Mary Riley Styles Public Library: Fantasy and Science Fiction: March 2026

Recent Releases

Operation Bounce House
by Matt Dinniman

A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl.

The Iron Garden Sutra
by A. D. Sui

Nebula Award-winning author A.D. Sui's darkly philosophical, locked room murder mystery, as a death monk and a team of researchers trapped onboard a spaceship of the dead encounter something beyond human understanding.

Tea & Alchemy
by Sharon Lynn Fisher

In 1854 Cornwall, Mina Penrose escapes from her loneliness through her job reading tea leaves at The Magpie. When a murder occurs in her small village, the townspeople suspect local recluse Harker Tregarrick...until the man shows up at The Magpie, and Mina must put together his past to determine the truth behind the murder. Fans of atmospheric romantic historical fantasy such as Beth Cato's A House Between Sea and Sky will be engrossed in this new title.

Graceless Heart
by Isabel Ibañez

Desperate to save her brother, sculptress Ravenna Maffei reveals her magic ability during a competition in a city where magic is forbidden. Ravenna is then kidnapped by a powerful immortal family and taken to Florence, where her powers put her in the middle of a struggle for power and catch the attention of the family heir. For fans of: historical romantasy with enemies-to-lovers romance and intricate magic worldbuilding, such as Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu.

Weavingshaw
by Heba Al-Wasity

In this debut gothic fantasy, a young woman who can see the dead strikes a deal with the magnetic and dangerous Saint of Silence, a purveyor of dark secrets, to save her brother's life--the first book of a trilogy.

The Red Winter
by Cameron Sullivan

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. Debut author Cameron Sullivan tears the heart out of history with this darkly entertaining retelling of the hunt for the Beast of G vaudan. Lifting the veil on the hidden world behind our own, it reimagines the story of Europe, from Imperial Rome to Saint Jehanne d'Arc, the madness of Gilles de Rais and the first flickers of the French Revolution.

We Who Have No Gods
by Liza Anderson

In a world of witches, a human woman must hunt or be hunted in this explosive debut novel filled with dangerous rivals, guarded secrets, and simmering chemistry.

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
by Heather Fawcett

A woman who runs a cat rescue in 1920s Montreal turns to a grouchy but charming magician to help save her shelter in this heartwarming cozy fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Wilde series.

Pedro the Vast
by Simón López Trujillo

Simón López Trujillo's mind-blowing novel takes readers into a dry and degraded, fire-prone landscape where humanity has encroached a step too far into the natural world, and a deadly fungus mounts its own resistance.

Tailored Realities
by Brandon Sanderson

This new collection from acclaimed author Brandon Sanderson includes short stories written over the course of twenty years, some appearing in print for the very first time. Such stories include: two police detectives entering VR to catch a serial killer; a dragon hunter getting into a debate about grammar with his quarry; and many more. Fans of Sanderson's other works and inventive spins on speculative fiction tropes will enjoy this collection.

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