(Caveat: Here is listed what Margaret A. Davis 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. (Hint: I do not read horror. Sorry, horror fans may peruse the Horror Writers Assn. Recommended Reading List for suitable suggestions.)
This list will be maintained alphabetical by author and consists of books which have already been published in January-February 2025 and which previously appeared on my New Releases and Forthcoming Books list.
Fantastic Futures Books, in
association with Amazon.com Books, brings you the best in Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Bujold, Lois McMaster
Demon Daughter
(First print [hardcover] edition. According to both the author & Locus Magazine.)
Fantasy
Subterranean Press
Jan.2025
Doctorow, Cory
Picks and Shovels
(bk 3 of Martin Hench series. Sequel to The Bezzle. "New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer...."
"Righteously satisfying...A fascinating tale of financial skullduggery, long cons, and the delivery of ice-cold revenge." - Booklist on The Bezzle" (both Amazon blurb)
Hard sf.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tor Books
Feb.2025
Kingfisher, T.
Swordheart
("Cozy fantasy romance" [Amazon.com])
Romantasy
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Bramble
Feb.2025
McGuire, Seanan
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
(bk 10 of Wayward Children. Sequel to Mislaid in Parts Half-Known. Novella.)
Fantasy.
Macmillan / Tor Publishing / Tordotcom
Jan.2025
Okorafor, Nnedi
Death of the Author: A Novel
(Deluxe limited edition hardback. Standalone. Not part of any series.)
Hard sf.
Harper Collins / William Morrow
Jan.2025
Salvatore, R.A.
Witch of Whispervale
(bk 2 of DemonWars: The Buccaneers. Sequel to Pinquickle's Folly.)
Fantasy
Simon & Schuster / Saga Press
Feb.2025
Taylor, Jodi
The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal
(bk 14.6 of The Chronicles of St. Mary's. Sequel to Christmas Pie. Smallhope & Pennyroyal origin story.)
NOTE: Kindle edition was published 9/3/2024.
Hard sf. Humorous time travel.
Hachette / Headline Publishing Group Limited / Headline
Feb.2025
Williamson, S.F.
A Language of Dragons
("The most exciting debut of 2025 an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy....An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice." [Amazon blurb] Young adult.)
Fantasy
HarperCollins
Jan.2025
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