May 2026 list by Bonnie Bradford |
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Aicha
by Soraya Bouazzaoui
Temptress. Monster. Warrior. The Portuguese empire has planted its flag across Morocco, ruling with an iron fist. But eventually, all empires must fall. Now is the time of Morocco's warrior goddess, her strange magic, fierce rebellion, and devastating romance.
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Children of Strife
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
After Earth fell, ark ships hunted for a new home. They sought lost worlds terraformed in Earth’s forgotten past. And a ship is about to rediscover one such world, and an already in residence ark. Children of Time series.
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Daughter of Crows
by Mark Lawrence
The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution: Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge...and Rue will be one of them. Academy of Kindness series.
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Dire Bound
by Sable Sorensen
Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs. Wolves of Ruin series.
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The First Step
by Tao Wong
It is said that a journey of a thousand li begins with a single step...
In a spectacular world of immortals, spirit beasts, and mystical martial arts, the young farmer Wu Ying’s life will be changed forever when he is unexpectedly invited to join an elite school of cultivation. Thousand Li series.
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The Half-Hearted Queen
by Charlie N. Holmberg
Nym must escape the clutches of her captors and find her way back to Renn even as forbidden love, magic, and secrets collide with the weight of the crown and the war between kingdoms. Shattered King series.
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Heir of Twisted Lies
by LJ Andrews
Lyra Bien never expected to leave the royal house at Stonegate in one piece. Once she discovered the truth behind the need for her magic and the brutality of her kingdom, Lyra vowed to put an end to the corruption of the crown. But is the enemy of her enemy her friend? Broken Souls and Bones series.
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Intergalactic Feast
by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
It has been three months since Saraswati Kaveri and Serenity Ko won Interstellar MegaChef with their groundbreaking new food simulation, Feast. But victory is only the beginning. Flavour Hacker series.
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The Library of Amorlin
by Kalyn Josephson
Kasira used to be a masterful con artist. Now, she’s working off a lengthy prison sentence. But she's been offered a deal: her freedom if she infiltrates the magical institution meant to protect all six kingdoms—the Library of Amorlin. Age of Beasts series.
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Magic and Mischief at the Wayside Hotel
by Elizabeth Everett
When the magical Number Five Wayside Inn and World Travel Hub, gets stranded on a non-magical world, manager Pax's trusty Wayside Handbook can’t help him. How is he going to “reboot” the hotel and keep it on its magical journey?
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Pretenders to the Throne of God
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Return to an imperfect world steeped in magic – and the Tyrant Philosophers' campaign to bring reason, logic and 'perfection' to it. Tyrant Philosophers series.
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Sing the Night
by Megan Jauregui Eccles
Selene has always only wanted one thing: to sing the boldest, brightest magic into existence and win L′Opéra du Magician. But when the competition turns cutthroat she turns to a mysterious man trapped in the depths of the opera house. Is his forbidden magic worth the cost? Opera Magique series.
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Steel Gods
by Richard Swan
The true horror of the Great Silence has been revealed. As nation after nation succumbs to the mind-plague and Sova scrambles to enlist help from across the globe, Ambassador Renata Rainer has been given a simple task: save the world. Great Silence series.
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This Will Be Interesting
by E. B. Asher
Set in the same magical, madcap world as This Will Be Fun, follow an unlikely band of heroes who must get to the bottom of an assassination plot gone wrong without breaking the one rule of questing: do not fall in love with your questmates.
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To Cage a Wild Bird
by Brooke Fast
In the city of Dividium, the law is simple: commit a crime, and your punishment is a life sentence in Endlock. Enter the brutal world of Endlock, a prison where the wealthy hunt the inmates for sport. Divided Fates series.
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Voidverse
by Damien Ober
Emery and the Sinker are not alone in the Void. Mercenaries rise and fall around them, princes and kings guard their kingdoms, and a great machine is consuming all in its path. Everything could collapse or realign, and the only thing that may save them exists at the bottom of it all. Or so legend says…
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The Witch Without Memory
by Maithree Wijesekara
Ashoka and Shakti must find a way to burn the world to the ground in order to raise it up out of the ashes.
Obsidian Throne series.
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