A quick glance at some books coming in 2026. Every year ends up surprising and there are always books you expect to read but never get to, and books you planned to read that disappoint.

This list is simply a few books I’ve seen scheduled that I think could be interesting:

1. A Trace of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett
2. To Ride a Rising Storm, Moniquill Blackgoose
3. The Subtle Art of Folding Space, John Chu
4. The Faith of Beasts, James S.A. Corey
5. Seasons of Glass and Iron, Amal El-Mohtar
6. She is Here, Nicola Griffith
7. Traitors’ Nest, Frances Hardinge
8. The Language of Liars, S.L. Huang
9. The Book of Bots, James Patrick Kelly
10. Sublimation, Isabel J Kim
11. Intergalactic Feast, Lavanya Lakshminarayan
12. Radiant Star, Ann Leckie
13. The Last Contract of Isako, Fonda Lee
14. Code and Codex, Yoon Ha Lee
15. The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories, Ken Liu
16. Prescribed Burn, Arkady Martine
17. Loss Protocol, Paul McAuley
18. Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur, Ian McDonald
19. The Rouse, China Mieville
20. Wickhills, Premee Mohamed
21. Palaces of the Crow, Ray Nayler
22. Massif, Garth Nix
23. Season of the Serpent, Suyi Davies Okungbowa
24. Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead, K.J. Parker
25. River of Bones and Other Sto­ries, Rebecca Roahorse
26. Frankenstein Rex, Adam Roberts
27. The Iron Garden Sutra, A.D. Sui
28. A Forest, Darkly, A.G. Slatter
29. Nonesuch, Francis Spufford
30. The Universe Box, Michael Swanwick
31. The Fist of Memory, Wole Talabi
32. Pretenders to the Throne of God, Adrian Tchaikovsky
33. The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adrian Tchaikovsky
34. A Long and Speaking Silence, Nghi Vo
35. Everybody’s Perfect, Jo Walton
36. Trade Elements, Jo Walton & Ada Palmer
37. Platform Decay, Martha Wells
38. The Misheard World, Aliya Whiteley
39. The Dragon Has Some Complaints, John Wiswell