These are the forthcoming “Selected Books by Author” from the December issue of Locus Magazine, covering December 2025 – September 2026. 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
DECEMBER 2025
- ERIC BROWN • Human Element • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (c, hc, tp)
- RAMSEY CAMPBELL • Demons by Daylight • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (c, hc)
- ELLEN DATLOW, ED. • The Best Horror of the Year • Volume Seventeen, Skyhorse/Night Shade Books, Dec 2025 (an, tp, eb)
- TERRY DOWLING • Bedlam Rose • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (hc)
- TERRY DOWLING • Wormwood • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (1st UK, c, hc)
- T.L. HUCHU • Secrets of the First School • Tor, Dec 2025 (1st US, tp, eb)
- DAVE HUTCHINSON • The Essence • NewCon Press UK, Dec 2025 (tp, hc, eb)
- BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit US, Dec 2025 (tp, eb)
- BETHANY JACOBS • This Brutal Moon • Orbit UK, Dec 2025 (tp, eb)
- S.T. JOSHI, ED. • Classic Weird Illustrated • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (oa, hc)
- T. KINGFISHER • Snake-Eater • Amazon/47North, Dec 2025 (1st US, na, h, tp, eb)
- KATHE KOJA • Dark Matter • Meerkat Press, Dec 2025 (h, tp, eb)
- MERCEDES LACKEY • The Cyprian • Astra House/DAW, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
- KAREN LORD & ANNALEE NEWITZ, ET AL., EDS. • We Will Rise Again • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (oa, tp, eb)
- R.C. MATHESON • BOMBYX • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (hc, tp)
- TIM POWERS • The Mills of the Gods • Charnel House, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
- TIM POWERS • The Mills of the Gods • Baen, Dec 2025 (hc, eb)
- CAT RAMBO • All the Pretty Little Mermaids • Hydra House, Dec 2025 (c, tp, hc, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Tor, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Tailored Realities • Orion UK/Gollancz, Dec 2025 (c, hc, eb)
- ROBERT SILVERBERG • A Multitude of Worlds • Starship Sloane, Dec 2025 (c, hc)
- ROBERT SILVERBERG • Robert Silverberg’s Ghosts and Things • PS Publishing UK, Dec 2025 (c, hc, tp)
- SIMON STÅLENHAG • Sunset at Zero Point • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Dec 2025 (pi, art, hc, eb)
- ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Made Things • Macmillan/Tor UK, Dec 2025 (1st UK, na, hc, eb)
JANUARY 2026
- EUGEN BACON & CHERYL NTUMY, ET AL, EDS. • Sauúti Terrors Short Stories • Flame Tree Collections UK, Jan 2026 (oa, hc, eb)
- BRADLEY P. BEAULIEU • A God of Countless Guises • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
- MONIQUILL BLACKGOOSE • To Ride a Rising Storm • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
- STEPHANIE BURGIS • Enchanting the Fae Queen • Tor/Bramble, Jan 2026 (v, tp, eb)
- JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Ace, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
- JIM BUTCHER • Twelve Months • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
- ROSHANI CHOKSHI • The Swan’s Daughter • St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books, Jan 2026 (v, hc, eb)
- NICOLE GLOVER • The Starseekers • Harper Voyager US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
- NICOLA GRIFFITH • She Is Here • PM Press, Jan 2026 (c, tp, eb)
- ISABEL IBAÑEZ • Graceless Heart • St. Martin’s/Saturday Books, Jan 2026 (hc, eb)
- SEANAN MCGUIRE • Through Gates of Garnet and Gold • Tordotcom, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit UK, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
- K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead • Orbit US, Jan 2026 (tp, eb)
- ALASTAIR REYNOLDS • Halcyon Years • Orbit US, Jan 2026 (1US, hc, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Magic the Gathering: Children of the Nameless • Subterranean Press, Jan 2026 (x, hc)
- CHARLES STROSS • The Regicide Report • Tor, Jan 2026 (na, hc, eb)
FEBRUARY 2026
- EDWARD ASHTON • After the Fall • St. Martin’s, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- STEPHANIE BURGIS • Enchanting the Fae Queen • Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK, Feb 2026 (1UK, hc, eb)
- V. CASTRO • Maria the Wanted • Titan Books UK, Feb 2026 (h, tp, eb)
- P.A. CORNELL • Shoeshine Boy & Cigarette Girl • Stars and Sabers, Feb 2026 (na, v, tp, eb)
- MATT DINNIMAN • Operation Bounce House • Ace, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- HEATHER FAWCETT • Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- HEATHER FAWCETT • Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter • Orbit UK, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- KIM HARRISON • Secondhand Luck • Ace, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- MATTHEW KRESSEL • The Rainseekers • Tordotcom, Feb 2026 (na, tp, eb)
- PAUL MCAULEY • Loss Protocol • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- IAN MCDONALD • Boy • with Occasional Dinosaur, Tordotcom, Feb 2026 (na, tp, eb)
- BETHANY C. MORROW • The Body • Tor/Nightfire, Feb 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- NNEDI OKORAFOR • The Daughter Who Remains • Astra House/DAW, Feb 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- REBECCA ORE • Writing Is Writing • Aqueduct Press, Feb 2026 (nf, tp, eb)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Isles of the Emberdark • Tor, Feb 2026 (hc)
- BRANDON SANDERSON • Isles of the Emberdark • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- ALI SMITH • Glyff • Penguin Random House UK/Hamish Hamilton, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- A.D. SUI • The Iron Garden Sutra • Kensington/Erewhon, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- MICHAEL SWANWICK • The Universe Box • Tachyon Publications, Feb 2026 (c, tp, eb)
- ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky • Subterranean Press, Feb 2026 (hc)
- ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Pretenders to the Throne of God • Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Ad Astra, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- ALIYA WHITELEY • The Misheard World • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
- MAKANA YAMAMOTO • The Obake Code • Harper Voyager US, Feb 2026 (tp, eb)
- MAKANA YAMAMOTO • The Obake Code • Orion UK/Gollancz, Feb 2026 (hc, eb)
MARCH 2026
- ILONA ANDREWS • This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me • Macmillan/Tor UK, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- ILONA ANDREWS • This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me • Tor, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- KELLEY ARMSTRONG • We Are All Monsters Here • Subterranean Press, Mar 2026 (c, hc, eb)
- LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD • The Adventure of the Demonic Ox • Subterranean Press, Mar 2026 (na, hc)
- ADAM CHRISTOPHER • Crawlspace • Tor/Nightfire, Mar 2026 (h, tp, eb)
- AMAL EL-MOHTAR • Seasons of Glass and Iron • Tordotcom, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- T. KINGFISHER • Wolf Worm • Tor/Nightfire, Mar 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- T. KINGFISHER • Wolf Worm • Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK, Mar 2026 (na, h, hc, eb)
- LAVANYA LAKSHMINARAYAN • Intergalactic Feast • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Mar 2026 (tp, eb)
- MARK LAWRENCE • Daughter of Crows • Harper Voyager UK, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- JONATHAN MABERRY • Red Empire • St. Martin’s Griffin, Mar 2026 (h, tp, eb)
- SEANAN MCGUIRE • Butterfly Effects • Tor, Mar 2026 (tp, eb)
- RICHARD MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Orion UK/Gollancz, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- RICHARD K. MORGAN • No Man’s Land • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- HACHE PUEYO • Cabaret in Flames • Tordotcom, Mar 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- REBECCA ROANHORSE • River of Bones and Other Stories • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Mar 2026 (c, hc, eb)
- DONNA SCOTT, ED. • Best of British Science Fiction 2025 • NewCon Press UK, Mar 2026 (an, tp, hc, eb)
- ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Children of Strife • Macmillan/Tor UK, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY • Children of Strife • Orbit US, Mar 2026 (hc, eb)
- HARRY TURTLEDOVE • Lightning Runes • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Mar 2026 (tp, eb)
- JO WALTON & ADA PALMER • Trace Elements • Tor, Mar 2026 (nf, hc, eb)
- AMÉLIE WEN ZHAO • The Dragon and the Sun Lotus • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Mar 2026 (ya, v, hc, eb)
APRIL 2026
- KATHERINE ADDISON • The Orb of Cairado • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Apr 2026 (1st UK, na, hc, eb)
- EUGEN BACON & CHERYL NTUMY, ET AL, EDS. • May the Dead Keep You • Little, Brown, Apr 2026 (ya, h, hc, eb)
- S.A. BARNES • Dead Silence • Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK, Apr 2026 (1st UK, h, hc, eb)
- AKEMI DAWN BOWMAN • The Afterlands • Simon & Schuster, Apr 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
- SARAH REES BRENNAN • All Hail Chaos • Orbit US, Apr 2026 (tp, eb)
- PETER V. BRETT • The Demon King • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- JIM BUTCHER & KERRIE L. HUGHES, EDS. • Paranormal Payback • Ace, Apr 2026 (oa, v, tp, eb)
- ORSON SCOTT CARD • Master Alvin • Tor, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- MIKE CHEN • The Photonic Effect • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2026 (tp, eb)
- JOHN CHU • The Subtle Art of Folding Space • Tor, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- JAMES S.A. COREY • The Faith of Beasts • Orbit UK, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- JAMES S.A. COREY • The Faith of Beasts • Orbit US, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- SARAH BETH DURST • The Faraway Inn • Penguin Random House/Delacorte, Apr 2026 (ya, tp, eb)
- S.L. HUANG • The Language of Liars • Tordotcom, Apr 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- JORDAN IFUEKO • The Genie Game • Abrams/Amulet, Apr 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
- TJ KLUNE • We Burned So Bright • Tor, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- TJ KLUNE • We Burned So Bright • Macmillan/Tor UK, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- MARK LAWRENCE • Daughter of Crows • Ace, Apr 2026 (1st US, hc, eb)
- L.D. LEWIS • The Year of the Mer • Titan Books UK, Apr 2026 (tp, eb)
- L.D. LEWIS • The Year of the Mer • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- SEANAN MCGUIRE • Once Broken Faith • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2026 (tp)
- SAMANTHA MILLS • Rabbit Test and Other Stories • Tachyon Publications, Apr 2026 (c, tp, eb)
- PATRICK NESS • Piper at the Gates of Dusk • Candlewick Press, Apr 2026 (ya, hc, eb)
- SUZANNE PALMER • Ode to the Half-Broken • Astra House/DAW, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- ALLEN STROUD • Anti-State • Flame Tree Press US, Apr 2026 (hc, eb)
- CONNIE WILLIS • Blued Moon and Other Screwball Comedies • Subterranean Press, Apr 2026 (c, hc, eb)
- RITA WOODS • The Edge of Yesterday • Tor/Forge, Apr 2026 (tp)
MAY 2026
- NEAL ASHER • Dark Agent • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- ANINDITA BANERJEE & SHERRYL VINT, ET AL., EDS. • Reactionary Worldbuilding: From Speculative Imagination to Political Practice • MIT Press, May 2026 (nf, tp, eb)
- RJ BARKER • Mortedant’s Peril • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- RJ BARKER • Mortedant’s Peril • Tor, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- NICHOLAS BINGE • Abyss • Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK, May 2026 (na, h, hc, eb)
- NICHOLAS BINGE • Abyss • Tor/Nightfire, May 2026 (na, h, hc, eb)
- JIM BUTCHER • Out Law • Podium Publishing, May 2026 (na, tp, eb)
- GREGORY FEELEY • The Weighing of Ayre • NewCon Press UK, May 2026 (c, tp, hc, eb)
- SARAH GAILEY • Make Me Better • Tor, May 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- CHLOE GONG • Eyes of Kings • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- ANDREA HAIRSTON • The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays • Tor, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- SARAH LANGAN • Trad Wife • Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK, May 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- ANN LECKIE • Radiant Star • Orbit UK, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- ANN LECKIE • Radiant Star • Orbit US, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- FONDA LEE • The Last Contract of Isako • Orbit UK, May 2026 (hc, tp, eb)
- FONDA LEE • The Last Contract of Isako • Orbit US, May 2026 (hc, tp, eb)
- ALAN MOORE • I Hear a New World • Bloomsbury UK/Archer, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- ALAN MOORE • I Hear a New World • Bloomsbury USA, May 2026 (hc, eb)
- KIM NEWMAN • Model Actress Whatever • Titan Books UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)
- JEFF NOON • Moon Over Brendle • Angry Robot UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)
- K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know • Orbit UK, May 2026 (tp, eb)
- K.J. PARKER • Sister Svangerd and the Devil You Know • Orbit US, May 2026 (tp, eb)
- VERONICA ROTH • Seek the Traitor’s Son • Macmillan/Tor UK, May 2026 (v, hc, eb)
- VERONICA ROTH • Seek the Traitor’s Son • Tor, May 2026 (v, hc, eb)
- TLOTLO TSAMAASE • House of Margins • Kensington/Erewhon, May 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- NGHI VO • A Long and Speaking Silence • Tordotcom, May 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- MARTHA WELLS • Platform Decay • Tor, May 2026 (hc, eb)
JUNE 2026
- KATHERINE ARDEN • The Unicorn Hunters • Penguin Random House UK/Century, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- KATHERINE ARDEN • The Unicorn Hunters • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- EDWARD ASHTON • After the Fall • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Jun 2026 (1st UK, tp, eb)
- ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Trade of Blood • Penguin Random House/Del Rey, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT • A Trade of Blood • Hodder & Stoughton UK/Hodderscape, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- MAURICE BROADDUS • A City Dreaming • Tor, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- M.R. CAREY • The Tinder Box • Orbit US, Jun 2026 (tp, eb)
- SHANNON CHAKRABORTY • The Tapestry of Fate • Harper Voyager US, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- MEG ELISON • Foundling Fathers • Tachyon Publications, Jun 2026 (na, tp, eb)
- PETER F. HAMILTON • Exodus: The Helium Sea • Macmillan/Tor UK, Jun 2026 (x, hc, eb)
- ALLAN KASTER, ED. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10 • AudioText/Infinivox, Jun 2026 (an, tp, hc, eb)
- NAOMI KRITZER • Obstetrix • Tordotcom, Jun 2026 (na, hc, eb)
- MERCEDES LACKEY • Vanyel and Vixen • Astra House/DAW, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- JOHN LANGAN • The Cleaving Stone • Word Horde, Jun 2026 (h, tp, eb)
- YOON HA LEE • Code and Codex • Rebellion/Solaris UK, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- JONATHAN MABERRY • Bewilderness • WordFire Press, Jun 2026 (tp, hc, eb)
- L.E. MODESITT, JR. • Last of the First • Tor, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- R.A. SALVATORE • The Fat Rabbit • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
- JO WALTON • Everybody’s Perfect • Tor, Jun 2026 (hc, eb)
JULY 2026
- OLIVIE BLAKE • Dreamland • Tor, Aug 2026 (hc, eb)
- P.A. CORNELL • The Astronaut Among the Flowers and Other Stories • Stars and Sabers, Aug 2026 (c, v, tp, eb)
- SARAH BETH DURST • Sea of Charms • Macmillan/Tor UK, Aug 2026 (1st UK, v, hc, eb)
- TANYA HUFF • Those Who Can • Astra House/DAW, Aug 2026 (v, hc, eb)
- JAMES PATRICK KELLY • The Book of Bots • Fairwood Press, Aug 2026 (c, tp, eb)
- KATHARINE KERR • Zyon • Arc Manor/Caezik SF & Fantasy, Aug 2026 (tp)
- T. KINGFISHER • Daggerbound • Tor/Bramble, Aug 2026 (v, hc, eb)
- TIM PRATT • The Jewel and the Comet • Angry Robot UK, Aug 2026 (tp, eb)
- NATASHA PULLEY • The Salt King • Bloomsbury USA, Aug 2026 (hc, eb)
- BETH REVIS • Chaotic Orbits • Astra House/DAW, Aug 2026 (tp, eb)
SEPTEMBER 2026
- K. ANCRUM • Adam • Mine., HarperCollins, Sep 2026 (ya, h, hc, eb)
- KALYNN BAYRON • Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone • Bloomsbury USA, Sep 2026 (ya, v, hc, eb)
- TANANARIVE DUE • Mazywood • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- KEN LIU • The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)
- JOSH MALERMAN • The Last Great Painting of the World • Macmillan/Tor Nightfire UK, Sep 2026 (h, hc, eb)
- PREMEE MOHAMED • Wickhills • Tor, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
- ANNALEE NEWITZ • A Wall Is Also a Road • Tor, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
- GARTH NIX • Massif • Orion UK/Gollancz, Sep 2026 (hc, eb)
- CHUCK PALAHNIUK & MICHAEL BAILEY, EDS. • Silent Nightmares • Simon & Schuster/Saga Press, Sep 2026 (oa, h, hc, eb)
- ANTHONY RYAN • The Seven Swords • Subterranean Press, Sep 2026 (c, hc, eb)
- JONATHAN STRAHAN, ED. • Revolution in the Heart • Titan Books UK, Sep 2026 (oa, hc, eb)
- A.D. SUI • Our Infinite and Inevitable Ends • ECW Press, Sep 2026 (tp, eb)
EXCELSIOR!