Top 10

Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep

Paul Tremblay. Morrow, June 30 ($30, ISBN 978-0-06-339846-7)

Julia Flang, the pro-gamer heroine of this sci-fi horror novel from bestseller Tremblay, gets a bizarre temp job escorting a comatose man across the U.S. on behalf of the conglomerate that owns the AI technology implanted in his brain.

Dominion

Jean Kwok. Putnam, July 14 ($32, ISBN 978-8-217-04426-8)

This Chinese mythology–inspired romantasy and series launch finds amnesiac refugee Rubi Morningtail competing to join the elite squadron of tyger-riding warriors led by Blake Axefire. 200,000-copy announced first printing.

The Dragon Has Some Complaints

John Wiswell. DAW, July 14 ($29, ISBN 978-0-7564-2049-9)

Nebula Award winner Wiswell takes on the dragon rider academy trope from the dragon’s perspective—specifically feral, three-headed Garrodigh, whose three minds each have distinct personalities.

The Faith of Beasts

James S.A. Corey. Orbit, Apr. 14 ($32, ISBN 978-0-316-52567-1)

The alien Carryx empire continues its mission to conquer the universe using human captives to fight their bloody battles in this sequel to Corey’s bestselling The Mercy of Gods.

The Glowing Hours

Leila Siddiqui. Hell’s Hundred, Feb. 3 ($29.95, ISBN 978-1-64129-701-1)

An Indian housemaid accompanying Mary and Percy Shelley to Lake Geneva in 1816 experiences increasingly bizarre phenomena in their rented villa. 100,000-copy announced first printing.

Honeysuckle

Bar Fridman-Tell. Bloomsbury, Mar. 24 ($28.99, ISBN 978-1-63973-673-7)

Fridman-Tell’s fairy tale-esque debut chronicles the childhood friendship between Rory, a human boy, and Daye, a girl constructed from twigs and flowers. As they grow older and fall in love, Daye comes to question her own existence.

House of Margins

Tlotlo Tsamaase. Erewhon, May 26 ($28, ISBN 978-1-64566-104-7)

In this haunted house horror novel, an up-and-coming author vanishes from a writing residency at a creepy colonial mansion in South Africa. A true crime podcaster investigates—much to the dismay of the author’s grieving sister.

Innamorata

Ava Reid. Del Rey, Mar. 17 ($32.99, ISBN 978-0-593-72259-6)

Bestseller Reid launches a gothic romantasy duology pairing Lady Agnes, the scion of a family of necromancers who once ruled their island home, with the heir to the conqueror’s throne, who is betrothed to her cousin.

Sublimation

Isabel J. Kim. Tor, June 2 ($28.99, ISBN 978-1-250-37679-4)

Immigration splits people in two, leaving one version behind as the other enters a new country. A confrontation between two such doppelgängers is at the heart of Nebula Award winner Kim’s speculative debut.

Year of the Mer

L.D. Lewis. Saga, Apr. 7 ($30, ISBN 978-1-6680-6095-7)

After the ruling family of the merfolk is overthrown in a bloody coup, a wrathful mermaid princess makes a deal with a sea-witch to reclaim her throne, in this reimagined fairy tale.

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12:01 Books

The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (Apr. 21, $29, ISBN 978-1-9821-9881-7). In this supernatural horror novel, a broke college student’s new elder care gig comes with shocking—and potentially world-ending—responsibilities.

47North

The People’s Library by Veronica G. Henry (Feb. 3, $16.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-6625-2029-7). A librarian working in a near-future world where human consciousness can be uploaded and preserved after death confronts an anti-tech resistance movement.

Ace

Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman (Feb. 10, $32, ISBN 978-0-593-82030-8). Colonists on the planet New Sonora face a hostile takeover by the Apex Corporation, who enlist Earth-based gamers to remotely pilot high-tech killing machines. 250,000-copy announced first printing.

Angry Robot

A Day of Breath by Darby Cox (Feb. 10, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-83673-002-6). On the one day a year when demons should not be able to infiltrate the human world, an off-duty warrior whose magic is mysteriously failing and the reluctant heir to the throne contend with a parasitic threat.

Atria

All We Have Is Time by Amy Tordoff (Feb. 24, $29, ISBN 978-1-6680-6804-5) tracks the romance between lonely immortal Belatrix and time traveler Oliver, from Elizabethan England to 1960s New York.

Avon

Starside by Alex Aster (Mar. 24, $32, ISBN 978-0-06-347979-1). Bestseller Aster sets her first adult romantasy in a world divided between Starside, the land of the gods, and Stormside, home of desperate mortals. When the gate between realms opens, human Aris seeks revenge against the god who killed her family.

Ballantine

The Quarter Queen by Kayla Hardy (Mar. 31, $30, ISBN 978-0-593-97676-0) follows the imagined daughter of historical Voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau as, in 1846 New Orleans, she scrambles to free her mother from a curse placed by an ex-lover.

Berkley

Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan (Apr. 21, $30, ISBN 978-0-593-81988-3). In post-WWI Britain, Mouse Dunne inherits her uncle’s ramshackle country manor and makes an ill-advised deal with a handsome faerie to restore the property. 125,000-copy announced first printing.

Bindery Books

Black as Diamond by U.M. Agoawike (Mar. 3, $19.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-967967-00-1). When a magical mishap binds winged warrior Asaru to brooding healer Wren, they must work together to break the curse and save the world. 50,000-copy announced first printing.

Blackstone

Queenswood by Kathleen Schwab (June 16, $29.99, ISBN 979-8-228-46508-4). A fae king in need of a bride abducts a human woman from 12th-century Ireland, plunging her into a world of political intrigue and magic.

Brain Lag

The Curve of the Corridor by Victoria Feistner (July 17, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-998795-30-7) follows a band of intergalactic smugglers and a family en route to their new home on a colony planet as both crews separately stumble upon deep space danger.

CamCat

The Goblin Crown by Brenna Raney (Apr. 7, $26.99, ISBN 978-0-7443-2439-6). When a shape-shifter raised by a human witch infiltrates the Elf Queen’s court seeking answers about his mother’s death, the investigation leads him to a shocking truth about elfland’s history.

Coach House

The Coffin of Honey by Geoffrey D. Morrison (May 12, $18.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-55245-518-0). The appearance of an otherworldly object that briefly transports those who encounter it to another dimension draws a spy, a politician, a poet, and the author of a bizarre manifesto into a conspiracy.

Crooked Lane

Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer (Feb. 10, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89242-472-1). Influencer Camille Deming needs a baby to take her career to the next level. With her marriage on the rocks, she enters into a deal with a demon to make her dreams come true. 75,000-copy announced first printing.

Dafina

Blood Rising by Markus Redmond (July 28, $28, ISBN 978-1-4967-5319-9). In the sequel to Blood Slaves, formerly enslaved Kwadzo’s tribe of freedmen vampires face threats from all sides.

Diversion

The Halter by Darby McDevitt (Feb. 17, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89515-088-7) launches a sci-fi mystery series by sending former PI Kennedy Stark into a virtual reality to locate a missing person.

Doubleday

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran (Mar. 10, $28, ISBN 978-0-385-55159-5). In 1928, the murder of a student rocks Briarley School for Girls—and the girl’s ghost lingers to warn her classmates of a supernatural threat.

Dutton

Bloodfire, Baby by Eirinie Carson (Feb. 17, $30, ISBN 979-8-217-04482-5). New mother Sofia confronts dark forces that threaten both her and her three-month-old baby while her husband is away on business.

Fantagraphics

Undercity by Monte Schulz (Feb. 3, $34.99, ISBN 979-8-8750-0180-2). This dystopian novel takes the form of the collected stories of the survivors of a genocide in a near future world.

Feminist Press

Event Horizon by Balsam Karam, trans. by Saskia Vogel (Mar. 31, $16.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-55861-354-6). After dissident teen Milde is wrongfully arrested for starting a riot, she’s exiled to the Mass, a deep space black hole.

Flatiron

Misery’s Wife by Joan Tierney (July 14, $28.99, ISBN 978-1-250-42179-1). The trans heroine of this retold Portuguese fairy tale sets out to save her favorite sister from a marriage to the King of Misery with help from the alluring Marquesa of Misfortune.

Gallery

The Dorians by Nick Cutter (May 19, $29, ISBN 978-1-66807-956-0). In this sci-fi horror novel, a new treatment promises to reverse the effects of aging—but at a devastating cost.

Griffin

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel (May 26, $19 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-250-90634-2) twines into a psychological horror novel the stories of Lottie Turner, who in 1974 helps families adopt children through less-than-legal channels, and Bless, who in 1994 takes off on a criminal road trip with her friends.

Grove/Gay

Magician by Tracy Lynne Oliver (May 19, $28, ISBN 978-0-8021-6718-7). The unnamed hero of this fantasy debut flees a harsh homelife to join a whimsical circus where he learns that the magic he has always been able to access is far greater than he realized.

Hanover Square

The Bone Door by Frances White (May 12, $30, ISBN 978-1-335-00140-5). An amnesiac comes to in a labyrinth. To escape, he must travel deep into the maze and uncover the secrets of his two mysterious companions. 150,000-copy announced first printing.

Harper Voyager

An Edge Sharp Enough by Jesse Q. Sutanto (June 9, $30, ISBN 978-0-06-345536-8). The Dial A for Aunties author pivots to fantasy in this duology launch, set in a world where magic has been almost entirely wiped out and a team of unlikely allies work to restore it.

Harpervia

Project V by Park Seolyeon, trans. by Gene Png (Apr. 28, $28, ISBN 978-0-06-342975-8). A woman poses as her twin brother to enter a reality show competition for elite robot pilots in this mecha fantasy.

Head of Zeus

Grace by A.M. Shine (Feb. 10, $28.99, ISBN 978-1-80454-798-4). Ancient evil awakens on a desolate Irish island, luring a local woman back home. 50,000-copy announced first printing.

JAB

The Three Coffin Problem by Lavie Tidhar (June 16, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-62567-798-3). Vampire inquisitor Judge Dee and his mortal assistant, Jonathan, look into a series of mysteries that take them across medieval Europe.

Keylight

The Side Questers by J.J. Kochmanski (July 21, $32.99, ISBN 979-8-88798-194-9). A nonplayer character in an online RPG breaks free of her looping life into the larger world of the game, accompanied by the one character she hates the most.

Mariner

She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva (Feb. 10, $30, ISBN 978-0-06-343637-4) follows a 19th-century con artist posing as a vampire slayer who invents a mythical beast to take the heat off an orphan girl accused of witchcraft by her superstitious town—only for the monster to prove all too real.

MCD

Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler (May 19, $29, ISBN 978-0-374-62075-2). During WWII, a Red Army deserter, a Roma horse handler, a Jewish aspiring scientist, and a nonspeaking boy survive in the forest against impossible odds with the help of a hyper-intelligent murder of crows.

Mira

The Wings That Bind by Briar Boleyn (Mar. 10, $32, ISBN 978-0-7783-0635-1) returns to Bloodwing Academy for the third installment of Boleyn’s romantasy series. This time, dragon rider Medra Pendragon faces a new foe and contends with the betrayal of her love interest. 250,000-copy announced first printing.

Mythic Delirium

The Language of Knives: Stories by Haralambi Markov (July 7, $17.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-956522-05-1). This debut collection, featuring an introduction by Ann VanderMeer, brings together speculative stories ranging from second-world fantasies and riffs on folklore to hard science fiction.

Nightfire

The Body by Bethany C. Morrow (Feb. 10, $27.99, ISBN 978-1-250-39212-1). After Mavis breaks with the strict religious community that raised her, she clings to her relationship with her husband, Jerrod. But as the couple face supernatural attacks on their relationship, she’s forced to reexamine her faith yet again.

Poisoned Pen

Death Meets Cute by J. Penner (Apr. 28, $18.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4642-4937-2). An aspiring wicked witch in the market for a henchman reanimates a dead orc to fill the role, only to discover that he’s a gentle giant who might just melt her black heart. 125,000-copy announced first printing.

Raw Dog Screaming

The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own by Gwendolyn Kiste (Apr. 14, $18.95 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-90058-004-3) collects eight gothic horror stories starring complex antiheroines from the Bram Stoker Award–winning author.

Redhook

An Arcane Study of Stars by Sydney J. Shields (Apr. 28, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-316-56889-0) follows celestial witch Claudia Jolicoeur, who makes a deal with a mysterious stranger for admittance into the elite Cygnus University and finds her life in danger upon arrival.

Red Tower

Mayhem and the Mortal by Shanora Williams (Mar. 3, $32.99, ISBN 978-1-64937-912-2). In this quest romantasy, a woman enlists an assassin to help save her sister, who has been cursed by a wicked wizard. 450,000-copy announced first printing.

Run for It

Teddy Bears Never Die by Cho Yeeun, trans. by Sung Ryu (May 26, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-316-60124-5). The spirit of a murdered child possesses a vengeance-prone teddy bear who agrees to help a runaway teen pursue her mother’s murderer.

Saturday Books

Light Wielder by Rachel Schneider (May 19, $31, ISBN 978-1-250-41910-1). Following the events of Metal Slinger, former lovers Jovie and Acker remain at odds and conflict brews between their peoples.

Soho Press

Absence by Andrew Dana Hudson (May 5, $29, ISBN 978-1-64129-758-5). In this apocalyptic world, it’s accepted that anyone could disappear into thin air at any moment. The unprecedented reappearance of one such woman triggers an investigation by the Bureau of Depopulation Affairs.

Stelliform

The Wetworks Miracle by Caleb Sierra (July 1, $16.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-7383165-7-1). After humanity flees a climate change–ravaged Earth, they make a new home in a strange land where the only plant life and nutrient source is the all-seeing Root, which promises to transform humanity into something new.

St. Martin’s

Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden (July 21, $29, ISBN 978-1-250-40452-7). Malcolm never believed the vicious rumors that his mother was a witch. But when he tries to fulfill her dying wish and return her body to her hometown, he finds myriad supernatural adversaries standing in his way.

Subterranean

The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Feb. 28, $60, ISBN 978-1-64524-312-0) collects more than 30 genre-bending stories from across the career of the Hugo Award winner.

Tachyon

Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman (May 12, $18.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-61696-456-6). On the dystopian planet of Callisto, Inspiration AI exercises total control over the media. Queer, autistic Kelli toes the company line—until her outlaw ex comes to her for a favor.

Titan

The Hive by Ronald Malfi (Apr. 14, $29.99, ISBN 978-1-80336-567-1). Following a storm, the townsfolk of suburban Mariner’s Cove begin exhibiting paranoid hoarding behaviors. Meanwhile, a local boy discovers magical powers.

Tordotcom

The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang (Apr. 21, $24.99, ISBN 978-1-250-40533-3). A spy infiltrates an extraterrestrial society seeking to steal its resources in this sci-fi novella from Hugo Award winner Huang.

Word Horde

Smoke Season by Carrie-Edmund Laben (Mar. 31, $21.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-956252-12-5). Set in a Montana commune, this queer supernatural horror novel intertwines a missing persons case with a government conspiracy.

WordFire

Bewilderness by Jonathan Maberry (May 19, $34.99, ISBN 978-1-68057-797-6). A scientist’s plan to open a gateway between parallel Earths goes horribly awry, causing infinite timelines to collide and reality itself to fracture.

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