* Bassingthwaite, Don : Cocktails at Seven, Apocalypse at Eight: The Derby Cavendish Stories
(ChiZine Publications 978-1-77148-376-6, $16.99, 260pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771483735

Collection of eight stories about holiday battles with supernatural forces.
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* Bates-Hardy, Courtney : House of Mystery
(ChiZine 978-1771484039, $17.99, 120pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771484046

Collection of poems that challenge familiar ideas about fairy tales.
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* Bonesteel, Elizabeth : Remnants of Trust
(Harper Voyager 978-0-06-241367-3, $16.99, 528pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780062413697
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9780062667267
• Central Corps #2

Military SF novel, second in a series following The Cold Between (March 2016), about a patrol ship that responds to an attack on its sister ship.
• HarperCollins’ site has this description with a preview function.
• Publishers Weekly gives it a starred review: “Surprising, convincing character development makes this series worth following and leaves the reader confident that Bonesteel will successfully untangle the plot threads down the line.”

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* Clink, David : The Role of Lightning in Evolution
(ChiZine 978-1771484015, $17.99, 120pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771484022

Collection of speculative poetry.
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* Hutchison, Dave : Europe in Winter
(UK: Solaris 978-1781084632, £7.99, 320pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Thu 3 Nov 2016
• Fractured Europe #3

SF novel, third in a series following Europe in Autumn (2014) and Europe at Midnight (2015), both finalists for the Arthur C. Clarke, British SF Association, and John W. Campbell Memorial awards.
• Solaris’ site has this post. Though a UK edition, it’s available through Amazon.com as well as Amazon UK.
• James Bradley reviewed the previous book last year in Locus Magazine: “Yet, in a way, what is most striking about Europe at Midnight is not the hard edge of its politics, or even the casual brilliance of its science fictional reworking of the political thriller, but Hutchinson’s thrillingly assured control of his material. Hutchinson writes wonderfully, his prose animated not just by a keen eye for character, but by a blackly witty sense of humor, qualities that make Europe in Autumn both darkly entertaining and disturbingly timely.”

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* Islington, James : The Shadow of What Was Lost
(Orbit 978-0316274098, $26, 704pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780316552745
• UK edition: 978-0356507750 (Thu 10 Nov 2016)
• The Licanius Trilogy #1

Epic fantasy novel, first of a trilogy and the author’s first novel.
• Hachette’s site has this description.
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• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, “Islington has built a world with all the right genre elements: complex magic, terrifying threats out of legend, political intrigue, and a large cast of characters whose motivations are seldom clear. Fans of doorstop epic fantasy will not be disappointed.”

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* Johnson, Suzanne : Belle Chasse
(Tor 978-0765376992, $31.99, 336pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781466852853
• Sentinels of New Orleans #5

Urban fantasy novel, fifth in a series following Royal Street (April 2012), River Road (Nov. 2012), Elysian Fields (2013), and Pirate’s Alley (2015), set in post-Katrina New Orleans.
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+ Littlewood, Alison : The Hidden People
(Quercus/Jo Fletcher 978-1-68144-293-8, $26.99, 368pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 1 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781848669918

First US edition (UK: Quercus/Jo Fletcher, October 2016)

Horror novel set in 19th century England, about a man investigating mysteries surrounding a rural cousin’s murder.
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• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “There’s an amazing sense of place and time in this novel, as Littlewood perfectly captures the literary style, attitudes, and class consciousness of Victorian England.”

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* Neumeier, Rachel : The Mountain of Kept Memory
(Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1-4814-4894-9, $25.99, 448pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781481448963

Fantasy novel about an heir to the throne of a protected kingdom anticipating an invasion.
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* Newman, Emma : After Atlas
(Roc 978-0-425-28240-3, $15, 384pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780698404335
• Planetfall #2

SF novel, second in a series following Planetfall (2015), about the death of a religious cult some 40 years after the departure of the starship Atlas.
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• Publishers Weekly gives this, as it did for the first book, a starred review, saying “Gripping and sorrowful, this imaginative story is a satisfying return to Newman’s future of greed and hope.”

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* O’Flaherty, Dennis : The Calorium Wars
(Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-881-1, $15.99, 300pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Guilded Age #2

Alternate history steampunk novel, follow-up to The King of the Cracksmen (2015), set in an 1877 in which US land west of the Mississippi has been sold to Russia.
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* Remic, Andy : The Iron Beast
(Tor.Com 978-0765391407, $14.99, 176pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9780765384034
• A Song for No Man’s Land #3

Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy following A Song for No Man’s Land (Feb. 2016) and Return of Souls (June 2016), about soldier during the Great War who finds himself battling shapeshifting enemies.
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* Strahan, Jonathan, ed. : Bridging Infinity
(Solaris 978-1781084199, $14.99, 356pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016

Anthology of 15 science fiction stories, the fifth in the series of “Infinity” anthologies.
• Authors include Alastair Reynolds, Ken Liu, Gregory Benford & Larry Niven, Robert Reed, Charlie Jane Anders, and Stephen Baxter.
• Solaris’ site has this post about the book with links to online reviews.
• Amazon’s “Look Inside” function provides previews, including the table of contents.
• Rich Horton reviews the book in the November issue of Locus Magazine, especially recommending the stories by Charlie Jane Anders and Karin Lowachee.

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* Taniguchi, Jason : Very Sensible Poems and Stories for Grown Persons
(ChiZine 978-1771484053, $17.99, 120pp, trade paperback, October 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781771484060

Collection of stories and poems.
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+ Taylor, Jodi : A Trail Through Time
(Night Shade Books 978-1597808712, $12.99, 348pp, trade paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• The Chronicles of St. Mary’s #4

SF novel, fourth in a series following Just One Damned Thing After Another (June 2016), A Symphony of Echoes (July 2016), and A Second Chance (Sept. 2016), about time-traveling historians from St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research.
• The UK edition was published in September 2015.
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* Weber, David : At the Sign of Triumph
(Tor 978-0765325587, $27.99, 768pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429952118
• Audiobook ISBN [link to Amazon]: 9781427274588
• Safehold #9

Far future SF novel, ninth in the Safehold series following Off Armageddon Reef (2007), By Schism Rent Asunder (2008), By Heresies Distressed (2009), A Mighty Fortress (2010), How Firm a Foundation (2011), Midst Toil and Tribulation (2012), Like a Mighty Army (2014), and Hell’s Foundations Quiver (2015).
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* White, Alex : Every Mountain Made Low
(Solaris 978-1781084663, $7.99, 416pp, mass market paperback, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 25 Oct 2016
• UK edition: 978-1781084656 (Thu 3 Nov 2016)

Fantasy novel, the author’s first novel, about a woman who can see the dead, who in turn can see her.
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* Wilber, Rick : Alien Morning
(Tor 978-0-7653-3290-5, $25.99, 304pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781429965279

SF novel about a freelance “sweeper” who documents the arrival of alien S’hudonni in 2030.
• Macmillan’s site has with an excerpt.
• The Publishers Weekly review begins, “Humans’ willingness to believe everything they see on TV—or its near-future equivalent—is the key to this thriller (parts of which were previously published as short stories) about dysfunctional families and first contact.”

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* Yolen, Jane, & Adam Stemple : The Seelie King’s War
(Viking 978-0670014361, $17.99, 336pp, hardcover, November 2016)
• Nominal Publication Date: Tue 8 Nov 2016
• Ebook ISBN [link to Amazon Kindle edition]: 9781101998540

Middle grade fantasy novel, conclusion of a trilogy following The Hostage Prince (2013) and The Last Changeling (2014), about a midwife’s apprentice and a prince who inadvertantly start a war.
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