Top new sci-fi books out this week: 12 Oct - 18 Oct 2025
Last updated:
October 18, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Marie Lu, Megha Majumdar, Jennifer Estep, Martha Waters, Sheila Roberts, Rita Mae Brown, Jane Handler, Grace Pearce, Mariah Montoya, Neener Beener, Etta Pierce and many more.
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Red City by Marie Lu
The Godfather meets The Magicians in the sweeping adult debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Red City is a dark and deadly contemporary fantasy of magical warfare, star-crossed ambition, and the pursuit of perfection at any cost, set in a glittering alternate Los Angeles. Alchemy is the hidden art of transformation...romance · fantasy · sci-fi · urban-fantasy · dystopia · fiction · paranormal · enemies-to-lovers · young-adult · urban -
![A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar]()
A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD“Wondering if there’s a novel out there that gives Cormac McCarthy’s The Road a run for its money? Here you go. [A Guardian and a Thief is] an indelible piece of writing, in equal parts dazzling and devastating...fiction · literary-fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · contemporary · historical-fiction · mystery · book · adult -
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Only Rogue Actions by Jennifer Estep
“This is space opera at its finest.”—Ilona Andrew, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Only Bad OptionsNew York Times bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed adventure that blends science fiction, fantasy, and historical romance...romance · sci-fi · fantasy · space-opera · paranormal · magic · audiobook · space · action-adventure · psychics -
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And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
From Martha Waters, the author of the “enchanting” (Entertainment Weekly) Regency Vows series, a new historical romance set in 1930s England with a murder mystery twist. In a quaint village in the Cotswolds, Georgiana Radcliffe has accidentally become an amateur detective after helping solve four murders in a single year...romance · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · cozy · fiction · sci-fi · humor · crime · amateur-sleuth -
![The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts]()
The Man Next Door by Sheila Roberts
Love in the Time of Serial Killers meets The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window in this delightful romp about a recently broke divorcée who moves in with her housebound mother only to spend their days spying on her grumpy, mysterious and sexy new neighbor... -
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![Dream Pack: A Why Choose Omegaverse Fated Mates Romance by Jane Handler]()
Dream Pack: A Why Choose Omegaverse Fated Mates Romance by Jane Handler
I thought I'd finally learned the truth about everything–but it turns out, that was just the beginning. Love might span universes, but so does hate.A love that spans the universe. A second chance at romance. A secret she can't remember that could tear them apart. Again...romance · omegaverse · reverse-harem · mental-illness · steamy · polyamory · slow-burn · alternate-history · fiction · sci-fi -
![Xantera by Grace Pearce, Mariah Montoya]()
Xantera by Grace Pearce, Mariah Montoya
In a utopian society ruled by the Twelve Guardians, twenty-three-year-old Saskia has been taught to never question those who protect her city, Xantera, from the Monster who prowls beyond the Wall—even when they demand living sacrifices in exchange for this protection... -
![Bite My Apogee by Etta Pierce]()
Bite My Apogee by Etta Pierce
Marcella is fed up. She wants her little colony to feel like a community, and that won't happen unless they build baby build. A piazza, a fountain, a restaurant, something. But a self-important prick of the highest order holds the purse strings and won't approve a single project proposal. That won't stop Marcella, though... -
![An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew]()
An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew
An electrifying dystopian novel packed with a tantalizing love triangle, gripping political intrigue, and a Bachelor-style competition from the critically acclaimed author of The Dividing Sky, Jill Tew. Eden Lowell has plenty to be frustrated about. In the flooded Marshes of former Miami, each day is about survival...north-america · usa · florida · urban · romance · young-adult · dystopia · sci-fi · fantasy · enemies-to-lovers -
![Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo]()
Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo
A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare.New York City, 2075. Filipino-American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions—shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class...sci-fi · fiction · lgbtq · retellings · dystopia · romantic-love · magical-realism · cyberpunk · book · adult -
![The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes]()
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster. Enter the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, a metropolis carved into the stump of an ancient tree. In its canopy, the pampered elite warp minds with toxic perfume; in its roots, gangs of exterminators hunt a colossal worm with an appetite for beauty.In this complex, chaotic city, Guy Moulène has a simple goal: keep his sister out of debt... -
![Kill the Beast by Serra Swift]()
Kill the Beast by Serra Swift
The Witcher meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship―for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure.The night Lyssa Cadogan's brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him a promise: she would find a way to destroy the immortal creature and avenge his death...romance · fantasy · fiction · sci-fi · cozy · action-adventure · audiobook · season-autumn · mystery · magic -
![Conform by Ariel Sullivan]()
Conform by Ariel Sullivan
In the far future, one young woman finds herself torn between two loves—and two sides of a rebellion boiling under the surface—in the first novel of a sweeping dystopian romance trilogy.Centuries after a catastrophic world war nearly decimated the human population, a city arose from the ashes, ruled by an elusive and technologically advanced group called the Illum...romance · fantasy · dystopia · sci-fi · fiction · love-triangle · female-mc · anthologies · crime · adult
