Sci-Fi Books
Sci-fi novel releases, Hugo and Nebula award dates, author events, and book-to-screen adaptation premieres.
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The Hunger of Those Who Built It by Wendy Waring
Climate science fiction set in a future Paris, from Stelliform Press.
Desert Radio by Pamela M. Durgin
Word Horde publishes Desert Radio, a 1990s-set speculative novel built around strange transmissions emanating from a remote desert location. Featured in Publishers Weekly's Fall 2026 SF, Fantasy & Horror preview.
Forged in Fiyah edited by DaVaun Sanders
Anthology celebrating ten years of Black speculative fiction, from Tordotcom.
The Only Way Out Is Up by Django Wexler
The Sigilist Book 1, a new series from Django Wexler. Published by Orbit.
Ply by Hernan Diaz Release
New novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz, described as a work of speculative fiction exploring experimental music, literature, philosophy, and nineteenth-century coming-of-age narratives.
Capclave 2026
The Washington DC area's literary science fiction convention, focused on short fiction, writers and readers.
The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth (New Divergent Novel)
Veronica Roth returns to the Divergent universe with an alternate-timeline novel imagining what would have happened if Tris Prior chose a different faction. The first new Divergent novel in 8 years. Published by HarperCollins.
A Wall Is Also a Road by Annalee Newitz
A sci-fi novel by Annalee Newitz following an alien graduate student studying Earth — a thought-provoking adventure about the meaning of life and love.
Victorious by V.E. Schwab
Villains #3, the long-awaited conclusion to the Vicious/Vengeful series. Published by Tor Books.
The Book of the Dead edited by Jonathan Strahan
Major new speculative fiction anthology edited by Jonathan Strahan, published by Harper Voyager.
The Angel at the Gates by Karen Lord
New speculative novel from Karen Lord, author of The Best of All Possible Worlds, published by Akashic.
Rome to the Stars by S.M. Stirling & Melissa Olthoff
Book one of the Pax Astra trilogy from Baen: in a timeline where Rome never fell, the Empire reaches the stars and finds alien ruins, transplanted humans, and a warlord coalition ready to challenge it.
Legacies of Betrayal by Steven Erikson
The third book in Steven Erikson's Tales of Witness series, set in the Malazan universe. Published by Bantam Press (UK) and Tor Books (US).
Dark Reading Matter by Jasper Fforde
The eighth and final Thursday Next novel by Jasper Fforde. The beloved literary detective returns for her last adventure in the BookWorld. Published by Soho Press.
Windycon 52
Chicago's long-running regional science fiction and fantasy convention returns to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.
As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
The first installment of a heartfelt new duology from Hugo Award-winning author Becky Chambers, published by Harper Voyager.
As We Fall Through Time by Claire North
A new time-bending science fiction novel from Claire North.
The Forever Dead by John Birmingham
Thrilling conclusion to The Cruel Stars Trilogy. The Sturm's remaining forces mount a final assault against the crew of reluctant heroes who thwarted their original invasion from Dark Space.
Ghosts of the Void by Jonathan Maberry
NecroTek #3, the finale to Maberry's space-station science fiction series. Blackstone Publishing.
The Asterist by A.T. Sayre
A first-contact novel about an asteroid station commander who finds an alien in a crashed ship.