Monday, August 12, 2024

Readworthy: This month’s best fantasy

 
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This Month's Best New Fantasy
Each month, Readworthy highlights the best, most acclaimed new releases in your categories! Questions or suggestions? Let us know.
 
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Book cover for The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
George R. R. Martin says 'the creator of The Magicians has cast another spell'
Young knight Collum knows it's his destiny to serve Arthur as part of the Round Table, but he's too late — the king is dead, and the remaining heroes are nothing like they were in the legends.
IN THE MEDIA
Time Magazine, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, The Washington Post, Town & Country, Esquire, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, New York Post, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
'Haunting in every way… Thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure'
– Leigh Bardugo
Oxford scholar and witch Diana Bishop returns to her ancestral home, Ravenswood, to test the magic power of her young twins. And under the tutelage of a great-aunt she never knew existed, Diana must confront her family's dark past…
IN THE MEDIA
Good Morning America, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, People, Bustle, Elle, Paste, Reactor, Library Journal
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Book cover for Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
A masterpiece for anyone yearning for the political intrigue and betrayals of A Game of Thrones
Davico di Regulai has been raised to succeed his powerful father, but a strange family talisman and his own adopted sister will twist the course of history.
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, The Washington Post, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Her mother isn't like other mothers… hers is an evil sorceress
When Cordelia and her mother move into the manor of a kind, wealthy family, Cordelia must find a way to prevent a deadly plot from shattering the home she's come to love.
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, The Washington Post, Paste, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, BookPage
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Book cover for The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
What happens to the heroes who come back from magical realms?
Fifteen years after returning home, missing persons investigator Jeremy and reclusive artist Rafe are forced to confront their childhoods spent in a hidden kingdom.
IN THE MEDIA
Book of the Month, USA Today, The Guardian, New York Post, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Queen B by Juno Dawson
'This imagining of witchy Anne Boleyn — full of magic, courtly intrigue, and more — is an absolute delight'
– Town & Country
When the queen is beheaded in 1536, Lady Grace Fairfax must hunt down the witch who betrayed Her Majesty's Royal Coven.
IN THE MEDIA
Town & Country, Los Angeles Times, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
A whimsical romantasy that debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list
When librarian Kiela — who has spent a decade protecting the empire's most important spellbooks — moves back to her remote childhood town, she uses some unsanctioned spells to make life a little sweeter.
IN THE MEDIA
Paste, Reactor, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
The highly anticipated translation of a bestselling Korean fantasy!
New hire Penny is thrilled to have the opportunity to sell dreams at Dallergut — a department store located in the depths of the human mind — in this cozy fantasy that's perfect for fans of Wes Anderson.
IN THE MEDIA
The Washington Post, Reactor, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
'John Wick meets Dungeons & Dragons'
– Reactor
When the Festival of the Clockwork King arrives in her city, assassin Eveen accepts a job that brings her face-to-face with a past she was supposed to have forgotten.
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, USA Today, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons
A new favorite for anyone who loves Temeraire or Dragonriders of Pern
In this standalone novel, dragonrider Anahrod is tasked with stealing an impossible treasure from the current regent of the sky cities — but the woman already wants Anahrod dead.
IN THE MEDIA
Locus, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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