Top new sci-fi books in April 2022
Last updated:
April 30, 2022
April 2022 featuring new releases by Michael C. Grumley, Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson, James Rollins, Douglas E. Richards, Dan Bittner, Jennifer Egan, Emily St. John Mandel, Jodi Taylor, E.K. Johnston, James Dashner, Noelle Stevenson and many more.
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The Breakthrough Series Box Set - Books 1-3 by Michael C. Grumley
ONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY.A SECRET THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND.AND A SERIES YOU WILL NEVER FORGET. Book One - BREAKTHROUGH Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a nuclear submarine is forced to suddenly abort its mission under mysterious circumstances...action-adventure · thriller · romance · military · suspense · mystery · historical · conspiracies · technothriller · violent-conflict -
Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore by Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
In Sunreach, after a planet-destroying Delver suddenly appears in the sky of Detritus and vanishes just as suddenly, FM knows that the last free human society got lucky. Her Skyward Flight companion Spensa figured out how to draw this Delver away, but it won't be so easy next time. Humanity has to be prepared . . -
Kingdom of Bones by James Rollins
From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Rollins, the latest riveting, deeply imaginative thriller in the Sigma Force series, told with his trademark blend of cutting-edge science, historical mystery, and pulse-pounding action.It begins in Africa . . .A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery...thriller · mystery · action-adventure · historical · suspense · supernatural · military · ghosts · book · adult -
Unidentified: A Science-Fiction Thriller by Douglas E. Richards, Dan Bittner
UFOs are real. When Jason Ridley discovers their shocking agenda, his actions will either transform humanity...or destroy it entirely. Unidentified details the actual evidence that UFOs are here, while offering a mind-blowing fictional take on the reasons why. A riveting pause-resister packed with nonstop action, epic ideas, and astonishing twists...audiobook · technothriller · classics · first-contact · mystery · hard-sci-fi · action-adventure · invasion · space-travel · military -
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own—featuring characters from A Visit from the Goon Squad.It’s 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix Bouton is desperate for a new idea...21st-century · adult · audiobook · book · contemporary · female-author · fiction · psychological · sci-fi · technology -
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Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
The award-winning, best-selling author of Station Eleven and The Glass Hotel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague that takes the reader from Vancouver Island in 1912 to a dark colony on the moon three hundred years later, unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.Edwin St...action-adventure · adult · apocalyptic · audiobook · book · disaster · dystopia · epidemy · female-author · fiction -
A Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
When all is lost. When everything is ending. When there's no hope. When you can't win. That's when you attack.Punching well above their weight, Max and Markham set out to bring down a sinister organisation whose roots might be firmly embedded in the future but whose focus is the past...action-adventure · adult · book · fiction · futuristic · historical · humor · industrial-era · sci-fi · steampunk -
Queen's Hope by E.K. Johnston
Padmé is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skywalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padmé gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple... -
Mortality Doctrine James Dashner Collection Vol 3 Books Bundle Gift Wrapped Slipcase Specially For You by James Dashner
Mortality Doctrine James Dashner Collection 3 Books Bundle (The Eye of Minds,The Rule Of Thoughts,The Game of Lives) Gift Wrapped Slipcase Specially For You.Books included in this are:Mortality Doctrine: The Eye of Minds (Mortality Doctrine 1),Mortality Doctrine: The Rule Of Thoughts (Mortality Doctrine 2),Mortality Doctrine: The Game of Lives (Mortality Doctrine 3)... -
Runaways #3 by Noelle Stevenson
With the Winter Soldier hot on their tail, the Runaways flee to the Wild West of the 1872 domain! Plus, Jubilee is in for the shock of her life! And Molly gets a cowboy hat! (You guys, are we still saying...comics · young-adult · super-powered · war · thriller · supernatural · steampunk · romantic-love · paranormal · myths -
It's the End of the World and I'm in My Bathing Suit by Justin A. Reynolds
Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores... especially the dreaded L-A-U-N-D-R-Y. If he can wear all the clothes he owns, he'll only have to do the laundry once during his school break.On the day of the highly anticipated Beach Bash, Eddie's monstrous pile of dirty laundry is found by his mom. And Eddie's day has just taken a turn for the worst...humor · dystopia · action-adventure · young-adult · friendship · black-mc · book · sci-fi · middle-grade · children-books -
Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate
What do you stand for, when you're one of the last left standing? The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up...action-adventure · apocalyptic · book · dystopia · fiction · lgbtq+ · mystery · post-apocalyptic · retellings · sci-fi -
Delphi Envoy by Bob Blanton
Catie finally gets to go visit all the other civilizations known to the Paraxians. She is supposed to get them to join the Delphi League. But things don't go as smoothly as she expects. For some reason, there's resistance to anything she does. Come along and help Catie uncover the secrets on Aperanje... -
Alien Most Wanted: Unchained by Honey Phillips
Can an alien warrior reap his revenge without losing the woman he loves?A debilitating medical condition has taught Marcy to live her life within carefully maintained boundaries. The one time she allows herself to test those boundaries, she is abducted and taken away from her restricted life.But being thrown into a dark alien prison cell isn’t the worst thing that could happen to her...romance · aliens · fiction · disability · slavery · kidnapping · new-adult · invasion · first-contact · book -
Mother Go by James Patrick Kelly, January LaVoy
She is the clone of a famed space explorer, but Mariska Volochkova rejects her mother and her heritage and wants no part of interstellar adventure. Although she is genetically engineered to hibernate through the interminable decades of space travel, Mariska's home is a habitat on the moon, and there she intends to stay... -
The War of the Givens by Daniel Price
X-Men meets Blake Crouch in the addictive, explosive conclusion to Daniel Price's genre-bending Silvers trilogy about six extraordinary people whose fates become intertwined on an Earth far different from our own...one that is headed for utter destruction.It's been two years since the world collapsed in a sheet of light, obliterating everything on Earth...but not quite everyone...action-adventure · adult · book · dystopia · fiction · paranormal · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi · super-powered · time-travel -
The Undead The Second Week by R.R. Haywood
The Undead The Second Week.Days Eight to Fourteen Compilation Edition.A deadly infection spreads across Europe.The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event...adult · apocalyptic · book · dystopia · epidemy · fiction · medical · monsters · post-apocalyptic · sci-fi -
Atomic Anna by Rachel Barenbaum
“Atomic Anna is a dazzling work of ingenuity and imagination.”― Téa Obreht,National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Inland From the author of A Bend in the Stars, an epic adventure as three generations of women work together and travel through time to prevent the Chernobyl disaster and right the wrongs of their past. Three brilliant women.Two life-changing mistakes...action-adventure · adult · book · coming-of-age · family · female-mc · fiction · historical · sci-fi · time-travel -
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Captain America: The First Avenger #6: First Vengeance by Fred Van Lente, Tom Palmer Sr.
Travel back to the early missions of Captain America in WWII! Meet his allies and foes, his friends and loved ones... -
Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth by Patricia Forde
A new book from the author of The List Praise for Bumpfizzle: "So hilarious! Patricia Forde is definitely the high queen of Irish comedy." -- Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl Bumpfizzle is an alien sent to Earth on a mysterious mission from Planet Plonk... -
The Order by Jeremy Robinson
When two galactic forces collide—one spreading chaos, the other demanding order—New York Times and #1 Audible bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, defends Earth with characters from three of his fan favorite novels: The Others, Flux, and Exo-Hunter.Mysterious gateways are appearing throughout the universe, bridging violent civilizations, leading to war, and sowing chaos... -
Invitations: A Foreigner short story by C.J. Cherryh
Every story has a beginning. Every friendship has a meeting. Every job has a first day. This is Bren's... -
Punk Rock Jesus #1 by Sean Murphy
J2, the TV series starring a clone of Jesus Christ, causes chaos across a near-future United States! Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members of the scientific community fear the implications of cloning a human... -
End of the World House by Adrienne Celt
Groundhog Day meets Ling Ma’s Severance in End of the World House, a thought-provoking comedic novel about two young women trying to save their friendship as the world collapses around them.Bertie and Kate have been best friends since high school. Bertie is a semi-failed cartoonist, working for a prominent Silicon Valley tech firm...action-adventure · adult · apocalyptic · book · dystopia · early-modern · female-mc · fiction · friendship · historical -
Dark Class by Michelle Diener
Waking up alone . . . Ellie Masters comes out of a coma to find herself the only inhabitant of an eerily empty moon station. She’s not on Earth any more, she’s not even in the right solar system. So when someone reaches out to her, tells her he’s her friend, she’s happy to believe it. The alternative is to be stuck alone with an enemy. The hunt of his career . . -
Saving Supervillains by Bruce Sentar
A former villain is living a quiet life, hidden among the masses. Miles has one big secret: he might just be the most powerful super in existence.Those days are behind him. But when a wounded young lady unable to control her superpower needs his help, she shatters his boring life, pulling him into the one place he least expected to be—the Bureau of Superheroes...action-adventure · adult · comics · demons · erotica · romantic-love · sci-fi · super-powered · supernatural · urban-fantasy -
Sunkiller: Odyssey by J.N. Chaney, Rick Partlow
Two down…one to go.Chase and Angel have two of the three artifacts they need to access the ancient alien Archive--humanity’s only hope of defeating the Sunkillers.But getting that third one is going to be near impossible.Because their nemesis, the power-hungry Hart-Klein Consolidated, already has the third key to the Archive…and they won’t be giving it up without a fight... -
Liberty or Death by Richard Fox
Commodore Gage leads a final, desperate attempt to save Albion.A fragile alliance stands against the Daegon. Star nations with decades of war and hatred between them must unite against the invaders who will conquer them all without mercy. When Gage must destroy a key enemy installation, his coalition could crumble before the first shot is fired.As that battle rages, Albion is dying... -
The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Martian Contingency is back with Elma and Nathaniel on Mars and picks up not long after the end of The Fated Sky as they work with the new colonists to build a home on the planet. With that, you can expect to see frontier town issues on Mars, including prospecting for water, improvised engineering, and when things go wrong.. -
Pirate Spacecat Attack by Geronimo Stilton
The on board computer on spaceship MouseStar 1, Hologramix, is out of order! To fix it, Geronimo Stiltonix must take it to a brilliant inventor who lives on a distant planet... -
No One Dies Alone by Michael Anderle
The Angelos Dominion is done playing coy.Their Red Crow lackeys are pulling out all the stops and things are getting dicey. Lombe, Daira, and Jozzun are going to have to figure things out—even if they have to break a few dynasties to do it.There will be chaos, gunplay, killer robots, and…podding?Don’t ask. Seriously, just don’t...galactic-empire · soldiers · space-opera · action-adventure · sci-fi · military · colonization · first-contact · invasion · humor -
Lazarus #16 by Greg Rucka
The Conclave has ended, and the world once more is falling to chaos and violence. Sister Bernard travels between Family Domains, ministering to the Waste...and acting as a spy for the Carlyle Family... -
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The Mandalorian by Adam Christopher
This book is no longer being published at this time "due to the every expanding word of The Mandalorian" as noted in a tweet in 2021. The publisher and author intend to keep things under wraps until some time in the future... -
Tacticus: A Rift Saga Companion Novella by Andreas Christensen
Tacticus: Non-commissioned officer rank in the Janissaries. Generally the highest rank available to non-citizens. Equivalent to sergeant. Tacticus Laurie White from Charlestown is a Janissary, a slave soldier, and he´s about to go to war. Laurie is part of an elite recon unit about to infiltrate enemy territory ahead of the coming invasion force, and his mission is to scout and observe... -
Rift: The Complete Rift Saga: Books 1-3 by Andreas Christensen
"The Hunger Games on steroids" -Chris, Amazon reviewer From the ruins of what used to be North America, a new nation was forged by survivors of the Fall. They called this new nation the Covenant, and two centuries later, it is stronger than ever... -
Doomsday Clock #7: Blind Spot by Geoff Johns
The critically acclaimed team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank continue the groundbreaking miniseries bringing the world of WATCHMEN to DC. In this chapter, the truth behind Dr. Manhattan’s curiosity with the DC Universe is revealed as the planet teeters on the edge of the Super-War...comics · super-powered · action-adventure · thriller · mystery · historical · crime · adult · sci-fi -
Project Z #1 A Zombie Ate My Homework by Tommy Greenwald
Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government zombie project -- but now can he survive human elementary school?From the hilarious mind behind the Crimebiters series comes a new trilogy that fans of The Last Kids on Earth will love to pieces (literally). Arnold Z. Ombee has escaped a secret government lab that's developing zombies...action-adventure · book · children-books · family · fiction · friendship · humor · middle-grade · paranormal · sci-fi -
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Sheree Renée Thomas, Danny Lore
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation—queerness, race, gender plurality, and love—become tangled with future possibilities of memory and time in...adult · anthologies · black-mc · cyberpunk · dystopia · fiction · lgbtq+ · poc-author · poc-mc · sci-fi -
Star Wars: The High Republic - Trail of Shadows by Daniel José Older
JEDI KNIGHT AND PRIVATE EYE TEAM UP TO UNCOVER A MYSTERY THAT WILL CHANGE THE HIGH REPUBLIC FOREVER! A Jedi Master is dead. Another is in a state of complete shock. It's a murder the likes of which the Jedi Order has never seen before. There are no leads. There are no suspects. There is no motive. But Jedi Investigator EMERICK CAPHTOR must solve the case before it's too late...