Top new sci-fi books in January 2026
Last updated:
January 29, 2026
January 2026 featuring new releases by George Saunders, Victoria Aveyard, Adam Silvera, A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Annelise Ryan, Claire Kent, S.G. Prince, Benjamin Stevenson, Saundra Mitchell, Kate Prior and many more.
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Vigil by George Saunders
A wise, playful, electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo, taking place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next... -
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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 -
![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... -
![Green Ravens by A.E. Via, Aiden Snow, Tim Paige]()
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 -
![Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan]()
Monster in the Moonlight by Annelise Ryan
Do werewolves exist? That’s the question skeptical cryptozoologist Morgan Carter has to answer in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling mystery series.The discovery of a dead body along Bray Road in Wisconsin sparks rumors of The Beast of Bray Road, a werewolf-like creature that is said to inhabit the area.The dead woman has been mutilated by some kind of large animal...cozy · horror · mystery · fiction · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · female-mc · monsters · female-author -
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![Ashes by Claire Kent]()
Ashes by Claire Kent
She needs to escape her stepmother, and the only prince available is him.Ever since my father died and my sister left, I've been trapped in a life of drudgery with a stepfamily as wicked as the storybooks say. Life after the apocalypse offers few choices, and I only have three. I can stay and be miserable. I can die in the wilderness. Or I can marry him... -
![If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince]()
If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince
When eighteen-year-old Keller Hartman is recruited into the Legion’s most prestigious galactic unit, it’s a dream come true. He's worked hard for this. He’s ready to prove himself. The problem? His new partner—the beautiful, no-nonsense pilot Lament Bringer—wants nothing to do with him...romance · sci-fi · young-adult · lgbtq · mlm · fantasy · space · fiction · space-opera · found-family -
![Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief by Benjamin Stevenson]()
Everyone In This Bank Is A Thief by Benjamin Stevenson
Ten suspects. Ten heists. A puzzle only Ernest Cunningham can solve.I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before. The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects...mystery · male-author · mlm · cozy · crime · fiction · humor · law-enforcement · dark-humor · amateur-sleuth -
![This Side of Gone: A Vinnie Taylor Mystery by Saundra Mitchell]()
This Side of Gone: A Vinnie Taylor Mystery by Saundra Mitchell
In this gripping debut PI procedural, an ex-cop is dragged back into the policing world that she fled when a teen girl goes missing in her new town.Please help me. I think he killed Avery.Vinnie Taylor isn’t a cop anymore. Once a decorated detective, Vinnie left behind a 25-year career in a blaze of scandal—working undercover to bust a sex trafficking ring in her own Homicide Unit...mystery · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · lgbtq · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · investigator · female-mc -
![Be My Bad Guy by Kate Prior]()
Be My Bad Guy by Kate Prior
Damsel? Check. In distress? Check. Dealing with it? Kinda.Lacey Vigil has been trying to break up with her city’s resident billionaire superhero, Steel Heel, for a while. It’s not easy when she keeps getting kidnapped by his enemies. When her ex is late to the rescue, an evil henchmen swoops in to save her instead (he only drops her once)...romance · monsters · contemporary · mystery · fiction · paranormal · steamy · sci-fi · super-powered · humor -
![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 -
![First Tilt: Broken Lances 0.5 by Lucien Burr]()
First Tilt: Broken Lances 0.5 by Lucien Burr
HEATED RIVALRY meets A KNIGHT'S TALE A NAMELESS KNIGHT. A CHAMPION'S FALL. A SQUIRE CAUGHT BETWEEN. When the mysterious Alaric challenges Ser Halden, an undefeated tournament champion who clawed his way up from nothing, their confrontation sparks more than rivalry...romance · fantasy · mlm · polyamory · lgbtq · historical · historical-fiction · steamy · sci-fi · fiction -
![George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett]()
George Falls Through Time by Ryan Collett
Less meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalities.Newly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped...romance · fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · time-travel · lgbtq · sci-fi · historical · mlm · magical-realism -
![Rage by Natalie Starkoss]()
Rage by Natalie Starkoss
Prowl caused ripples.King caused mayhem.Rage will change the compound as they know it...romance · fiction · sci-fi · military · paranormal · shapeshifters · action-adventure · book · adult -
![The Last Pure Human by Twisted Hilarity]()
The Last Pure Human by Twisted Hilarity
Kasan, a prince of the feline Kyashin race, is in deep shit. He’s in heat, he needs a consort to help him survive it, and his uncle has locked him away from every available candidate. When he’s offered a small human male at the last moment, he’s quite happy to accept. His new consort, on the other hand, is a little less than pleased with the situation... -
![Bad Space Volume 1 – Deluxe Edition by Scott Base]()
Bad Space Volume 1 – Deluxe Edition by Scott Base
What if space wasn’t the final frontier, but a dead end?In Bad Space, Scott Base reinvents science fiction as a darkly comic reflection of our collapsing world. Forget heroic journeys and galaxy-saving crews — here, the robots are burnt out, the humans disillusioned, and the void offers more irony than answers. This isn’t sci-fi for escapists — it’s sci-fi for the end of the road... -
![Into The Dark: A Dystopian Horror Novella by Sabrina St. Claire]()
Into The Dark: A Dystopian Horror Novella by Sabrina St. Claire
In a future owned by corporations, war is society's largest industry, and soldiers are its primary feedstock.Bodies go in, get stitched or repurposed, and the system keeps running on whatever remains.Everett is one of its products. He returned from the front mutilated and remade, only to be fed back into the system. Hazel stayed behind, fighting another kind of pain...
