Cozy fantasy Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett moved up to the top of our hardcover list with a decisive lead over our second-place finisher, Matt Dinniman’s The Butcher’s Masquerade, the fifth book in his Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Our runner-up was The First Step by Tao Wong (Ace), the first book of twelve in the A Thousand Li series. There were 55 nominated titles, the same number as last month.

Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary reclaimed the top spot on our trade paperback list, followed closely by last month’s winner Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman. There were no new runners-up. Fifty-five titles were nominated, down from last month’s 74.

On our media and gaming-related book list, only two books made our list. Both titles were by Dan Abnett – Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Horus Rising came in first, followed by Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn: The Omnibus. There were no new runners-up. For the third month in a row, we had 22 nominated titles.

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Compiled with data from: Bakka-Phoenix (Canada), Book Moon (MA), Borderlands (CA), McNally Robinson (two in Canada), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Toadstool (two in NH), White Dwarf (Canada).

Data period: March 2026

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Get ready for a fresh batch of must-read releases as we take a look at the most exciting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult books hitting shelves during the week of June 16th, 2026! From sweeping epic adventures and thought-provoking speculative fiction to spine-tingling horror and captivating YA stories, this week’s lineup is packed with new worlds, memorable characters, and unforgettable journeys. We’ve gathered some of the biggest and most noteworthy releases to help you discover your next great read and add a few more titles to your ever-expanding reading list. Don’t forget to subscribe for weekly coverage of new book releases, genre highlights, and recommendations for speculative fiction fans. Thanks for joining us, and we’ll be back soon with even more exciting books to explore!

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ActuSF has announced the winners for the 2026 Prix de l’Uchronie. The prize is awarded to works of alternate history, written or translated into French and published between March 1, 2025 and February 28, 2026.

Prix Littéraire

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The finalists for the 2025 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History have been announced.

The Sidewise Awards have been presented since 1995 to recognize excellence in alternate historical fiction. This year’s panel of judges is Matt Mitrovich, Arturo Serrano, Kurt Sidaway, and Steven H Silver.

The winners will be announced at LAcon V, the 84th Worldcon, to be held August 27-31, 2026 in Anaheim CA. For more, see the Sidewise Awards website.

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Alexander, Jessica: Agnes, We’re Not Murderers! (Clash Books 978-1968043087, $22.87, 236pp, formats: paperback, 06/16/2026)

Gothic vampire horror novel. Agnes, and Mary, lesbian vixens from another world must survive despite Agnes wasting away. Their curse is spreading, and it seeks to purify the world. A first novel.

 

Berry, Jedediah: Kill All Wizards (Tordotcom 978-1250908056, $24.99, 144pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy novella, the first book in the Barbaric Ledgers series. A barbarian’s strength was exploited, and sword was stolen by a group of far away wizards. Now, he seeks revenge on every single one of them.

 

Curtis, Grace: Heaven’s Graveyard (Astra House/DAW 978-0756419844, $22.00, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy novel. Cod is an archaeologist determined to prove that her hero actually existed. When her former teacher tells her about an enchanted city found beneath the soil, Cod wonders if some things should be left untouched.

 

Eximeno, Santiago & Alonso, Alicia L.: Alicia Is in the Basement (Tenebrous Press 978-1959790631, $14.99, 114pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 06/16/2026)

Horror novella. Santi and Maria’s daughter disappears one day without a trace, tearing the whole family apart. Months later, Santi discovers a clue that reveals a new horror to the father.

 

Ghosh, Amitav: Ghost-Eye (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, Giroux 978-0374298395, $29.00, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Reincarnation fantasy. Varsha, a three year old, claims that she remembers another life, so her parents take her to a psychologist, and their understanding of the world is forever changed. 50 years later, activists begin a search for Varsha.

 

Hamilton, Peter F.: Exodus: The Helium Sea (Penguin Random House/Random House Worlds 978-0593357699, $32.00, 752pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Gaming tie-in novel, the second based on the new SF roleplaying game. The Crown Dominion is facing a crisis, as a group of exiles return for revenge. Finn, and his allies must team up to earn independence from the Crown Dominion. Simultaneous with the Tor UK edition.

 

Pennza, Amy: Dhampira (Ace 978-0593956045, $20.00, 496pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy vampire romance novel, the first in a trilogy. When Corinthe is discovered to be half-vampire, half-human, she is captured. She is sold to the vampire king’s knight, and is forced to become a pawn for the king’s court.

 

Stitch, Guillermo: The Coast of Everything (Sagging Meniscus Press 978-1963846386, $37.99, 760pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Genre-shifting novel of stories-within-stories mixing SF, mystery, noir, and fantasy. This novel has no ending, and many beginnings, and serves as a reminder to persist through everything.

 

Tavares, Nathan: The Disco at the End of the World (Titan Books UK 978-1835414194, $18.99, 400pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

SF romance novel. Mitch, and Gloria move to LA as the world’s ending, but when an old friend approaches them about a utopian society that can protect them, and their friends in the queer community, they decide to stand up for what’s right. A first novel.

 

Tchaikovsky, Adrian & Collins, Mike: The Final Architecture: Salvation’s Child (Cosmic Lighthouse N/A, $6.99, 110pp, formats: ebook, 05/26/2026)

Graphic novel, a prologue to Tchaikovsky’s series The Final Architecture. Aliens the size of planets, the Architects, have destroyed Earth. Marta does everything she can to protect her daughter Xavienne, but Xavi may know the secret to saving humanity.

 

James, Cassandra: Libertad (HarperCollins/Quill Tree 978-0063345669, $19.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel. Gasparilla and her crew hit the high seas again after a recent betrayal. The empire is closing in on this crew of pirates, so Ximena must do everything she can to protect those she cares about.

 

Lariviere, Sarah: Live From the Afterlife (Penguin Random House/Knopf 978-0593479995, $19.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Young-adult SF romance novel. Gigi’s ghost is forever in the consciousness of her old love, Axl Fischer. Axl leads a troupe that plans to use satire and art to defeat the police state that’s controlling America.

 

Cornell, Paul: The Lychford Collection Book 2 (Tordotcom 978-1250394026, $28.99, 352pp, formats: paperback, 06/16/2026)

Collection of the fourth through sixth fantasy novellas in the Lychford series. A group of witches is working to save Lychford, and the entire world from the supernatural forces that are gunning for its destruction.

 

Gammon, Jendia & Powell, Gareth L.: Of Dread, Decay, and Doom (Stars and Sabers 979-8990705579, $32.99, 362pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 06/16/2026)

Original horror anthology with 38 contributing authors including Eugen Bacon, Ai Jiang, and Eden Royce.

 

Linde, K.A.: The Raven at the Ash Door (Entangled/Red Tower 978-1682816714, $32.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, third in the Oak & Holly Cycle series. Kierce McKenna’s magic is tied to a man she hates. Graves, the man she loves, will do everything he can to stop this, so he goes on a quest to find a missing stone that can lift any curse. Simultaneous with the Tor Bramble UK edition.

 

Carter, Aimée: Royal Vengeance (Penguin Random House/Delacorte 978-0593485972, $19.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Young-adult alternate-world mystery novel, third in the Royal Blood series. Evangeline Bright must kill the attempted assassin of the king of England in order to prove that she herself isn’t a traitor.

 

Gratton, Tessa: The Shape of Monsters (Orbit US 978-0316578813, $19.99, 560pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Queer fantasy novel, the second book in the Moon Heresies trilogy. Iriset freed the Moon-Eater God from prison, which landed her in a city full of monsters, where the only one she can trust is the emperor Lyric, who she’s betrayed before.

 

Tropea, Ashley: The Shrouded Queen (Simon & Schuster/Gallery 978-1668096215, $20.00, 448pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Romantic fantasy novel, the first in a series mixing elements of Ancient Egypt and Vikings. When Samira is captured by a shape-shifter, she needs to impersonate the princess, and go through trials meant to awaken divine powers.

 

Race, Holly: Six Savage Thrones (Orbit US 978-0316572897, $30.00, 400pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy novel, second in the Queens of Elben series. The kingdom of Elben is falling apart. All of the Queens must realize that they need to come together in order to cut ties with King Henry, as he’s using stranger and stranger magics. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Poston, Ashley: The Someday Garden (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593952757, $20.00, 400pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Fantasy romance novel. Sophie is working a temp job fixing up the Lilymoore House. She discovers a door that’s never in the same place twice, that leads to a garden that highlights the instability of the future of Lilymoore.

 

Sanderson, Brandon & Orullian, Peter: Songs of the Dead (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1668068144, $30.00, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Contemporary fantasy novel, first in the Strata Wars trilogy. Jack Solomon wakes up in a new reality after being killed, a reality where light and music are used to make magic, and where the history of London spreads beneath its surface.

 

Heard, Wendy: Such a Lucky Girl (Little, Brown/Ottaviano 978-0316610742, $25.99, 574pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Young-adult horror novel. Bella abandoned her best friend Kerry in order to pursue her dreams of becoming an influencer, and it worked. Kerry discovers a book on shadow work, and decides to get back at Bella.

 

DiLouie, Craig: The Summer Fun Massacre (Orbit US/Run For It 978-0316578240, $19.99, 304pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Slasher horror novel. Deputy Tom Bailey is always on edge this time of year when camp Summer Fun is wrapping up, because in the 80s there was a massacre that left a single survivor. Tom gets a call reporting screams coming from the camp once again.

 

Ruvane, Eileen M.: Tell Me My Future (Abrams/Amulet 978-1419785580, $19.99, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Contemporary fantasy novel. Kess Turner is used to her mother making them move every few months, but their new home is very strange. Kess pretends to be a psychic in order to discover the truth, but she begins to actually have visions of the future. A first novel.

 

Tidhar, Lavie: The Three Coffin Problem (JAB Books 978-1625677983, $18.99, 290pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 06/16/2026)

Collection of nine humorous medieval dark fantasy mystery stories about Judge Dee. Judge Dee’s assistant, Johnathan, joins him on solving many mysteries, but he prefers to just lay around and eat cheese with bread.

 

Jenkinson, Becky: Wildflower (Penguin Random House/Del Rey 979-8217095216, $29.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/16/2026)

Cosy fantasy romance novel. Felicity, a magical florist, is cursed to always tell the truth, so she chooses her words extremely carefully in order to stay out of trouble, but one day she gets an anonymous message that puts her directly in harm’s way. A first novel. Simultaneous with the Zaffre UK edition.

 

Harrison, M. John: The End of Everything (Serpent’s Tail UK 978-1800812949, £16.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/18/2026)

Satirical post-apocalyptic SF novel. Philip Tennet makes his living collecting artefacts that wash up on shore. The world has been changed after a crisis with unknown origins, and when Philip fishes up a creature that keeps changing, he must bring it inland before it destroys everything.

 

Billias, Stephen: The Zen Time Traveler: A Pilgrim’s Journey Through the Koans (Discovery Publisher 978-1788946896, $44.90, 257pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, 06/21/2026)

Fantasy time-travel novel. Stephen Maine uses poetry as a way to create a portal to thirteenth-century China, where myths he had heard his whole life are a reality, but when he forms a bond with a sword master, he becomes torn between his present day marriage, and his love affair of the past.

 

Scott, Megan: A Masterpiece in Blood (HarperCollins UK/Magpie 978-1335015266, $19.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/18/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Empyreal trilogy. Nicole is on the run from The Wake, and Kyan is supposed to be hunting her down, despite his feelings for her. They must go on a quest that takes them all over the world, but The Wake sees everything.

 

Kaster, Allan: The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10 (AudioText/Infinivox N/A, $8.99, 443pp, formats: ebook, 06/19/2026)

Collection highlighting the best hard science-fiction stories published in 2025. Includes stories about the daughter daughter of a scientist launching a mission to Europa, astronauts caught in a galactic aurora storm, and borane life-forms discovering carbon life-forms.

 

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The Mythopoeic Society has announced the 2026 Mythopoeic Awards finalists. Winners will be announced during Mythcon 54, to be held July 24-27, 2026 in Weatherford OK.

For more information, see the official announcement.

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Finalists have been announced for the 2026 Premios Kelvin 505 Awards, presented by the Celsius 232 festival and honoring the best science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels published in Spain.

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Debuts this week: Cindy Pham’s The Secret World of Briar Rose (Kokila), on three lists, including the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover list at #1; Caty Rogan’s Kissed by the Gods (Requited), on three lists; Katherine Arden’s The Unicorn Hunters (Del Rey), on two lists; and on one list each, Isabel J. Kim’s Sublimation (Tor) and Lynette Noni’s Shadow Reaper (Knopf).

Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.21	LAT 06.14	USAT 06.07	PW 06.15	Amz (06.15)	UK: Amz UK (06.15)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.15)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		10×3	10×2	150	15×3	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Arden, The Unicorn Hunters	06.15.26 / 1			35 ++	22 ++
Aster, Starside	04.13.26 / 10	xx		x	16 +2			xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)	10.27.25 / 33	xxx..		66 -3	xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear	04.20.26 / 9	2 -1	2 -1	4 -2	2 -1	4 +3	3 -1	8 -4
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping	06.10.24 / 82			xxx..	23 -5	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles	04.27.26 / 8	15 -5	xx	73 -36	12 -1	80 +15		xxx..
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario	01.12.26 / 23	12 -1		37 +2		38 -2		26 +1
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl	05.26.25 / 44	xx	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	36 +5		xxx..
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade	04.21.25 / 19	xxx..		96 -29	xxx..	66 +26
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook	02.02.26 / 19	14 -1		48 -1		55 -7		69 +
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	05.26.25 / 17	xxx..		x	xxx	97 +
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods	03.24.25 / 21	x		77 -17	xxx..	60 +19
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin	10.06.25 / 14	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	17 +8	78 +
Griffin, The Sun and the Starmaker	03.02.26 / 14	10 -1		xxx..	xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Train	05.18.26 / 5	8 -4	4 =	33 -19	7 -3	xx	46 -18	xx
Kim, Sublimation	06.15.26 / 1			99 ++
Noni, Shadow Reaper	06.15.26 / 1	5 ++
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons	05.25.26 / 4	13 -8		40 -29	9 -4		xx	87 -43
Pham, The Secret World of Briar Rose	06.15.26 / 1	1 ++		63 ++	6 ++
Roberts, Powerless	11.20.23 / 97	xxx..		xxx..	14 -4	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Rogan, Kissed by the Gods	06.15.26 / 1	10 ++		11 ++	10 ++
Saft, Wings of Starlight	02.17.25 / 63	9 +		xxx..	xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised	10.06.25 / 37	xxx..	xxx..	xxx	25 -1	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Tolkien, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set	01.05.15 / 4				xxx..	58 +
Yarros, Onyx Storm	04.01.24 / 112	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	15 -2	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.21	LAT 06.14	USAT 06.07	PW 06.15	Amz (06.15)	UK: Amz UK (06.15)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.15)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 492		xxx..	xx	xxx..	100 -7	xxx..	xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb]	09.09.24 / 16			61 -7
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb]	01.12.26 / 23	8 =	2 +1	9 -2	3 =	89 -29		6 +12
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb]	06.01.26 / 3			43 +9	8 +7
Durst, The Faraway Inn [tpb]	04.13.26 / 9			xxx..	24 -8			xxx..
Gillig, The Knight and the Moth [tpb]	06.01.26 / 3	x	xx	90 -44	20 -11		x
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb]	05.22.23 / 82	xxx..	8 -2	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	x	xxx..
Kraus, Angel Down [tpb]	05.18.26 / 5		6 +	51 +8	xx	xxx..		xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb]	09.12.22 / 159	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	100 -18	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb]	05.16.16 / 270	xxx..	xxx..	119 -30	xxx..	xxx..	22 +20	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set	06.19.23 / 146			xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	73 +17
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb]	05.14.18 / 190	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	56 +14	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb]	03.23.15 / 455						xxx..	79 +5
Weir, Artemis [tpb]	07.16.18 / 12		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		30 ++
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb]	10.03.22 / 82	4 =	1 =	3 +1	25 +	11 +1	18 +8	3 +2
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb]	09.16.24 / 90	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	16 -2	xx
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb]	06.02.25 / 51	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..		17 -1	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.21	LAT 06.14	USAT 06.07	PW 06.15	Amz (06.15)	UK: Amz UK (06.15)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.15)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists		This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales				[Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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The Lambda Literary Foundation has announced the winners of the 38th Annual Lambda Literary Awards (the “Lammys”), celebrating “the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.” Winning titles and authors of genre interest, and their competing finalists of genre interest, include the following:

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LAcon V has announced the Hugo Awards Base will be designed by Scott Lefton, and the Lodestar Award Base will be designed by H. Emiko Ogasawara.

Lefton specializes in multiple artistic forms, including metal, glass, wood, electronics, and digital design. He designed the 2004 Hugo Award base and the Hugo rocket displayed on the International Space Station. He is also an engineer. He says, “I’m honored to have been chosen to craft this year’s Hugo base design, and hope that it will remind people about LAcon V and about what our community values in creativity.”

Ogasawara is an artist and art instructor who works in traditional media, such as ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, and paper engineering. Her work often “emphasizes interactive, functional, and kinetic elements that invite people to become participants rather than mere viewers.”

For more information, see the LAcon V website, Lefton’s website, or Ogasawara’s website.

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CJ CHERRYH announced her retirement from writing on Facebook. She thanks her publisher Betsy Wollheim and wife “Jane, who is all things.”

KELLY MURASHIGE is now represented by Ashley Reisinger of Triada US. Murashige sold Milkiverse, in which a neurodiverse woman “discovers that drinking her customers’ leftover milk allows her to enter alternate worlds in which she is finally happy,” to Alexa Wejko at Soho Press via Savannah Brooks of kt literary.

LYSZ FLO and JEANÉ D. RIDGES have launched Spec Colorways In Verse, a “newsletter and community space” centering queer, BIPOC speculative poetry. It opened to submissions on May 16.

 

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AKWAEKE EMEZI sold dark epic fantasy Eclipse & The Wolf and another book to Laura Schreiber at Voyager in a pre-empt via Jacqueline Ko of The Wylie Agency.

LYNN BUCHANAN’s Breeze Felt at Moonrise, first in a fantasy series with “a young woman growing mineral armor from her body who must leave home on a quest to prove herself to her people,” and another book went to Betsy Wollheim at DAW via Matt Bialer of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

LAUREN DEDROOG sold Bloodlorn, “pitched as Carmilla meets The Serpent and the Wings of Night,” and Godscorn to Toni Kirkpatrick at Diversion Books via Melissa Vandeputte of Hamley Books Literary Agency.

CHOI JIN-YOUNG’s Everything Happened at Once, translated from Korean by Soje and in which a virus sweeps away half the population overnight, went to Michael Reynolds at Europa Editions via Emma Thawley at Hachette UK. Lucrezia Lazzari will edit.

SHELBY CARLETON sold Sexpocalypse to Zach Phillips at Pantheon in a pre-empt via Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management.

ARTHUR H. MANNERS’s Inworld, “pitched as The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation,” and another book sold to Tim O’Connell at Saga Press via Brandi Bowles of UTA. UK rights sold to Chloe Gough at Voyager UK via Alexander Cochran while part of C+W on behalf of Mike Nardullo.

DULEY ANDERSON sold Saint of Despondent Pets, “in which a woman accidentally becomes a magical saint and must wrangle her newfound powers—and a love triangle between her boss and the saint of lost causes,” to Stefanie Chin at Union Square & Co via Hannah Andrade of Bradford Literary Agency.

SOLAR HOÀNG sold River Runs Red in a historical fantasy duology set in Hanoi and another book to David Pomerico at Voyager via Angeline Rodriguez of WME.

MATT BELL sold Penitent, “a future-set novel cast in a medieval-like world,” to Thomas Gebremedhin at Doubleday via Kirby Kim of Janklow & Nesbit.

TRAVIS BALDREE’s Tales from the Territory, a five-story collection in the world of Legends & Lattes, went to Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency. Jonathan Strahan will edit. UK rights went to Sophie Robinson at Tor UK.

SALLY SULTZMAN’s “dark fairy tale” They Are All Her Children sold to Darian Bianco at Apex.

CHARLENE CHALLENGER sold “cozy speculative novel” The Architect to Elsewhere and another book to Diana M. Pho at Erewhon Books via Kelvin Kong of K2Literary.

KAT COLLINS sold Jetsam, “the Murderbot Diaries meets Memento,” to Amy Borsuk at Rebellion via Brady McReynolds of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

DANIEL KALLA’s The Perfect Memory, “grounded in existing neuroscience, about a gene therapy that can erase traumatic memories,” and another book sold to Luisa Smith at Mysterious Press in a pre-empt via Liza Fleissig of Liza Royce Agency.

DETE MESERVE sold speculative mystery The Last Time She Saw and an untitled mystery to Melissa Rechter at Poisoned Pen Press via Christina Hogrebe of Jane Rotrosen Agency.

THOMAS PIERCE’s short story collection Do You Miss Earth? went to Meg Reid at Hub City Press via Jin Auh of The Wylie Agency.

BETH CATO’s A Manor Beyond the Mist, “weaving Arthurian lore and fae myth,” sold to Marilyn Brigham at 47North via Rebecca Strauss of DeFiore & Company.

MICHAEL SIMON sold Fifth Horizon, fifth in the First Command series, to Rhett Bruno at Aethon & Vault via Michelle Hauck of Storm Literary Agency.

KURT SCHLICHTER sold American Warlord to Tony Daniel at Ark Press.

EMILIA HART sold The Enigmas to Sarah Cantin at St. Martin’s via Alexandra Machinist at CAA on behalf of Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown UK. UK rights went to Amy Perkins at The Borough Press via Blunt.

TEOLINDA GERSÃO’s short story collection Alice in Thunderland & Other Stories went to Fernanda Viveiros at Arquipélago via Jennifer Thompson of Nordlyset Literary Agency.

JOHANNA VAN VEEN’s The Literary Remains of Cornelia Feyen, “a humorous epistolary novel pitched as intertwining Dutch faerie folklore with a sapphic love story,” sold to Rebecca Brewer at Bloomsbury Archer at auction via Kristina Pérez of Pérez Literary & Entertainment. UK rights sold to Delayna Spencer at Hodderscape.

ALTA HENSLEY sold dark romantic comedy Witchmoth in the Wake and another book to Laura Schreiber at Avon Impulse for six figures via Katie Shea Boutillier of Donald Maass Literary Agency.

CHARLAINE HARRIS sold adult romantasy Hold My Spellbook, “pitched as The Bachelorette with swords and magic,” to Joe Monti at Saga Press. UK rights to Hold My Spellbook and another title went to Gillian Green at Bramble UK in a pre-empt via Stevie Finegan of Zeno Agency on behalf of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

KATRINA KWAN sold Deathly Beloved, following two vampires who work to end a war between their families, to Candice Coote at Berkley in a pre-empt via Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret.

KALIE REID’s “friends-to-lovers romantasy” Copperstitched went to Julia DeVarti at Little, Brown via Maddy Belton of Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.

GUS KRIEGER’s romantic speculative The Seventh Ribbon, in which a widow finds typewriter ribbons that can ink a different reality, sold to Karen Kosztolnyik at Grand Central via Margaret Sutherland Brown & Jenna Land Free of Folio Literary Management.

ALYSSA PICKERING sold Princess of Lies and two more books to Rachel Winterbottom at Wayward TxF in a pre-empt via Juliet Mushens of Mushens Entertainment.

B. CELESTE sold Not Another Vampire Romance to Reina Galhea at Berkley XO at auction via Josi Beck of Beck Literary Agency.

JENNIFER ESTEP’s “Robin Hood-inspired” Queen of Foxes went to Liz Pelletier at Red Tower via Jessica Errera & Annelise Robey of Jane Rotrosen Agency. Rebecca Heyman will edit. UK rights went to Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph.

JENNA WOLFHART sold dark romantasy Forsaken Crown, first in a duology, and another title to Liz Pelletier at Red Tower via Susan Velazquez Colmant of JABberwocky Literary Agency. UK rights sold to Rebecca Hilsdon at Michael Joseph.

RACHEL ROBINSON’s Echoed Vow and Golden Oath in the Resonant Hunger series and another title went to Ellie Folden at Love N. Books Press. Kayla Ireland will edit.

TESSONJA ODETTE’s “standalone fantasy rom-com” Elegance & Espionage sold to Kelly Smith at Zaffre via Kimberly Whalen of The Whalen Agency.

HEATHER CARTER sold gothic paranormal romance The Echoes of Radfield Hall to Lisa Green at City Owl Press via Marisa Corvisiero & Katrina Lemaire of Corvisiero Literary Agency.

TORRI HEAT’s paranormal romance Heresy and three more books went to Jasmine Callaghan at Boldwood via Katie Monson of SBR Media.

LINDY RYAN’s Final Girl Forever, in which a washed-up scream queen ends up a resident ghost in a mansion “until a botched seance forces her to step back into the spotlight and fight one last time for survival,” sold to Alexandra Sehulster at Minotaur via Italia Gandolfo of Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management.

TAYLOR GROTHE sold “queer, dark academia horror-romance” Lethal Kiss to Gillian Green at Nightfire UK.

KATE COLLINS sold Saint Death, set at a decrepit hotel now chosen as the site for a TV show, to Gina Iaquinta at Liveright via Stephanie Delman of Trellis Literary Management on behalf of Sara Langham. UK rights went to Harriet Hirshman at Dead Ink via Sara Langham at David Higham Associates.

BENEDICT ANNING’s Atomic Coffin, “blending deep-sea dread and psychological horror,” and another title went to Joe Monti at Saga Press at auction via John Baker of Bell Lomax Moreton Agency. UK rights sold to Simon Taylor at Transworld.

DAVE V. RISER sold Not Only Will this Kill You but It Will Hurt the Whole Time You Are Dying, following “a trans street kid turned necromancer,” to Alex Woodroe at Tenebrous Press.

HAILEY SPENCER’s Epiphyte, in which a grad student and her childhood friend are trapped in a story controlled by the rules of fairy tales, went to Amanda Manns at Creature via Marisa Corvisiero & Gabrielle Harbowy of Corvisiero Literary Agency. Krysta Winsheimer will edit.

CAITLIN CHISLING sold fantasy What the Wind Said, in which “a hungry wind uses impossible wishes to devour the living,” to Alyza Liu at Simon & Schuster Children’s via Bridget Smith of JABberwocky Literary Agency.

HILARY FILKINS sold The Living Half, following a girl and her mother after a zombie apocalypse, and another book to Alex Borbolla at Bloomsbury Children’s for six figures at auction via Elizabeth Bennett of Transatlantic Literary Agency.

CINDY PON sold Sheen, “in which a young woman lives among a traveling troupe of performers with illegal magic,” to Jenny Bak at Viking Children’s via Eric Smith of Neighborhood Literary.

KATHLEEN KITT’s fantasy romance Crown & Captive went to Jennifer Klonsky at Putnam Children’s via Lanie Davis & Viana Siniscalchi of Alloy Entertainment. Simone Roberts-Payne will edit.

ERICA SAGE’s Dead Things, “in which a girl discovers the rotting body of the most popular girl in school,” sold to Sofia Aves at Evernight Teen.

KYLIE LEE BAKER’s Infernally Yours, in which a teenage girl competes for the hand of the prince of hell to avoid being stuck as a yokai forever, went to Holly West at Feiwel & Friends via Mary C. Moore of Aevitas Creative Management.

DANA SCHWARTZ sold YA gothic historical fantasy Down Came a Blackbird and another book to Sara Goodman at Wednesday Books via Dan Mandel of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

ADRIANA MATHER sold A Curse of Stolen Time to Holly West at Feiwel & Friends via Rosemary Stimola of Stimola Literary Studio.

MEGAN FLETCHER’s YA “post-apocalyptic sapphic romance” Where Time Ends went to Kristie Choi at Atheneum via Juliana McBride of Rebecca Friedman Literary.

EMILY THIEDE’s YA fantasy romance Gilded Wings and another book sold to Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books via Chelsea Eberly of Folio Jr.

HAZEL CROSS’s YA paranormal romance Roses & Ruin sold to Jennifer Klonsky at Putnam Children’s via Lanie Davis & Viana Siniscalchi of Alloy Entertainment. Simone Roberts-Payne will edit.

VALERIE NORTON sold debut, fantasy adventure The Darkness Beneath, “pitched as inspired by The Mummy,” to Elana Gibson at Alcove Press via Bethany Hendrix of Spencerhill Associates.

S.J. CRISTEA sold debut, “fantasy rom-com” How to Save a Dog from the Underworld and another book to Julia Elliott at Avon in a pre-empt via Kiya Evans of Paper Literary. Canadian rights went to Mikaela Roasa at Harper Canada, and UK rights went to Phillipa Walker at Michael Joseph at auction, via Evans.

JUNE HARRINGTON sold debut Merely a Matter of Time, in which two scientists skilled in magic “accidentally fall 200 years back in time, only to fall for each other,” and another title to Ali Fisher at Wildthorn in a pre-empt via Aurora Fernandez of Trident Media Group. UK rights sold to Bella Pagan at Tor UK at auction on behalf of Marley Johnson of Trident Media Group.

CHARLOTTE PETERS’s debut, “swashbuckling western romantasy” The Silver Bounty and another book went to Alexandra Sehulster at Saturday Books at auction via Lisa Grubka of UTA. UK rights went to Saida Azizova at Renegade Books via Susan Armstrong of C+W.

TAMAR VOSKUNI’s debut Witch & Hunter, a romantasy in which a vampire bounty hunter targets a woman accused of witchcraft, and another book sold to Kate Roddy at akaSTORY for six figures at auction via Claire Friedman of Inkwell Management for Voskuni and via Stephen Barbara of Inkwell Management for Jenna Brickley of StoryGiants; and to Sophie Clarke at Wayward TxF at auction via Hannah Schofield of LBA.

ESME LEE WILMOT sold debut Parallel, “a domestic suspense novel with speculative elements,” and another title to Pippa White at Lake Union Publishing via Anjanette Fennell of Bookspark Literary.

GITA JACKSON’s debut, “LitRPG romance” Level Up for Romance! went to Emma Cole at Mira via Alex Land of Mad Woman Literary Agency.

MARIE CROKE’s debut, horror Hush Little Hauntings sold to Nivia Evans at Saga Press via Kaitlyn Katsoupis of Belcastro Agency.

TAUBIN DUPAVILLON’s debut, romantasy Ocean Eyes went to Frankie Vasquez at Olive Press.

CAITLIN CLEMENTS’s debut Every Stop Between Us, “a speculative coming-of-age romance,” and another book went to Kelsey Horton at Delacorte in a pre-empt via Renee Runge of Spencerhill Associates.

GARETH L. POWELL’s SF novella Downdraft sold to Jendia Gammon at Stars and Sabers.

AKUA LEZLI HOPE’s collection of speculative poetry Telepath went to Gnashing Teeth Publishing.

HADEER ELSBAI’s horror novella You Just Have to Ask Me sold to Mika Kasuga at Union Square & Co in a pre-empt for publication in winter 2027, by Laura Crockett at TriadaUS Literary Agency (world).

JESSIKA FLECK’s ”Choose Your Own Adventure” The Hawthorne Vampire Society sold to Lizzi Middleman at Chooseco via Fiona Kenshole at Transatlantic Literary Agency. Eamon Dunn will edit.

 

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MICHAEL ROCH resold Lanvil, 2070, originally published in French, to Zach Phillips at Pantheon via Rebecca Wearmouth of PFD on behalf of Lucy Barry and Kieron Fairweather of PFD for La Volte. UK rights went to Christopher Sturtivant at Harvill Secker in a pre-empt via Barry and Fairweather.

ZOEY DRAVEN resold Desire in His Blood, Craving in His Blood, and Hunger in His Blood, the first three in “a sci-fi romantasy/monster romance series” to Emily Archbold at Del Rey via Kimberly Brower of Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management.

Three books in JENNIFER CHIPMAN’s Witches of Pleasant Grove series resold to Phillipa Walker at Michael Joseph via Valentine Grinstead of The Seymour Agency.

 

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At DAW, Head of Marketing and Publicity LAURA FITZGERALD will add Associate Publisher to their title, MADELINE GOLDBERG is now Associate Editor, and GRACE BROWN will join as Junior Designer.

JUDITH CURR, HarperOne president and publisher, retired May 29 after eight years leading the imprint.

STEPHANIE FRYLING joined HarperCollins as president of sales beginning May 11. Fryling was previously at Barnes & Noble and Penguin Random House. ROXANNE FINKELSTEIN has been promoted to director of publishing operations in managing editorial, GINA MACDONALD to associate director in production editorial, and TARYN ORTOLAN and ERIN PINKSEN each to assistant manager in production editorial.

Senior staff at Curtis Brown Creative, including ANNA DAVIS, have bought a majority stake in CBC from Curtis Brown UK. JONNY GELLER has resigned as director of CBC and the company will vacate Curtis Brown’s offices but maintain a relationship with it.

LISA LITWACK has been promoted to executive director of art as Simon & Schuster.

 

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Film rights to The Midnight Library by MATT HAIG went to StudioCanal and Blueprint Pictures. Matt Haig will produce along with Florence Pugh. Gareth Davis will direct.

Film rights to The Buried Giant by KAZUO ISHIGURO sold to Netflix as a stop-motion film. Guillermo del Toro will produce, ShadowMachine will produce animation, and Dennis Kelly and del Toro will adapt the script.

Film rights to The Barbie Mur­ders by JOHN VARLEY sold to FX Studios via Jon Levin of Sustainable Entertainment and the Virginia Kidd Agency on behalf of Kerry Varley for the Estate of John Varley.

Film rights to Rest Stop by NAT CASSIDY went to Coin Operated. Gary Dauberman and Mia Manis­calco will produce; Cassidy will adapt the screenplay.

 

 

Author Jane Yolen, 87, died peacefully in her home, surrounded by family, in Hatfield MA on June 11, 2026.

Jane Hyatt Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City NY. She graduated Smith College with a BA in 1960, at which time she was already writing poetry and articles, and received a master’s in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1978. Between degrees, in 1962, she married David W. Stemple, and they were married for 44 years before he died of cancer in 2006. She gained attention as a writer through children’s book Pirates in Petticoats (1963), published on her 22nd birthday and went on to write over 450 books and a monumental oeuvre of short fiction and poetry. From 1986 to 1988, she was president of the Science Fiction Writers Association and later was named a Damon Knight Grand Master. She ran her own young adult fiction imprint at Harcourt Brace from 1990 to 1996, and she was on the board of directors for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for over 25 years. She lived in Western Massachusetts and had a house in Scotland which she would visit for a part of the year.

Yolen’s more than 40 novels were mostly aimed at young adults and children, and she produced many series: To name a few, the Mythopoeic Award-winning Young Merlin trilogy included Passager (1996), Hobby (1996), and Merlin (1997); the Great Alta series included Sister Light, Sister Dark (1988), White Jenna (1989), and The One-Armed Queen (1998); the Pit Dragon series included with Dragon’s Blood (1982), Heart’s Blood (1984), A Sending of Dragons (1987), and Dragon’s Heart (2009); and the Seelie Wars series, written with her son Adam, was The Hostage Prince (2013), The Last Changeling (2014), and The Seelie King’s War (2016). She also wrote standalones The Devil’s Arithmetic (1988), which was nominated for a Nebula Award and a World Fantasy Award; adult fantasy Briar Rose (1992), which won a Mythopoeic Award and was nominated for Locus, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards; and Locus Award winner Pay the Piper (2005), among many others.

Her poetry was nominated for 13 Asimov’s Readers’ Poll Awards, of which four won: “Angels Fly Because They Take Themselves Lightly” (1991), “A Street Away” (2019), “Ode to Cassini” (2020), and “Mars Rover, Curiosity” (2021). Her poetry and short fiction was published frequently in Asimov’s, as well as in Eye to the Telescope, Sycorax, Shoreline of Infinity, Strange Horizons, Star*Line, and more, plus many anthologies and more than 60 of her own collections and chapbooks. Among the more notable collections are Locus Award nominee Sister Emily’s Lightship and Other Stories (2000) and World Fantasy Award winner The Emerald Circus (2017). “Sister Emily’s Lightship” (1998) is one of her two works to have won a Nebula Award, along with novelette “Lost Girl” (1999). She also edited over a dozen anthologies, including Things That Go Bump in the Night (1989) with Martin H. Greenberg and Mirror, Mirror (2000) with her daughter Heidi.

Yolen collected multiple lifetime achievement awards, including NESFA’s Skylark Award in 1990, the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2009, the SFPA Grand Master Award for poetry in 2010, and the SFWA Grand Master Award in 2017.

She is survived by her children Adam, Heidi, and Jason, and a community that loved her.

Join us for another exciting week of new releases as we spotlight the most anticipated Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult books arriving the week of June 9th, 2026! Whether you’re in the mood for thrilling adventures, imaginative worlds, chilling tales, or unforgettable characters, this week’s selection has plenty of fresh stories to discover. We’ve rounded up some of the standout titles making their debut to help you find the perfect addition to your ever-growing TBR. Be sure to subscribe for weekly updates featuring the latest book releases, genre news, and reading recommendations. Thanks for spending time with us, and we look forward to bringing you even more fantastic books in the weeks ahead!

The British Fantasy Society, HWS, and Karen Fishwick have revealed preliminary plans for Fantasycon 2027. Fantasycon 2027 “will include some aspects of World Fantasy Convention including the World Fantasy Awards. This is alongside all the usual Fantasycon content of panels, readings, books, art and social activities.”

Fantasycon 2027 will run September 24-26, 2027 in Birmingham, England. For more information, see the official Facebook event page.

The Future Worlds Prize for Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers of Colour has announced its eight-title shortlist for short fiction:

The finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for the best short science fiction story have been announced by the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction.

The Sturgeon Award was established in 1987 by James Gunn and the heirs of Theodore Sturgeon, including his partner Jayne Engelhart Tannehill and Sturgeon’s children. The winner, who will be announced later this summer, will receive a cash prize as guest of honor at the annual Sturgeon Symposium, October 15-16, 2026. For more information, see the Gunn Center’s website.

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Anderson, Taylor: Fleet of Ghosts (Ace 978-0593641606, $31.95, 464 pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 6/09/26)
Alternate history military SF novel, the first in the Destroyermen series. Courtney Bradford, along with other war veterans, sets out to explore a spot in the Pacific where ships keep going missing, and they find a fleet of strange lost ships.

 

Briar, Shiloh: Hopeless Necromantic (Orbit US 978-0316602105, $19.99, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/02/2026)

Fantasy romance novel. Helspira must escort Sikras as he attempts to prevent an undead army from entering the kingdom. Even Sikras doesn’t believe in himself, but as they grow closer they’re able to imagine a future where they succeed. A first novel. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

English, Shannon K.: Endless Blue Beneath (Orbit US 978-0316592574, $19.99, 464pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy novel, the first in the Daughters of Atlantea duology. On land, Eppie is nothing special, but underwater she is a powerful and ravenous mermaid. She quickly falls for another mermaid, Marie, and the two must survive the mermaid hunters.

 

Holmes, Jasmine: Our Sister’s Keeper (Bindery Books/Mareas 978-1967967100, $19.95, 336pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Historical horror novel. In 1927, the all-Black Free Town of East Cobb seems perfect, but the town houses nightmares that only women can see. Marah has the ability to remove traumatic memories from men, but a sudden death teaches her more about her power. A first novel.

 

Koenig, Kate: Her Sharp Embrace (St. Martin’s/Wednesday Books 978-1250321244, $21.00, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel. A group of outlaws called The Nightshades steal from the corrupt elite, and provide for the forgotten. Noa Toussiant left her wealthy life to join the nightshades, but her family puts all of The Nightshades in danger. A first novel.

 

Kritzer, Naomi: Obstetrix (Tordotcom 978-1250423375, $24.99, 208pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

SF novella. Doctor Liz is kidnapped by a fundamentalist cult because they’re desperate for an OB/GYN. Because she’s the only doctor there, she’s treated well, but she knows she needs to escape and free the girls trapped on the compound.

 

Leede, CJ: Headlights (Tor/Nightfire 978-1250857958, $27.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Horror novel. Daniel, an FBI agent about to quit, is called to Denver because innocent people are waking up wearing the skin of victims they’ve never met. Daniel is forced to confront his childhood in order to keep him and his family from being the next victims.

 

McGuire, Seanan: Inkpot Gods (Tor 978-1250339324, $29.99, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy novel, fourth in the Alchemical Journeys series. Asphodel Baker created life in a way no one else had ever been able to, and she built the Impossible City on top of the ruins of Olympus. Her descendants are forced to confront the hellscape that she created.

 

Miller, Darcy: I Am Not a Vampire (Anymore) (Penguin Random House/Random House 978-0593903162, $19.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

YA fantasy romance novel. A girl hopes that she’ll get a chance at normal life after finally being turned human, but that changes when she’s forced to fight off her immortal ex-boyfriend, and raise a newborn vampire named Ezra.

 

Morín, Tomás Q.: Cat Love (Penguin Random House/Pantheon 978-0593702055, $24.00, 207pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Near-future SF novel. A cat is kidnapped and put on display in a Schrödinger’s box, so students can learn how to be better Emotional Support Humans. The cat finds out the truth of her kidnapping, and must find a way out of the box. A first novel.

 

Thompson, L.T.: Devils We Know (Bloomsbury USA 978-1547615230, $22.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

YA fantasy novel, sequel to Devils Like Us. A secret society wants to capture Death so that only the “unworthy” will face it. Cas, Remy, and Finn need to stop this because it will destroy the Mori, the only place where they can openly be themselves.

 

Unferth, Deb Olin: Earth 7 (Graywolf 978-1644453940, $27.00, 248pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

SF romance novel. Earth is reduced to rubble, but on a beach of artificial sand, two women meet. Some people are chasing eternal life through digital code, but others are creating a molecular collection in hopes that a future person can create a new earth.

 

Johnson, Jaleigh: The Reimagining of Thornwood House (Ace 979-8217188819, $30.00, 391pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Cozy fantasy novel. Evelyn Sharpe, a witch, moves to the sentient Thornwood House, but it’s not what she expected. Evie must form a bond with the house before being let in.

 

Slayton, David R.: The Silent Paths of Night (Blackstone Publishing 979-8228000780, $29.99, 338pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy novel, the second book in the Gods of Night and Day series. Raef hoped that the world would be okay once the moon goddess Phoebe returned, but Phoebe brought back a great evil with her.

 

Bennett, Ashley: Tentacles & Triathlons (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593956991, $18.99, 352pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, the second in the Leviathan Fitness series. Reece Collins gets help from Cyrus, a kraken, in training for his triathlon. Feelings start to develop between the two, but will they be able to fall in love?

 

Saint, Jennifer: This Immortal Heart (Penguin Random House/Ballantine 979-8217092307, $30.00, 368pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy novel. Aphrodite hold ancient power, and has influence over every living thing. When her love affair with Ares lasts lifetimes. she must question her devotion to her divine purpose.

 

Eckert, Joseph: The Traveler (Tor 978-1250428554, $28.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

SF novel. Scott Treder jumps forward through time each day, with each jump getting larger and larger. His son, Lyle, is determined to figure out how to save him, so he begins to study quantum physics. A first novel.

 

Croucher, Lex: The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones (Orion UK/Gollancz 978-0063460218, $32.00, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Young-adult dark fantasy novel. Briar Jones’ best friend, Seb, gets an acceptance letter to Briar’s dream school, the Temple School of Thaumaturgy, and Briar doesn’t. Seven years later, Briar discovers that Seb is no longer a sweet kid, and has instead become an arrogant villain.

 

Samotin, Laura R.: The Way It Haunted Him (Titan Books UK 978-1835412312, $18.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Horror novel. Michael Stein blames himself for the death of his boyfriend, and chooses to continue his research of demons in honor of him. Michael becomes forced to confront the truth about his boyfriend’s death, while becoming obsessed with someone new. A first novel.

 

Seeley, Mollyhall: We Hexed the Moon (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1668099230, $17.99, 224pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Contemporary fantasy novel. Four newly graduated highschoolers are about to be separated from each other by their plans for the future, and instead of processing their emotions they perform a ritual to get rid of the moon, and to their surprise, it works. A first novel.

 

Kate, Lauren: White Lights (Grand Central 978-1538781326, $33.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Dark academia fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. Desdemona is recruited to the elite film school, Acheron, and she decides to finally pursue her lifelong dream of making movies, but the school isn’t as perfect as it seems.

 

Goodman, A.B.: House of Atreus: Agamemnon Rising (Planetary Books 979-8295701412, $19.99, 156pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 06/15/2026)

SF novel, the first in the House of Atreus duology. Set in a world where the Greek gods were actually artificial intelligence. Apollo, Artemis, and the oracles of Delphi are manipulating humanity, and Artemis forces king Agamemnon to kill his daughter.

 

Worthen, Johnny: Fresh Start (Flame Tree Press US 978-1787589636, $26.95, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 06/09/2026)

SF novel. The empire sends the worst of the worst to the planet Fresh Start, where the most forgiving sentence is exile to five-generations. On this planet, Qays Mendoza searches for his old captain as the empire collapses, and Fresh Start is being abandoned. Simultaneous with the Flame Tree Press UK edition.

 

Schneider, Rachel: Light Wielder (St. Martin’s/Saturday Books 978-1250419101, $31.00, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, second in the Fire & Metal series. Jovie started a war after sparing King Edmond’s life, per Acker’s request. Jovie wants to keep the Maile people protected from this conflict. Simultaneous with the Orion UK edition.

 

Simpson, W.A.: Steelbound (Flame Tree Press US 978-1787589827, $26.95, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 06/09/2026)

Fantasy novel, fourth in the Riven Isles series. Ursa, and Lucea must work together to stop the rot. As they go on a journey through the Riven Isles, they discover secrets that could decide the fate of their world. Simultaneous with the Flame Tree Press UK edition.

 

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The five regional winners of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced. Works and authors of genre interest include “Mehendi Nights” by Sharon Aruparayil. The winning stories have been published online by Granta.

After a final round of judging, the overall winner will be announced in an online ceremony June 30, 2026. The winner receives £5,000, while the regional winners each receive £2,500.

The Prize has recently been the subject of suspicions of AI. In particular, according to The New York Times, readers have expressed suspicion that “The Serpent in the Grove” by Jamir Nazir was written using AI. Social media users have noted that AI checker Pangram rated the story as 100% AI-created. According to Publishers Lunch, while AI detectors are not always accurate, “Pangram is among the more well-respected tools.”

NYT quotes the director-general of the Commonwealth Foundation, Razmi Farook, responding in a statement: “We’re confident in the rigor of our process, but we’re conscious that this is an evolving technological environment.”

On the Granta website, each published story is preceded by a statement:

Since 2012 Granta has hosted the winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize on our website. Granta editors were not involved with these stories or their selection beyond copy-editing them upon receipt. This year, there has been speculation that some of the stories may have been at least partially AI-generated. The suggestion that writers have submitted material not authentically their own is a charge we take seriously, but until definite evidence comes to light we will keep these stories on our website.

Granta publisher Sigrid Rausing also shared in a public statement that Granta had asked Claude.ai whether “The Serpent in the Grove” was AI-generated. “The response was long, concluding that it was ‘almost certainly not produced unaided by a human.’ It may be that the judges have now awarded a prize to an instance of A.I. plagiarism — we don’t yet know, and perhaps we never will know.”

This comes after the recent news covered by Locus that Hachette was pulling horror novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard from shelves after a review of the text for AI-generated contents.

For more information, see the NYT article, the Publishers Lunch article, and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize web page.

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Debuting on print lists this week is Matt Haig’s The Midnight Train (Viking), from the world of 2020’s The Midnight Library, ranking #4 on three of the lists, #14 on the fourth. Also notable: a Deluxe Edition of Andy Weir’s The Martian (Ballantine) debuts on two lists.

Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.14	LAT 06.07	USAT 05.31	PW 06.08	Amz (06.08)	UK: Amz UK (06.08)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.08)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		10×3	10×2	150	15×3	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Aster, Starside	04.13.26 / 9	x		109 +5	18 -10			xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)	10.27.25 / 32	xxx..		63 -7	xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear	04.20.26 / 8	1 +1	1 =	2 +1	1 +2	7 -2	2 +1	4 -3
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping	06.10.24 / 81			xxx..	18 -3	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles	04.27.26 / 7	10 -6	x	37 -28	11 -7	95 -37		xxx
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario	01.12.26 / 22	11 -3		39 -11		36 -7		27 -7
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl	05.26.25 / 43	x	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	41 +		xxx..
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade	04.21.25 / 18	xxx..		67 -19	xxx..	92 -25
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook	02.02.26 / 18	13 -4		47 -12		48 -9		x
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	05.26.25 / 16	xxx..		80 -7	xx	x
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods	03.24.25 / 20	15 -2		60 -13	xxx..	79 -17
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin	10.06.25 / 13	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	25 -9	xxx
Francis, Broken Dove	05.25.26 / 3	x		x	23 -14
Griffin, The Sun and the Starmaker	03.02.26 / 13	9 =		xxx..	xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Train	05.18.26 / 4	4 ++	4 ++	14 ++	4 ++	x	28 -13	x
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons	05.25.26 / 3	5 -4		11 -10	5 -4		x	44 -12
Roberts, Powerless	11.20.23 / 96	xxx..		xxx..	10 -2	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised	10.06.25 / 36	xxx..	xxx..	xx	24 -5	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Smith, The Thorn Queen	04.27.26 / 5	8 -3		xxx..	xxx..
Sorensen, Fury Bound	05.04.26 / 6	xx		146 -89	20 -8	xxx..	xxx	xxx
Tahir, Heir	10.14.24 / 15	xxx..		xx	12 -1
van Veen, Bone of My Bone	06.08.26 / 1			107 ++
Weir, The Martian	02.17.14 / 15	xxx..	xxx..	15 +	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
Weir, The Martian (Deluxe Edition)	06.08.26 / 1	9 ++			6 ++
Yarros, Onyx Storm	04.01.24 / 111	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	13 +6	xxx..
Yarros, Untitled Empyrean (Not Book Four)	04.20.26 / 8					xxx	xxx..	83 -15
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.14	LAT 06.07	USAT 05.31	PW 06.08	Amz (06.08)	UK: Amz UK (06.08)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.08)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Abercrombie, The Devils [tpb]	05.11.26 / 5			99 -15	21 -2
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 491		xxx..	x	xxx..	93 -6	xxx..	xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb]	09.09.24 / 15			54 +22
Danielewski, House of Leaves [tpb]	07.07.25 / 3					78 +		25 +
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb]	01.12.26 / 22	8 -1	3 =	7 +5	3 +2	60 -32		18 -8
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb]	06.01.26 / 2			52 -48	15 -12
Durst, The Faraway Inn [tpb]	04.13.26 / 8			xxx..	16 =			xxx..
Gillig, The Knight and the Moth [tpb]	06.01.26 / 2	13 -3	x	46 -21	9 -2		78 -29
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb]	05.22.23 / 81	xxx..	6 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	92 +1	xxx..
Kraus, Angel Down [tpb]	05.18.26 / 4		x	59 -7	x	xxx		xxx
Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury [tpb]	05.14.18 / 232	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..	56 -16	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb]	09.12.22 / 158	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	82 +	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb]	05.16.16 / 269	xxx..	xxx..	89 +	xxx..	xxx..	42 +9	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set	06.19.23 / 145			xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	90 -35
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb]	05.14.18 / 189	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	70 -27	xxx..
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb]	09.06.21 / 111	xxx..	7 +	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb]	03.23.15 / 454						xxx..	84 -14
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb]	10.03.22 / 81	4 -1	1 +1	4 +2	x	12 -3	26 +2	5 -3
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb]	09.16.24 / 89	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	14 +13	x
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb]	06.02.25 / 50	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..		16 +6	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 06.14	LAT 06.07	USAT 05.31	PW 06.08	Amz (06.08)	UK: Amz UK (06.08)	Canada: Amz.ca (06.08)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists		This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales				[Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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