Top new fantasy books in February 2023
Last updated:
February 8, 2023
February 2023 featuring new releases by Kylie Scott, Samantha Shannon, Brandon Sanderson, Pepper Winters, James Rollins, Paulette Kennedy, S.A. Chakraborty, Michelle Hodkin, Matt Ruff, Salman Rushdie and many more.
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End of Story by Kylie Scott
New York Times bestselling sensation Kylie Scott’s sexy, smart and unconventional opposites-attract love story looks at what happens when fate refuses to give up on what’s meant to be… When Susie Bowen inherits a charming fixer-upper from her aunt, she’s excited to start living her best HGTV life...romance · contemporary · fiction · friendship · magical-realism · fantasy · humor · low-fantasy · book · adult -
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
The stunning, standalone prequel to the New York Times bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree.Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose...fantasy · wlw · lgbtq+ · fiction · high-fantasy · dragons · romantic-love · epic · lesbian-mc · new-adult -
The Scarlet Circus by Brandon Sanderson
The Scarlet Circus, the fourth volume in Yolen’s award-winning short fiction series brings you passionate treasures and unexpected transformations. This bewitching assemblage, with an original introduction from Brandon Sanderson, is an ideal read for anyone who appreciates witty, compelling, and classic romantic fantasy...fantasy · romance · anthologies · magic · fiction · royalty · fairy-tale · paranormal · retellings · adult -
When a Moth Loved a Bee by Pepper Winters
New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, delivers a brand new High Fantasy Romance. “It’s taking everything I have not to touch you. Not because I want to make you mine but because every part of me screams that you already are.”A pack of wolves hunt a girl who takes her last breath by a river’s edge.She is found and nursed back to health by the kind-hearted Nhil people.She has no memory...fantasy · romance · dark · mystery · paranormal · action-adventure · high-fantasy · supernatural · fiction · sword-sorcery -
The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins
The second book in the New York Times bestselling Moonfall series from thriller-master James Rollins, The Cradle of Ice is a page-turning tale of action, adventure, betrayal, ambition, and the struggle for survival in a harsh world that hangs by a thread.To stop the coming apocalypse, a fellowship was formed.A soldier, a thief, a lost prince, and a young girl bonded by fate and looming disaster... -
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The Witch of Tin Mountain by Paulette Kennedy
In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of uncanny suspense by the author of Parting the Veil.Blood and power bind three generations of women in the Ozark Mountains. So does an evil that’s followed them across the decades.1931. Gracelynn Doherty lives peacefully on Tin Mountain, helping her adoptive granny work her cures...historical · fiction · horror · fantasy · paranormal · gothic · witches-wizards · romantic-love · thriller · magical-realism -
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty
Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own legend.Amina al-Sirafi should be content...fantasy · historical · fiction · outlaws · action-adventure · high-fantasy · poc-mc · epic · young-adult · female-author -
The Last Confessions of Mara Dyer and Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin
In this apocalyptic finale to the Shaw Confessions, the companion series to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer novels, alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and no one will be left unscarred. Noah’s confessions end here.Noah Shaw wants nothing more than to escape the consequences of his choices.He can’t.He’s sure the memories that haunt him are merely proof of a broken heart...book · dark · death · fantasy · fiction · mystery · paranormal · romantic-love · thriller · young-adult -
The Destroyer of Worlds by Matt Ruff
Summer, 1957. Atticus Turner and his father, Montrose, travel to North Carolina, where they plan to mark the centennial of their ancestor’s escape from slavery by retracing the route he took into the Great Dismal Swamp. But an encounter with an old nemesis turns their historical reenactment into a real life-and-death pursuit. Back in Chicago, George Berry fights for his own life...horror · fantasy · fiction · sci-fi · historical · cosmic-horror · urban-fantasy · myths · black-mc · greek-roman -
Victory City: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries--from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman RushdieIn the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will...fantasy · fiction · historical · magical-realism · myths · poc-author · asian-mc · audiobook · epic · medieval -
The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson
From the bestselling author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays comes a charming novel about a woman with a special gift—her stories help people fall in love. When Alice’s best friend, Gabby, is reeling from a breakup, Alice writes her a heartfelt story to cheer her up. While reading it in a café, Gabby, as if by magic, meets the man of her dreams...romance · fiction · magical-realism · contemporary · domestic-life · female-mc · friendship · fantasy · coming-of-age · low-fantasy -
The Phantom: A Paranormal Novel by Gena Showalter
As the son of a war god, Roux Pyroesis has suffered unending pain—he’s caused it, too, dispatching his foes with alarming ease. Now he’s tasked with cutting out the heart of a powerful queen who rules an ancient prison realm inhabited by the most vicious immortal females in existence... -
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
A sumptuous, gothic-infused story about a marriage that is unraveled by dark secrets, a friendship cursed to end in tragedy, and the danger of believing in fairy tales--the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada...fantasy · gothic · horror · romantic-love · mystery · fiction · thriller · magical-realism · audiobook · paranormal -
The Betrayed by Jeff Wheeler
When fates collide, a new legend is born in the awe-inspiring conclusion to the Dawning of Muirwood trilogy by Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Druid.Bound by more than the search for a fantastical stolen tome, Eilean and Hoel plummet through the mirror gate into Leoneyis—a world on the brink of disaster as its sovereign’s reign begins to unravel... -
The Book of Stolen Time: Second Book in the Feylawn Chronicles by Dashka Slater
From New York Times–bestselling author Dashka Slater comes the whimsical and witty sequel to The Book of Fatal Errors!Rufus may have successfully sent the feylings home to the Green World, but he still has one pesky feyling under his wing: Nettle, his sometimes enemy, now mentor...action-adventure · audiobook · book · children-books · family · fantasy · fiction · middle-grade · multigenerational -
Howl at the Moon: An Urban Fantasy Fairy Tale by Deborah Wilde
She's a magic scientist with a mission to heal, but when her passion project is twisted to create the world's first wolf shifter and her entire world comes crashing down, she's thrown from the lab and onto a path filled with changing-and dangerous-unknowns.With her life's research on the line, she's forced to work with the wolf, an infuriating man who was bossy enough before he went furry...supernatural · romance · urban-fantasy · fantasy · action-adventure · shapeshifters · paranormal · book · adult -
Emperor of Ruin by Django Wexler
Two siblings divided by magic and revolution must finally join forces and rally the people to take down the Twilight Order once and for all in the final book of this brilliantly imagined epic fantasy trilogy. The last surviving Chosen, Ashok has finally risen up and taken control of The Twilight Order. He promises equality and prosperity, but Gyre and Maya know the truth...fantasy · wlw · epic · lgbtq+ · high-fantasy · audiobook · military · fiction · action-adventure · romantic-love -
Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before—the immortality, Beecham’s vial—were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know whether Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her...historical · fiction · romance · young-adult · fantasy · gothic · mystery · horror · audiobook · thriller -
Wraith's Revenge by Keri Arthur
You can't run from the past forever... Lizzie Grace has finally returned to Canberra, the city where she grew up and a place that holds so many bad memories. Not only does she have to testify at her father's trial, but also deal with her ex's will and relatives unhappy that she's inherited a good chunk of his assets.Yet Canberra holds more than just memories of an unwanted marriage... -
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Ghosts by Robert J. Crane
When Sienna Nealon is unexpectedly summoned to the White House, she suspects it can't be for anything good.She's right.Because there is a crisis afoot, and Sienna is the only one who can deal with it. But she's still got other problems to deal with, including a serial killer and an explosion in her personal life, and when all three trails start to combine.....action-adventure · supernatural · fiction · suspense · super-powered · paranormal · fantasy · dystopia · psychics · urban-fantasy -
An Emporium of Hearts by Hailey Turner
To forget and live, or to live and fight?THE MARSHAL. Melvin Kaur is a nobleman, a magician, and a high-ranking cog in the Clockwork Brigade working out of Istal. His well-established spot in high society is a grand cover for the smuggling his family oversees...mlm · fantasy · lgbtq+ · steampunk · industrial-era · fiction · gaslamp · epic · romantic-love · historical -
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is barely hanging on when she discovers she will be evicted from their tiny Toronto apartment. Then, one night, something strange and irresistible calls out to Lucky...fantasy · fiction · witches-wizards · paranormal · magical-realism · feminism · magic · indigenous-mc · urban-fantasy · mystery -
Live Like You Were Scrying by Lily Harper Hart
The weather in Casper Creek has yet to turn and Hannah Hickok is determined to take advantage of her downtime to engage in a bit of romance with her fiancé Cooper Wyatt. Unfortunately for her, the world has other plans.An eerie howl draws Hannah and Cooper to Main Street during a snowstorm, and what they find confuses them...supernatural · shapeshifters · mystery · psychics · urban-fantasy · fantasy · witches-wizards · magical-realism · ghosts · paranormal -
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Alice is doing her best to recover from her last boss battle, but members of her crew start having these... dreams. And they’re all the same dream: visions of a dark past―and an even darker future. It seems the evil in Wonderland may not be as defeated as they’d hoped...action-adventure · adaptations · book · contemporary · fantasy · fiction · lgbtq+ · magic · myths · paranormal -
The Sword of Abram by Vaughn Heppner
Damon the Athenian is an assassin for the Minotaur. His mission: go to the land of Canaan and kill Abram.Riches await his success.This should be easy.It’s not, as he’s shipwrecked off a desert coast and made a slave of the scruffy Amurru. When he wins free, Amorites capture him and turn him into a pit slave for their amusement...fantasy · historical · young-adult · fiction · sword-sorcery · greek-roman · myths · norse-viking · high-fantasy · retellings -
The Third Realm by Tao Wong
Heaven commands and the Middle Kingdom ObeysOr so the story goes. Yet, as Wu Ying travels the lands beyond the kingdom of Shen, he sees both the minor and major truth of reality. Disparate forms of government, among kingdoms and villages, among immortal sects and mortal governance abound, each with their own interpretation...fantasy · season-winter · fiction · progression-fantasy · audiobook · sword-sorcery · coming-of-age · action-adventure · epic · myths -
The City of Cutthroats: The 13th Paladin by Torsten Weitze
Ahren and his companions journey on to Evergreen, finding new courage after the traumas of the Green Sea... -
Weaponized Magic by M.D. Massey
When Agent Tony Mendoza is tasked with apprehending a deadly supernatural entity, he’ll do whatever it takes to close the case… even risking his humanity in the process!During a routine investigation, Deputy Federal Marshal Tony Mendoza is attacked by a nightmare creature straight out of folklore and mythology.Somehow, Tony survives. But when the U.S...fantasy · fiction · myths · witches-wizards · supernatural · paranormal · suspense · action-adventure · ghosts · urban-fantasy -
Stealthy as a Wolf by Stacey Brutger
A REVEAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOYOUS OCCASION—MINE WAS MY WORST NIGHTMARE.My childhood was full of fairy tales and laughter…until my reveal, when the big bad wolf came huffing and puffing and blew up my world. Refusing to bend to the alphaholes’ demeaning rules, I escape their den of torture, barely managing to stay ahead of their and sharp fangs...shapeshifters · romance · humor · fantasy · erotica · super-powered · fiction · urban · urban-fantasy · paranormal -
Blood & Steel: An epic romantic fantasy by Helen Scheuerer
Perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom, From Blood and Ash and The Witcher, BLOOD & STEEL is an epic romantic fantasy with enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn spice, found family, and a sprawling world of magic and monsters.With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she's always dreamed of being: a warrior legend... -
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.“If I had to nominate a worthy successor to Angela Carter, I would nominate Kelly Barnhill. "—Laura RubyA Most Anticipated in 2023 Pick for BuzzFeed | The Minneapolis Star Tribune“Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters...fantasy · fiction · horror · magical-realism · retellings · urban-fantasy · myths · dark · dark-fantasy · fairy-tale -
Ruthless Moon by Jen L. Grey
With my fated mate at my side, we face the final showdown for survival. The attacks on wolf shifter packs continue to rage on. Humans will stop at nothing to see us wiped out. And those we once trusted continue to help them. Deception is our game now. We must use all our resources to rescue the captive packs. Before it’s too late...romance · paranormal · demons · shapeshifters · fantasy · urban-fantasy · supernatural · book · adult -
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This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson
THE SCORPIO RACES meets PEAKY BLINDERS in THIS DARK DESCENT, a YA fantasy duology set in a world of enchanted animals inspired by Jewish folklore focusing on a cutthroat horse race and a cast of characters forced together to win it...action-adventure · book · epic · fantasy · fiction · high-fantasy · lgbtq+ · magic · sword-sorcery · young-adult -
The Magician's Daughter by H.G. Parry
A young woman raised on an isolated island by a magician discovers things aren’t as they seem and must venture into early 1900s England to return magic to the world in this lush and lyrical historical fantasy. It is 1912, and for the last seventy years magic has all but disappeared from the world. Yet magic is all Biddy has ever known...fantasy · historical · fiction · magic · magical-realism · young-adult · witches-wizards · myths · action-adventure · coming-of-age -
Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds herself torn between her dreams and her desires when she's pursued by a secretive patron who may be more than he seems...fantasy · historical · fiction · retellings · young-adult · season-winter · fairy-tale · magical-realism · romance · myths -
My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron
In this gothic YA remix of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance—and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger—in misty Victorian London.London, 1885...book · classics · fantasy · fiction · gothic · historical · industrial-era · lgbtq+ · loner-mc · mlm -
Magic Girls of Multiverse Inn: A Reverse Portal Fantasy by Eric Vall
I never expected to inherit a mysterious, haunted-looking inn.So I definitely never imagined that inn would lead me into a whole multiverse called the Grymm.Now, I carry the ancient keys to all sorts of different realms, and it turns out, there’s an endless amount of money to be made in inter-world trade.No one ever said navigating a magical multiverse would be easy, though... -
No Country for Old Agents by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
In Hollywood it’s not about what you know, but who you know. Norah Wintry is finding that out. You try running a talent agency full of wizards and shifters. Oh my.Who she knows is starting to pay off when she goes looking for answers about who, or what, is trying to sabotage her clients. But LaLa Land operates on a pecking order... -
Astro City Metrobook Volume 3 by Alex Sinclair, Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric Anderson
The longest, most sweeping epic in Astro City’s history, in one volume for the first time. Across the 1970s and 80s, Charles & Royal Williams deal with tragedy and obsession. One a cop, one a criminal, both have been shaped irrevocably by Astro City’s heroes, and as the city enters a time of darkness, it’ll take all they have to survive...