Top new sci-fi books in December 2025
Last updated:
December 31, 2025
December 2025 featuring new releases by Sherry Thomas, Zoey Draven, Gena Showalter, Tana Stone, Matt Greene, Ash Bishop, Tara Moss, Chani Lynn Feener, Rosemary A. Johns, H.M. Wolfe and many more.
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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... -
![The Cursed Horde King by Zoey Draven]()
The Cursed Horde King by Zoey Draven
A bewitching spy. A ruthless king. A love that could ignite a war. Amaia has worked hard to make her family proud. As the star apprentice to the pyroki master in Dothik, she’s weeks away from inheriting her mentor’s coveted post. But when her desperate brother begs her to take his place in the Heartstone Accords, a diplomatic exchange with their rival nation, she agrees to the unthinkable... -
![Kingdom of Today by Gena Showalter]()
Kingdom of Today by Gena Showalter
From New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter comes a hauntingly beautiful dystopian fantasy, where ancient powers rise and a fearless young woman must choose between the ruthless prince who tempts her heart—and a destiny that could cost her soul.When Arden Roosa returns to Fort Bala Royal Academy, nothing is as it was... -
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Vanquished by Tana Stone
My planet made a deal with the ruthless Vandar. Now I belong to the most feared warlord in the galaxy.It was supposed to be a random lottery with just one unlucky woman chosen to seal the alliance between my frozen outpost and the Vandar warriors. One bride to guarantee we wouldn't betray them to the Zagrath Empire... -
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The Definitions by Matt Greene
An elegant and haunting dystopian novel about a group of individuals gathered to relearn how to navigate the world after a mysterious illness strips them of their memoriesNestled in an idyllic locale beside the sea, The Center is a place of rehabilitation and rebuilding. Students arrive nameless, their memories and sense of identity wiped by a strange illness...fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · 21st-century · psychological · philosophical · social-commentary · friendship · literary-fiction · book -
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![Intergalactic Waste Management, LLC by Ash Bishop]()
Intergalactic Waste Management, LLC by Ash Bishop
The next adventure in the Intergalactic Archives series from Audie Award-winning author Ash Bishop brings more swashbuckling action, will they or won’t they romance, murder, and a ruthless galactic mafia.“Ash Bishop is a wild collision of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett . . .” —Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Cold War and Red Empire“A sense of fun infuses every line...sci-fi · fiction · romance · mystery · aliens · invasion · anthologies · supernatural · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth -
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The Italian Secret by Tara Moss
#1 internationally bestselling author Tara Moss returns with an immersive post-war mystery as glamorous investigator Billie Walker follows a trail of secrets to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coastNaples, 1943. Deep within a secret network of underground tunnels, a woman takes shelter from a wartime air raid and prays her husband will return home safe.Pacific Ocean, 1907...historical-fiction · mystery · historical · fiction · ww2 · investigator · suspense · young-adult · noir · 20th-century -
![His Snowbound Omega: A Dark MM Omegaverse Romance Novella by Chani Lynn Feener]()
His Snowbound Omega: A Dark MM Omegaverse Romance Novella by Chani Lynn Feener
Thorn Winters will spend this holiday season running. Thanks to his father and sick brother, he's got debts piling up, and unfortunately for him, those debts are owed to the White Frost Mafia. When he's sent an invitation to the White Hunt, a mock version of the Wild Hunt, where omegas are ordered to run for alpha amusement, Thorn rightfully hesitates before accepting... -
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Grace & Her Sinners: Pack Bonds Omegaverse by Rosemary A. Johns
My name is Grace, and I’m the only single mom working in the Omega Hotel.When my pack rejects me on Christmas Day for not being their scent match, I’m devastated. My cruel stepfamily set me to work in their luxury hotel. My gorgeous childhood best friend from the poor Sinner pack becomes my boss, protector, and secret Alpha. He may fall first, but I fall harder... -
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Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe
He Is Her Ruin. She Is His Rebellion.The first thing you’ll learn in New Found Haven is mercy no longer exists. Showing mercy is a weakness, and weakness will get you killed.The second thing is this—the Veyra are always watching. From the highest glass atrium in the Heart to the windowless slum dens of the Boundary, no movement goes unseen.The last lesson is the hardest, but you must remember it...romance · dystopia · fantasy · dark · arranged-marriage · dark-fantasy · sci-fi · fiction · military · action-adventure -
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Nostalgia by Iris Lake
Twenty-eight-year-old Anya lives in a utopian nostalgia-land called the Inside, where all information is prearranged and humanity is relieved from the overstimulation caused by rapidly evolving technologies. But as Anya comes to realize the importance of the information she’s missing, she starts to question not only her identity but also the very foundations upon which the Inside was built... -
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Deadly Security Breach by Katie Mettner
A deadly global threatLocks two women in a race against time When Iris Knowles is recruited to restore a hacked computer system, she’s afraid the traumatic brain injury that compromised her vision will keep her from completing the job she was trained to do. But the cybersecurity expert’s first sight of scientist Rebecca Roth instantly quells her fears, and sparks fly between the two of them... -
![Trigger Discipline by Jacqueline McCall]()
Trigger Discipline by Jacqueline McCall
Gear up. Stay alive. Don’t fall for the guy who drags you out of the fire.When the skies over Washington D.C. darken with an alien invasion, paramedic Blake Lewis barely has time to register the end of the world before he's knee-deep in blood, smoke, and melted asphalt...romance · sci-fi · mlm · military · action-adventure · slow-burn · dystopia · war · aliens · apocalyptic -
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The Hollowed by Amilea Perez
The infected aren’t the only ones who should be feared.Dr. Lucilla Castillo was never supposed to leave Sanctum Medical. Not after the outbreak turned her research lab into the last line of defense against the virus that hollowed out humanity, but when a vaccine of her creation proves to work, she is thrusted into a world far more dangerous than the flesh eating monsters outside...post-apocalyptic · journey · friends-to-lovers · sci-fi · dystopia · fiction · romance · military · action-adventure · violent-conflict -
audiobook · mystery · fiction · female-mc · crime · sci-fi · investigator · psychological · suspense · murder
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![Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan]()
Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan
Magic meets science and sunshine meets grumpy when a love spell whisks a Regency-era duke to modern times.Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an “old-fashioned gentleman,” she doesn’t really expect it to work…especially literally...romance · time-travel · contemporary · fantasy · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc · grumpy-mc · paranormal · sci-fi · historical-fiction -
![The Wildborn: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Perri Torani]()
The Wildborn: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Perri Torani
Saving her was reckless. Wanting her is... forbidden. When a war-scarred alien soldier is stranded on a feral planet with an injured woman, he's tempted to break the one rule that's ever kept him alive: Feel nothing. Especially not love—the mind's cruelest delusion...sci-fi · aliens · paranormal · romance · survival · monsters · fiction · action-adventure · book · adult -
![They Say Don't Get Clocked by Angela Quinton]()
They Say Don't Get Clocked by Angela Quinton
Can this trans woman get from the back seat of this sweltering car trapped in rush hour gridlock to a safe place before the full moon turns her into a hairy, clawed killing machine? Probably not. 4,000 words of lycanthropic trans catharsis, written in the Spring of 2022, when shit was getting especially bad. If you can make it to the end of this, you will probably feel better...horror · trans-mc · sci-fi · contemporary · shapeshifters · lgbtq · monsters · fiction · book · adult
