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