All the New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in September

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Fall is sort of upon us and ebook publishers appear particularly excited for the brand new season, unleashing dozens of latest releases for followers of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror tales. September brings monsters, time-travel, witches, sneaky royals, supernatural killers, hostile alien planets, mermaids, and a lot extra.


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Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle

In a future the place killers are despatched to the distant previous, the inventor of the time machine confesses to a homicide to avoid wasting his teenage daughter after she’s accused of a horrible crime. He should journey to the period of the dinosaurs earlier than he can start to clear his identify—and finds a secret ready for him when he arrives. (September 1)

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Against All Gods by Miles Cameron

In this mythology-inspired story set in an alternate Bronze Age, a bunch of mortals with ties to the gods be a part of collectively to take down the ageing, corrupt beings that govern from the heavens. (September 6)

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Be the Serpent by Seanan McGuire

The October Daye city fantasy collection continues because the hero adjusts to a completely new problem: married life. Things get much more sophisticated when certainly one of her oldest associates reveals that they’re truly an enemy in disguise. (September 6)

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Blood of Troy by Claire Andrews

The sequel to Daughter of Sparta finds Daphne the warrior determining her emotions for Apollo the god—all whereas coping with the looming Trojan War. (September 6)

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Fairy Tale by Stephen King

The blockbuster writer’s newest is a couple of lonely teen who befriends his eccentric neighbor—solely to study after the person’s dying that his yard shed incorporates a secret portal to a magical world. (September 6)

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Final Heir by Faith Hunter

Vampire queen Jane Yellowrock’s newest New Orleans journey finds her gathering all her allies to battle her former boss and his darkish military. (September 6)

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Ithaca by Claire North

The fantasy of Penelope and Odysseus will get a feminist retelling within the newest from the writer of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. (September 6)

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Luda by Grant Morrison

“A drag queen initiates her protégée into the magical arts in this phantasmagoric epic, the first novel from the legendary comics writer and New York Times bestselling author.” Read an excerpt and io9’s interview with Morrison concerning the ebook right here. (September 6)

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Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Dreams of Wakanda by varied contributors

A variety of contributors—together with Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter and writers Tre Johnson, Yona Harvey, and Hannah Giorgis—talk about the cultural affect and legacy of Marvel’s Black Panther film on this illustrated essay assortment. (September 6)

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Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah

In this dystopian, South Asian-inspired fantasy, a teen expert in preventing merciless monsters should confront essentially the most terrifying breed of all—the ruling elite—when she’s pressured to affix a win-or-die chariot race. (September 6)

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Ruination by Anthony Reynolds

The first novel set within the universe of League of Legends guarantees “an epic tale of magic, revenge, and an empire on the verge of ruin.” Read an excerpt right here. (September 6)

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The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

When the trans son of the goddess of birds is unexpectedly picked to compete within the Sunbearer Trials—a contest the place the winner serves the temples of Sol, and the loser turns into a sacrifice—he should overcome intense hurdles if he desires to outlive. (September 6)

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Bindle Punk Bruja by Desideria Mesa

In this fantasy set within the Twenties, an aspiring Kansas City jazz-club proprietor offers with sexism, racism, interfering gangsters, and extra as she pursues her dream—all whereas preserving her magical talents a intently guarded secret. (September 13)

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Fellstones by Ramsey Campbell

A person with a troubled previous reluctantly returns to the city the place he grew as much as examine the reality concerning the historical stones standing on its village inexperienced. (September 13)

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Full Immersion by Gemma Amor

In this speculative horror story, an amnesiac discovers her personal lifeless physique and should scramble to determine what’s actual and what isn’t—and who’s controlling issues from the shadows. (September 13)

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Glorious Fiends by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

A vampire runs into hassle with a Guardian of the Underworld when she resurrects her lifeless greatest associates in what’s described as a “Hammer-inspired odyssey” that updates “‘80s horror tropes with modern sensibilities.” (September 13)

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Ledge by Stacy McEwan

After she escapes being sacrificed to the mystical creatures that rule her icy homeland, a determined woman faces uncertainty and danger in the name of freedom. (September 13)

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Lucky Girl, How I Became a Horror Writer by M. Rickert

Subtitled “A Krampus Story,” this tale of Christmas horror follows a lonely writer who hosts a holiday dinner party with ghostly storytelling on the menu. (September 13)

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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The latest entry in the Locked Tomb Series follows Nona, whose chaotic, zombie-filled world is interfering with her desire to have a normal life, despite the fact that she recently woke up in a stranger’s physique. Read an excerpt right here. (September 13)

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Redspace Rising by Brian Trent

“Harris Alexander Pope is the man who ended the Partisan War on Mars. All he seeks now is solitude and a return to the life that was stolen from him. Yet when he learns that the worst war criminals are hiding in other bodies, he is forced into an interplanetary pursuit.” (September 13)

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Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

This fashionable fairy story impressed by Eastern European folklore and Jewish mythology follows a pair of estranged siblings who reunite once they declare their uncommon inheritance—a sentient home perched on hen legs—after which should work collectively to evade a stranger with a violent previous. (September 13)

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The Girl within the Castle by James Patterson and Emily Raymond

A younger psychiatric affected person claims she’s a time traveler from 1347 who must return to the previous to avoid wasting her sister—however will anybody imagine her wild claims and assist her work out how to do this? (September 19)

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Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros

An “adopted daughter of the benevolent undead” should depart her peaceable life and journey by a battle zone looking for her sister—whereas additionally determining her place in a world the place the ruling elite have magic powers and the remainder of the inhabitants is extremely superstitious. (September 20)

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The Dao of Drizzt by R.A. Salvatore

This ebook collects all of the journal entries—“thoughts about life and love, the nature of good and evil, the joys (and frustrations) of family, and so much more”—of the beloved character, taken from over 30 years of fantasy literature. (September 20)

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Daphne by Josh Malerman

The newest from the writer of Bird Box follows a high-school basketball participant who fears her ideas are conjuring Daphne, a legendary serial killer who’s seemingly woke up from the previous. (September 20)

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Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

This sequel to Defy the Night finds newly highly effective former outlaw Tessa making an attempt to remedy the illness sweeping by the dominion, although it’ll require reluctantly accepting the assistance of a prince she doesn’t belief. (September 20)

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Eternally Yours edited by Patrice Caldwell

This anthology of paranormal romance tales gathers the work of 15 writers, together with Kendare Blake, Hafsah Faizal, Sarah Gailey, Chloe Gong, and extra. (September 20)

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Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

After her ex-boyfriend dies of an overdose, a girl hoping to make peace with him agrees to strive a brand new drug that enables customers to see the lifeless… not realizing it carries some everlasting aftereffects. (September 20)

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Imperium Restored by Walter Jon Williams

The writer’s newest army sci-fi trilogy set within the universe of his Dread Empire’s Fall collection ends with this installment, during which Martinez and Sula should combat one final enemy and mend the cracks in their very own relationship earlier than they will reunite the empire. (September 20)

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The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods

After her mom dies, a girl reconnects along with her aunts and, by them, her Gullah ancestors—as soon as she realizes she’s inherited the facility to go to and manipulate different folks’s goals. (September 20)

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Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson

“If you think you know the story of the Mistborn trilogy, think again,” guarantees this exploration of “events hidden in the shadows” of the writer’s unique trilogy. (September 20)

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Moral Code by Lois and Ross Melbourne

When a creator merges her moral AI invention, dubbed the “Moral Operating System,” with a billionaire’s nanite know-how, she’s horrified to comprehend the corporate is now susceptible to individuals who wish to weaponize their creation. (September 20)

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Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

When a company design-lab employee notices a flaw in a brand new line of spaceships, she’s focused by her highly effective employer and should hunt down a villainous confederate in what’s described as “science-fiction fantasy adventure with a dash of Regency romance.” (September 20)

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The Queen of Summer’s Twilight by Charles Vess

The acclaimed fantasy artist’s first novel follows a Scottish teenager who meets a mysterious man that will maintain the important thing to understanding her previous—particularly its ties to a fantastical fairy realm. (September 20)

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Rust within the Root by Justina Ireland

In this historic fantasy from the writer of Dread Nation, 1937 America is cut up between individuals who use magic and those that don’t. As a younger mage plots her future, she takes a authorities job that exposes her to some darkish truths concerning the nation’s mystical previous. (September 20)

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Stolen City by Elisa A. Bonnin

A thief who makes a speciality of stealing magical artifacts indicators on for a heist that forces her to reconnect along with her twin brother, confront a tragedy in her previous, and combat to free her metropolis from anti-magic occupiers. (September 20)

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The Unbalancing by R.B. Lemberg

In the primary full-length novel set within the writer’s Birdverse, a troubled starkeeper meets a poet who’s being guided by their ancestor into their very own starkeeping publish. As an attraction types between them, can they work collectively to avoid wasting their island homeland? (September 20)

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Valley of Shadows by Rudy Ruiz

This “neo-Western blend of magical realism, mystery, and horror” set within the late nineteenth century follows a former lawman who’s drawn again into the sport when a collection of horrible crimes start haunting the U.S.-Mexico border. (September 20)

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The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

In sixteenth century Russia, the legendary witch Baba Yaga emerges from self-imposed isolation to tackle Ivan the Terrible—and the magical forces giving him his energy. (September 20)

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The Ashen War by Dan Le Fever

This alt-history story imagines {that a} plague swept the world throughout the Civil War, leaving the door open for England to try to colonize the U.S.—now a haven for post-apocalyptic cults—a second time. (September 27)

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Big Bad by Lily Anderson

This Buffy the Vampire Slayer-inspired novel finds among the collection’ standout villains working to avoid wasting their dwelling—the alt-reality city of Demondale—from Buffy’s pesky evil-eradicating methods. (September 27)

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Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone

To survive breaking a curse, a girl should comply with stay within the land of the lifeless—and getting again dwelling gained’t be a straightforward activity. (September 27)

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Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

This debut novel follows “high-tech space battles and political machinations, starring a queer and diverse array of pilots, princesses, and prophetic heirs”—besides the prophetic inheritor could be very skeptical about their so-called future. (September 27)

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The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

The Scholomance trilogy concludes as our protagonist leaves the varsity of magic having destroyed no enclavers—however now finds themself ready of making an attempt to stop somebody else from selecting up the mantle as battle begins to brew. (September 27)

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House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Wanting to discover a manner out of poverty, a girl agrees to turn out to be a “bloodmaid” to a unusually charismatic countess who takes an extra-special curiosity in her. (September 27)

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How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy

A younger witch should compete for a scholarship to a prestigious magical college; it’ll contain besting a towering rival and succeeding within the college’s musical regardless of her sleazy drama trainer. (September 27)

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Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

The Kingdom of the Wicked trilogy concludes as Emilia fights to clear her sister’s identify after she’s accused of a high-profile assassination; on the identical time, she’s additionally preventing to be with the demonic Prince of Wrath. (September 27)

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Leech by Hiron Ennes

This surreal story “combines parasitic body horror with gothic family drama in a post-post-apocalyptic masterpiece that defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy.” (September 27)

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Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders by Ransom Riggs

This “deluxe companion guide” to the writer’s Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children collection explores “everything you need to know about the peculiar world, written by Miss Peregrine herself.” (September 27)

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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

After her merciless mother-in-law dies, a lonely lady is haunted by her ghost—so she takes excessive measures to maintain the one household she’s obtained left from falling aside. (September 27)

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The Skeptics’ Guide to the Future: What Yesterday’s Science and Science Fiction Tell Us About the World of Tomorrow by Steven Novella with Jay Novella and Bob Novella

The newest from the authors of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe affords “a high-tech roadmap of the future [that cracks] open the follies of futurists past and how technology will profoundly change our world, redefining what it means to be human.” (September 27)

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Secrets So Deep by Ginny Myers Sain

A teen returns to the seaside campground the place her mom drowned below mysterious circumstances 12 years earlier than, decided to crack the thriller of what actually occurred: accident or supernatural malevolence? (September 27)

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Soul of the Deep by Natasha Bowen

The sequel to Skin of the Sea picks again up with heroic mermaid Simi, who’s as soon as once more confronted with a seemingly unimaginable selection. Read an interview with the writer right here. (September 27)

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Tantalus Depths by Evan Graham

The crew of a survey ship arrives on a brand new planet, solely to find they’re not the primary to land there: there’s an historical construction hidden beneath the floor, and it’s beginning to have an effect on the conduct of the AI they should survive. (September 27)

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The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J.W. Ocker

The newest from the writer of Cursed Objects explores well-known and not-so-famous tales of mysterious monsters throughout America (together with the Lizard Man of South Carolina and the Flatwoods Monster of West Virginia), in addition to the impacts they’ve had on the communities the place they supposedly dwell. (September 27)

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Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes by Rob Wilkins

The solely approved biography of the late Discworld writer—written by his buddy and supervisor—makes use of Pratchett’s personal notes in addition to enter from family and friends to inform his story. (September 29)


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