February 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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All That We See or Seem
by Ken Liu
Former “orphan hacker” Julia Z is thrust into a high-stakes adventure where she must use her AI-whispering skills to unravel a virtual reality mystery and rescue a kidnapped dream artist. Julia Z series.
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The Dark Is Descending
by Chloe C. Peñaranda
The strongest light needs the deepest shadows.
Reeling from shocking betrayal, the Star Maiden Astraea must now race against time to break the curse imprisoning her lover, Nyte. Nytefall trilogy.
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Dawn of the Firebird
by Sarah Mughal Rana
To survive, Khamilla Zahr-zad studies under cutthroat mystic monks and battles in a series of contests to outmaneuver her fellow soldiers. With a war brewing among the kingdoms and a new twisted magic overtaking the land, Khamilla is torn between two impossible choices: vengeance or salvation.
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Exo
by Colin Brush
Humanity is dying. Banished from the Earth, our descendants eke out lives in orbital habitats and moon colonies––and look with longing on our former home. But Earth is deadly. Scientists, some of the few inhabitants left, work in facilities seeking to understand and stop the ocean's changes. And scavenging the shores are the penitents.
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The Happiness Collector
by Crystal King
Aida Reale's dream job in Italy takes a dark turn when she discovers her employers aren't exactly human...
ow Aida must find answers to the question she's been avoiding: What's really happening to all the happiness she's been collecting...and can she stop the gods' plans before it's too late?
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A House Between Sea and Sky
by Beth Cato
Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne and rising star Rex Hallstrom shelter together in a peculiar cliffside house, its door flung open as if beckoning them. Now they are discovering the local legends surrounding the isolated house: It's sentient, curious, and lonely. It appeared in the span of a single night. Its cursed origins are said to be Hell itself.
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Kingdom of Today
by Gena Showalter
Welcome to Fort Bala Royal Academy, where ancient powers rise and Arden Roosa must choose between the ruthless prince who tempts her heart―and a destiny that could cost her soul. Book of Arden series.
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A Kiss of Hammer and Flame
by Amy de la Force
An immortal bound in darkness.
A shattered empire at war.
And a blacksmith whose heart could tip the scales of fate.
Fated for Hael series.
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Lake of Darkness
by Adam Roberts
Two Starships orbit around a black hole--by the end of the day, the crews of both are dead, victims of Captain Alpha Raine. Raine claims he's acting under the command of a voice emanating from the black hole. No one believes him. Everyone knows that things go into black holes; nothing comes out.
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Lives of Bitter Rain
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
City-by-city, kingdom-by-kingdom, the Palleseen have sworn to bring 'Perfection' and 'Correctness' to an imperfect world. But before these ruthless Tyrant Philosophers send in their legions, they dispatch Outreach–the rain before the storm.
Tyrant Philosophers series.
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The Nameless Land
by Kate Elliott
Loyalty cannot be demanded, only won.
When the royal party finds themselves in a land they never believed they could access, it will take all of Prince Gevulin's (admittedly impressive) diplomatic skills to forge a coalition with an unlikely group of would-be allies. Witch Roads series.
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No Life Forsaken
by Steven Erikson
Return to the Malazan Empire!
A goddess awakens to a new world in the continuing saga of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Witness series.
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Ring of Fire
by David Mack
When murder and sabotage imperil the time-sensitive and top-secret mission of a team of civilian scientists, Starfleet deploys Captain Christopher Pike and the Enterprise crew to Kathara Station, a classified research facility located above the accretion disk of a black hole. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds series.
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Slow Gods
by Claire North
My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself. Out there in deep space, in the pilot's chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.
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Spellbound
by Georgia Leighton
This is not the fairytale you may think you know. There is no enchanted sleep for the princess, and no handsome prince to come to her rescue. Just three women, who together concoct a desperate plan that changes the course of all their lives.
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This Brutal Moon
by Bethany Jacobs
Violence has erupted across the Treble. The colony that Jun Ironway and Masar Hawks have fought to protect is now woefully compromised, and its people, unwilling to submit to tyranny once more, face a brutal fight for their lives and freedom. Kindom trilogy.
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The Words of Kings and Prophets
by Shauna Lawless
Clouds of war gather for mortals and immortals alike as the Irish kingdoms strive for supremacy. When a mysterious man comes to King Brian's court, his presence could spell disaster for Ireland herself. For he is an ambitious immortal–and he will do anything to see his plans become reality… Gael Song series.
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