Top new fantasy books out this week: 28 Dec - 3 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 3, 2026
This week featuring new releases by Victoria Aveyard, Samantha Shannon, Stephanie Garber, Stephanie Garber, Adam Silvera, Tahereh Mafi, Brandon Sanderson, Sherry Thomas, T. Kingfisher, Erin A. Craig and many more.
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Tempest by Victoria Aveyard
After an auction, Priyanka Krishnan at Harper Voyager has signed North American rights to bestselling YA author Victoria Aveyard’s adult fantasy debut, Tempest...romance · fantasy · outlaws · fiction · young-adult · anthologies · horror · historical · female-mc · dystopia -
![Untitled Once Upon a Broken Heart Novella by Stephanie Garber]()
Untitled Once Upon a Broken Heart Novella by Stephanie Garber
How far would you go for happily ever after?For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in true love and happy endings... until she learns that the love of her life will marry another.Desperate to stop the wedding and to heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic but wicked Prince of Hearts... -
![No One Knows Who Dies at the End by Adam Silvera]()
No One Knows Who Dies at the End by Adam Silvera
Upcoming 4th installment of the Death-Cast Universe, this title was originally slated for the 3rd installment, but that was split into 2 books, and the title used for the second half. Official description has yet to be released... -
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![The Fires of December by Brandon Sanderson]()
The Fires of December by Brandon Sanderson
In the next Cosmere standalone novel, Hoid has an epic tale to share: In a forgotten land sustained by colorful rivers of demon blood, a young woman named December learns a devastating plague is on its way. But who will believe her? Against impossible odds, she sets sail up the River Violet to warn the king's court, determination—and wisdom beyond her years—burning in her eyes... -
![Prima by Sherry Thomas]()
Prima by Sherry Thomas
A handsome prince comes across a beautiful woman on the open sea. She is lying on a primitive-looking raft, almost entirely naked... -
![Untitled by Erin A. Craig]()
Untitled by Erin A. Craig
Lenore's Tale (title to come) will be out summer 2026...romance · fantasy · young-adult · horror · gothic · fiction · mystery · retellings · paranormal · royalty -
romance · fantasy · young-adult · paranormal · shapeshifters · vampires · bodyguard · fiction · book
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![The Moon Raven by Grace Draven]()
The Moon Raven by Grace Draven
Disaris jin Gheza's rare gift for code-breaking means she must flee a conquering army and a fanatical cult, or become their prisoner and pawn. To evade capture, she will cross perilous territories and sorcerous borders, her aim, rescue her sister from captivity and stop a goddess bent on remaking the world through destruction and bloodshed.But she won't be facing danger alone... -
![Untitled by Amanda Foody, C.L. Herman]()
Untitled by Amanda Foody, C.L. Herman
From the New York Times bestselling authors of All of Us Villains, the Untitled sequel to A FATE SO COLD, releasing in Winter 2025, about two star crossed rival chosen ones who must fulfill their destinies by slaying each other, to Ali Fisher at Tor Teen,. Whitney Ross and Kelly Sonnack negotiated the deal for World English rights...romance · fantasy · young-adult · fiction · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc · grumpy-mc · magic · paranormal · book -
romance · historical-fiction · gothic · multi-pov · historical · friends-to-lovers · fantasy · dark-academia · fiction · book
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![Born of Trouble by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Trouble by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Mack Hinto came into the world in the middle of a vicious firefight—it’s said her own mother refused to leave her battle-station or cut the cord to her daughter until after they were safely away from the authorities out to end them. She’s happily lived her life in danger and turmoil ever since.As a member of the Septurnum Tavali, Mack knows the face of her enemy like the back of her hand... -
![A War of Wyverns by S.F. Williamson]()
A War of Wyverns by S.F. Williamson
Who is Vivien Featherswallow?Is she The Swallow, the most wanted rebel in all of Britannia? Is she a Brasstongue on the cusp of translating a new language? Or is she just Viv, the girl who lost the love of her life after playing spy?Though this war might have begun with bombs and teeth, it will be fought with tongues...romance · fantasy · dragons · young-adult · historical · historical-fiction · dark-academia · audiobook · fiction · alternate-history -
![Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett]()
Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
A cosy fantasy about a meticulously organised widow whose cat shelter inadvertently becomes a front for a thoroughly disreputable Dark Lord magician’s shop... -
![Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher]()
Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher
A tea leaf reader in nineteenth-century England falls in love—and in danger—with a reclusive alchemist in an enthralling historical fantasy by the author of Salt & Broom and Grimm Curiosities.Cornwall, 1854. The people of Roche have always whispered about the recluse in the black granite tower that looms above the moorland...romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · mystery · gothic · vampires · cozy · paranormal -
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![The Dying Season by Tori Bovalino]()
The Dying Season by Tori Bovalino
See it. Say it. Survive it.Iris Hall spends her nights alone on the London Necropolis Railway, ferrying corpses to the Great Necromantic Houses hidden within the city. It’s creepy, but she doesn’t mind the dark or the loneliness. Until one night a corpse rises from its bed and nearly kills her.The only one who can help Iris is Arthur Hart, her former best friend who ghosted her a year ago...fantasy · dark-academia · necromancy · romantic-love · young-adult · urban-fantasy · magic · fiction · book -
romance · reverse-harem · paranormal · fantasy · shapeshifters · dragons · dark · new-adult · polyamory · fiction
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![A Shade of Chrome and Malice by K.L. DeVore]()
A Shade of Chrome and Malice by K.L. DeVore
Sequel to A Touch of Gold and Madness, Book 2 in Celestials of Arcadia. Stay tuned for blurb... -
![The World's Wimpiest Vampire by Silvana Falcon]()
The World's Wimpiest Vampire by Silvana Falcon
The world’s wimpiest vampire meets the hunter who cannot believe this is their target. Charlie never asked to be turned into a vampire. In fact, the whole thing was a drunken mistake. One minute, he was minding his own business, the next, some idiot vampire bit him on a dare—and then immediately regretted it and abandoned him.Now Charlie is very bad at being undead...mlm · vampires · urban-fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · fiction · romance · humor · paranormal · lgbtq · fantasy -
![A Puppet's Broken String by Caroline Cusanelli]()
A Puppet's Broken String by Caroline Cusanelli
Desdemona and Lucian embark on a quest to save their universe... -
![I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed]()
I Hope This Email Finds You in Hell by Mackenzie Reed
Mackenzie Reed's I HOPE THIS EMAIL FINDS YOU IN HELL, about a down-on-her-luck receptionist who discovers her uptight boss is a demon hunterwhen she catches him performing an exorcism after hours, and then joinshim on a chaotic road trip through Hell to rescue their missing coworker,save the world – and maybe fall in love, to Jen Monroe at Berkley, in asignificant deal, at auction, in a two-book... -
![Wicked Endeavors by Kamilah Cole]()
Wicked Endeavors by Kamilah Cole
Kamilah Cole's WICKED ENDEAVORS, a romantasy duology set in a Spanish Renaissance-inspired kingdom, about a vengeful teen who cons her way into a high society of elite witches, only for her revenge to be threatened by her warring feelings for both a manipulative enemy prince and the stoic childhood friend who betrayed her, pitched as a love letter to the power of Black women's anger... -
![The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad]()
The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad
For fans of Karen Russell and Carmen Maria Machado, The Age of Calamities is a genre-defying, mind-bending collection of absurdist, funny, and speculative short stories.In this bold and enchanting collection Senaa Ahmad takes license with history and its players, sending the reader on a thrilling ride... -
![Drop Dead Gorgeous by S.H. Azanon]()
Drop Dead Gorgeous by S.H. Azanon
A beautiful stripper. A hard-boiled cop. A killer who turns murder into art.Ash Hunter is trouble wrapped in smoke and sin—a dancer with a shadowy past and a face to die for. When police find him beside his ex-lover’s mutilated corpse, he becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders haunting Calgrave’s rain-slick streets. What’s worse, he starts dreaming the crimes..romance · mlm · mystery · paranormal · monsters · action-adventure · suspense · psychological · crime · age-gap -
![Oh No! There's an Ifrit in my Cosmic Cafe by Ember Holt]()
Oh No! There's an Ifrit in my Cosmic Cafe by Ember Holt
I astral projected to cheat at poker and landed myself in witness protection with a brooding fire demon. Oops.Now my family’s hiding out in northern Maine in a busted-up café my brother won in a shady bet. The place is a disaster: cursed sugar jars, haunted espresso machine, and oh yeah…a smoldering Ifrit who runs the interdimensional bar behind the walk-in freezer...romance · demons · fantasy · monsters · fiction · witches-wizards · paranormal · steamy · cozy · myths -
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![Aicha Kandicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui]()
Aicha Kandicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui
Aicha Kandicha tells the tale of Morocco’s warrior goddess—a story of female rage and lesser known myths.Aicha Kandicha has historically been depicted as a succubus who wanders Morocco’s roads, sewers and shorelines, enchanting men before sending them to their death. Children are raised on the cautionary tale that if they did not behave, Aicha would seek them in the night...fantasy · fiction · retellings · poc-mc · high-fantasy · historical · romantic-love · myths · book · adult -
![A Widow's Charm by Caitlyn Paxson]()
A Widow's Charm by Caitlyn Paxson
Caitlyn Paxson's A WIDOW'S CHARM, pitched for readers of Freya Marske and India Holton, a comedy of errors-esque fantasy romance in which a clever widow blackmails her rakish necromancer neighbor to bring her husband back to life and save her home—only to find herself falling for him...romance · fantasy · historical · necromancy · cozy · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · paranormal · fiction · book -
![Fate's Thread by Elizabeth Douka]()
Fate's Thread by Elizabeth Douka
Book 2 of the Gods and Legends seriesShe was sent to die. He was cursed never to love anyone. Together, they could unmake the heavens.After being cast into Nippur's celestial prison, Eva Galaziou still faces one last secret labor that even the gods refuse to name. She has two months to finish it... or die.But nothing in Nippur is as it appears... -
![Wicked Thieves by Rose Marie]()
Wicked Thieves by Rose Marie
Make a bargain—or let the shadows consume you.Which will it be? In the frostbitten kingdom of Elvir, Anelize Yarrow has spent her life as an apothecary in her father’s shop tending to those struggling with an ever-growing, unexplained malady. Determined to find a cure in the hopes of putting a stop to it once and for all...
