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Fantasy and Science Fiction January 2026 |
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The Ark
by Patrick S. Tomlinson
Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation spaceship, affectionately named the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark's greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can't be beat. But when a crew member goes missing, Benson is thrust into the centre of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and threatens everyone aboard. As the last remnants of humanity hurtle towards their salvation, Benson finds himself in a desperate race to unravel the conspiracy before a madman turns mankind's home into its tomb --
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If Wishes Were Retail
by Auston Habershaw
Teenage Alex Delmore is desperate to escape her small town and go to her dream college. Thankfully a new business enterprise is opening at the local (dying) mall: a recently escaped genie is looking to sell wishes on demand, and needs human guidance to navigate the 21st century. For fans of: lightheartedly humorous but heartfelt cozy retail fantasy such as Miye Lee's The Dallergut Dream Department Store and Tsuchika Nishimura's The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store.
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The Unkillable Frank Lightning
by Josh Rountree
Twenty five years ago, Catherine Coldbridge used her skills both as a doctor and an occultist to bring back her murdered husband; but being resurrected without a soul had violent consequences, and Catherine was forced to flee Texas. Now she has returned to finally put an end to her husband, who's traveling in a Wild West show as The Unkillable Frank Lightning. This weird Western Frankenstein tale is ideal for readers looking for offbeat speculative historical titles such as I Travel By Night by Robert R. McCammon.
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The Scrivener's Tale
by Fiona McIntosh
In the bookshops and cafes of present-day Paris, ex-psychologist Gabe Figaret is trying to put his shattered life back together. When another doctor, Reynard, asks him to help with a delusional female patient, Gabe is reluctant - until he meets her. At first Gabe thinks the woman, Angelina, is merely terrified of Reynard, but he quickly discovers she is not quite what she seems. When Angelina tells Gabe he must kill her and flee to a place she calls Morgravia, he is horrified. But then Angelina shows him that the cathedral he has dreamt about since childhood is real and exists in Morgravia. Soon, Gabe's world will be turned upside down, and he will learn shocking truths about who he is . . . and who he can - or cannot - trust.
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Dinner at the Night Library
by Hika Harada
All Otaha wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore, combined with her paltry salary and irritating manager, quickly bring reality crashing down around her. She is on the verge of quitting when she receives an anonymous message, inviting her to apply for a job at ‘"The Night Library." The hours are from seven o’clock to midnight. The library exclusively stores books by deceased authors, and none of them can be checked out – instead, they’re put on public display to be revered and celebrated by the library’s visitors. Otoha meets the other staff, a group of likeminded literary misfits, including a legendary chef who prepares incredible meals for the library’s employees at the end of each day. Night after night, she bonds with her colleagues over meals in the café, each of which are inspired by the literature on the shelves. But as strange occurrences start happening that may bring the threat of its closure, Otaha and her friends fear that the peace they have found there will forever be lost to them. Will their faith in the value of books strong enough to save it? And what will remain if it isn’t?
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| The Summer War by Naomi NovikFurious at her beloved brother for leaving home, musically gifted Celia had no way of knowing her childish curses at him would doom him to a life without love. Celia desperately searches for a way to undo her mistake, until she uncovers a centuries-old secret about the immortal beings known as the summerlings. For fans of: magical curses, suspense, and in-depth worldbuilding as found in The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara. |
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The Shadow Weaver
by Ivy Cliffwater
Caris Ironside crafts legendary swords and can wield them better than most men. But the shadowy power at her fingertips will be her death sentence if it is exposed. Desperate for a way into the heart of Capita - to avenge her mother's murder - Caris enters a brutal tournament disguised as a man. In a city ruled by those who hunt her kind, Caris relies on the help of two allies: Cillian, a fellow blacksmith, and Torgrin, the army captain who infuriates her - who is as cold and unyielding as Cillian is warm. As danger closes in, Caris finds herself at the centre of a much bigger plot, and it will take all her power to get her and her friends out alive. Will love and loyalty be enough when the darkness inside begins to surface . . . or will the shadows claim them all?
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King Sorrow
by Joe Hill
Dreamer Arthur Oakes is a student at Rackham College, Maine, renowned for its frosty winters and beautiful buildings. But his idyll - and burgeoning romance with Gwen Underfoot - is shattered when local drug dealers force him into a terrible crime: stealing rare and valuable books from the exceptional college library. Trapped and desperate, Arthur turns to his closest friends for help. Together they dream up an impossible, fantastical scheme: to summon the fabled dragon King Sorrow to kill those tormenting Arthur. But the six stumble backwards into a deadly bargain - they soon learn they must choose a new sacrifice for King Sorrow each year or one of them will become his next victim. Unleashing consequences they can neither predict nor control, this promise will, over the course of four decades, shape and endanger their lives in ways they could never expect.
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Human Rites
by Juno Dawson
The Coven is reunited but broken…
Niamh is back from the dead … but she hasn’t come back alone. Elle mourns a son she never had. Ciara languishes in a prison for witches. And Leonie reels from a very unexpected surprise.
Five very different witches with one thing in common: they were unwittingly chosen by the dangerously charming Lucifer, the demon king of desire, to fulfil a dark prophecy.
But Lucifer has deadly offer for fledgling witch Theo: help him and her coven – her family – will be spared as the rest of humanity perishes in a hellish new reality. Save the ones she loves? Or save the world? The choice is hers…
This is the final book in the Her Majesty's Royal Coven trilogy.
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Mistborn: The Final Empire
by Brandon Sanderson
Once, a hero arose to save the world. He failed. Ever since, the world has been a wasteland of ash and mist controlled by the immortal emperor known as the Lord Ruler. But hope survives. A new uprising is forming, one built around the ultimate caper, the cunning of a brilliant criminal mastermind, and the determination of an unlikely heroine: a street urchin who must learn to master the power of a Mistborn.
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