[See Caveat] This list will be maintained alphabetical by author. I will periodically remove books after they are no longer new (my cutoff date for this particular list is March and more recent) and move them here. I will add new titles as I find out about them.
Unless otherwise noted, all listings are for print hardbacks.
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| See also: Science Fiction & Fantasy for Younger Readers | The Anne McCaffrey List |
Most recent Locus magazine consulted: March 2025
Last update: 3/11/2025
*NEW in this revision 3/7/2025
+MODIFIED during month of March 2025
See also Big Five Publishers in the U.S.
Aaronovitch, Ben
Stone and Sky
(bk 10 in the Rivers of London series. Sequel to Masquerades of Spring. Peter Grant goes to Scotland.)
Urban fantasy. Police Procedural.
Astra Publishing House / DAW
Jul.2025
*Bishop, Anne
Turns of Fate
(bk 1 of the Isle of Wyrd series.)
Dark Fantasy.
Penguin Random House / Berkley Books / Ace
Nov.2025
*Blackgoose, Moniquill
To Ride a Rising Storm
(bk 2 of Nampeshiweisit. Sequel to Shape a Dragon's Breath.)
Alternate history fantasy.
Penguin Random House / Random House / Ballantine Books / Del Rey Books
Oct.2025
*Bova, Ben & Johnson, Les
Pluto
(bk 3 of the Outer Planets trilogy AND bk 28 of The Grand Tour series. Sequel to Neptune).
Hard sf. Space opera.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Nov.2025
*Briggs, Patricia
Blind Date with a Werewolf
(In the world of Mercy Thompson. Asil is gifted five blind dates. Novel in the form of short stories. Two all-new stories as well as three previously published stories. [Amazon blurb]. )
Urban Fantasy
Penguin Random House / Berkley Books / Ace
Oct.2025
Britain, Kristen
Falling in a Sea of Stars
(bk 10 in the Green Rider series. Sequel to Spirit of the Wood.)
Fantasy
Astra Publishing House / DAW
Sep.2025
Brooks, Terry
Galaphile
(bk 1 of The First Druids of Shannara. This is "the origin story of the druid order and its enigmatic creator....")
Fantasy.
Penguin Random House / Random House / Ballantine Books / Del Rey Books
Mar.2025
Butcher, James J.
Cold Iron Task
(bk 3 of Unorthodox Chronicles. Sequel to Long Past Dues.)
Urban Fantasy.
Penguin Random House / Berkley Books / Ace
Mar.2025
*Card, Orson Scott
Reawakening
(bk 2 in the Side Step Trilogy. Sequel to Wakers. Young adult.)
Hard sf.
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Nov.2025
*Cherryh, C.J. & Fancher, Jane
Alliance Ascendant
(bk 3 of The Hinder Stars. Sequel to Alliance Unbound.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Astra House / DAW
Nov.2025
*Chiles, Patrick
Long Way Home
(bk 2 of Interstellar Medic. Sequel to the Long Run.)
Hard sf. Medical Space Opera
Baen
Jul.2025
Clark, P. Djeli
Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold
(bk 2 of Abeni's Song. Sequel to Abeni's Song. Middle grade.)
Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Starscape
Apr.2025
Cooper, Iver P.
1637: The Pacific Initiative
(bk 39 in the Ring of Fire series. Direct sequel to 1636: Seas of Fortune. Trade pbk.)
Alternate history. Time travel.
Baen
Mar.2025
Czerneda, Julie E.
A Shift of Time
(bk 4 of the Night's Edge series. Sequel to Change of Place.)
Fantasy.
Astra Publishing House / DAW
Jul.2025
Durst, Sarah Beth
Enchanted Greenhouse
(Set in the same world as Spellshop. Prequel, as this is the story of a character mentioned in Spellshop.)
Romantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Bramble
Jul.2025
Elliott, Kate
Witch Roads
(bk 1 of the Witch Roads Duology. Totally new world.)
Fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Jun.2025
*Elliott, Kate
The Nameless Land
(bk 2 of The Witch Roads Duology. Sequel to Witch Roads.)
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Nov.2025
Flint, Eric and Hunt, Walter H.
1637: The French Correction
(bk 38 in the Ring of Fire series. Direct sequel to 1636: The Cardinal Virtues.)
Alternate history. Time travel.
Baen
Mar.2025
*Forthright
Folk-Spelled
(bk 1 of Immortal Holmes. A steampunk mystery. An alternate history. Cozy suspense with a paranormal twist.)
Steampunk mystery urban fantasy. Alternate history. Cozy suspense.
(NOTE: eBook only at this time)
Twinkle Press
Mar.2025
Hines, Jim C.
Kitemaster
("...spellbinding adventure of loss, resilience, and transformation." (Amazon blurb) Kitemaster was originally a short fiction piece. It has been expanded into a 390 page novel.)
Fantasy.
Arc Manor / Caezik SF & Fantasy
Apr.2025
*Hines, Jim C.
Slayers of Old
("Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Golden Girls....humorous contemporary standalone fantasy" [Amazon blurb])
Fantasy
Astra Publishing House / DAW
Oct.2025
Kingfisher, T.
Hemlock and Silver
(Snow White retelling. Next book in a series of fairy tales re-imagined.)
Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Aug.2025
Kowal, Mary Robinette
The Martian Contingency
(bk 4 of the Lady Astronaut series. Sequel to The Relentless Moon.)
Hard sf. Alternate history.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Mar.2025
*Kressel, Matthew
Space Trucker Jess
(NOTE: eBook only at this time)
Hard sf. Space opera. YA
Fairwood Press
Jun.2025
Lackey, Mercedes and Dixon, Larry
Deliverance of Dragons
(bk 3 of the Dragon Prophecy Trilogy. Sequel to Blade of Empire. "The epic conclusion to the first War of the Endarkened." (Amazon)
Fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
May 2025
*Lackey, Mercedes, editor
Smoke and Mirrors
(Latest annual Valdemar shared world anthology.)
Fantasy
Astra House / DAW
Nov.2025
Lafferty, Mur
Infinite Archive
(bk 3 of Midsolar Murders. Sequel to Chaos Terminal. Trade pbk.)
Hard sf. Space Opera. Detective mystery.
Penguin Random House / Berkley Books / Ace.
Jul.2025
Latner, Alexis Glynn
Revenant
(bk 4 in the Starways series. Sequel to Adversary. Nia Courant finds that her uncle really needs an interstellar lawyer.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Avendis Press
Mar.2025
Lee, Shannon and Lee, Fonda
Breath of the Dragon
(bk 1 of the Breathmarked duology. Shannon is Bruce Lee's daughter and she wanted to write a novel which would feature Bruce Lee's values & philosophy. Fonda is an award-winning author and also a Bruce Lee fan. Young adult.)
Fantasy.
Macmillan / Wednesday Books
Jan.2025
Lee, Sharon and Miller, Steve
Diviner's Bow
(bk 27 in the Liaden Universe. Direct sequel to Ribbon Dance. [Padi yos'Galan book])
Hard sf. Space opera.
Baen
Apr.2025
Lee, Yoon Ha
Starstrike
(bk 2 in the Moonstorm series. Sequel to Moonstorm. YA space opera trilogy.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Penguin Random House / Random House Children's Books / Delacorte Press
Aug.2025
McGuire, Seanan
Installment Immortality
(bk 14 of InCryptid. Sequel to Aftermarket Afterlife. Trade pbk.)
Urban fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Mar.2025
McGuire, Seanan
Silver and Lead
(bk 19 of the October Daye series. Sequel to The Innocent Sleep.)
Urban Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Sep.2025
*McGuire, Seanan
Velveteen vs. The Consequences of Her Actions
(Short fiction collection.)
Subterranean Press
Dec.2025
*Mack, David
Ring of Fire
(bk 5 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series. Sequel to Toward the Night.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Simon & Schuster / Pocket Books / Star Trek
Aug.2025
*Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Legalist
(bk 4 in the Grand Illusion series. Sequel to Contrarian. SET EARLIER in same world. Ancestor of Ysella.)
Fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Oct.2025
Modesitt, L.E., Jr.
Sub-Majer's Challenge
(bk 25 of Saga of Recluce. Sequel to Overcaptain. Bk 3 for Alyiakal.)
Military Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Aug.2025
Murphy, Pat
Adventures of Mary Darling
("Who is Mary Darling? In this smartly subversive Victorian mash-up starring legendary literary characters" (Amazon.com) [Mary is the mother of the kids who vanish when they go off to visit Peter Pan. Mary's uncle turns out to be none other than Dr. John Watson so Sherlock Holmes joins the case to solve this triple kidnapping.]
Fantasy.
Tachyon Publications
May.2025
*Novik, Naomi
Summer War
(Novella. New world. New characters.)
Penguin Random House / Random House / Ballantine Books / Del Rey Books
Sep.2025
+Okorafor, Nnedi
One-Way Witch
(bk 2 of She Who Knows. Sequel to Firespitter. Novella.)
Fantasy
Astra Publishing House / DAW
Apr.2025
Older, Malka
The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses
(bk 3 of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti. Sequel to The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles
Cozy space opera detective mystery.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Jun.2025
Onyebuchi, Tochi
Harmattan Season: A Novel
("From the visionary author of Riot Baby and Goliath, Harmattan Season is a gripping fantasy noir in the tradition of Chandler, Hammond, and Christie that will have you by the throat, both dryly funny and unforgettably evocative." [Amazon blurb])
Detective mystery fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Mar.2025
Oyebanji, Adam
Esperance
("A tense standalone sci-fi thriller, this electrifying procedural throws you into an action-packed race to solve a series of impossible murders."
Sci-fi thriller
Astra Publishing House / DAW
May 2025
Sagara, Michelle
Heir of Light: A Novel
(bk 2 of The Academia Chronicles. [Set in the world of the Chronicles of Elantra.] Sequel to Shards of Glass.)
Fantasy.
HarperCollins / Harlequin Enterprises / MIRA
May 2025
Scalzi, John
Shattering Peace
(bk 7 in Old Man's War. Sequel to The End of All Things. "But now, there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war." (Amazon blurb) As was the case in book 6, diplomats must save the day, not soldiers.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Sep.2025
Scalzi, John
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
("From the New York Times bestselling author of Starter Villain comes an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese....an orb of cheese with the exact same mass." [Amazon blurb])
Hard sf.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Mar.2025
+Stirling, S.M.
Lords of Creation
(bk 3 of Lords of Creation. Sequel to In the Courts of the Crimson Kings.)
Hard sf. Alternate history
Arc Manor / Caezik SF & Fantasy
Jun.2025
*Stirling, S.M.
Winds of Fate
(bk 2 of Make the Darkness Light. Sequel to To Turn the Tide.)
Alternate history. Time Travel.
Baen
Jul.2025
Swallow, James
Toward the Night
(bk 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in series. Sequel to Asylum. Note: Gallery Books uses the Pocket Books editorial team.)
Hard sf. Space Opera.
Simon & Schuster / Gallery Books
Apr.2025
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Alien Clay
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Mar.2025
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Shroud
("On a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded crew must fight for survival." [Amazon blurb])
Hard sf. Space opera.
Hachette Livre / Hachette Book Group / Orbit
Jun.2025
Turtledove, Harry
Powerless
Alternate history.
Arc Manor / Caezik SF & Fantasy
Jul.2025
Turtledove, Harry
Twice as Dead
("[N]oir fantasy expertly weaves a tale of suspense, intrigue, and the supernatural....Twice As Dead offers a unique blend of classic detective fiction and dark fantasy elements...."[Amazon blurb])
Detective Mystery Fantasy
Arc Manor / Caezik SF & Fantasy
Mar.2025
Vo, Nghi
A Mouthful of Dust
(bk 6 in the Singing Hills Cycle. A novella featuring "Wandering Cleric Chih of Singing Hills and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant" (Amazon)[You can read the novellas in any order. Each stands independently save they have the same two primary characters and are set in the same world.])
Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tordotcom
Oct.2025
Weber, David & Lindskold, Jane
Friends Indeed
(bk 5 in the Star Kingdom [Stephanie Harrington] series. Sequel to A New Clan.)
Hard sf. Space opera.
Baen
Mar.2025
Wells, Martha
Queen Demon
(bk 2 of the Rising World. Sequel to Witch King.)
Fantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Oct.2025
Zahn, Timothy
Icarus Coda
(bk 7 of the Icarus Saga. Sequel to Icarus Needle.)
Hard sf. Space Opera. Murder mystery.
Baen
Apr.2025
"The Big Five" Publishers: [in the U.S.]
Big Five (ranked by annual revenue): [as of 2021]
1) Penguin Random House ($3.3 billion. Notable imprints: Knopf Doubleday, Crown Publishing, and Viking Press). CORPORATE OWNER: German media titan Bertelsmann.
2) HarperCollins ($1.5 billion. Notable imprints: Avon Romance, Harlequin Enterprises, Harper, & William Morrow). CORPORATE OWNER: News Corp [originally founded by Rupert Murdoch].
3) Macmillan Publishers ($1.4 billion. NOTE: British company. Notable imprints: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Picador, St Martin s Press, & Thomas Dunne Books.) CORPORATE OWNER: private German company Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
4) Simon & Schuster ($830 million. Notable imprints: Howard Books, Scribner, & Touchstone.) CORPORATE OWNER: Paramount Global [which is wholly owned by National Amusements]
5) Hachette (Hachette Livre's revenue $2.7 billion. NOTE: French company. Notable imprints: Grand Central Publishing, Little, Brown & Company, Headline, & Mulholland Books.) CORPORATE OWNER French company Lagardere Group.
See also US begins court battle against publishing giants merger [Federal antitrust issue]
By Marcy Gordon & Hillel Italie, Associated Press | August 1, 2022 |
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Forthcoming Books (Published quarterly in Locus magazine.)
[Caveat: Here is listed what Margaret A. Davis is looking forward to reading or has just read plus books of general interest to science fiction and fantasy. I will include books by authors I do not personally read but which patrons at my library do read and tell me how much they love them. See also Science Fiction&Fantasy for Younger Readers. (Hint: I do not read horror. Sorry, horror fans may peruse the Horror Writers Assn. Recommended Reading List for suitable suggestions.)
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