{"id":33920,"date":"2026-05-01T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33920"},"modified":"2026-02-12T09:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:08:29","slug":"books-to-be-released-this-month-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=33920","title":{"rendered":"Books to be released this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Locus: <a href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/forthcomingbooks\/\">https:\/\/locusmag.com\/forthcomingbooks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MAY 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NEAL ASHER \u2022 <b>Dark Agent<\/b> \u2022 Macmillan\/Tor UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ANINDITA BANERJEE &amp; SHERRYL VINT, ET AL., EDS. \u2022 <b>Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagina\u00adtion to Political Practice<\/b> \u2022 MIT Press, May 2026 (nf, tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>RJ BARKER \u2022 <b>Mortedant\u2019s Peril<\/b> \u2022 Macmil\u00adlan\/Tor UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>RJ BARKER \u2022 <b>Mortedant\u2019s Peril<\/b> \u2022 Tor, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>NICHOLAS BINGE \u2022 <b>Abyss<\/b> \u2022 Macmillan\/Tor Night\u00adfire UK, May 2026 (na, h, hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>NICHOLAS BINGE \u2022 <b>Abyss<\/b> \u2022 Tor\/Nightfire, May 2026 (na, h, hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>JIM BUTCHER \u2022 <b>Out Law<\/b> \u2022 Podium Publishing, May 2026 (na, tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>GREGORY FEELEY \u2022 <b>The Weighing of Ayre<\/b> \u2022 New\u00adCon Press UK, May 2026 (c, tp, hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>SARAH GAILEY \u2022 <b>Make Me Better<\/b> \u2022 Tor, May 2026 (h, hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>CHLOE GONG \u2022 <b>Eyes of Kings<\/b> \u2022 Simon &amp; Schuster\/Saga Press, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ANDREA HAIRSTON \u2022 <b>The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays<\/b> \u2022 Tor, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>SARAH LANGAN \u2022 <b>Trad Wife<\/b> \u2022 Macmillan\/Tor Nightfire UK, May 2026 (h, hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ANN LECKIE \u2022 <b>Radiant Star<\/b> \u2022 Orbit UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ANN LECKIE \u2022 <b>Radiant Star<\/b> \u2022 Orbit US, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>FONDA LEE \u2022 <b>The Last Contract of Isako<\/b> \u2022 Orbit UK, May 2026 (hc, tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>FONDA LEE \u2022 <b>The Last Contract of Isako<\/b> \u2022 Orbit US, May 2026 (hc, tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ALAN MOORE \u2022 <b>I Hear a New World<\/b> \u2022 Bloomsbury UK\/Archer, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>ALAN MOORE \u2022 <b>I Hear a New World<\/b> \u2022 Bloomsbury USA, May 2026 (hc, eb)<\/li>\n<li>KIM NEWMAN \u2022 <b>Model Actress Whatever<\/b> \u2022 Titan Books UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>JEFF NOON \u2022 <b>Moon Over Brendle<\/b> \u2022 Angry Robot UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>K.J. PARKER \u2022 <b>Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know<\/b> \u2022 Orbit UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)<\/li>\n<li>K.J. 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