Thursday, December 12, 2024

This month’s best new fantasy

 
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This Month's Best New Fantasy
 
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Book cover for Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson
A wildly anticipated new release from 'one of the genre's most beloved authors' (Time)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in precious balance as mortals challenge the gods
  • "Sanderson is not a brilliant writer of epic fantasy, he's simply a brilliant writer. Period" (Patrick Rothfuss)
  • A #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the grand finale to the Stormlight Archive's first arc
FEATURED IN:
USA Today, Esquire, The Guardian, Reactor
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Book cover for The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
A masterful magical realism writer returns with 'an astonishing achievement' (Publishers Weekly)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A middle-aged man leaves the city behind to become the head librarian in a quiet mountain town
  • "One of his best… At once sweeping and intimate, grand and tender" (The Boston Globe)
  • A genre-bending, page-turning odyssey and an affecting ode to the power of books
  • "Haruki Murakami invented 21st-century fiction" (The New York Times)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Slate, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, The Times Literary Supplement, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Mirror by Nora Roberts
Stunning romantasy from 'America's favorite writer' (The New Yorker)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • After Sonya inherits a Victorian mansion along the coast of Maine, she uncovers a curse that only she can break…
  • This "mesmerizing story" from "a master storyteller" (Kirkus Reviews starred review) is filled with magic and romance
  • An instant New York Times bestseller that "will leave readers eager for more" (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Parade, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
Bristol receives letters from an aunt she's never heard of — and is pulled into a deadly, magical world
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • An instant New York Times bestseller
  • This first in a duology is highly anticipated by Cosmopolitan, Paste, Parade, and more
  • "It was with great delight that I looked forward to a new series by Mary E. Pearson ― and she did not disappoint" (Jodi Picoult)
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson
When she's married off to die, she'll do everything in her power to live
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Vaasa agrees to help her ruthless ruler of a husband in exchange for his knowledge of dark magic
  • High-stakes political intrigue meets slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance
  • "I could not put this riveting, lush fantasy down" (USA Today bestselling author Kate Golden)
FEATURED IN:
Cosmopolitan, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Calling all fans of Sarah J. Maas: The reviewers agree this one's for you
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A USA Today bestseller
  • Servant Kenna Heron must help her fae mistress win a series of deadly trials — but is soon tangled in a plot to overthrow a tyrant king
  • "The inevitable sex scenes sizzle, but Hawley truly shines in her depiction of female friendship" (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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Book cover for The Last Hour Between Worlds by Melissa Caruso
At a New Year's Eve party, people are dropping dead — and the world is devolving into a nightmare
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • The fate of reality rests on investigator Kembral Thorne's ability to solve a mysterious game
  • A locked-room murder mystery with bantering rivals and time loops
  • "Kept me guessing until the very last page — I completely adored this book and would read a dozen more of Kembral's adventures" (S. A. Chakraborty)
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, NPR, Locus, New Scientist, People, Cosmopolitan, The Boston Globe, Paste, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, BookPage, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt by Chelsea Iversen
Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman and Sarah Addison Allen
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Hidden behind the gates of her crumbling estate, Harriet Hunt uses botanical magic to undermine dangerous men
  • "A haunting gothic tale of madness and aspiration set in a Victorian London suburb" (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe
Razor-sharp reimagined folklore that teeters between fantasy and realism
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Two sisters — one the wife of a conservative politician in Singapore, the other a sugar baby in New York — are bound by their ancient secret
  • The second novel from an author who landed on NPR's Best Books of the Year list in 2019
  • "This propulsive story astonishes" (Publishers Weekly)
FEATURED IN:
Vogue, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature
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Book cover for A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
Everything is on the brink — from their tenuous marriage to the magical cataclysm threatening their world
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • "Thea Guanzon's talent is limitless, and she is the kind of writer that comes around once in a generation" (Ali Hazelwood)
  • Set in a Southeast Asian–inspired world
  • The second book in a New York Times bestselling trilogy
FEATURED IN:
Cosmopolitan, Parade, Paste, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal
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