Locus list of upcoming books, Jan & Feb

JANUARY 2026

• EUGEN BACON & CHERYL NTUMY, ET AL, EDS. • Sauúti Terrors Short Stories • Flame Tree Collections UK, Jan 2026 (oa, hc, eb)
• BRADLEY P. BEAULIEU • A God of Countless Guis­es • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• MONIQUILL BLACKGOOSE • To Ride a Rising Storm • Pen­guin Random House/Del Rey, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• STEPHANIE BURGIS • Enchanting the Fae Queen • Tor/Bramble, Jan 2026 (v, tp, eb)
• JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Ace, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• ROSHANI CHOKSHI • The Swan’s Daughter • St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books, Jan 2026 (v, hc, eb)
• NICOLE GLOVER • The Starseekers • Harper Voyager US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• NICOLA GRIFFITH • She Is Here • PM Press, Jan 2026 (c, tp, eb)
• ISABEL IBAÑEZ • Graceless Heart • St. Mar­tin’s/Saturday Books, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• SEANAN MCGUIRE • Through Gates of Garnet and Gold • Tordotcom, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)
• K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Halcyon Years • Orbit US, Jan 2026 (1US, hc, eb)
• BRANDON SANDERSON • Magic the Gathering: Children of the Nameless • Subterranean Press, Jan 2026 (x, hc)
• CHARLES STROSS • The Regicide Report • Tor, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)

FEBRUARY 2026

• EDWARD ASHTON • After the Fall • St. Martin’s, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• STEPHANIE BURGIS • Enchanting the Fae Queen • Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK, Feb 2026 (1UK, hc, eb)
• V. CASTRO • Maria the Wanted • Titan Books UK, Feb 2026 (h, tp, eb)
• P.A. CORNELL • Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl • Stars and Sabers, Feb 2026 (na, v, tp, eb)
• MATT DINNIMAN • Operation Bounce House • Ace, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• HEATHER FAWCETT • Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• HEATHER FAWCETT • Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter • Orbit UK, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• KIM HARRISON • Secondhand Luck • Ace, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• MATTHEW KRESSEL • The Rainseekers • Tordotcom, Feb 2026 (na, tp, eb)
• PAUL MCAULEY • Loss Protocol • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• IAN MCDONALD • Boy • with Occasional Dinosaur, Tordotcom, Feb 2026 (na, tp, eb)
• BETHANY C. MORROW • The Body • Tor/Nightfire, Feb 2026 (h, hc, eb)
• NNEDI OKORAFOR • The Daughter Who Remains • Astra House/DAW, Feb 2026 (na, hc, eb)
• REBECCA ORE • Writing Is Writing • Aqueduct Press, Feb 2026 (nf, tp, eb)
• BRANDON SANDERSON • Isles of the Emberdark • Tor, Feb 2026 (hc)
• BRANDON SANDERSON • Isles of the Emberdark • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• ALI SMITH • Glyff • Penguin Random House UK/Hamish Hamilton, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• A.D. SUI • The Iron Garden Sutra • Kensing­ton/Erewhon, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• MICHAEL SWANWICK • The Universe Box • Tachyon Pub­lications, Feb 2026 (c, tp, eb)
• ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky • Subterranean Press, Feb 2026 (hc)
• ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Pretenders to the Throne of God • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• ALIYA WHITELEY • The Misheard World • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
• MAKANA YAMAMOTO • The Obake Code • Harper Voy­ager US, Feb 2026 (tp, eb)
• MAKANA YAMAMOTO • The Obake Code • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)

JANUARY 2025

• MONIQUILL BLACKGOOSE • To Ride a Rising Storm • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Ace, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• ROSHANI CHOKSHI • The Swan’s Daughter • St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books, Jan 2026 (v, hc, eb)
• NICOLE GLOVER • The Starseekers • Harper Voyager US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• ISABEL IBAÑEZ • Graceless Heart • St. Martin’s/Sat­urday Books, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
• DEAN KOONTZ • The Friend of the Family • Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, Jan 2026 (a, hc, eb)
• SEANAN MCGUIRE • Through Gates of Garnet and Gold • Tordotcom, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)
• K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
• CHARLES STROSS • The Regicide Report • Tor, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)

DECEMBER 2025

• DAVE HUTCHINSON • The Essence • NewCon Press UK, Dec 2025 (tp, hc, eb)
• MERCEDES LACKEY • The Cyprian • Astra House/DAW, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
• KAREN LORD & ANNALEE NE­WITZ, ET AL., EDS. • We Will Rise Again • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
• SEANAN MCGUIRE • Velveteen vs. The Consequences of Her Actions • Subterranean Press, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• TIM POWERS • The Mills of the Gods • Baen, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
• BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Orion UK/Gollancz, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Tor, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• ROBERT SILVERBERG • A Multitude of Worlds • Starship Sloane, Dec 2025 (c, hc)
• SIMON STALENHAG • Sunset at Zero Point • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (pi, art, hc, eb)

NOVEMBER 2025

• KEMI ASHING-GIWA • The King Must Die • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
• TRAVIS BALDREE • Brigands & Breadknives • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• TRAVIS BALDREE • Brigands & Breadknives • Macmil­lan/Tor UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• ANNE BISHOP • Turns of Fate • Ace, Nov 2025 (hc)
• BEN BOVA & LES JOHNSON • Pluto • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• ORSON SCOTT CARD • Reawakening • Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Nov 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
• M.R. CAREY • Outlaw Planet • Orbit UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• M.R. CAREY • Outlaw Planet • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
• CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN • Shiny Happy People • Penguin Ran­dom House/Delacorte, Nov 2025 (ya, h, hc, eb)
• KATE ELLIOTT • The Nameless Land • Tor, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• THEODORA GOSS • Letters From an Imaginary Coun­try • Tachyon Publications, Nov 2025 (c, tp, eb)
• BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit UK, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
• BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
• T. KINGFISHER • Snake-Eater • Amazon/47North, Nov 2025 (na, tp, eb)
• T. KINGFISHER • Snake-Eater • Titan Books UK, Nov 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• MERCEDES LACKEY, ED. • Smoke and Mirrors • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
• GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, ED. • Wild Cards: Aces Full • Tordotcom, Nov 2025 (an, hc, eb)
• RHIANNA PRATCHETT • Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch • Penguin Random House UK/Penguin UK, Nov 2025 (1st UK, nf, ya, art, hc, eb)
• CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Shadows Upon Time • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• SALMAN RUSHDIE • The Eleventh Hour • Penguin Ran­dom House UK/Jonathan Cape, Nov 2025 (oc, hc, eb)
• SALMAN RUSHDIE • The Eleventh Hour • Penguin Ran­dom House/Random House, Nov 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• JOHN SCALZI • Constituent Service • Subterra­nean Press, Nov 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• APARNA VERMA • The Burning Queen • Orbit US, Nov 2025 (tp, eb)
• DAVID WEBER, ED. • Worlds of Honor #8: Changer of Worlds • Baen, Nov 2025 (oa, hc)
• ADRIENNE YOUNG • Fallen City • Titan Books UK, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)
• ADRIENNE YOUNG • Fallen City • St. Martin’s/Saturday Books, Nov 2025 (hc, eb)

AUGUST 2025

• CHARLIE JANE ANDERS • Lessons in Magic and Disaster • Tor, Aug 2025 (hc, eb)
• NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Titan Books UK, Aug 2025 (na, h, hc, eb)
• NATHAN BALLINGRUD • Cathedral of the Drowned • Tor/Nightfire, Aug 2025 (na, h, tp, eb)
• ISABEL CAÑAS • The Possession of Alba Díaz • Penguin Random House/Berkley, Aug 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• BRENDA COOPER • When Mothers Dream • Fairwood Press, Aug 2025 (c, tp)
• JOSHUA GLENN, ED. • Before Superman: Superhu­mans of the Radium Age • MIT Press, Aug 2025 (an, tp, eb)
• CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN & BRI­AN KEENE, EDS. • The End of the World As We Know It: Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand • Simon & Schuster/Gallery, Aug 2025 (oa, hc, eb)
• FRANCES HARDINGE • The Forest of a Thousand Eyes • Abrams/Amulet, Aug 2025 (1st US, na, ya, hc, eb)
• T. KINGFISHER • Hemlock & Silver • Tor/Bramble, Aug 2025 (hc, eb)
• R.F. KUANG • Katabasis • Harper Voyager US, Aug 2025 (hc, eb)
• R.F. KUANG • Katabasis • Harper Voyager UK, Aug 2025 (hc, eb)
• TIM LEBBON • Secret Lives of the Dead • Titan Books UK, Aug 2025 (h, pb, eb)
• YOON HA LEE • Starstrike • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Aug 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
• TASHAN MEHTA • Mad Sisters of Esi • Astra House/DAW, Aug 2025 (1st US, tp, eb)
• L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Sub-Majer’s Challenge • Tor, Aug 2025 (hc, eb)
• ANNALEE NEWITZ • Automatic Noodle • Tor, Aug 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • The Dagger in Vichy • Subterra­nean Press, Aug 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• KEN SCHOLES • Better Dreams • Fallen Seeds and Other Handfuls of Hope, Fairwood Press, Aug 2025 (c, tp, tp)
• FRAN WILDE • A Catalog of Storms • Fairwood Press, Aug 2025 (c, tp, eb)

JULY 2025

• JULIE E. CZERNEDA • A Shift of Time • Astra House/DAW, Jul 2025 (tp, eb)
• SARAH BETH DURST • The Enchanted Greenhouse • Tor/Bramble, Jul 2025 (v, hc, eb)
• CHARLAINE HARRIS • The Last Wizards’ Ball • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Jul 2025 (hc, eb)
• STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • The Babysitter Lives • Titan Books UK, Jul 2025 (na, h, tp, eb)
• STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • Killer on the Road / The Baby­sitter Lives • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Jul 2025 (oc, h, tp, eb)
• CASSANDRA KHAW • The Library at Hellebore • Tor/Nightfire, Jul 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN • Bright Dead Star • Subterranean Press, Jul 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• MUR LAFFERTY • Infinite Archive • Ace, Jul 2025 (tp, eb)
• SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA • The Bewitching • Penguin Ran­dom House/Del Rey, Jul 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• ADAM ROBERTS • Frankenstein Rex • Orion UK/Gollancz, Jul 2025 (hc, eb)
• CHUCK TINGLE • Lucky Day • Tor/Nightfire, Jul 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• HARRY TURTLEDOVE • Powerless • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Jul 2025 (hc, eb)
• MOSES OSE UTOMI • The Memory of the Ogisi • Tordot­com, Jul 2025 (hc)

JUNE 2025

• ELIZABETH BEAR • The Folded Sky • Simon & Schus­ter/Saga Press, Jun 2025 (tp, eb)
• ELIZABETH BEAR • The Folded Sky • Orion UK/Gollancz, Jun 2025 (tp, eb)
• V. CASTRO • Maria the Wanted • Titan Books UK, Jun 2025 (h, tp, eb)
• KATE ELLIOTT • The Witch Roads • Tor, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• AUSTON HABERSHAW • If Wishes Were Retail • Tachyon Publications, Jun 2025 (tp, eb)
• K. IBURA • Tempest • HarperCollins/Quill Tree, Jun 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
• ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 9 • AudioText/Infinivox, Jun 2025 (an, tp, eb)
• MERCEDES LACKEY & LARRY DIXON • Gryphon’s Valor • Titan Books UK, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• MERCEDES LACKEY & LARRY DIXON • Gryphon’s Valor • Astra House/DAW, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• JOHN LANGAN • Lost in the Dark and Other Ex­cursions • Word Horde, Jun 2025 (c, tp, eb)
• HELEN MARSHALL • The Lady • the Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death, Titan Books UK, Jun 2025 (pb, eb)
• PREMEE MOHAMED • The First Thousand Trees • ECW Press, Jun 2025 (na, tp, eb)
• MALKA OLDER • The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses • Tor, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• H.G. PARRY • A Far Better Thing • Tor, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• V.E. SCHWAB • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil • Tor, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• V.E. SCHWAB • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Bee Speaker • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jun 2025 (hc, eb)
• ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Shroud • Orbit US, Jun 2025 (1st US, tp, eb)
• CONNIE WILLIS • The Spanner in the Works • Orion UK/Gollancz, Jun 2025 (tp, eb)
• JOHN WISWELL • Wearing the Lion • Astra House/DAW, Jun 2025 (v, hc, eb)

MAY 2025

• JOE ABERCROMBIE • The Devils • Orion UK/Gollancz, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• JOE ABERCROMBIE • The Devils • Tor, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• GENEVIEVE COGMAN • Damned • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN • The Night Birds • St. Martin’s, May 2025 (1st UK, h, pb, eb)
• MIRA GRANT • Overgrowth • Tor/Nightfire, May 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• GUY GAVRIEL KAY • Written on the Dark • Penguin Random House/Berkley, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• DEAN KOONTZ • Going Home in the Dark • Ama­zon/Thomas & Mercer, May 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• PAT MURPHY • The Adventures of Mary Dar­ling • Tachyon Publications, May 2025 (tp, eb)
• EMMA NEWMAN • The Vengeance • Rebellion/Solaris UK, May 2025 (tp, eb)
• JODY LYNN NYE, ED. • L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 41 • Galaxy, May 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
• TOCHI ONYEBUCHI • Harmattan Season • Tor, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• ADAM OYEBANJI • Esperance • Quercus UK/Arcadia, May 2025 (tp, eb)
• ADAM OYEBANJI • Esperance • Astra House/DAW, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • The Revelation Space Collection • Volume 1, Orion UK/Gollancz, May 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • The Revelation Space Collection • Volume 2, Orion UK/Gollancz, May 2025 (c, hc, eb)
• VIVIAN SHAW • Strange New World • Orbit UK, May 2025 (tp, eb)
• VIVIAN SHAW • Strange New World • Orbit US, May 2025 (tp, eb)
• CAITLIN STARLING • The Starving Saints • Harper Voy­ager US, May 2025 (hc, eb)
• NEON YANG • Brighter than Scale • Swifter than Flame, Tordotcom, May 2025 (tp)

APRIL 2025

• NEAL ASHER • Dark Diamond • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Drop of Corruption • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Drop of Corruption • Hodder & Stoughton UK/Hodderscape, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• OLIVIE BLAKE • Gifted & Talented • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• OLIVIE BLAKE • Gifted & Talented • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• PATRICE CALDWELL • Where Shadows Meet • St. Mar­tin’s/Wednesday Books, Apr 2025 (ya, v, hc, eb)
• KACEN CALLENDER • Chaos King • Tor Teen, Apr 2025 (ya, hc, eb)
• VAJRA CHANDRASEKERA • Rakesfall • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2025 (1st UK, tp, eb)
• P. DJÈLÍ CLARK • Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold • Tor/Starscape, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• C.S.E. COONEY • Saint Death’s Herald • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
• ISAAC FELLMAN • Notes from a Regicide • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• DANIEL M. FORD • Advocate • Tor, Apr 2025 (hc, tp, eb)
• DARYL GREGORY • When We Were Real • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• JIM C. HINES • Kitemaster • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
• TANYA HUFF • Direct Descendant • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2025 (h, hc, eb)
• AI JIANG • A Palace Near the Wind: Natu­ral Engines • Titan Books UK, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• MARK LAWRENCE • The Book That Held Her Heart • Ace, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• SHARON LEE & STEVE MILLER • Diviner’s Bow • Baen, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• JEFFREY ALAN LOVE • The Last Battle at the End of the World • Flesk Publications, Apr 2025 (gn, art, tp, hc)
• NNEDI OKORAFOR • One Way Witch • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• DANIEL PINKWATER • Jules • Penny, & the Rooster, Tachyon Publications, Apr 2025 (na, ya, tp, eb)
• NATASHA PULLEY • The Hymn to Dionysus • Orion UK/Gollancz, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• EDEN ROYCE • Psychopomp and Circumstance • Tordotcom, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• NGHI VO • Don’t Sleep With the Dead • Tor­dotcom, Apr 2025 (na, hc, eb)
• KHAN WONG • Down in the Sea of Angels • Angry Robot UK, Apr 2025 (tp, eb)
• RITA WOODS • The Edge of Yesterday • Tor/Forge, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)
• TIMOTHY ZAHN • The Icarus Coda • Baen, Apr 2025 (hc, eb)