Top new sci-fi books out this week: 14 Aug - 20 Aug 2022
Last updated:
August 20, 2022
This week featuring new releases by Florence Given, Michele Mills, Beth Revis, Kit Rocha, Kate Elliott, Luna Hunter, Sophia Slade, Tasha Black, Andreas Eschbach, Kassandra Cross and many more.
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Girlcrush by Florence Given
GIRLCRUSH is a dark feminist comedy by bestselling author Florence Given.In Given's debut novel, we follow Eartha on a wild, weird and seductive modern-day exploration as she commences life as an openly bisexual woman whilst also becoming a viral sensation on Wonder Land, a social media app where people project their dream selves online...audiobook · book · contemporary · feminism · fiction · lesbian-mc · lgbtq · mental-illness · retellings · wlw -
![Her Alien Bully by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Bully by Michele Mills
He sat behind me in Intergalactic High School, pulling on my braids with silver-tipped claws. Knocking my books to the ground and smoke-laughing at my dismay. He was always there, lurking around, scaring away all my possible dates...adult · aliens · book · crime · cruel-mc · enemies-to-lovers · family · fated-mates · fiction · humor -
![Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis]()
Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel by Beth Revis
The Death Star is destroyed. Darth Vader is dead. The Empire is desolated. But on the forest moon of Endor, amongst the chaos of a changing galaxy, time stands still for a princess and her scoundrel.After being frozen in carbonite, then risking everything for the Rebellion, Han is eager to stop living his life for other people. He and Leia have earned their future together, a thousand times over... -
![Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha]()
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha
Tobias Richter, the fearsome VP of Security of TechCorp is dead. The puppetmaster is gone, and the organization is scrambling to maintain control by ruthlessly limiting access to resources to Atlanta, hoping to quell rebellion. Our band of mercenary librarians have decided that the time for revolution has come.Maya uses her wealth of secrets to weaken the TechCorps from within...action-adventure · adult · apocalyptic · audiobook · book · cheerful-mc · dystopia · fiction · found-family · friendship -
![Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott]()
Furious Heaven by Kate Elliott
Furious Heaven is the action-packed sequel to bestselling author Kate Elliott's thrilling space adventure The Unconquerable Sun, a genderspun Alexander the Great The Republic of Chaonia fleets, under the joint command of Princess Sun and her formidable mother, Queen-Marshal Eirene, have defeated and driven out an invading fleet of the Phene Empire, though not without heavy losses...action-adventure · adult · book · fiction · horror · lgbtq · retellings · romantic-love · space · space-opera -
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![Brutal Orc by Luna Hunter]()
Brutal Orc by Luna Hunter
The world is a scorched wasteland ruled by monsters. A human life is practically worthless on Attis.My village is one of the few places where humans are safe, and I leave it all behind as I search for adventure. I don’t find adventure. I do find a brutally dominant orc chieftain named Xukal who could use an obedient human female. Xukal saves my life... -
![Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade]()
Nightstrider : Book One of the Nightstrider Series by Sophia Slade
When a vicious night terror lords over the waking world and the dream world, his greatest weapon, a winged assassin born of a nightmare, will have her vengeance.Wren has spent her life doing the bidding of her cruel creator Para Warwick in the dream world known as the Reverie. When she learns of a weapon with the power to destroy him, she jumps at the chance to steal it...romance · fantasy · lgbtq · wlw · fiction · young-adult · epic · enemies-to-lovers · assassins · sci-fi -
![Alexis by Tasha Black]()
Alexis by Tasha Black
If they want to find their balance, these two lonely athletes might have to lean on each other.Tiago Torrn may be a championship fighter and the envy of all of Maltaffia, but his mateless condition leaves him longing for home and family. When the Midsummer Fertility Center arranges for Alexis to be his unconventional surrogate, he is instantly taken with the Terran ballerina...sci-fi · paranormal · aliens · sports · mental-illness · medical · disability · insta-love · steamy · alpha-mc -
![Freiheitsgeld by Andreas Eschbach]()
Freiheitsgeld by Andreas Eschbach
Europa in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft. Die Digitalisierung ist weit fortgeschritten, Maschinen erledigen die meiste Arbeit, während ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen, das sogenannte "Freiheitsgeld", dafür sorgt, dass jeder ein menschenwürdiges Leben führen kann. Als der Politiker, der das Freiheitsgeld eingeführt hat, tot aufgefunden wird, wirkt es zunächst wie ein Selbstmord...sci-fi · fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · near-future · drama · dystopia · futuristic · book · adult -
![The Ogre's Pet by Kassandra Cross]()
The Ogre's Pet by Kassandra Cross
We all knew never to go into the woods at night…It’s been years since I visited the town I grew up in. So it’s just my luck that on my first night back I’m hassled by some jerk in a bar and have to make a run for it.When we were kids we were always told to stay away from the woods. That if we went inside, then we would never return...europe · scandinavia · romance · paranormal · monsters · steamy · insta-love · aliens · fantasy · sexual-assault -
![The Shifter from Space: A Scifi Alien Romance by Vivian Hawthorne]()
The Shifter from Space: A Scifi Alien Romance by Vivian Hawthorne
“I know what you’re going to ask. That was something us humans call a French kiss,” I said.After throwing himself into an A.I.-guided escape pod, Enki the Elyrian warrior flees an enemy ship to emerge on a strange planet, where he encounters a woman. He can tell she’s a woman, because there used to be women on Elyria...romance · military · first-contact · sci-fi · soldiers · aliens · invasion · action-adventure · violent-conflict · fiction -
![Claimed by the Alien Outlaw: The Outlaws of Deep Space by Carlotta Page]()
Claimed by the Alien Outlaw: The Outlaws of Deep Space by Carlotta Page
Jessica’s problems are just beginning …Being abducted by aliens wasn’t on my to-do list. Make more friends was. Pass my exams was. Not get teleported onto a flying spaceship! But shit happens, and here I am—along with four other women. That is, until the spaceship is damaged in a near-fatal collision and our alien kidnappers flee, abandoning us...romance · aliens · fated-mates · steamy · captivity · alpha-mc · invasion · first-contact · sci-fi · space-opera -
![Colony's Dawn by N. Joseph Glass]()
Colony's Dawn by N. Joseph Glass
Two centuries after the great migration and colonization project finds a tranquil life in New Europa. Work assignments are fulfilling, and everyone does their part for the good of the colony.Many hope to see beyond the domes and passageways with the progress of the terraforming project. Amid such optimism Gift and her friends start to suspect that something may be wrong...
