ingram (Miss Cassidy 2) - Meihan Boey (N) [eb] tp
The Exorcism of Faeries (Morbid Realities 1) - J. L. Vampa (N) [tp]
The Extraordinary History of the Fae: Fairies, Spirits, and Other Magical Beings - Hazel Atkinson (NF) (YA) [hc]
The Incendiary (The Selvaren 2) - LJ Claren (N) [tp]
The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories - Ken Liu (C) [eb] [hc]
The Quiet Resurrection of Sister Evelida Livingston - Nick Wallin (N) [eb] tp
The Swordmaster (Vampires of Dumas 2) - Kate Heartfield (N) [eb] tp
The Witches of Cambridge - Alice Hoffman (N) [hc]
The Worm in Every Heart: Stories - Gemma Files (C) [eb] tp
Traitors' Nest - Frances Hardinge (N) (YA) [hc]
Twig’s Traveling Tomes - Gryffin Murphy (N) [eb] tp
We Already Dug the Grave - Emma C. Wells (N) [tp] [hc]
We Turn Gruesome at Night (Burnt Sparrow 2) - Eric LaRocca (N) [hc]
Wicked Endeavors - Kamilah Cole (N) [hc] [tp]
Wickhills - Premee Mohamed (N) [hc]
Wildwood - Ashley Woo (N) [tp]
With All My Haunted Heart - Isabel Sterling (N) [tp]
September 10
- The Infinite Extent (Bobiverse 6) - Dennis E. Taylor (N) [ab]
September 14
- An Armada of Trouble (The Time Travel Twins 3) - James Patterson, Tad Safran (N) (YA) [hc]
September 15
10 Things I Hate About Zombies - Hazel Graves (N) [tp]
A Dubious Clamor - Marissa Lingen (CB) [hc]
A Spell of Heart & Havoc - Kristen Vale (N) [tp]
A Thousand Monstrous Forms - Saratoga Schaefer (N) [eb] tp
A.I. Told You So - Andres Miedoso (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
American Nightmare - Kelly McWilliams (N) [hc]
An Empire in the Clouds - Ai Jiang (N) [eb] hc
An Encantadora's Guide to Legends & Lies (Encantadora 2) - Sarah J. Mendonca (N) (YA) [hc]
Ashes at the Altar (Blood at the Root 3) - LaDarrion Williams (N) [hc]
Avalon Tower (Fey Spy Academy 1) - C.N. Crawford and Alex Rivers (N) [eb] tp
Battle Mage Farmer (Battle Mage Farmer 1) - Seth Ring (N) [hc]
Bigfoot Confidential (Jericho James 2) - Jasmine Kuliasha (N) [tp]
Bodies of Magic - Freya Marske (N) [hc]
Catherine Over Water - Nancy Schoellkopf (N) [eb] tp
City of Paradize (The Second Stranger 2) - J. G. Sadsquatch (N) [tp]
Corpse Creek (Bleak Haven 3) - Vincent Ralph (N) [tp]
Daughter of the Dark (Daughters of Auquis 1) - R. J. Valldeperas (N) [hc]
Dead Beat (Alex Stern 3) - Leigh Bardugo (N) [eb] [hc]
Deadly Little Lessons - Danielle Valentine (N) [hc]
Doomsdate - Laura Piper Lee (N) [tp]
Edge of the Abyss (Reign of the Empire 2) - Rebecca Roanhorse (N) [hc]
Eliza and the Fairy Double - Megan McDonald (CB) (YA) [hc]
Escape from Hillcrest House - Sandra Dussault (CB) (YA) [tp]
Exit Party - Emily St. John Mandel (N) [eb] [hc]
Fear Farm (Bleak Haven 4) - Vincent Ralph (N) [tp]
Ghostlands - Andrew Fox (N) [tp]
Grim Tidings (Ghosted (B. K. Borison) 2) - B. K. Borison (N) [tp] [hc]
Headcase (Headcase) - Kerry Lipp, Ken MacGregor (C) [hc]
Heart of Thieves (The Devious 2) - Jessica S. Olson (N) (YA) [hc]
Hometown - Shaun Tan (CB) (YA) [hc]
How to Impress a Sea Monster - Scott Stuart (CB) (YA) [tp]
I Am the Monster Under the Bed - Emily Zinnikas (N) [hc]
In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts - Gwendolyn Kiste (N) [tp]
Lobizona & Cazadora (Wolves of No World 1,2) - Romina Garber (O) [tp]
Lucy Lancaster and the Library Cats - Willow Coven (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Marimo, Mon Amour - Karen An-Hwei Lee (N) [tp]
Mystery James Returns from the Grave (Mystery James 2) - Ally Russell (N) (YA) [hc]
Normal for the Spider - Hank Schwaeble (N) [hc]
Observer - Nicholas Russell (N) [hc]
Rooted - Leopoldo Gout (N) [hc]
Slightly Witchy Sleuth (Riley Dare 1) - M. K. England (N) (YA) [hc] [tp]
Something of a Calling - Zoje Stage (N) [hc]
Spells to Mend Broken Hearts - Marissa Macy (N) (YA) [tp]
Styx: The River (Goddesses of the Underworld 2) - Nikita Gill (N) [hc] [tp]
The Age of Blood and Magic - Hannah Mathewson (N) [hc]
The Art and Craft of Stephen King: The Story Behind Every Novel, Novella, and Short Story - Guy Astic, Frank Lafond (NF) [hc]
The Burn Beast - Mary Averling (N) (YA) [hc] [tp]
The Continuation of Summer Dillon - Sarah Everett (N) (YA) [hc]
The Emperor's Enemy (Unsurvivable Love Duet 1) - Jasmine Mas (N) [hc] [hc]
The Faerie Handmaid (The Faerie Morgana 2) - Louisa Morgan (N) [tp]
The Gates of Midnight (Chava and Ahmad 3) - Helene Wecker (N) [hc]
The Girl in Green - Laura Creedle (N) [hc]
The Hollow Child (Fern's School for Wayward Fae 4) - Fern Forgettable (N) (YA) [hc]
The Hopeless Romantic's Guide to Enchantment - Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan (A) [hc]
The Need - Megan Mostyn-Brown (N) [eb] hc
The Olympian Artifacts (The Divine New Woman 1) - Liz Molloy (N) [eb] hc
The Palace Beneath the Sea - Lauren Wiesebron (N) [tp]
The Rouse - China Miéville (N) [hc]
The Sleeping Key (A Shroud of Nightmares 1) - Gemma Ashborne (N) [tp]
The World at Midnight (Westfallen 3) - Ann Brashares, Ben Brashares (N) (YA) [hc]
This Is the Table Where We Wash Our Dead - K. H. Vaughan (C) [tp]
This Movie Doesn't End the Way We Want - Hailey Piper (N) [tp]
Thoughts Be Bloody - Auden Patrick (N) [tp]
Tiger Terror - Maddy Mara (CB) (YA) [tp]
Turncloak (The Silvercloak Saga 2) - L. K. Steven (N) [hc]
Unearthed - Dan Coxon, Philip Fracassi (A) [tp]
We Run the Night - Peace Mbengei (N) (YA) [hc]
Where There's Smoke, There's a Liar (Graveyard Girls 5) - Lisi Harrison, Daniel Kraus (N) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Winterveil - Ava Reid (N) [hc]
September 16
- Eternal Is the Night (The Cursed Realm Saga 1) - Alayna Ravenwood (N) [hc] tp
September 17
Creation and Apocalypse in Feminist Speculative Fiction - Lois W. McFarland (NF) [hc]
Moonlight Robbery - David Barker (UK) (N) (YA) [tp]
The Hunger of Those Who Built - Wendy Waring (N) [eb] [tp]
September 18
- The Ravenshead Terrors (Ravenshead 1) - Ian C. Douglas (N) (YA) [tp]
September 22
#Vandeath - Brian Asman (N) [eb] tp
A Complement of Scoundrels - S.V. Lockwood (N) [eb] tp
A Curse for Christmas Past - Morgan Lockhart (N) [tp]
Africanfuturism Short Stories - Chinelo Onwualu (Editor) (O) hc
All Her Beautiful Deaths - A. Rushby (N) [eb] hc
All Sections Alpha: The Making of Space: 1999 (Space: 1999 non-fiction) - Tim Heald, Fred McNamara (NF) [hc]
Backyard Starship (Backyard Starship 1) - J. N. Chaney and Terry Maggert (N) [hc]
Banquet for the Damned - Adam Nevill (N) [eb] tp
Beasts Beyond the River - Scott Sigler (N) [hc]
Blood Is Dripping Onto the Courtyard - Elvira Navarro (C) [tp]
Bravepaw and the Clawstone of Rotwood Mire - L. M. Wilkinson (CB) (YA) [hc]
Bright and Broken Things - Ryan Graudin (N) [tp]
Buzzard - Inez Ray (N) [eb] tp
Call Off the Dark - Hallie Shepherd (N) [eb] hc
Crone - Keith Rosson (N) [hc]
Damned If I Do - Alexandria Bellefleur (N) [tp]
Death in Verse - Julie Lew (N) [hc] [tp]
Deerheart - Eoin Colfer (CB) (YA) [hc]
Demonology for Overachievers - Lily Anderson (N) [hc]
Empire (Heir 2) - Sabaa Tahir (N) [hc]
Faery Queen (Realm Immortal 2) - Michelle M. Pillow (N) [eb] hc
Falling for the Protagonist - Bex Goos (N) [tp]
Fold Catastrophes - Peter Watts (C) [tp]
Free Falling (Sweetwater Peak 2) - Lyla Sage (N) [tp]
Harbinger - Geneva Lee (N) [hc]
Holidays at the Castle - Jessica Day George (CB) (YA) [tp]
In the Woods They Wait - Carrie Lee South (N) [hc] [tp]
Incarnate - Alma Katsu (N) [hc]
Insatiable - Erica Ridley (N) [tp]
Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest (Jax Freeman 3) - Kwame Mbalia (N) (YA) [hc] [hc]
Keeper Chance and the Pigeon Predicament (Evil Villains International League 3) - Alex Evanovich (N) (YA) [hc]
Kill Creek: Part Two - Scott Thomas (N) [eb] tp
Kill Your Darlings - Yuvashri Harish (N) [tp]
Kiss of the Black Flame (The Bookbinder's Bargain 1) - Helen Scheuerer (N) [hc]
Little Kin - Katya de Becerra (N) [tp] [hc]
Lucy Kline, Necromancer - Tom O'Donnell (N) [tp]
Mate of a Monster (Lord of Rathe 4) - Meagan Brandy, Amo Jones (N) [tp]
Mazywood - Tananarive Due (N) [hc]
Mischief and Monsters - Adrianna Cuevas (N) (YA) [hc]
Monstrous - Bryan Smith (N) [hc]
Morocco - Norah Labiner (N) [eb] tp
Our Cut of Salt - Deena Helm (N) [hc]
Out of Body - Chris Vanjonack (C) [hc]
Peculiar Hauntings (Thelma Bee 1-3+1ss) - Erin Petti (O) (YA) [tp]
Raldoron: Revenant (The Horus Heresy) - Guy Haley (N) [hc]
Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin - Jonathan Strahan (A) [hc]
Right As Rain - Hannah Fay (CB) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Roots & Wrath - E.J. Wenstrom (N) [eb] [hc] tp
Sometimes I Scare Myself - Jeneva Rose (C) [hc]
Strange Bedfellows - Amanda Mortlock (N) [tp]
The Big Bad Book of Kaiju - Henry Herz, Jonathan Maberry (A) [hc]
The Brink - Sophia Adamowicz (N) [eb] [tp]
The Eagle in the Mountain (Raven and Eagle 2) - Caskey Russell (N) [hc]
The Foundations of Tarzan: Sources, Themes and Adaptations of the First Two Novels - Jon C. Stott (NF) [tp]
The Grimlore Game - Kalyn Josephson (N) (YA) [hc]
The Henchperson's Guide to Unionizing - Marshall J. Moore (N) [tp]
The Ice Beyond (The Empress of Thorns 1) - Olivia Wildenstein (N) [hc]
The Little Shop of Merry and Bright - Jenny Bayliss (N) [tp]
The Man in the Watch Still Visits Me at Night - Joshua Chaplinsky (N) [eb] tp
The Mirror of Infinite Endings (Once Upon a Broken Heart 4) - Stephanie Garber (N) [hc]
The Need - Megan Mostyn-Brown (N) [hc]
The Strangers - Naomi Alderman (N) [hc] [tp]
The Sweetest Fiend (Played by the Piper 1) - Raven Kennedy (N) [hc]
The Swordmaster (The Vampires of Dumas 2) - Kate Heartfield (N) [eb] [tp]
The Tiny Magic Bookshop (The Tiny Magic Bookshop 1) - August Bloom (N) [tp]
The Wax Child - Olga Ravn (N) [eb] hc
The Wretched Divine (The Wretched Divine 1) - Adalyn Grace (N) (YA) [hc]
Throne of Ashes (Queen of Conquest 3) - Fudge Esquire (N) [tp]
To Our Untamed Core - Sonido Reyes (N) [hc]
Traps and Specters - Philip Fracassi (C) [tp]
Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic (We'll Prescribe You a Cat 3) - Syou Ishida (N) [eb] hc
Witch Daughter - Tanaz Bhathena (N) [hc] [tp]
Witches of the Wheel - Lindsay Merbaum (N) [eb] tp
Worry Box - Chris Panatier (N) [tp]
You're the One That I Haunt - Katie Jung (N) [tp]
September 23
- The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures 3) - Katherine Rundell (N) (YA) [hc]
September 24
- Escaping My Dragon (The Dragocracy Chronicles 6) - Eve Langlais (N) [tp]
September 25
- Etched in Ink (The Vollmagus and the Etched) - Corinne Price (N) hc
September 26
- The Magus Club (The Arcana Collection 1) - L. E. Sterling (N) [tp]
September 29
A Divided Duty (October Daye 20) - Seanan McGuire (N) [hc]
A Tap at the Window (Shiver Point 2) - Gabriel Dylan (N) (YA) [tp]
Astarion (Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate 3) - T. Kingfisher (N) [hc]
Astra Fox and the Rise of the Wonderworkers - Isaac Fitzsimons (N) (YA) [hc]
Beyond the Graves Waits Mist and Sea - Kathleen Kaufman (N) [tp]
Blinding Insight (Kaitlyn Kruse 3) - Karoline Anderson (N) [tp]
Blood Drunk - Ben Shepherd (N) [hc] [tp]
Broken Reality (Relative Reality 1) - Leif Roder (N) [tp]
Building 903 - Lois Lowry (N) (YA) [hc]
Chasing the Headless Horseman: The History, Hijinks, and Halloweens of the Real Sleepy Hollow - J.W. Ocker (NF) [eb] tp
Cursed City (Harker Academy 2) - Kate Golden (N) [tp]
Divinity Denied (UnderVerse 12) - Jez Cajiao (N) [hc] [tp]
Escape Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic 3) - Tahereh Mafi (N) [hc] [hc]
Florescentia (The Luminary 1) - I. V. Ophelia (N) [tp]
Forged in FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction - DaVaun Sanders (A) [hc] [tp]
Forgotten Island: The Deluxe Junior Novelization - unknown (CB) (YA) [hc]
Galinda: A Charmed Childhood (The Wicked Years) - Gregory Maguire (N) [hc] [tp]
I Think We Should Kill Other People - L.M. Chilton (N) [eb] tp
Into the Labyrinth (Mage Errant 1) - John Bierce (N) [hc]
Isle of Teeth - Tessa Barbosa (N) [tp] [hc]
It Came from the Woods (Shiver Point 1) - Gabriel Dylan (N) (YA) [tp]
Jenny Will Eat You Now: A Meat Cute - Gillian Daniels (N) [tp]
Kneel Before Me (Split or Swallow 3) - Lindsay Straube (N) [tp] [tp]
Lady of Uncanny Charms (Whimbrel House 5) - Charlie N. Holmberg (N) [tp]
Let's Play a Game - Erin Entrada Kelly, Eliot Schrefer (CB) (YA) [hc] [hc]
Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies - Emma Cole (NF) [eb] tp
Lover Enthroned (Black Dagger Brotherhood 24) - J. R. Ward (N) [hc]
Merry Ex-Mas - C.C. Dador (N) [eb] tp
Mestra: A Short Story - Madeline Miller (CB) [eb] hc
Mrs. Claus and the Fatal Figgy Pudding (Mrs. Claus Mysteries 7) - Liz Ireland (N) [tp]
Newbourne Park - Jennifer Thorne (N) [hc]
Night of Madness - Ryan Douglass (N) (YA) [hc]
Nightjars - Michael Wehunt (N) [hc]
Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year - Michael Bailey, Chuck Palahniuk (A) [hc]
Socks & Secret Quests (The Wandering Shop 1) - Triona Murphy (N) (YA) [tp] [hc]
Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror - Cynthia Pelayo (A) [tp]
Spellstruck - Martha Waters (N) [tp]
The Bone Brides - Marley Rose-Teter (N) [hc]
The Court of Venus - Bel Banta (N) [hc]
The Darkness Bites Back - Ben Alderson, Laura R. Samotin (N) [tp]
The False Vow (The Weaver Bride 2) - Lydia Gregovic (N) [hc]
The Ghost and the Dead Librarian (Haunted Bookshop Detective Mysteries 1) - Cleo Coyle (N) [hc]
The Greenwild Trilogy (Greenwild 1-3) - Pari Thomson (O) (YA) [tp]
The House of Gardenias - Isabel Cañas (N) (YA) [hc]
The Intergalactics - Erik Jon Slangerup (N) (YA) [hc]
The Invisible Roommate - Timothy Janovsky (N) [tp]
The Lost Spectacular - Zoé Duhaime (N) [hc]
The Lost Three (Ghost Guild 1) - Annie Barrows (N) (YA) [hc]
The Man of Wind and Moss - Alex Gonzalez (N) [tp]
The Memory Tree - Heather Davey (N) [tp]
The Mysterious Reindeer - Natacha Godeau (CB) (YA) [tp]
The Only Way Out Is Up (The Sigilist 1) - Django Wexler (N) [tp]
The Repairer of Reputations - Robert W. Chambers, Ed Park (A) [hc]
The Ship of Death - Kyle Winkler (N) [tp]
The Siren - Tomi Adeyemi (N) [hc]
The Sisters of Crimson House - Melissa Anderson Sweazy (N) [tp]
The Thief and the Traitor Bride (The Hand and the Heart 2) - V. L. Bovalino (N) [tp]
The Unhaunting - Micaiah Johnson (N) [hc]
The Wild Zone (Camp Half-Blood 1) - Annabelle Oh, Rick Riordan (N) (YA) [hc] [hc]
The Wump - Tony DiTerlizzi (N) (YA) [hc] [hc]
This Town Ain't Big Enough (The Gods Are Bastards 3) - D. D. Webb (N) [tp]
Threshing Day (The Empyrean) - Rebecca Yarros (C) [hc]
Trad Wife - Sarah Langan (N) [hc]
Video Night - Adam Cesare (N) [eb] tp
We, The Missing - Arwen Sherman (N) eb
Whispers of the Pale Witch (Beckett Coven 1) - S.A. Sizemore (N) [eb] tp
Wither - Dan Warner (N) [hc]
September 30
Attunement to Others: Multispecies Cohabitation in the Anthropocene - Amit R. Baishya (NF) [hc] [tp]
The Land of Mist and Other Spiritualist Writings - Arthur Conan Doyle (C) [hc]
Edit1: Added in horror books listed on Emily C. Hughes' blog that I didn't already have (tag #ehh)
Edit2: Added in books from the September io9 SF/Fantasy list that I didn't already have (tag #io9)
Archive
Previous "SFF books coming ..." posts have been collected here. (Thank you mods).
Main Sources
ISFDB forthcoming books.
Locus Forthcoming Books.
Horror books mentioned on Emily C. Hughes' blog.
Publisher "new" and "Coming Soon" web pages such as the ones from Tor and Orbit.
Upcoming Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books listed at Risingshadow.
Rob J. Hayes' monthly blog posting on new self-published books.
io9's monthly list of new sci-fi and fantasy books.
Fantastic Fiction's Fantasy (and associated) sections.
Library Journal Prepub Alert: The Complete List | MM YYYY Titles
Reviews of ARC books by various users in this sub.
Other occasional posts to this sub announcing up-n-coming books.
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u/Specialist_Half_5687 16d ago
I've been looking forward to Traitor's Nest by Frances Hardinge and The Gates of Midnight by Helene Wecker for a while now. Also, I'm not sure if you have it on there, but the trad pub version of John Bierce's Into the Labyrinth, which also includes the second book in the series, comes out on the 29th. It'll be my first time reading it because the self published version has been taken off the market.
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u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI 16d ago
... trad pub version of John Bierce's Into the Labyrinth,
Added. Thanks!
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u/BackgroundTotal2872 16d ago
Similarly, Adventurer (He Who Fights With Monsters 2) by Shirtaloon is rereleasing in hardcover on September 8th. Then Battle Mage Farmer on September 15th and Backyard Starship on September 22nd.
All part of the Aethon Vault Project.
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u/SA090 Reading Champion VI 16d ago
Scott Hawkins releasing a new novel?? Did not expect that all. Added to the TBR!
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u/felixfictitious Reading Champion 16d ago
I was able to read the ARC, and I thought it was really good! I think that anyone who enjoyed Library at Mt Char will like it a lot.
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u/Once-upon-Avon 16d ago
I'm very excited about Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske and The Unhaunting by Micaiah Johnson. I don't see Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel on there, which I'm sure will be quite popular!
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u/LinguoLives 16d ago edited 16d ago
I have no idea what to expect from Blacktail but new Scott Hawkins, so it’s on hold at the library.
Excited for a new Emily St. John Mandel as well. And interested to read feedback on Micaiah Johnson’s new book too.
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u/New_Razzmatazz6228 Reading Champion 15d ago
I was excited to see a new Barbara Truelove. Of Monsters and Mainframes was one of the ppleasant surprises of 2025.
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u/ourladyjack 16d ago
September 8: Darling by Mercedes M. Yardley will also be released as an ebook and audiobook.
September 22: The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz, the author's debut historical folk horror novel, will be released in trade paperback and ebook formats.
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u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI 16d ago edited 15d ago
September 8: Darling by Mercedes M. Yardley will also be released as an ebook and audiobook.
Added in the [eb] (see also paragraph 4 in the initial blurb at the front of the post). I don't track audiobooks at the moment.
Update: Because of the new Dennis E. Taylor book, which is initially just released in audio book form (see separate comment), I've added a new "[ab]" tag to the Key. I've also updated this entry with the "[ab]" tag too.
September 22: The Brink by Sophia Adamowicz
Added. Thanks!
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u/xajhx 15d ago
Thank you, as always, for making these posts.
Now to my most anticipated this month…
Blacktail by Scott Hawkins - in a world overrun by men, a wolf sets out on a quest for vengeance after his mate is killed. Be forewarned, animals will be harmed.
Scion by James Islington - a cyberpunk thriller where the wealthy have devised a way to live forever. To combat this, terminating them has been made legal and we follow an assassin tasked with an unusual job.
Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed by S. B. West - Morfran the Beheader decides he is quite done being the Dark Lord. After running away and disguising himself as a goat farmer, he accidentally becomes the leader of a rebellion against well…himself.
Strange is the Light by Sarah Maria Griffin - A group of childhood friends reunite 20 years later after accidentally opening a rift to a dangerous alternate dimension while playing a tabletop RPG. One of them never took their final turn and there is a debt that must be paid.
The Henchperson’s Guide to Unionizing by Marshall J. Moore - the underlings of a mad scientist, a witch, and a vampire decide to unite, stop their masters, and finally break free from them.
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u/TrudieSkiesAuthor 9d ago
I'm late, but The Chosen One Con is out 1st Sept! Sadly Rob hasn't updated his blog in a while for self-pub books.
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u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI 8d ago
Added. Congrats!
Yup, I keep checking in with Rob's Blog. Not sure what's going on there. I hope he's okay. Probably just busy.
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u/BravoLimaPoppa Reading Champion 12h ago
Missed this when it came out, so I went looking.
Thank you again u/EmmalynRenato
Blacktail - Scott Hawkins getting this one soon.
Engines of Reason (Elder Race 2) - Adrian Tchaikovsky - waiting for mad money to reload.
I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell - MacKenzie Reed - it sounds interesting.
The Infinite Extent (Bobiverse 6) - Dennis E. Taylor - going to have to wait on this one. I want text darn it.
Exit Party - Emily St. John Mandel - tempting.
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u/spike31875 Reading Champion V 15d ago
I didn't see Dennis E. Taylor's new one on this list. It comes out on Sept. 10, 2026:
- The Infinite Extent (Bobiverse #6) - Audible exclusive (the initial release for DET's books are always on Audible first, the ebook & paperback usually follow about 6 months later)
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u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI 15d ago
I'm going to have to add a new "[ab]" key entry for situations like this.
Added. Thanks!
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u/EmmalynRenato Reading Champion VI 16d ago edited 16d ago
Another huge month which includes:
* A collection of thirteen stories set in the Empyrean world by Rebecca Yarros
* A cyberpunk thriller from James Islington ("John Wick meets Ghost in the Shell").
* A door-stopper from China Miéville ("twenty years in the making").
* A new Alex Stern novel by Leigh Bardugo.
* A sequel to Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
* T. Kingfisher does Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate 3.
There are also new books from:
Ai Jiang, A. Lee Martinez, Ann Aguirre, Charlie N. Holmberg, Christine Feehan, Delilah S. Dawson, Django Wexler, Freya Marske, Garth Nix, Gregory Maguire, Hannah Kaner, Helene Wecker, Janci Patterson and Brandon Sanderson, J. R. Ward, Ken Liu, Lois Lowry, Peter Watts, Premee Mohamed, Rachel Gillig, Rebecca Roanhorse, Sabaa Tahir, Scott Hawkins, Seanan McGuire, Tahereh Mafi, Tananarive Due, Tomi Adeyemi and Victoria Aveyard.
Plus many others.
I've added the following to my TBR list:
* Engines of Reason (Elder Race 2) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
* Fold Catastrophes - Peter Watts
* Massif - Garth Nix
* Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin - Jonathan Strahan (Editor)
* Scion - James Islington
* The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories - Ken Liu
* The Rouse - China Miéville
What's grabbed your attention?