Sci-Fi / Fantasy/ Horror / Graphic Novel
 May - June 2025
Never Flinch : a novel
by Stephen King

 Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion-a feat of storytelling.
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
by V. E. Schwab

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue comes a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.
We Live Here Now
by Sarah Pinborough

A haunting Gothic novel about a house—and a marriage—gone terribly wrong.
The Dallergut Dream-Making District
by Miye Lee

Characters must visit a special dream-making district to unlock new secrets about the customers they lost and hope to bring back.
The Poppy Fields
by Nikki Erlick

A speculative story of healing, self-discovery, forgiveness and found friendship.
The Primal of Blood and Bone : A Blood and Ash Novel
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Poppy and Casteel face their most perilous challenges yet as old enemies rise and ancient powers stir from their slumber.
The Seven O'Clock Club
by Amelia Ireland

Four strangers Freya, Callum, Mischa and Victoria navigate an unconventional group therapy designed to heal their deep losses, but as they share their stories, they uncover a surprising connection that reshapes their understanding of each other and their grief.
The Knight and the Moth
by Rachel Gillig

From NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo
The Incandescent
by Emily Tesh

Doctor Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England, but soon she must work to protect her students from a grave threat.
Harmattan Season : a novel
by Tochi Onyebuchi

Veteran and private eye Boubacar must pull his attention away from his unpaid bills to investigate the disappearance of a bleeding woman who appeared at his door.
The Starving Saints
by Caitlin Starling

A medieval horror novel follows three women in a besieged castle that descends ravenously into madness under the spell of mysterious, godlike visitors.
Overgrowth
by Mira Grant

Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her.
This Princess Kills monsters / : The Misadventures of a Fairy-tale Stepsister
by Ry Herman

Someone wants to murder Princess Melilot. This is sadly normal. Melilot is sick of being ordered to go on dangerous quests by her domineering stepmother. 
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic
by Jenetta Penner

A human, a dwarf and an elf walk into a bake-off... In the heart of Adenashire, where elfish enchantments and dwarven delights rule, human confectioner Arleta Starstone works twice as hard at perfecting her unique blend of baking and apothecary herbs. 
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association
by Caitlin Rozakis

Two parents and their recently-bitten-werewolf daughter try to fit into a privileged New England society of magic aristocracy.
A Fate Forged in Fire : a novel
by Hazel McBride

To become the first queen in centuries, a powerfully blessed blacksmith must use her wits and fire magic to overthrow the corrupt powers ruling her kingdom-while also fighting her growing desire for one of her dragon-riding adversaries-in a sizzling Celtic-inspired fantasy romance. 
A Far Better Thing
by H. G. Parry

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell meets A Tale of Two Cities in H. G. Parry’s A Far Better Thing, a heart-rending fantasy of faery revenge set during the French Revolution.
Ecstasy : a novel
by Ivy Pochoda

In this dark horror reimagining of a Greek tragedy, a hedonistic cult leader teaches a new widow the true price of female freedom. Lena wants her life back. Her wealthy, controlling, humorless husband has just died, and now she contends with her controlling, humorless son, Drew.
A Magic Deep and Drowning
by Hester Fox

A gender-flipped historical fantasy retelling of The Little Mermaid is set in the Dutch Golden Age.
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