Top new fantasy books out this week: 26 Jun - 2 Jul 2022
Last updated:
July 2, 2022
This week featuring new releases by Victoria Aveyard, Sarah J. Maas, Amanda Forstrom, Sarah Rees Brennan, Francesca Zappia, Samantha Allen, Shirtaloon, Travis Deverellk, Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell, Melissa Albert, J. Bree, Robert Jackson Bennett and many more.
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Blade Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
In the sequel to Realm Breaker, a divided world must rally, an unstoppable enemy must be defeated, and the fate of the world rests on a blade’s edge.Andry, a former squire, continues to fight for hope amid blood and chaos.Dom, a grieving immortal, strives to fulfill a broken oath.Sorasa, an outcast assassin, faces her past when it returns with sharpened teeth...action-adventure · book · epic · fiction · high-fantasy · horror · magic · monsters · paranormal · sword-sorcery -
![A Court of Mist and Fury [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Amanda Forstrom, Dawn Ursula]()
A Court of Mist and Fury [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Amanda Forstrom, Dawn Ursula
The seductive and stunning #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to Sarah J. Maas’s spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects, and cinematic music!Feyre has undergone more trials than one human woman can carry in her heart...romance · fantasy · audiobook · fae · fiction · new-adult · magic · steamy · enemies-to-lovers · fated-mates -
![Lighting the Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan]()
Lighting the Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan
Don't miss this prequel novel based on the hit NETFLIX series Fate: The Winx Saga! Discover Stella, Sky, Riven, and Terra’s backstories at Alfea — and meet incoming students Aisha, Musa, and Bloom for the first time. It’s an all-new story not seen on the show... -
![Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia]()
Katzenjammer by Francesca Zappia
American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks--the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You and E. Lockhart's We Were Liars.Cat lives in her high school...horror · young-adult · fantasy · mystery · dark · contemporary · magical-realism · fiction · audiobook · spooky -
![Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen]()
Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen
On this season of The Catch, contestants must compete for love. And their lives.When the final four women in competition for an aloof, somewhat sleazy bachelor’s heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and, of course, the salacious drama eager viewers nationwide tune in to devour...horror · fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · wlw · humor · audiobook · lesbian-mc · literary-fiction · comedy -
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![He Who Fights With Monsters 6 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverellk]()
He Who Fights With Monsters 6 by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverellk
Experience an Isekai culture clash as a laid-back Australian finds himself in a very serious world. See him gain suspiciously evil powers through a unique progression system combining cultivation and traditional LitRPG elements. Enjoy a weak-to-strong story with a main character who earns his power without overshadowing everyone around him, with plenty of loot, adventurers, gods and magic... -
![He Who Fights with Monsters 6: A LitRPG Adventure by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell]()
He Who Fights with Monsters 6: A LitRPG Adventure by Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
Experience an isekai culture clash as a laid-back Australian finds himself in a very serious world. See him gain suspiciously evil powers through a unique progression system combining cultivation and traditional LitRPG elements. Enjoy a weak-to-strong story with a main character who earns his power without overshadowing everyone around him, with plenty of loot, adventurers, gods and magic...fantasy · audiobook · fiction · magic · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · vampires · humor · litrpg · progression-fantasy -
![Our Crooked Hearts: A Novel by Melissa Albert]()
Our Crooked Hearts: A Novel by Melissa Albert
THE SUBURBS, RIGHT NOW . . .Seventeen-year-old Ivy’s summer break kicks off with an accident, a punishment, and a mystery: a stranger whose appearance in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night, heralds a string of increasingly unsettling events... -
![Tragic Bonds by J. Bree]()
Tragic Bonds by J. Bree
Nothing will ever be the same again.Our Bonded Group has been torn apart, and the monsters are now the prey.But we’re not going to just wait around for our enemy to strike; the blood on his hands is unforgivable, and the god living inside of me wants her revenge paid in blood.And a thousand souls... -
![Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett]()
Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett
Sancia, Clef, and Berenice have gone up against plenty of long odds in the past. But the war they’re fighting now is one even they can’t win.This time, they’re not facing robber-baron elites, or even an immortal hierophant, but an entity whose intelligence is spread over half the globe—a ghost in the machine that uses the magic of scriving to possess and control not just objects, but human minds...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · epic · fiction · high-fantasy · lesbian-mc · lgbtq · magic -
![Sometime in Summer by Katrina Leno]()
Sometime in Summer by Katrina Leno
From critically acclaimed author Katrina Leno comes a tender love letter to books and summertime, with a touch of magic.Anna Lucia Bell believes in luck: bad luck. Bad luck made her best friend stop talking to her. Bad luck caused her parents’ divorce. Bad luck is forcing her mother, Miriam, to sell the family’s beloved bookstore...book · contemporary · family · female-mc · fiction · friendship · magical-realism · season-summer · young-adult · fantasy -
![Harlem Sunset by Nekesa Afia]()
Harlem Sunset by Nekesa Afia
Harlem, 1927 With the horrors of the summer and the Girl Killer behind her, Louise Lloyd is eager to usher in her 28th year with her girlfriend and best friend by her side. When Nora Davies, one of the girls Louise was kidnapped with, reintroduces herself, Louise is wary to connect...mystery · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · lgbtq · wlw · audiobook · murder · lesbian-mc · cozy -
![Invent by Dakota Krout]()
Invent by Dakota Krout
Class secrets revealed. A large Shoe to fill. Peace is only on the table.Joe’s Candidacy was successful beyond his wildest dreams. Between driving the Elves out of Dwarven sovereign territory, utterly destroying an army of thousands, and using resources he could have used for himself to bring back the fallen on his own side… his reputation begins to precede him once more...fantasy · magic · audiobook · fiction · litrpg · western · other-world · humor · comedy · action-adventure -
![Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller]()
Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller
They say every proud man must fall.Mortals who fancy themselves gods will one day kneel. I thought myself invincible.Apollo on Earth.Mocked my brother when he succumbed to such a fate.Before I noticed the blue-haired nymph lurking in the background. Cora Astor shouldn’t have come to this island.She sneered in my direction, beguiling me with her disgust. As a Wolfe, hunting is in my blood...adult · age-gap · audiobook · billionaire · book · contemporary · crime · dark · enemies-to-lovers · fiction -
![Kingdom of Villains by Ella Fields]()
Kingdom of Villains by Ella Fields
USA Today bestselling author, Ella Fields, delivers a treacherously tender love story set in an all-new fantasy world. I’d known exactly who he was—the Unseelie prince. But I hadn’t known just what he was. I’d been fooled.The creature I’d formed a tentative friendship with in my family’s dungeon was not the gentle, intriguing prince I’d thought him to be. He was a monster. A bloodthirsty beast... -
![A Secret Princess by Melissa de la Cruz, Margaret Stohl]()
A Secret Princess by Melissa de la Cruz, Margaret Stohl
A surprising and romantic YA retelling-mashup of A Little Princess and The Secret Garden by bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz.Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll have each other, and they are the only reason boarding school isn’t completely insufferable...romance · young-adult · retellings · historical-fiction · fantasy · fiction · historical · audiobook · boarding-school · classics -
![Blood and Moonlight by Erin Beaty]()
Blood and Moonlight by Erin Beaty
In this medieval YA fantasy thriller, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he’s hunting.Rising above the city of Collis is the holy Sanctum. And watching over its spires is Catrin, an orphan girl with unique skills—for she alone can spot the building’s flaws in construction before they turn deadly...book · epic · fiction · high-fantasy · historical · law-enforcement · magic · mystery · serial-killers · sword-sorcery -
![A Land of Never and Night by Lily Archer]()
A Land of Never and Night by Lily Archer
Peter Pan has stolen me away to Neverland.He’s not the child of legend. Instead, he’s a man who vows to protect me from the villainous Hook. I stay with Peter and his Lost Boys, safe in the wilds of the island.But Hook is searching for me. And when his pirates find me, the black-hearted pirate king will claim me for his own...adult · book · dark · enemies-to-lovers · fiction · magic · myths · outlaws · paranormal · retellings -
![The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors by Josh Malerman, Richard Thomas, John F.D. Taff, Jo Kaplan]()
The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors by Josh Malerman, Richard Thomas, John F.D. Taff, Jo Kaplan
Winner of the Shirley Jackson AwardThe horror is closer than you think. From Bram Stoker Award-winning editor Doug Murano and today's biggest names in dark fiction comes a new vision of terror. It's lurking under the surface. It's waiting around every corner. It's hiding under your bed. it's buried in the backyard. It's whispered, implied, unspoken. This is The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors... -
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![The Love of My Other Life by C.J. Connolly]()
The Love of My Other Life by C.J. Connolly
THE MUST-READ ROMANCE NOVEL OF SUMMER 2022.Imagine you woke up with the perfect life . . . But it wasn’t yours.Today is Josie’s 36th birthday.Josie’s a single British woman living in a tiny walk-up in Brooklyn. She misses her family, but her radio show is starting to go places. And sure, she could be a dress size smaller, but no one cares what you look like on the radio...romance · contemporary · fiction · womens-fiction · sci-fi · fantasy · audiobook · forbidden-love · cheating · domestic-drama -
![Nova by Cara Clare]()
Nova by Cara Clare
My ex joined the Anti Magick Alliance. He branded me with their crest. Turns out, he’s played with the wrong witch. I grew up believing I was human. My entire town hated supers, but I’ve always been drawn to them. Especially mages.On the night my anti-magick ex finally took his cruelty too far and tried to kill me, my powers awakened... -
![Death Lord by Elizabeth Briggs]()
Death Lord by Elizabeth Briggs
Death is my fated mate--and my worst enemy.He is Death. The 4th Horseman. The son of Lucifer. And I'm going to kill him.He's the Grim Reaper of New Orleans, stealing souls to make up for his absent one, but he'll pay for the lives he's taken. Someone has to stop him, and it's going to be me. He murdered my father, Fenrir, and I'm ready to unleash my wolf upon him...adult · age-gap · book · demons · enemies-to-lovers · fated-mates · fiction · forced-proximity · myths · paranormal -
![City of Blood by Jocelynn Drake]()
City of Blood by Jocelynn Drake
The Final ConfrontationCaelan is done being a pawn of the gods.He’s been herded and molded by the liars and manipulators.He’s put the lives of his family in danger again and again.And he is done.It’s time to face the mad Goddess of the Hunt in the last place any of them want to go—the Ordas.If they’re lucky, the special assistance he’s called in will arrive in time...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · bodyguard · book · contemporary · dragons · epic · fiction · friends-to-lovers -
![Sorrow's Song by Keri Arthur]()
Sorrow's Song by Keri Arthur
Blurb coming soon!( It contains major spoilers, so it won't be added until book 8 is... -
![Paths of Fire by Christopher Mitchell]()
Paths of Fire by Christopher Mitchell
13 hours and 39 minutesFollowing his victory at the Falls of Iron, the champion Corthie Holdfast starts to believe he has a destiny. He is the chosen one, the hero who will defeat the Ascendants, and end their tyrannical rule of Lostwell... -
![The Apothecary's Garden by Jeanette Lynes]()
The Apothecary's Garden by Jeanette Lynes
National Bestseller Canadian Indies Bestseller Indigo Top Ten Canadian Reads Indigo's Most Anticipated Books of 2022 Finalist Saskatchewan Book Awards, Book of the Year Finalist City of Saskatoon Book Award Victorian Touring circuses, seances, and a world powered by steam engines...romance · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · magical-realism · paranormal · fantasy · witches-wizards · audiobook · mystery -
![Infernium by Keri Lake]()
Infernium by Keri Lake
Even the most powerful love can't save a condemned soulPain is an abyss.How naive of me to think I’d already reached the very depths of it when fate shook my world with a crushing blow. It turns out, there are fathomless levels of pain, like a winding labyrinth of doors leading to shadowy figures and long-forgotten secrets...abuse · adult · age-gap · angels · anti-hero · book · dark · dark-fantasy · demons · enemies-to-lovers -
![Heir of Monsters by G. Bailey]()
Heir of Monsters by G. Bailey
A monster has stalked me my entire life.But now I’m hunting him.My job is to hunt monsters and I’m damn good at it—until a monster breaks into my apartment in the middle of the night and kidnaps me.Turns out he isn’t just a monster.He’s the Wyern king.Wyern’s, a race feared by everyone, are known to be stronger than the fae who rule my world, and no one has seen them in years...21st-century · book · dystopia · enemies-to-lovers · fae · fated-mates · fiction · magic · monsters · paranormal -
![Knot Over You by M.J. Marstens, Grace McGinty, Jarica James]()
Knot Over You by M.J. Marstens, Grace McGinty, Jarica James
A limited edition charity omegaverse anthology (all proceeds go to the Ukraine) featuring completed stories of unforgettable alphas, delicious betas, and of course, sweet omegas...adult · anthologies · contemporary · fated-mates · fiction · lgbtq · mlm · monsters · omegaverse · paranormal -
![Last Chance Omega by Grace McGinty]()
Last Chance Omega by Grace McGinty
Who do you call when you wake up on the side of a mountain, in a hole that you dug yourself, completely naked? And you know… a newly revealed Omega.There was only one choice. The only people I knew who wouldn’t ask too many questions. The Yale Triplets. They’d been my best friends when I was a kid, but they’d disappeared overnight when I was eighteen, and I hadn’t heard from them since...romance · omegaverse · reverse-harem · fantasy · contemporary · friends-to-lovers · drama · small-town · steamy · alpha-mc -
![Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder]()
Bite of Loyalty by R.L. Caulder
Being the sole survivor of the Van Helsing family was never a burden I wanted to carry.Yet here I was, an orphan with a score to settle against Dracula for orchestrating the near genocide of my bloodline.One small kink in that plan: I was turned into the blood sucking creature that I was born to destroy...adult · age-gap · book · dark · enemies-to-lovers · fated-mates · female-mc · fiction · monsters · multi-pov -
![The Martyr by Anthony Ryan]()
The Martyr by Anthony Ryan
"A gritty, heart-pounding tale of betrayal and bloody vengeance. I loved every single word." —John Gwynne on The PariahThe Martyr is the second novel in The Covenant of Steel, a new epic fantasy series of action, intrigue and magic from Anthony Ryan, a master storyteller who has taken the fantasy world by storm.Times have changed for Alwyn Scribe...action-adventure · adult · book · dark · dark-fantasy · epic · fiction · grim-dark · horror · fantasy -
![Defiant Girl by Sam Hall]()
Defiant Girl by Sam Hall
This is a continuation of Kit and Tris' story, as started in Bad GirlI've been betrayed by my own family, but that's OK, I've created my own to replace them. Tris, Len, Jackson and even the mysterious James, they're mine now and no one is going to break us apart.My brother is trying to blackmail my family anonymously using a video of me. My father wants me mated to James no matter what...arranged-marriage · book · contemporary · dark · fiction · friends-to-lovers · lgbtq · mlm · omegaverse · paranormal -
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![Primal Wolf King by Lindsey Devin]()
Primal Wolf King by Lindsey Devin
He’s the most fearsome King in the land. And now she’s his Queen…Reyna married the ruthless Wolf King for the sake of her father’s kingdom, but she still refuses to give him her heart. Despite this, she can’t resist the opportunity to travel with Elias when he requests that she accompany him to the kingdom of dragons on royal business...fantasy · shapeshifters · paranormal · angst · royalty · female-mc · suspense · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · fiction -
![Don't STAHP Me Now by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke]()
Don't STAHP Me Now by Crista Crown, Susi Hawke
My team at STAHP likes to joke that my to-do list has a to-do list: The joke’s on them, because I prefer spreadsheets for maximum efficiency. And if my master spreadsheet has a list of individual ones? Well, that’s nobody’s business but mine.As Saint Montoya‘s personal assistant, my ability to be two steps ahead and thrice prepared for anything is not only valued but an absolutely necessary skill...action-adventure · adult · book · contemporary · crime · fated-mates · fiction · law-enforcement · lgbtq · military -
![Defended by Demons by Eva Chase]()
Defended by Demons by Eva Chase
Monstrous is as monstrous does...I've finally accepted my fate. I can't bury my head in the sand while vicious fiends threaten everything I care about.Even if protecting the beastly men I love means committing a betrayal more brutal than anything they've ever done.Even if getting a handle on my powers requires walking into the den of the most monstrous human beings I've ever known...reverse-harem · fantasy · paranormal · monsters · demons · urban-fantasy · supernatural · shapeshifters · steamy · magic -
![The Song That Moves the Sun by Anna Bright]()
The Song That Moves the Sun by Anna Bright
This sweeping YA fantasy romance full of star-crossed love, complex female friendship, and astrological magic is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Alexandra Bracken, and V.E. Schwab. From the acclaimed author of The Beholder.Best friends Rora and Claudia have never felt more like their lives are spiraling out of control...book · contemporary · fiction · friendship · magic · paranormal · space · urban-fantasy · young-adult · fantasy -
![They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele]()
They Call Me Wicked by Persephone Steele
A blind psychic.Sounds like a punchline to a terrible joke, right?Well it is. The joke is my life, and I’m the punchline.I was gifted with the sight at a young age. It runs in my bloodline and I was trained to handle it from the moment I was born. What I wasn’t prepared for was losing my actual sight.The world is twisted like that...abuse · adult · book · contemporary · crime · dark · enemies-to-lovers · female-mc · fiction · harem -
![Queen Me by Amber Lynn Natusch]()
Queen Me by Amber Lynn Natusch
Being a lowly human in a supernatural world, I should have jumped at the chance to be one of them—to possess the magic necessary to fit in. But when a rogue fae corners me in an alley and tells me I have some crazy power he needs to exact his revenge on the House that betrayed him, I had to seriously question that life goal... -
![Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald]()
Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonald
Those who see the dead soon join them. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald's Daughter of Redwinter, the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe.Raine can see--and more importantly, speak--to the dead. It's a wretched gift with a death sentence that has her doing many dubious things to save her skin...action-adventure · adult · book · cults · epic · fiction · fundamentalism · high-fantasy · magic · necromancy
![A Court of Mist and Fury [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas, Amanda Forstrom, Dawn Ursula](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/64a325208d7a26b604d42b33.jpg)
