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Bennett, Ashley: Muscles & Monsters (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593956977, $18.99, 304pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 02/10/2026)

Fantasy romcom, first in the Leviathan Fitness series. Aspiring baker Tegan starts going to Leviathan Fitness to build her strength and see the handsome wolf owner, who becomes her personal trainer. Originally self-published in 2022.…Read More

Several debuts this week, beginning with Brandon Sanderson’sIsles of the Emberdark (Tor), ranking #5 on theNY Times andPublishers Weekly lists. Next, Demi Winters’Dawn of the North (Delacorte) ranks on three lists, as high as #10. Other debuts, on YA or children’s lists, are by Melissa de la Cruz, Petra Lord, Katherine Quinn, and Shannon J. Spann, whoseA Stage Set for Villains is #1 on…Read More

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Adams, Guy:The Thirteenth Floor Anthology (Rebellion UK 978-1837866038, $16.99, 352pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 02/10/2026)

Anthology of horror stories, based on the comic about a building run by Max, an AI that punishes tenant wrondoers by sending them to the horrific 13th floor. Authors include Lavanya Lakshminarayan, James Lovegrove, and Una McCormack.…Read More

George Saunders’s novelVigil (Random House) debuts strongly on all four print lists, ranking #1 at theNew York Times.

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Agajanian, Isa: Quiet Spells (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1035050031, $27.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 02/03/2026)

Fantasy novel, second in the Spells for Life and Death series. Teddy Ingram struggles with the disappearance of Gemma Eakley, and his lover Aurelia must deal with a coven trying to resurrect her late mother.

Cornell,…Read More

Jim Butcher’sTwelve Months (Ace), 18th volume in the Dresden Files series, debuts strongly on all four print lists, ranking #1 at NY Times and Publishers Weekly.

Also debuting, on three lists, is Samantha Sotto Yambao’sThe Elsewhere Express (Del Rey).

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Here’s a highlight from our 2025 Recommended Reading List: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, out from Saga.

Selected as One ofThe New York Times‘s 100 Notable Books of 2025; A Barack Obama Summer Read; ATime,The Washington Post, NPR,Shelf Awareness,Toronto Star, andPublishers WeeklyBest of the Year

TheNew York Timesbestseller and horror masterpiece (NPR) from Stephen Graham Jones-the master of modern horror-is a chilling historical horror novel tracing…Read More

Here’s a highlight from our 2025 Recommended Reading List: Sunwardby William Alexander, out from Saga.

A 2026 Philip K. Dick Award Finalist

A debut science fiction novel by National Book Award-winning writer William Alexander, this story of found family follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth’s moon. This a must-read for fans of Becky Chambers and…Read More

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Anderson, Liza: We Who Have No Gods (Penguin Random House/Ballantine 978-0593976319, $30.00, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 01/27/2026)

Fantasy novel, the first in the Order of Acheron series. Vic, caretaker for her younger brother Henry, discovers that he’s inherited their mother’s witch abilities and will start training for the Acheron Order.…Read More

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen byLocus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.

Analog

• Trevor Quachri, ed.
• Vol. 195, #s 11 & 12, November/ December 2025, $10.99 print, bimonthly, 208pp, 14½…Read More

Two reprints from paperback to hardcover debut this week. First is Kaylie Smith’sEnchantra (Forever), first published in 2025 in paperback. Second is Celina Myers’Hollow (Hanover Square Press), self-published in paperback in 2022. Each ranks on three lists.

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Eugen Bacon,Nga’phandileh Whisperer (Stars and Sabers 9/25) Science fantasy, cosmic horror, and varied cultures mix in this dread-filled yet lyrical novella in the Sauútiverse world. A precocious Guardian in an elite space outpost misuses her sound magic and is stripped of her power and exiled, but finds new power and summons creatures of unreality she can’t control.

Travis Baldree,Brigands & Breadknives…Read More

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Bacon, Eugen; Ntumy, Cheryl; & Embleton, Stephen: Sauúti Terrors Short Stories (Beyond and Within) (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835626405, $26.99, 416pp, formats: hardcover, 01/20/2026)

Shared-world anthology of Afrocentric horror stories set in the Sauútiverse, a planet system with two stars. Part of the publisher’s Beyond and Within series. Authors include T.L.…Read More

The Locus Bestsellers for October include top titles: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US), The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Tor),The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey), and Dungeons & Dragons: The Finest Edge of Twilight by R.A. Salvatore (Random House Worlds).

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month 1)Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) 3 1 2)Alchemised, SenLinYu (Del Rey)…Read More

Two debuts this week, both of fantasy novels. Melissa de la Cruz’sRings of Fate (Entangled: Red Tower Books), first in a new series, is on three lists, ranking as high as #7 on theNY Times fiction hardcover list. And Elise Kova’sDragon Cursed (Entangled: Mayhem Books) is also on three lists, two of them for YA/children’s books, ranking as high as #1 on theNY Times‘ YA…Read More

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Adams, Gillian Bronte: Of Dawn and Embers (Enclave Escape 979-8886052428, $27.99, 560pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 01/13/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, third in The Fireborn Epic series. Jakim Ha’Nor, appointed by a prophecy to save his people, returns to a land at war and his brothers at odds with him.

Bovalino,…Read More

Stacia Stark’s vampire novelWe Who Will Die (Avon), subtitled on the Amazon page An Epic Romantasy of Forbidden Love, Deadly Secrets, and Vampires in a High-Stakes Arena, Discover a Vividly Reimagined Ancient Rome (Empire of Blood, 1), debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #6 on theNY Times list.

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Beaulieu, Bradley P.:A God of Countless Guises (Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra 978-1803285115, $30.00, 544pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 01/08/2026)

Fantasy novel, second in the Book of the Holt trilogy. In a world where humans kill each other in a contest for godhood, Lorelei tries to discover more about the trickster god…Read More

Two interesting items appear in the lower rankings this week. First is the 50th Anniversary Edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’sThe Dispossessed (Harper Perennial, Nov. 2024), a title that has never appeared in any edition on this page in over 20 years. Second is a $45 hardcover edition of Mary Shelley’sFrankenstein (Harper) in a MinaLima edition, i.e. illustrated by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, best known for…Read More

The trade paperback of Andy Weir’sProject Hail Mary (Ballantine) continues to bubble near the top of several bestseller lists, in anticipation of the release of the film version on March 20, 2026.

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The one notable debut this week is Brandon Sanderson’s collectionTailored Realities (Tor), ranking at #12 or above on three lists.

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Cole, Kamilah:An Arcane Inheritance (Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press 978-1464251030, $32.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 12/30/2025)

Dark academia fantasy novel. Ellory sets out to prove her worth at Warren University, a prestigious school built on the forbidden magic of BIPOC students; she gets an increasing sense of déjà vu and seeks…Read More

This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen byLocus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.Online Magazines

Beneath Ceaseless Skies

• Scott H. Andrews, ed.
• Issue #445, November 13, 2025, free online, biweekly. Literary…Read More

Kanan Gill,Acts of God (Blackstone 8/25) Private investigator P. Manjunath is a digital entity in an illegal reality simulation device, subject to the interventions of its creator Dr. Krishna. Manjunath seeks the Science Haters, a hypothetical terrorist group behind the sabotaging of many scientific establishments, and he repeatedly foils Dr. Krishna’s simulation. Gill’s debut novel, a small comic masterpiece. [Paul Di Filippo]

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The Locus Bestsellers for May include top titles: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US), Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (Tor),Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Ballantine), and Critical Role: Tusk Love by Thea Guanzon (Random House Worlds).

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month 1)Katabasis, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US) 2 1 2)Alchemised, SenLinYu (Del Rey) 1 – 3)Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Ace)…Read More

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Banks, Nancy:The Uninvited (Penguin Random House/Delacorte 978-0593900291, $19.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 12/16/2025)

Young-adult vampire horror novel. Oregon teen Tosh moves to Paris and becomes enraptured with its beauty and new friends who show her the catacombs, but vampire attacks begin springing up around them. A first novel.

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Six titles debut this week, most prominently Chloe C. Peñaranda’sThe Dark Is Descending (Bramble), third in the Nytefall Trilogy, and Rachel Van Dyken’sFallen Gods (Entangled: Red Tower Books), each on three lists.

Other debuts are books by Alex Aster, Cassandra Clare, Catherine Doyle, and Keri Lake.

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COVER REVEAL: Check out this gorgeous, stellar cover for Olga Fink’s newest titleThe Princess of War, out from Glass Spider Publishing next April!

From the publisher:

An exciting new dark science-fiction romance from debut indie author Olga Fink arrives in April 2026, published in collaboration with Glass Spider Publishing. Here is the first look at the cover art by JudithSDesign&Creativity.

In a galaxy torn apart by a war…Read More

From our friends atAudioFile Magazine,we have the best science fiction and fantasy audiobooks of 2025. For the full list of 2025 Best Audiobooks, visit theAudioFilewebsite.

These performances will wow you, whether you’re a longtime listener or new to trying audiobooks. Expert, dialed-in narrations bring these stories to life and reinforce the humanity that exists at the center of even the most fantastical worlds and situations. You won’t…Read More

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Casile, Amanda: Broken Trail (CamCat Books 978-0744312065, $28.99, 256pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 12/09/2025)

Horror novel. Psychologist Clara, her life deteriorating, decides to follow the hiking trail where one of her patients disappeared. She brings her daughters, but a presence in the woods breaks up the family and leaves Clara alone.…Read More

Three fantasy novels debut this week, with Amber V. Nicole’sThe Book of Azrael (Kensington) ranking on three lists at #6 or #7.

Debuting on two lists each: Lauren Palphreyman’sThe Wolf King (Bloom) and Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti’sHollow (King’s Hollow).

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TheLocusSelected Books by Author list has been updated on ourForthcoming Books page, with information from the December 2025 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through September 2026. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books!

For the complete list of books by publisher, subscribe to our print magazine or purchase the December issue in print or digital editions, available December 1, 2025.…Read More

Issue 781 Table of Contents, February 2026

Bryan Fuller’s debut film,Dust Bunny, is a highly stylish (or stylized) family horror* with lots of flashy visuals, humor, and a monster under the bed. After a monster eats both of her parents, a young girl named Aurora (Sophie Sloan) tries to hire her across-the-hall neighbor to kill it (this is Mads Mikkelsen, who refers to himself throughout the movie as Resident 5 but is credited as…Read More

Issue 780 Table of Contents, January 2026

Issue 779 Table of Contents, December 2025

Issue 778 Table of Contents, November 2025

Issue 777 Table of Contents, October 2025

Crises precipitate change. Before Russia’s despicable invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s transition to zero carbon energy lagged a decade behind schedule. Three years later, Europe has surged well over a decadeaheadof schedule in their solar transition, and the process is only accelerating. It turns out that all the intractable obstacles to rapid, total technological transition just melt away when you’re shivering in the dark thanks to the aggression of…Read More