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Fantasy and Science Fiction September 2026 |
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| Voyagers by Meg CharltonA mysterious transmission known as the Signal arrives from beyond the stars, causing planes and satellites all across the world to fail and humans to panic. But Alex and Ana know what the Signal means, and how it might tie back to their extraterrestrial disappearance decades ago. This rich and moving first contact novel will land with fans of Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson and Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino. |
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He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1: Outworlder
by Travis Deverell
What's it like to wake up in a mysterious world of magic and monsters? It's not easy. For Jason, making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer is surreal. Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil. He'll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that's just on the first day. Perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl.
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| Sea of Charms by Sarah Beth DurstIn this 3rd in the Spellshop series, lone wolf supply runner Marin finds herself caught up in a revolution, ferrying refugees from the burning city of Alyssium. When one refugee, a musician named Dax, stays behind on the ship to explore the seas with her, Marin realizes maybe she is the one being saved. "Warmhearted and thoroughly entertaining" (Publishers Weekly), this whimsical cozy fantasy romance expands on the world-building of the previous Spellshop books. |
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| The Traveler by Joseph EckertScott Treder is a reluctant time traveler, torn from his family. His son, Lyle, is growing up without him. But Lyle is a clever kid, graduating early to study quantum physics, and as he grows closer to surpassing his dad in his suspended age, he will stop at nothing to bring his father back. This "provocative and unsettling" (Kirkus Review) debut novel is both a moving family story and complex science fiction novel. For fans of: Matt Haig's The Midnight Library and Aja Gabel's Lightbreakers. |
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| Sublimation by Isabel J. KimWhen you immigrate, you create a copy of yourself that stays behind. Soyoung Rose Kang hasn't spoken to her "instance" in years, but when she returns to Korea for a funeral, she realizes that the other Soyoung has a plan to steal her life. Fans of the TV show Severance will devour this provocative and complex speculative horror, along with similar titles such as Ezra Claytan Daniels' Upgrade Soul or Maud Woolf's Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulubelle Rock. |
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| We Burned So Bright by TJ KluneThe people of Earth have about one month before a rogue black hole swallows the entire solar system. Married couple Don and Rodney plan to spend that month getting their old RV across the country from Maine to Washington State in order to take care of some unfinished business, no matter what it takes. TJ Klune's latest gives fans more of his trademark character-driven, emotionally intense storytelling in an apocalyptic road trip. For fans of: Above the Fire by Michael O'Donnell and The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson. |
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| The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye PenelopeIt's 1999, and Zahara Douglass is haunted by the disappearance of her twin sister Annica four years ago -- the actual memory of her has completely vanished for everyone else. When she finally has concrete evidence of Annica's existence, Zahara's investigation leads her to uncover a dangerous family secret. This rich story is "an inevitable winner for lovers of urban fantasy and Black family stories with a SFF twist" (Library Journal). For fans of Nicole Glover's Murder and Magic series and Clarence A. Haynes The Broken Hearts Agency. |
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