Weekly Bestsellers, 5 February 2024
Published last Tuesday, Sarah J. Maas’s House of Flame and Shadow (Bloomsbury), third in the Crescent City series, still ranks on the Amazon lists this morning; expect it on the print lists next week.
New Titles & Bestsellers
From the 2023 Recommended Reading List: The Siren, the Song, and the Spy
Here’s a highlight from our 2023 Recommended Reading List: The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, out from Candlewick.
In this second vibrant fantasy from Maggie Tokuda-Hall, companion to her bestselling debut, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, a diverse resistance force fights to topple an empire in a story about freedom, identity, and decolonization.
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New Books: 30 January 2024
Chen, Mike: A Quantum Love Story (Harlequin/Mira 9780778369509, $18.99, 384pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 01/30/2024)
SF time-loop romance novel. Neuroscientist Mariana Pineda, working at a top secret particle accelerator, starts looping in time, the same four days over and over, with a man who also remembers the loop — for a while.
Gibson, Lena: Switching Tracks: Out of the Trash (Black Rose Writing 9781685133641, $24.95, 359pp, formats: trade ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 29 January 2024
Heather Fawcett’s Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Del Rey), second in her Emily Wilde series, debuts strongly on all four print lists compiled here.
Meanwhile, Sarah J. Maas’s House of Flame and Shadow, third in her Crescent City series, which has ranked on this page for nearly four months with Amazon pre-publication orders, is due for actual publication tomorrow.
Magazines Received – January
This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- Trevor Quachri, ed.
- Vol. 94 Nos. 1 & 2, January/February 2024, $8.99, bimonthly, 208pp,
New & Notable Books, January 2024
Naomi Alderman, The Future (Simon & Schuster 11/23) Dystopian near-future technothriller about two women alarmed by new tech developments that seem to both predict the future and threaten it, and three tech billionaires willing to do anything to make sure they profit from the end of the world. An entertaining outing with ‘‘thriller pacing, efficient vibrant characterisation, a fondness for broad-brush satiric extrapolation that sits somewhere between Margaret ...Read More
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New Books: 23 January 2024
Bristow, Su: The Fair Folk (Europa Editions 9798889660125, $18, 400pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 01/23/2024)
Faustian fairytale fantasy novel. In 1959 eight-year-old Felicity accepts a gift from the fairy queen. As an adult she is constantly visited by the queen’s companions, wreaking havoc with her friendships and love life. Felicity finally begins to explore the true nature of the Fair Folk with the help of a folklorist professor, to try ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 22 January 2024
Two new novels debut this week: Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Complex (Tor), conclusion of her Atlas trilogy; and Aurora Ascher’s Sanctuary of the Shadow (Entangled: Red Tower), first book in her Elemental Emergence series.
New Books: 16 January 2023
Avery, Amy: The Longest Autumn (Macmillan/Flatiron 9781250896490, $28.99, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 01/16/2024)
Fantasy mystery romance novel. Seasons stop turning when the mortal Time and the god of Autumn are trapped in the mortal world, and the two are torn between the need to fix things and their forbidden attraction to each other. A first novel.
Bertino, Marie-Helene: Beautyland (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, Giroux 9780374109288, $28, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 15 January 2024
Rebecca Ross’s Ruthless Vows (Wednesday Books) is #1 on the YA lists of both New York Times and Publishers Weekly this week.
Cover Reveal: The Boy from Two Worlds by Jason Offutt
Cover reveal! Are you ready for Offutt’s sequel to The Girl in the Corn? The Boy from Two Worlds is coming this June, and Camcat Books has dropped a tantalizing cover.
From the publisher…
The sequel to Jason Offutt’s award-winning novel, The Girl in the Corn, which critics have raved is “an outstanding blend of horror, speculative fiction, and apocalyptic fantasy topped with madness” (HorrorDNA) and “a ...Read More
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New Books: 9 January 2023
Ascher, Aurora: Sanctuary of the Shadow (Entangled/Red Tower 9781649374110, $29.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 01/09/2024)
Fantasy romance novel about a woman hiding in a circus where she disguises her gift of prophecy as part of her act until an alluring monster turns up.
Berwah, Tanvi: Somewhere in the Deep (Sourcebooks Fire 9781728247656, $18.99, 359pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 01/09/2024)
Young-adult fantasy novel inspired by South Asia, The ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 8 January 2024
Rebecca Ross’s Ruthless Vows (Wednesday Books), second in her Letters of Enchantment series following Divine Rivals, debuts strongly on three lists.
New Books: 2 January 2024
Avery, Annaliese The Immortal Games (Scholastic 9781338754520, $12.99, 336pp trade paperback, ebook, audio 01/02/2024)
Young-adult fantasy romance novel. 16-year-old Ara is seeking revenge on the Gods for allowing her sister to die in the games. She’s determined to be selected as a token, but when she is, she realizes that it isn’t just her life at stake, but also her heart.
Butler, D.J.: Among the Gray Lords (Baen 9781982193133, ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 1 January 2024
Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing remains #1 on the New York Times Fiction Hardcover list.
Forthcoming Books Through
The Locus Selected Books by Author list has been updated on our Forthcoming Books page, with information from the December & January 2023 issue covering upcoming titles from genre houses slated through September 2024. Find out about your favorite authors’ upcoming books!
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New Books: 26 December 2023
Lackey, Mercedes: Valdemar (Astra House/DAW 9780756417390, $29, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 12/26/2023)
Fantasy novel. third in the Founding of Valdemar series. The refugees’ city of Haven thrives, but their Tayledras allies are withdrawing, and magicians move in to take advantage.
Motayne, Maya: Lucero (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray 9780062842794, $18.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 12/26/2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy begun in Nocturna. In the aftermath of ...Read More
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New & Notable Books, December 2023
Ryan Britt, The Spice Must Flow: The Journey of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies (Plume 9/23) This non-fiction look at Frank Herbert’s Dune follows its path from its origins in a failed article on sand dunes in Oregon to its huge success as a novel, and its subsequent influence on literature, film, pop culture, and even politics. ‘‘If you have even a passing interest ...Read More
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Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing remains #1 on the New York Times Fiction Hardcover list.
Locus Bestsellers, December and January
The Locus Bestsellers for December/January include top titles: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower), Dune by Frank Herbert (Ace), A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury US), and Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi edited by Anonymous (Random House Worlds).
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Cover Reveal: Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto
Cover Reveal!
Check out this creepy new cover for Sanctuary by Valentina Cano Repetto, coming April 2024 from CamCat Books.
Grief leaves a stain.
Sibilla Fenoglio wants nothing more than to live with her husband in this run-down, derelict watermill. Uninhabited since the Renaissance after a mysterious disaster befell the previous owners, the mill requires extensive repairs. But there is something frightening about the mill. Repairs are violently undone, half-seen ...Read More
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New Books 19 December 2023
Carthage, Jo: Nuclear Sunrise (NineStar Press 9781648907005, $6.49, 361pp, formats: ebook, 12/19/2023)
Historical SF gay romance novel set in 1951 about a US Air Force Captain from Roswell, New Mexico in charge of security at a top-secret atomic energy research facility in Idaho, against his will falling for a rebellious nuclear physicist.
Hoffmann, Ada: Resurrections (Apex Book Company 9781955765121, $6.99, 345pp, formats: ebook, audio, 12/19/2023)
Collection of short stories ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 18 December 2023
A new fantasy novel by Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent & the Wings of Night (Bramble), first in a series, debuts on three lists.
New Books 12 December 2023
Cadigan, Pat: Ultraman (Titan Books UK 9781803362458, $16.95, 288pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, 12/12/2023)
Tie-in novel based on a movie based on the series. Pursuing a fugitive space monster, a Being of Light enters Earth’s atmosphere. Accidentally colliding with a patrolling jet, piloted by Science Patrol Agent Shin Hayata, the Being merges with the pilot to save his life and vows to defend the Earth. Now whenever the planet is ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 11 December 2023
Rebecca Yarros’ two novels continue to dominate print lists: Fourth Wing is #1 again at NY Times this week, while Iron Flame remains #1 on the USA Today and Publishers Weekly lists.
Magazines Received – November and December
This list covers new SF/F/H print, online, and electronic periodicals (including regularly updated websites) seen by Locus magazine, focusing on those that publish fiction or reviews and criticism. To submit titles for listing on these pages, please send to Locus Publications, 655 13th St. #100, Oakland CA 94612 or email locus@locusmag.com.
Alien Dimensions
- Neil A. Hogan, ed.
- Issue #25, October 2023 $8.95 digital/$16.95 print, 247pp, 15 x 22 1/2cm.
- Genre
New Books 5 December 2023
Anderson, Justin Lee: The Bitter Crown (Orbit US 9780316454308, $19.99, 560pp, formats: trade paperback, ebook, audio, 12/05/2023)
Fantasy novel, the second in the Eidyn Saga series. The fog of war is lifted and the conspiracy at the heart of Eidyn finally exposed. Now that they know the truth, Aranok and his allies must find a way to free a country that doesn’t know it’s held captive.
Armstrong, Jess: The ...Read More
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Weekly Bestsellers, 4 December 2023
Three of Sarah J. Maas’ backlist titles, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, and Empire of Storms, all reissued by Bloomsbury this past February both in hardcover and paperback (per Amazon), show up on Publishers Weekly‘s trade paperback list this week, ranking at 20, 21, and 24 respectively; neither these editions nor any earlier ones of these titles have ranked on any of the bestsellers lists compiled
New Books: 28 November 2023
Edgmon, H.E.: Godly Heathens (St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books 9781250853615, $20, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audio, 11/28/2023)
Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Ouroboros series. Gem, a nonbinary Seminole teen who’s having dreams of magic and violence, doesn’t know how to deal with a strange new girl who knows too much, and then the Goddess of Death attacks.
Elliott, Lauren: Murder in a Cup (Kensington Cozies 9781496739070, $27, 304pp, formats: hardcover, ...Read More
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Rothfuss Giveaway!
An instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller, The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss is the must-have fantasy book this season.
A special offer for fans of The Kingkiller Chronicle: share a photo of your copy of the book and get a shiny new coin to celebrate the new publication—details below.
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Weekly Bestsellers, 27 November 2023
Two debuts this week. Patrick Rothfuss’ The Narrow Road Between Desires (DAW) debuts on four lists, ranking as high as #6 on the New York Times list. And Martha Wells’ System Collapse (Tordotcom), seventh in her Murderbot Diaries series, ranks on three lists.
New & Notable Books, November 2023
Eugen Bacon, Serengotti (Transit Lounge 8/23) Bacon’s distinctive style infuses surreal, poetic elements into this mostly mainstream novel about identity, community, trauma, and being African in Australia. Ch’anzu loses hir job and wife on the same day and decides to take a job in Serengotti, a migrant African community in rural Australia.
Stephen Baxter, Creation Node (Gollancz 9/23) SF novel of first contact and ...Read More
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