Forthcoming Books

These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” from the September issue of Locus Magazine, covering September 2026 – March 2027. This list includes current or upcoming US and UK books combined (UK publishers are marked ‘‘UK’’) that we haven’t seen yet. In the case of publishers that export books to the other market (same ISBN in both the US and UK), we list them as from the country of origin; notably UK publishers Angry Robot, Rebellion/Solaris, and Titan. For complete forthcoming lists sorted by publisher, see Locus Magazine. (Subscribe!)

The list is tentative and subject to change by publishers, especially for books scheduled later in the year. Unless otherwise noted, books are originals. (r) reprint, (h) horror, (ya) young adult, (nf) non-fiction, (c) collection, (oc) original collection, (na) novella, (a) associational, (om) omnibus, (eb) ebook, (an) anthology, (pi) pictoral and other, (art) art and others, (gn) graphic novel, (x) media tie-in, (nv) novelette, (ss) short story, (hc) hardcover, (tp) trade paperback, (ph) pamphlet, (pb) paperback, (oa) original anthology, (b) biography, (v) paranormal romance, (pm) poetry.

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

SEPTEMBER 2026

K. ANCRUM • Adam • Mine., HarperCollins, Sep 2026 (ya, h, hc, eb)
GUY ASTIC & FRANK LAFOND • The Art and Craft of Stephen King • Hachette/Black Dog & Leventhal, Sep 2026 (nf, hc)
EUGEN BACON, ED. • Crimson in Quietus • Meerkat Press, Sep 2026 (tp, eb)
TRAVIS BALDREE • Tales from the Territory • Subterranean Press, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)
LEIGH BARDUGO • Dead Beat • Macmillan/Flatiron, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
LEIGH BARDUGO • Dead Beat • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
KALYNN BAYRON • Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone • Bloomsbury USA, Sep 2026 (ya, v, hc, eb)
KAMILAH COLE • Wicked Endeavors • Little, Brown, Sep 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • All Hallows Eve • Titan Books UK, Sep 2026 (oa, hc, eb)
TANANARIVE DUE • Mazywood • Titan Books UK, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
TANANARIVE DUE • Mazywood • Simon & Schuster/ Saga Press, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
JESSICA DAY GEORGE • Holidays at the Castle • Bloomsbury USA, Sep 2026 (ya, tp)
FRANCES HARDINGE • Traitors’ Nest • Abrams/Amulet, Sep 2026 (1st US, ya, art, hc, eb)
KATE HEARTFIELD • The Swordmaster • Profile/Solaris UK, Sep 2026 (tp, eb)
JAMES ISLINGTON • Scion • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
JAMES ISLINGTON • Scion • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
AI JIANG • An Empire in the Clouds • Titan Books UK, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
ALMA KATSU • Incarnate • Penguin Random House/Putnam, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
T. KINGFISHER • Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion • Penguin Random House/Random House Worlds, Sep 2026 (x, hc, eb)
KEN LIU • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)
KEN LIU • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories • Bloomsbury UK/ Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Sep 2026 (c, hc, tp, eb)
JOSH MALERMAN • Pictures of You • Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
JOSH MALERMAN • Pictures of You • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
FREYA MARSKE • Bodies of Magic • Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
FREYA MARSKE • Bodies of Magic • Tor, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
A. LEE MARTINEZ • Unbearable • Baen, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
SEANAN MCGUIRE • A Divided Duty • Tor, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
CHINA MIÉVILLE • The Rouse • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
CHINA MIÉVILLE • The Rouse • Macmillan UK/Picador, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
PREMEE MOHAMED • Wickhills • Tor, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
LOUISA MORGAN • The Faerie Handmaid • Orbit US/ Redhook, Sep 2026 (tp, eb)
GARTH NIX • Massif • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
GARTH NIX • Massif • Harper Voyager US, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
CHINELO ONWUALU, ET AL., EDS. • Africanfuturism Short Stories • Flame Tree Collections UK, Sep 2026 (an, hc)
AVA REID • Winterveil • HarperCollins, Sep 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
DAVAUN SANDERS, ED. • Forged in FIYAH • Tordotcom, Sep 2026 (an, tp, hc, eb)
JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Revolution in the Heart • Titan Books UK, Sep 2026 (oa, hc, eb)
SHAUN TAN • Hometown • Levine Querido, Sep 2026 (gn, ya, art, hc, eb)
SHAUN TAN • Hometown • Allen & Unwin (Australia), Sep 2026 (gn, ya, art, hc, eb)
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Engines of Reason • Tordotcom, Sep 2026 (na, hc, eb)
SHEREE RENÉE THOMAS • The Tongue I Dream In • PM Press, Sep 2026 (c, tp, eb)
CADWELL TURNBULL • All the Hidden Places • Blackstone Publishing, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)
PETER WATTS • Fold Catastrophes • Tachyon Publications, Sep 2026 (c, tp, eb)
REBECCA YARROS • Threshing Day • Entangled/Red Tower, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)

OCTOBER 2026

KEVIN J. ANDERSON • Sleep With the Fishes • WordFire Press, Oct 2026 (tp, hc, eb)
EUGEN BACON, ED. • Black Dingo Short Stories • Flame Tree Collections UK, Oct 2026 (c, h, hc)
TRAVIS BALDREE • Tales from the Territory • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2026 (c, hc, 1st UK)
JOHN BIRMINGHAM • The Forever Dead • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
JOHN BIRMINGHAM • The Forever Dead • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Oct 2026 (hc, tp, eb)
OLIVIE BLAKE & JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS, EDS. • The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2026 • HarperCollins/Mariner, Oct 2026 (an, tp, eb)
MAURICE BROADDUS & CHESYA BURKE, EDS. • Black Horror: Canonical Voices from Then to Now • Flame Tree Collections UK, Oct 2026 (an, hc)
CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN • The Thrice-Bound Fool • Tor, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN • The Thrice-Bound Fool • Orion UK/Gollancz, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
JAMES J. BUTCHER • Grim Folk Tale • Ace, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
GENEVIEVE COGMAN • A Scholar’s Guide to Demonology and Other Dark Arts • Mac-millan/Tor UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
KAMILAH COLE • Wicked Endeavors • Little, Brown UK/Atom, Oct 2026 (1st UK, ya, tp, eb)
DELILAH S. DAWSON • Monstera • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (h, hc, eb)
STEVEN ERIKSON • Legacies of Betrayal • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
STEVEN ERIKSON • Legacies of Betrayal • Tor, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
STEPHANIE FELDMAN • The Night Parade and Other Stories • Fairwood Press, Oct 2026 (c, tp, eb)
ALIX E. HARROW • The Slantwise Histories • Macmillan/Tor UK, Oct 2026 (c, hc, eb)
ALIX E. HARROW • The Slantwise Histories • Tordotcom, Oct 2026 (c, hc, eb)
STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • Off the Reservation • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2026 (h, hc, eb)
BITTER KARELLA • Quaint Folk • Orbit US/Run For It, Oct 2026 (h, tp, eb)
ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Science Fiction • AudioText/Infinivox, Oct 2026 (an, tp, hc, eb)
ALMA KATSU • Incarnate • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (1st UK, h, tp, eb)
CASSANDRA KHAW • Find Me Where It Ends • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (h, hc, eb)
CASSANDRA KHAW • Find Me Where It Ends • Tor/ Nightfire, Oct 2026 (h, hc, eb)
CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN • Gethsemane • Subterranean Press, Oct 2026 (nt, hc, eb)
STEPHEN KING & PETER STRAUB • Other Worlds Than These • Hodder & Stoughton UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
STEPHEN KING & PETER STRAUB • Other Worlds Than These • Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
DEREK KÜNSKEN • The Quantum Dawn • Profile/ Solaris UK, Oct 2026 (tp, eb)
MARK LAWRENCE • The Bookshop Book • Harper Voyager UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
MARK LAWRENCE • The Bookshop Book • Ace, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
SHANNON LEE & FONDA LEE • Mark of the Warrior • St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books, Oct 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
YOON HA LEE • Code and Codex • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
SEANAN MCGUIRE • Be Sure • Volume II, Tordotcom, Oct 2026 (c, tp, eb)
JULIET E. MCKENNA • The Riven Kingdom • Angry Robot UK, Oct 2026 (tp, eb)
PREMEE MOHAMED & JONATHAN SIM • From the Library of Jurgen Leitner • Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK, Oct 2026 (x, hc, tp, eb)
PREMEE MOHAMED & JONATHAN SIM • From the Library of Jurgen Leitner • Penguin Random House/ Random House Worlds, Oct 2026 (x, hc, eb)
ELIZABETH MOON • Horngard • Baen, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
MARK MORRIS, ED. • Ghost Lights • Flame Tree Press UK, Oct 2026 (an, h, hc, tp, eb)
ANNALEE NEWITZ • A Wall Is Also a Road • Tor, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
CLAIRE NORTH • As We Fall Through Time • Orbit UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
CLAIRE NORTH • As We Fall Through Time • Orbit US, Oct 2026 (tp, eb)
NUZO ONOH • The Turning of Sally-Mae • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (c, h, tp, eb)
ADAM ROBERTS • Frankenstein Rex • Orion UK/ Gollancz, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
VERONICA ROTH • The Sixth Faction • HarperCollins, Oct 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
ANTHONY RYAN • The Tomb of the Corpse King and Other Stories • Subterranean Press, Oct 2026 (c, hc, eb)
JASON SANFORD • Plagues of Dissension • Apex Book Company, Oct 2026 (tp, eb)
VICTORIA SCHWAB • Victorious • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
VICTORIA SCHWAB • Victorious • Tor, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
SHARON SHINN • Tropes • Fairwood Press, Oct 2026 (c, tp, eb)
ROBERT SILVERBERG • Robert Silverberg’s Ghosts and Things • PS Publishing UK, Oct 2026 (c, hc, tp)
A.G. SLATTER • Fitcher’s Bird • Titan Books UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
CAITLIN STARLING • Milkteeth • St. Martin’s, Oct 2026 (h, hc, eb)
WOLE TALABI • The Fist of Memory • Orion UK/ Gollancz, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
WOLE TALABI • The Fist of Memory • Astra House/DAW, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
SHAUN TAN • Hometown • Walker Studio UK, Oct 2026 (1st UK, gn, ya, art, hc, eb)
NGHI VO • The Scarlet Ball • Tor, Oct 2026 (hc, eb)
NGHI VO • The Scarlet Ball • Penguin Random House UK/Del Rey UK, Oct 2026 (hc, eb, tp)
EDWARD WILLETT, ED. • On Spec 2026: New Canadian Literature of the Fantastic • Shadowpaw Press, Oct 2026 (oa, ya, tp, eb)

NOVEMBER 2026

RAMSEY CAMPBELL • Ancestral • Flame Tree Press UK, Nov 2026 (h, hc, eb)
GLEN COOK • They Cry • Tor, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
STEVEN ERIKSON • Of the Apes • Subterranean Press, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
PHILIP FRACASSI • Overpass • PS Publishing UK, Nov 2026 (na, hc)
DARYL GREGORY • The Porcelain Sisters • Tachyon Publications, Nov 2026 (na, h, hc)
LAURELL K. HAMILTON • A Glimmer of Death • Penguin Random House/Berkley, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
TANYA HUFF • Saved by the Spell • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
CASSANDRA KHAW • The John Persons Files • Tor/ Nightfire, Nov 2026 (om, h, tp)
SUNG-IL KIM & ANTON HUR, TR. • Blood to the True Crown • Tor, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
MERCEDES LACKEY, ED. • A Many-Splintered Thing • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2026 (oa, tp, eb)
WIL MCCARTHY • Orbital Bombardment Victory Road • Baen, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Premier • Tor, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
MICHAEL MOORCOCK • The Wounds of Albion • Tor, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
MICHAEL MOORCOCK • The Wounds of Albion • Orion UK/Gollancz, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
ADAM OYEBANJI • Line of Descent • Astra House/ DAW, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
JASON PARGIN • There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs • St. Martin’s, Nov 2026 (h, hc, eb)
JASON PARGIN • There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs • Titan Books UK, Nov 2026 (h, tp, eb)
CHLOE C. PEÑARANDA • The Bloodfire Oath • Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK, Nov 2026 (v, hc, eb)
CAT RAMBO • All the Pretty Little Mermaids • Hydra House, Nov 2026 (c, tp, hc, eb)
LEZLI ROBYN, ED. • A Call of the Ocean: A Galaxy’s Edge Anthology • Arc Manor/ Caezik SF & Fantasy, Nov 2026 (an, tp, eb)
CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Songs of the Sun Eater • Astra House/DAW, Nov 2026 (c, hc, eb)
CHRISTOPHER RUOCCHIO • Songs of the Sun Eater • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Nov 2026 (c, hc, eb)
JOHN SCALZI • Monsters of Ohio • Macmillan/ Tor UK, Nov 2026 (tp, eb)
JOHN SCALZI • Monsters of Ohio • Tor, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
DARRELL SCHWEITZER, ED. • Lovecraft’s Dreamlands • PS Publishing UK, Nov 2026 (an, tp, hc)
ANDREA STEWART • The Legend Eternal • Orbit US, Nov 2026 (hc, eb)
JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Vaster than Empires: Speculative Fiction of the Eternal and Ephemeral • MIT Press, Nov 2026 (an, tp, eb)

DECEMBER 2026

PRESTON GRASSMANN & PAUL DI FILIPPO • The Purple Frog of Madness • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2026 (na, tp, hc)
PETER F. HAMILTON • Queens of an Alien Sun • Angry Robot UK, Dec 2026 (tp, eb)
BRIAN KEENE • Beneath the Lost Level • Apex Book Company, Dec 2026 (tp, eb)
MERCEDES LACKEY • Vanyel and Vixen • Astra House/ DAW, Dec 2026 (hc, eb)
MERCEDES LACKEY • Vanyel and Vixen • Titan Books UK, Dec 2026 (tp, eb)
K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Chosen One • Orbit UK, Dec 2026 (tp, eb)
K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Chosen One • Orbit US, Dec 2026 (tp, eb)
CHLOE C. PEÑARANDA • The Bloodfire Oath • Tor/Bramble, Dec 2026 (1st US, v, hc, eb)
BRANDON SANDERSON • The Fires of December • Tor, Dec 2026 (hc)
BRANDON SANDERSON • The Fires of December • Orion UK/Gollancz, Dec 2026 (hc)
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Dec 2026 (1st UK, c, hc, eb)
REBECCA THORNE • This Crimson Ruin • Macmillan/ Tor UK, Dec 2026 (v, hc, eb)
REBECCA THORNE • This Crimson Ruin • Tor, Dec 2026 (v, tp, eb)
LAVIE TIDHAR • Quincey • NewCon Press UK, Dec 2026 (na, h, tp, hc, eb)
HARRY TURTLEDOVE • Don’t Breathe • Arc Manor/ Caezik SF & Fantasy, Dec 2026 (hc, eb)

JANUARY 2027

LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD • Testimony of Mute Things • Subterranean Press, Jan 2027 (na, hc)
M.R. CAREY • Only Here Only Now • Subterranean Press, Jan 2027 (na, hc, eb)
GLEN COOK • They Cry • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jan 2027 (1st UK, hc, eb)
STEPHEN R. DONALDSON • The King’s Emissary • Subterranean Press, Jan 2027 (na, hc, eb)
SARAH BETH DURST • The Magical Cheese Emporium • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jan 2027 (v, hc, eb)
SARAH BETH DURST • The Magical Cheese Emporium • Tor/Bramble, Jan 2027 (v, hc, eb)
KATE ELLIOTT • The Flower Court • Tor, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)
HEATHER FAWCETT • Emily Wilde’s History of Dark Faerie • Penguin Random House/ Del Rey, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)
TJ KLUNE • The Stars Look Like Home • Macmillan/Tor Wildthorn UK, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)
TJ KLUNE • The Stars Look Like Home • Tor/ Wildthorn, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)
SEANAN MCGUIRE • A Song of Sugar Sparrows • Tordotcom, Jan 2027 (na, hc)
CHUCK PALAHNIUK • Galleria • Simon & Schuster/ Saga Press, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Merlin’s Way • Orion UK/ Gollancz, Jan 2027 (hc, eb)

FEBRUARY 2027

DANIEL ABRAHAM • Judge of Worlds • Orbit UK, Feb 2027 (hc)
DANIEL ABRAHAM • Judge of Worlds • Orbit US, Feb 2027 (hc, eb)
M.R. CAREY • Orpheus • Orbit UK, Feb 2027 (hc, eb)
M.R. CAREY • Orpheus • Orbit US, Feb 2027 (tp, eb)
OGHENECHOVWE DONALD EKPEKI • Birth of Orisha • Arc Manor/ Caezik SF & Fantasy, Feb 2027 (hc)
BRIAN EVENSON • Flume • PM Press, Feb 2027 (c, tp, eb)
CHARLAINE HARRIS • Hold My Spellbook • Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK, Feb 2027 (v, hc, eb)
CHARLAINE HARRIS • Hold My Spellbook • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Feb 2027 (v, hc, eb)
KIM HARRISON • Absolute Demon • Ace, Feb 2027 (hc, eb)
STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES • Growing Up Dead in Texas • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Feb 2027 (h, tp)
ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Merlin’s Way • Orbit US, Feb 2027 (1st US, hc, eb)
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • The Grave of Perfection • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/ Ad Astra, Feb 2027 (hc, tp, eb)
TADE THOMPSON • The King Street Golem • Subterranean Press, Feb 2027 (na, hc, eb)
LAVIE TIDHAR • Guns and Sorcery • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Feb 2027 (hc, eb)
SADIE TURNER • Floodbringer • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Feb 2027 (ya, v, hc, eb)
LISA YASZEK, ED. • Mothership Rising: Afrofuturism in the Radium Age • MIT Press, Feb 2027 (an, tp, eb)

MARCH 2027

ANNE BISHOP • Storms of Fate • Ace, Mar 2027 (hc)
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN • Mr. Lonelyhearts • Tor/Nightfire, Mar 2027 (h, hc, eb)
DHONIELLE CLAYTON • Conjure the Bones • Macmillan/ Tor UK, Mar 2027 (v, hc, eb)
DHONIELLE CLAYTON • Conjure the Bones • Macmillan/ Flatiron, Mar 2027 (v, hc, eb)
SARAH GAILEY • Downright Scoundrels Needed • Tordotcom, Mar 2027 (na, tp)
PETER F. HAMILTON • Exodus: The Helium Sea • Macmillan/Tor UK, Mar 2027 (x, tp)
JOE HILL • Hunger • HarperCollins/Morrow, Mar 2027 (h, hc, eb)
JOE HILL • Hunger • Headline UK, Mar 2027 (h, hc, eb)
CHRISTOPHER HINZ • Guzzlers • Angry Robot UK, Mar 2027 (tp, eb)
ISABEL IBAÑEZ • Witch Dance • St. Martin’s/Saturday Books, Mar 2027 (hc, eb)
T. KINGFISHER • A Devil of a Crime • Macmillan/ Tor UK, Mar 2027 (hc, eb)
T. KINGFISHER • A Devil of a Crime • Tor, Mar 2027 (hc, eb)
MARK LAWRENCE • Daughter of Ruin • Harper Voyager UK, Mar 2027 (hc, eb)
MARK LAWRENCE • Daughter of Ruin • Ace, Mar 2027 (1st US, hc, eb)
REBECCA ROANHORSE • River of Bones and Other Stories • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Mar 2027 (c, tp)
HARRY TURTLEDOVE • The Succulent Succubus • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Mar 2027 (hc)