July 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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All Hail Chaos
by Sarah Rees Brennan
Rae is a fantasy reader who’s been transported to her favorite fictional world of swords and sorcery, castles and monsters. Playing the villainess, she thought she could change the narrative, but this version of the plot is far more deadly than the one she knew. Time of Iron series.
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Cash and Gravity
by Perrin Pring
In the not so distant future, six mega corporations and their privatized armies have supplanted the American government. But when rumors spread that one of the Big Six has created a fusion device that would put the stars within reach, all-out war looms. Chevy Cole series.
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The Girl with a Thousand Faces
by Sunyi Dean
When Mercy Chan washes up on the shores of Hong Kong with no family, no money, and no memories, she finds refuge in a ghost-infested slum. Now she is working for the local triad as a ghost talker and dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt the district. But the past Mercy can’t remember isn't done with her.
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I Hear a New World
by Alan Moore
It's 1958 and Dennis Knuckleyard has decided to leave his adventures in the Great When in the past where they belong. For nine years, he's avoided so much as thinking about the magical version of London, until he rediscovers a key that he'd secretly brought into his own world from the other for safekeeping. Long London series.
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A Kiss of Crimson Ash
by Anuja Varghese
On the surface, Abhaya is an alluring land... But look closer and lecherous kings, forbidden magic, and a wicked emperor hide in plain sight. Four heirs must summon the power of an ancient Goddess to defend their kingdoms. Games of the Goddess series.
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The Last Contract of Isako
by Fonda Lee
Live by the code. Die by the knife.
Isako is a battle-worn corporate samurai who undertakes one last mission on a merciless planet where death is always a mere breath away.
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Mortedant's Peril
by R. J. Barker
Irody Hasp is a Mortedant, a cleric tasked with reading the last thoughts of the dead. After reading the corpse of a low-level records keeper, Irody's troubles quickly multiply. Trials of Irody Hasp series.
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Ode to the Half-Broken
by Suzanne Palmer
In the abandoned New York Botanical Gardens, forty years after the world nearly ended, a worn-out robot is attacked by an unknown assailant, and realizes old evils are stirring.
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Out Law
by Jim Butcher
In a city that’s just beginning to recover from the Battle of Chicago, Harry Dresden is finally pulling himself together as well. The last thing he wants is any trouble. But, as history has consistently shown, what Harry wants is rarely what Harry gets. Related to The Dresden Files.
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A Queen Crowned in Flames
by Hazel McBride
Aemyra Daercathian is a queen on the run. Having been betrayed by her husband, Aemyra isfilled with a raging desire for revenge. But before she can settle the score and kill Fiorean, her forces must rest and replenish their strength. Bonded to Beasts series.
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Radiant Star
by Ann Leckie
The Temporal Location of the Radiant Star has always been a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch see it only as an inconvenience. But local politics is complicated, and the Radch have made a final concession: One last man will be allowed to become a “living saint”.
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The Rainshadow Orphans
by Naomi Ishiguro
The first novel in a dazzling fantasy trilogy inspired by Japanese folklore and Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits, high-tech hackers and bubble tea. Rainshadow series.
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Seek the Traitor's Son
by Veronica Roth
Elegy Ahn did not ask for destiny to find her. In just one day, Elegy’s old life is over. It is prophesied she and General Rava Vidar will collide, with the fate of their nations hanging in the balance. And when they do, only one will be left standing. Elegy intends to make sure it’s her.
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Squad Kill
by Jack Campbell
Osiris “Oz” Aquino is an underprepared Navy officer put in command of seven castoff Marines on a research starship dispatched to an alien planet. But getting home alive will take everything they have...
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Startup Hell
by Caitlin Rozakis
Morgan Blackwater is a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot) demon, AND work out how to hit her quarterly target. Everyday Enchantments series.
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Wings of Life
by Meghan Le Fay
Too sharp-tongued and too curious, I am my mother’s greatest lament and my father’s constant frustration. Now I’ve become expendable, worth sending on a mission doomed to fail. I’m thrust into the kingdom of our oldest enemy to wed their high dane’s son. I’m a spy sent to unlock Rihtlond’s weaknesses. Dragonbound Chronicles.
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