There are two outstanding themes among the many new January books: YA fantasies and horror novels, with a number of entries in every style. But there’s additionally loads of sci-fi (together with the newest from io9 co-founder Annalee Newitz!) and grownup fantasy awaiting your eyeballs—so begin 2023 off proper, with a brand new e-book or two!

Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

When a lonely witch decides to take an opportunity on romance, a disastrous first date sparks an unexpectedly magical connection. (January 3)

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A Ruinous Fate by Kaylie Smith

A younger girl who’s been protecting her highly effective magic hidden—whereas making an attempt to outrun her highly effective future—undertakes a harmful quest into an enchanted forest, the place she’ll need to determine if risking all the things is value it. (January 3)

Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

In this story impressed by historical Chinese mythology and folklore, a woman dwelling in a just lately conquered kingdom meets a magician who helps her awaken her personal secret magical presents. (January 3)

The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

The creator returns to her world of Elfame with this primary entry in a brand new duology. It follows a runaway queen who should workforce up with the prince she was as soon as betrothed to and undertake a monster-fighting quest. Read an excerpt right here. (January 3)

The Thing within the Snow by Sean Adams

Three caretakers and a scientist working in an remoted analysis institute are startled at some point by the looks of an unidentifiable object within the snow—a frozen thriller that quickly turns into an obsession for everybody. (January 3)

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

An “autistic changeling left in the human world by the fae as an infant” groups up along with her twin sister on a heist gone mistaken, and finds she’ll must faucet into her magic powers to save lots of them each. (January 3)

Vamps: Fresh Blood by Nicole Arend

A half-human, half-vampire finds life at a Swiss boarding college for elite vampire youngsters extra perilous than he’d realized. (January 3)

Burrowed by Mary Baader Kaley

In a future the place a plague has divided humanity into individuals who dwell underground in addition to on the floor, a superb younger girl emerges from her subterranean world hoping to assist heal the world—however as an alternative, she’s drawn into the race to save lots of an imperiled humankind from whole extinction. (January 10)

Cool. Awkward. Black. edited by Karen Strong

“This multi-genre YA anthology celebrates ‘the geek,’ with stories by some of today’s top bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors.” Contributors embrace Contributors embrace Tracy Deonn, Jordan Ifueko, Tochi Onyebuchi, Okay. Arsenault Rivera, Ibi Zoboi, and plenty of extra. (January 10)

The Dark Ascension Series: The Wicked Ones by Robin Benway

Cinderella’s stepsisters inform their story on this first in a brand new collection specializing in Disney’s most well-known villains. Read an excerpt right here. (January 10)

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

In this primary e-book in a brand new duology, a younger aristocrat and a bookshop employee kind a stunning bond over their wrestle for girls’s rights—in addition to their shared reward of forbidden magic. (January 10)

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

A socially awkward faculty professor and faerie professional travels to a small village for analysis functions—the place she clashes with a tutorial rival whereas digging into magical secrets and techniques. Read an excerpt right here. (January 10)

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

The sequel to Ninth House finds Alex and Dawes launching a plan to interrupt Darlington out of purgatory, requiring deep dives into historical texts and secret societies, in addition to battling monsters. (January 10)

Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

This surreal, genre-bending novel follows a girl whose world crumbles when the co-worker she’s unhealthily obsessive about dies by suicide. (January 10)

Lost within the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

The Hugo and Nebula-winning Wayward Children collection continues with an exploration of the “Shop Where Lost Things Go,” a spot each fantastic and harmful. (January 10)

Rebel, Brave and Brutal by Shannon Dittemore

Billed as Mad Max: Fury Road meets Frozen, this sequel to Winter, White and Wicked follows rig driver Sylvi as she undertakes a harmful journey throughout land and sea, aiming to make use of her icy magic to assist the rise up. (January 10)

Unraveller by Frances Hardinge

In this darkish YA fantasy, a younger man with the ability to take away curses should work out what to do when he himself falls beneath a harmful spell. (January 10)

Waking Fire by Jean Louise

“This incendiary YA fantasy debut follows a girl who will stop at nothing to save her village after it’s discovered by a dangerous warlord and his army of undead monsters.” (January 10)

We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

A lady being handled for despair befriends her neighbor after realizing how a lot they’ve in frequent—together with a fascination and worry of the magical forest on the fringe of their road. (January 10)

Another Dimension of Us by Mike Albo

Teens in 1986 and 2044 forge a connection throughout the astral aircraft because of unusual nightmares and a good stranger self-help e-book about interdimensional journey. (January 17)

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

After her dad and mom die, a girl reluctantly returns to her hometown to assist her brother wrap up their affairs—together with promoting the household residence, which has its personal stunning concepts about being put available on the market. (January 17)

Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey

As the top of the world looms amid a nuclear winter, a younger Tibetan man heads into the Himalayas looking for his lacking father—and realizes there could also be a magical approach to repair the longer term. (January 17)

The Keeper’s Six by Kate Elliott

In this story, “a world-hopping, badass, spell-slinging mother sets out to rescue her kidnapped adult son from a dragon lord with everything to lose.” (January 17)

Mr. Breakfast by Jonathan Carroll

A failed comic nursing a damaged coronary heart embarks on a cross-country highway journey—and alongside the best way, positive aspects the power to see three totally different variations of the life he may very well be main. (January 17)

Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson

This novella, a sequel to Sorcery of Thorns, finds librarian Elisabeth, sorcerer Nathaniel, and demon companion Silas making an attempt to flee the spell that’s protecting them confined inside Thorn Manor. (January 17)

Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel

A current faculty grad is happy about his new gig working for a relationship app—till he realizes the tech world is a grind. Things get much more chaotic when he tries out the app and it transports him to a different world. (January 17)

Queen Among the Dead by Lesley Livingston

Celtic legends and folktales encourage this fantasy journey a few warrior princess who units out to turn into the primary queen of Ireland. (January 17)

Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

An agent who’s turned on the company that brainwashed her heads to a harmful, storm-engulfed jungle planet, teaming up with an unlikely ally to trace down the buddy who saved her life. (January 17)

Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Previously revealed within the UK, this horror novel is now getting a U.S. launch and is described as “an important and disruptive work of trans fiction from a trans author.” It’s a few girl who involves remorse spending one terrifying night time in an deserted home. (January 17)

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

In this story set within the suburbs on Halloween of 1984, younger trick-or-treaters encounter a quartet of unusual youngsters warning them a few lurking menace they name “the Cunning Man.” (January 24)

Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez

“A group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth’s climate crisis could well hang in the balance.” (January 24)

The Endless Song by Joshua Phillip Johnson

The creator’s Tales of the Forever Sea fantasy collection—set in a world the place ships use magic to sail throughout grass—continues with adventures, conflicts, and monsters each under and atop the planet’s floor. (January 24)

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

The crew of ghost-hunting actuality present Fade to Black—together with the husband-and-wife workforce that leads it—examine a haunted mansion that when belonged to a mystical analysis group, and uncover horrors lurking in its deserted rooms. (January 24)

Spice Road by Maiya Ibrahim

In an Arabian-inspired world dominated by secret magic, a 16-year-old warrior battles sand monsters and different perils whereas making an attempt to trace down her outlaw brother. (January 24)

Beyond the Burn Line by Paul McAuley

In this far-future story, the clever bears who’ve been ruling the planet are felled by a horrible plague—leaving the remnants of humanity, who’ve been serving as their slaves, to determine what’s subsequent for Earth. (January 31)

Blood Circus by Camila Victoire

In a future world ravaged by local weather change and famine, the place humanoid creatures known as “Klujns” have turn into the dominant species, a 16-year-old human woman is taken hostage and compelled right into a lethal competitors. (January 31)

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

In this Shadowhunters novel that caps off the Last Hours collection, James and Cordelia should save each a demon-menaced London and their marriage. (January 31)

The Drift by C.J. Tudor

As the world inches towards its finish, three bizarre however important folks wrestle to outlive, and to assist others round them survive, towards seemingly insurmountable odds. (January 31)

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

The newest from the io9 co-founder is a few terraformer who makes a startling discovery whereas engaged on a brand new planet . Read an excerpt right here. (January 31)

Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

The worldwide bestseller a few metropolis of magic hidden inside London—and the younger girl who will get to expertise it—will get a U.S. launch. (January 31)

Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen

A lonely punk rock vampire who’s rising weary of her routine—“a lot of blood bags and night jobs”—finds a brand new purpose to dwell the undead life when she meets a long-lost teenage relative. (January 31)

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