Top new fantasy books out this week: 11 Jan - 17 Jan 2026
Last updated:
January 17, 2026
This week featuring new releases by A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Isabel Ibañez, Annie Summerlee, Lucy Tempest, Raquel Vasquez Gilliland, Morgan Sloan, C.W. Scott, Krista Graves, Alexandria Warwick, Jared Poon, Alexandra McCollum and many more.
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Green Ravens by A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Tim Paige
They erased their memories, rewrote their names, and made them beasts. Now, the hunt for vengeance begins. Chief Aiken Oakley and Chief Styles Sawyer—two of the US Navy's most elite Special Warfare Combatant-craft officers—vanished after their mission was ambushed in South America and later presumed MIA...romance · mlm · military · contemporary · audiobook · crime · paranormal · suspense · fantasy · dystopia -
![Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez]()
Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez
A lush, atmospheric and achingly magical standalone adult fantasy romance set in Renaissance Italy from a #1 New York Times bestselling author.In 15th-century Volterra, sculptress Ravenna Maffei enters a competition hosted by a secretive, immortal family who offer an invaluable boon to the victor...romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · paranormal · new-adult · book · adult -
![The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee]()
The Book of Blood and Roses by Annie Summerlee
In book one of a seductive sapphic paranormal fantasy, a vampire hunter goes undercover at a mysterious university and falls in love with her roommate, an alluring vampire.“Then her red eyes are on mine, gentle, deadly. She takes her time kissing my neck. I pull her closer and say: Bite me.”In the mists of the Scottish Highlands is a university where vampire students study alongside humans...romance · fantasy · vampires · wlw · lgbtq · paranormal · fiction · lesbian-mc · dark-academia · supernatural -
![Falling For the Trickster: A Reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin by Lucy Tempest]()
Falling For the Trickster: A Reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin by Lucy Tempest
Rumpelstiltskin meets The Goose Girl.An opportunistic maid.A manipulative faerie.A gilded deal that binds them both.Ottoline has had enough. After years of enduring Princess Gertrude’s cruelty, the maid’s patience snaps during their voyage to the foreign kingdom of Orcage, where the princess is to marry the crown prince to settle a royal debt...romance · fantasy · retellings · magic · cats · animals · class-difference · enemies-to-lovers · medieval · new-adult -
![The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland]()
The Magic of Untamed Hearts by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
After several years stuck as a ghost, Sky Flores learns to reconnect with the living again with the help of her handsome neighbor in this lush romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Witch of Wild Things.Like her sisters, Sage and Teal, Sky Flores has a touch of magic, and it’s caused nothing but heartache...romance · fantasy · magical-realism · contemporary · magic · fiction · latinx-mc · poc-mc · audiobook · paranormal -
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![Pump 'N Dump by Morgan Sloan, C.W. Scott]()
Pump 'N Dump by Morgan Sloan, C.W. Scott
Two alpha best friends, one medical mystery, and a whole lot of wholesome, sweet... milk I was about to meet my maker. I was sure of it. Link, though? He wasn’t as convinced. He was crossing boundaries, smelling me, and trying to get closer, no matter how much I pulled away. I just needed to pretend like everything was fine in front of him and call a doctor as soon as possible...romance · omegaverse · mlm · friends-to-lovers · steamy · lgbtq · fantasy · paranormal · fiction · book -
![Darkbirch Academy 3: Fire and Shadows by Krista Graves]()
Darkbirch Academy 3: Fire and Shadows by Krista Graves
Esme escaped the dragon realm of Draethys with her life—barely. A king is dead. A usurper has taken the throne. And an army beneath the earth is preparing to rise.But the worst thing Esme brings home isn’t the news.It’s Dayn Draxion—an exiled dragon king with molten-gold eyes, a talent for making decisions for her, and a bond that won’t stop tightening around her..romance · dark-academia · supernatural · dragons · fantasy · sword-sorcery · mythical-creatures · fiction · new-adult · paranormal -
![The East Wind by Alexandria Warwick]()
The East Wind by Alexandria Warwick
From the bestselling author of The North Wind comes the final instalment in the Four Winds series - a sweltering standalone romance inspired by the fairytale Rapunzel and the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Scarlett St. Clair and Raven Kennedy... -
![City of Others by Jared Poon]()
City of Others by Jared Poon
In the sunny city of Singapore, the government takes care of everything – even the weird stuff. Benjamin Toh is a middle manager in the Department for Engagement of Unusual Stakeholders (DEUS), tasked with taking care of the supernatural occurrences and people no one else wants to deal with, from restless ghosts to immortal gods to conniving jinn...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · urban-fantasy · fiction · sci-fi · supernatural · contemporary · low-fantasy · magic -
![Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum]()
Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum
Alexandra McCollum's debut INTO THE MIDNIGHT WOOD, a queer cozy romantasy about a prickly accountant and his eccentric roommate who live at the edge of an enchanted wood and must face a malevolent magical entity and an impending family wedding that force them to finally confront what they mean to one another...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · magical-realism · cozy · contemporary · fiction · urban-fantasy · humor · paranormal -
![A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny by Caroline Bonin]()
A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny by Caroline Bonin
This cozy fantasy romance combines magic, college life, and first love into a sweetly brewed and delicious read about a girl roped into investigating a company's dangerous product!Dani Lionet is no stranger to working hard... -
![Her Darling Wolf by Eliza Prokopovits]()
Her Darling Wolf by Eliza Prokopovits
Miss Emma Darling is content—living with her mother and grandmother, gardening, practicing her healing and illusions, and avoiding any attempts at matchmaking. Nothing can change that, not even her best friend’s brother—her own former friend—returning to town.Kane Peters can’t for the life of him understand why Emma loathes him so completely...romance · fantasy · industrial-era · regency · cozy · fiction · adaptations · paranormal · historical · myths -
![The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard]()
The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard
Danger looms when a former priestess sails to the realm of the dead to find her fallen lover, only to discover the gods she thought she defeated are preparing for war.Iona Night-Singer thought she’d overthrown the gods. Her mortal rebellion eked out a painful victory by using the gods’ own powers against them—though she lost her betrothed, Taran, in a final battle with the god of death...romance · fantasy · retellings · fiction · myths · paranormal · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · book · adult -
![Forrest House by E.M. Hamill]()
Forrest House by E.M. Hamill
Ander Forrest renounced blood magic to become a nurse-healer in his rural hometown, far from the drama of wizardry and espionage his sister Kate craved. When Kate goes missing in action, Ander finds himself the legal guardian of her gifted twins and receives a cryptic warning from Kate’s husband to protect them before he, too, disappears... -
![Godstorm by Solitaire Townsend]()
Godstorm by Solitaire Townsend
'This startling alternative history takes us to a newly-imagined world... The result is a vivid, ferocious adventure.' Kim Stanley-Robinson'A highly original, vividly-imagined fantasy Roman Empire where oil is power' Ruth DownieA Female Gladiator's Vow. A Stolen Child... -
![From The Ashes: A Kingdom of Beasts and Starlight by R.C. Perry]()
From The Ashes: A Kingdom of Beasts and Starlight by R.C. Perry
In the city of stars, two destiniescollide.At the end of her hope, faced withpoverty and famine, twenty-five yearold Remmy sets out on the adventureof a lifetime, battling beasts, demons,and creatures of the night to save thePrince of Valeria, entrapped in his ownfather’s snare.The reward?Survival.And the key to the kingdom...romance · fantasy · female-mc · fae · dragons · dark · sword-sorcery · mythical-creatures · epic · fiction -
![The Bookbinder's Secret by A.D. Bell]()
The Bookbinder's Secret by A.D. Bell
Every book tells a story. This one tells a secret. A young bookbinder begins a hunt for the truth when a confession hidden beneath the binding of a burned book reveals a story of forbidden love, lost fortune, and murder. Lilian ("Lily") Delaney, apprentice to a master bookbinder in Oxford in 1901, chafes at the confines of her life...
