The Hunger of Those Who Built It, Wendy War­ing (Stelliform Press, 978-1-99846-605-4, $21.99, 376pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Juliane Van Huizen. From a near future that tends towards the abstr…

Traitors' Nest, Frances Hardinge (First Ink UK 978-1-52909-064-2, £16.99, 448pp, hc) August 2026. (Amulet 978-1-4197-9414-8, $19.99, 400pp, hc) September 2026. For the villagers who farm the valley where Frances Hardinge's Traitors' Nest begins, their world is arranged in a straightforward hierarchy. The lord in the castle sends commands through his bailiff, who talks to local leaders like the game warden Joett, who organizes the farmers accordingly, and sends their complaints …Read More

Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats, Ursula K. Le Guin (Library of America, 978-1-59853-829-8, $16.95, 95pp, hc) October 2025. Any new publication from Ursula K. Le Guin's estate demands attention, and this new bijou-sized volume celebrating the writer's deep engagement with cats throughout her life is a delight that should interest readers, even if you only like dogs. A special publication from the Library of America measuring 7 3/4 …Read More

All the Hidden Places, Cadwell Turnbull (Blackstone 979-8228018105, $29.99, 288pp, hc) September 2026. Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence trilogy, which began with No Gods, No Monsters back in 2021, was an adventure in genre-hopping held together largely by strong characterization, tricky narration, and sophisticated critiques of some complex social issues. It began simply enough, with classic horror monsters emerging from hiding, but by the time Turnbull was done he'd broadened the scope …Read More

DMITRI LINCOLN MEHLHORN is an attorney, entrepreneur, investor, and Democratic activist. He is known for his work on public policy, political strategy, philanthropy, and efforts to strengthen democratic institutions and has contributed commentary to publications including The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, and The New Republic. Drawing on philosophers such as Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, and Carl Sagan, Dmitri also writes science fiction to stress-test the century ahead: the …Read More

The Last Battle at the End of the World, Jeffrey Alan Love (Flesk, 978-1-64041-083-1, $34.95, 127pp, hc) September 2025. Cover by Jeffrey Alan Love. The Last Battle at the End of the World by Jeffrey Alan Love is a stunning graphic novel that takes the reader on a poignant, memorable journey as it follows the desperate quest of two brothers sent to retrieve a legendary warrior-king who promised to return …Read More

The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.

The Infinite State, Richard Swan (Tor, 978-1-25038-622-9, $29.99, 416pp, hc) August 2026. Richard Swan's career to date has been pleasingly catholic in genre terms, and perhaps increasingly typical within our field. After an early self-published military SF trilogy, The Art of War (2015-2016), he was picked up by Orbit for epic fantasy trilogy Empire of the Wolf (2022-2024), and currently has another trilogy in the same setting ongoing, of which …Read More

Crimson in Quietus, Eugen Bacon (Meerkat Press 978-1-96574-007-1, $18.95, 270pp, tp) September 2026. Cover by Tricia Reeks. Eugen Bacon's third novel, Crimson in Quietus, is set in the Sauútiverse, a shared science fiction / fantasy universe created by a collective of African and African diaspora writers. Crimson in Quietus is the first thing I've ever read in this setting. It won't be my last. First off – what a wonderful, …Read More

Lovestuck, Farah Naz Rishi (Quill Tree Books 978-0-063-25155-7, $19.99, 304pp, hc) July 2026. In the opening chapters of her new young-adult novel Lovestuck, author Farah Naz Rishi appears to be setting readers up for a charming romantic comedy. High school senior Riya is secretly a peri, a magical creature who, according to her aunt, has a special calling when it comes to love. This is the sort of thing that …Read More

The Forest of a Thousand Eyes, Frances Hardinge, illustrated by Emily Gravett (Amulet, 978-1-4197-7778-3, $19.99, 117pp, hc) 2025. Cover by Emily Gravett. This dust-jacketed chapter book with illustrations follows a haunting tale of a young girl's journey through a dystopic world in which nature has turned against humanity, in The Forest of a Thousand Eyes. The limited-palette illustrations, black/white/green, are a potent reminder of the storytelling power in illustrated children's …Read More

The Locus Bestsellers for November include top titles: Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman (Ace), Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Ace)), and Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn: The Omnibus by Dan Abnett (Black Library). HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Carl's Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6 3 2) The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7 - 3) A Parade of Horribles, Matt Dinniman …Read More

Earth 7, Deb Olin Unferth (Graywolf, 978-1-64453-940-0, $27.00, 248pp, hc) June 2026. If, in Keely Jobe's The Endling, the natural world is still figuring out how best to adapt to climate change, then that battle is well and truly lost in Deb Olin Unferth's Earth 7. What remains of our planet (the bit we see) is a vast expanse of sand, a sky full of sulfur and diamonds scattering the …Read More

A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey 978-0-59372-385-2, $32.00, 400pp, hc) August 2026. A Trade of Blood is the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Hugo-winning series of fantasy-world detective novels, starring the impishly grinning, cheerfully inappropriate genius detective Ana, and her earnest and somewhat emo assistant Din. Previous volumes in the series have taken this Holmes-and-Watson duo to the outer reaches of the Khanum empire, setting them …Read More