Top new sci-fi books out this week: 8 Jan - 14 Jan 2023
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January 14, 2023
This week featuring new releases by Tracy Deonn, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jo Callaghan, Stephen Markley, Anthony J. Melchiorri, Nicholas Sansbury Smith, E.M. Foner, L.V. Lane, Julianna Baggott, L. Eveland, Paige Michaels, Grace Hamilton and many more.
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Cool. Awkward. Black. by Tracy Deonn, Tochi Onyebuchi, Amerie, Ciannon Smart
A multi-genre YA anthology of bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors challenging the concept of the geek, featuring contributions from Amerie, Kalynn Bayron, Terry J. Benton-Walker, Roseanne A. Brown, Elise Bryant, Tracy Deonn, Desiree S. Evans, Isaac Fitzsimons, Lamar Giles, Jordan Ifueko, Leah Johnson, Amanda Joy, Kwame Mbalia, Tochi Onyebuchi, Shari B. Pennant, K...romance · young-adult · anthologies · fantasy · contemporary · lgbtq · fiction · sci-fi · poc-mc · poc-author -
![In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan]()
In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan
'THE MOST ORIGINAL CRIME NOVEL YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR' CLARE MACKINTOSH ‘THIS HAS TO BE A STRONG CONTENDER FOR CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR’ T. M. LOGAN In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds. Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye. DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts...crime · mystery · fiction · sci-fi · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · contemporary · police-procedural · grief -
![The Deluge by Stephen Markley]()
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
From the bestselling author of Ohio, a masterful American epic charting a near future approaching collapse and a nascent but strengthening solidarity.In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics...adult · book · contemporary · disaster · dystopia · fiction · literary-fiction · male-author · outdoors · politics -
![Wild Warriors by Anthony J. Melchiorri, Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
Wild Warriors by Anthony J. Melchiorri, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
The fate of the New Frontier rests in the hands of a few brave warriors...Six months after the deadly attacks on Fort Golden and Estes Park, Colorado is on the verge of collapse. Sam “Raven” Spears and Calvin Jackson struggle to rebuild and protect their families and friends that have remained...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · dystopia · fiction · military · post-apocalyptic · survival · violent-conflict -
![Double Living by E.M. Foner]()
Double Living by E.M. Foner
In space, early is on timeBill takes another step towards his dream of opening his own café and Julie gets an understudy, while the Grenouthian director has his eyes on an award for a documentary about the settlement of Earth Two, made with help from the retirees of Flower’s Paradise... -
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![The Warrior in the Shadows by L.V. Lane]()
The Warrior in the Shadows by L.V. Lane
**Part two of The Girl with the Gray Eyes trilogy. Slow burn with a Cliffhanger ending.An omega living in a beta world, fate sent me to a land where all the alphas live.I want Garren, the playful alpha and brave warrior who effortlessly rocks my world.I also want Tanis, the serious alpha who kisses me and claims me with words, only to send me back to Garren.But Shadowland isn’t my home...omegaverse · dark · paranormal · alpha-mc · dystopia · reverse-harem · slow-burn · suspense · abuse · genetic-engineering -
![The Wick by Julianna Baggott]()
The Wick by Julianna Baggott
Roon is a cacheme, an organic human born of inorganic human extravagance. Her memory erased, she has only one clue to her past: her name. No longer of use to the people who created her, she wakes up in a glass box in a room full of girls in glass boxes, far away from the people and places that formed her identity, her past.Bukef is a hull—part-beast, part-war-machine... -
![Scales and Song by L. Eveland]()
Scales and Song by L. Eveland
We were supposed to protect the world from monsters, not become them.All I’ve ever wanted was to protect the people I love. That’s why I joined the military’s Elite Specimen Containment Unit. When I learned they were experimenting on sentient monsters, however, everything changed...romance · mlm · monsters · fantasy · paranormal · military · forced-proximity · aliens · lgbtq · poc-mc -
![His Little Sapphire by Paige Michaels]()
His Little Sapphire by Paige Michaels
It’s Chrissy’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Faced with tremendous medical bills following her mother’s death, Christine needs a second job. She knows Club Zoom only hires men, but she’s desperate, so she applies under the misleading name of Chris... -
![No Relief by Grace Hamilton]()
No Relief by Grace Hamilton
The world is ending. But for the survivors, their ordeal has just begun…Ruth Garber survived the sabotage of the Mako oil platform as the first wave of EMP attacks crippled the southern United States. Now, she’s stranded on the platform with a handful of people. And violent terrorists are closing in…A desperate mission... -
![Defiant Mate by Delta James]()
Defiant Mate by Delta James
The sound of a cord snapping abruptly ends her climb, leaving her stranded as an arctic storm bears down. Can Asher find his mate before she freezes to death? Nicole is done with men. Her husband left her for a thinner and younger model and never looked back. She has worked hard to be an independent, successful woman without a man...romance · paranormal · shapeshifters · fantasy · supernatural · mystery · fated-mates · small-town · contemporary · magic -
![Caged by Mona Black]()
Caged by Mona Black
Finding out I am an omega in a world ruled by betas is only the beginning of my troubles…Alphas and omegas are considered non-humans. We're considered animals, some of whose traits we share. Furry ears and tails, anyone? Oh, and also mating cycles.That's right.Fun.Not something I thought I had to worry about. See, I thought I was a beta. I thought I was human. I thought I was safe...romance · omegaverse · reverse-harem · polyamory · dystopia · paranormal · shapeshifters · steamy · mlm · friends-to-lovers -
![Observer by Nancy Kress, Robert Lanza]()
Observer by Nancy Kress, Robert Lanza
If we can alter the structure of reality, should we? In OBSERVER, scientist Robert Lanza, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, is joined by Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Nancy Kress to confront the space between biology and consciousness. Dr. Caroline Soames-Watkins's star has been on the rise...action-adventure · adult · book · female-mc · fiction · hard-sci-fi · magical-realism · medical · multiverse · philosophy -
![All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead: Bubble Babes #1 by Petra Palerno]()
All I Wanted Was Sushi But I Got Abducted By Aliens Instead: Bubble Babes #1 by Petra Palerno
Opal is trying her best in Midwest after the sudden death of her parents. Everything comes to a crashing halt as she's abducted by aliens and forced to work as a human dancer for extraterrestrial enjoyment. A chance encounter with an alien prince while stuck in a traffic jam might just change the trajectory of Opal's new life in space... -
aliens · slow-burn · steamy · fated-mates · alpha-mc · invasion · humor · first-contact · violent-conflict · fiction
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![Head Cleaner by David James Keaton]()
Head Cleaner by David James Keaton
HEAD CLEANER is a hugely original blend of thriller, science fiction, and horror that takes our love of nostalgia to task for its morbid obsessions with dead media and dead-end jobs: Clerks meets Black Mirror (with a little Groundhog Day and Russian Doll thrown in for good measure):The last Blockbuster video store in the United States is hanging on by a thread... -
![Uprooted by Erica Montrose]()
Uprooted by Erica Montrose
It’s never the expected things that uproot a stable life, it’s the unanticipated that rips it from your grasp.I finally had the life I’d always wanted.The perfect small town. My own thriving business. A little found family that accepted me for who I was.There was even an amazing guy I was trying not to fall in love with. A guy who was an open book one moment and strangely secretive the next...romance · mlm · shapeshifters · paranormal · fantasy · lgbtq · post-apocalyptic · magic · apocalyptic · crime -
![Caged with an Orc: A Monster Romance by Erin Rookwood]()
Caged with an Orc: A Monster Romance by Erin Rookwood
Once a year, a human is sent to the orcish city of Maznagh as tribute. They do not come back.In the ashes of a fallen kingdom, Katla Maran lives a quiet life in Stormwatch, a lone village in a wilderness plagued by vengeful orcspirits. But with the bodies piling up, Lord Urren blames Katla and the enchanted weapons she creates, and she is sentenced to the fate everyone in Stormwatch fears...romance · fantasy · fated-mates · alpha-mc · witches-wizards · paranormal · ghosts · family · enemies-to-lovers · female-mc -
![Mandate Thirteen by Joseph J. Dowling]()
Mandate Thirteen by Joseph J. Dowling
In a world with dwindling birth rates, all young women must submit to compulsory fertility checks at the age of thirteen. For those able to conceive, a docile existence inside the Birthing Schools beckons— or far worse if they fall into the wrong hands... -
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![Deadly Gambits by S. H. Jucha]()
Deadly Gambits by S. H. Jucha
Escalation is the watchword for the dangerous contest between the Imperium and the conclave. Executors seek the means to push the conclave out of the empire, and desperate measures are taken to design and construct new ships, which are armed with a terrible weapon.Previously, Karcaton’s best minds created a powerful probe for the Imperium...action-adventure · adult · aliens · book · exploration · fiction · first-contact · invasion · space · space-travel -
![In His Web by Rebecca Massey, Mary R. Cole]()
In His Web by Rebecca Massey, Mary R. Cole
Welcome to the Carnival of Curiosities. When the sun goes down, the things that go bump in the night come out to play. It is a place of the weird, the wonderful, the pleasurable. Step through the gate and embrace your inner desires. Justine always had a fascination with the macabre, much to the dismay of her friends and family...monsters · paranormal · shapeshifters · aliens · romance · steamy · supernatural · sci-fi · fiction · book -
![Cuddling My Chuchunya by Marilyn Barr]()
Cuddling My Chuchunya by Marilyn Barr
Her obsession stands before her, not as an extinct Australopithecus, but as a living chuchunya…an abominable snow monster who promises a lifetime of devotion in hiding…Dr. Vera ThompsonI am one reindeer sleigh ride away from academic notoriety and the corpse excavation which will catapult my career from junior anthropology fellow to tenured professor...romance · paranormal · insta-love · fated-mates · monsters · kind-mc · forced-proximity · action-adventure · myths · fantasy -
![The Phoenix Dukes by Anita Primrose]()
The Phoenix Dukes by Anita Primrose
There hasn't been an Ascendant in 400 years...As the daughter of a disgraced and destitute noble family, Lady Coralie Roberts faces a bleak future. With their home set to be seized and no prospects for a good marriage, she must find a way to turn her fortunes around. But a chance encounter leads to a revelation that could change everything...romance · reverse-harem · shapeshifters · steamy · myths · action-adventure · urban-fantasy · sci-fi · mystery · paranormal -
![The Final Season: Planet Gallywood #1 by Andrew Gillsmith]()
The Final Season: Planet Gallywood #1 by Andrew Gillsmith
For fans of Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Monty Python, and PG Wodehouse.It's one thing to know that the End is coming, quite another to know the exact date and time right down to the nanosecond.Such is the unhappy fate of the inhabitants of Rexos-4, a once-thriving planet that has lived under the doom of an inevitable apocalypse for millenia... -
![Burrowed by Mary Baader Kaley]()
Burrowed by Mary Baader Kaley
In the far-future aftermath of a genetic plague that separated human society into two different groups – sickly yet super-intelligent Subterraneans and healthy but weak-minded Omniterraneans – a brilliant Subter girl is tasked with fixing the broken genetic code to reunite the two groups in the next generation...action-adventure · adult · apocalyptic · book · coming-of-age · disability · dystopia · epidemy · fiction · futuristic -
![Trapped by Snow by Alina Riley]()
Trapped by Snow by Alina Riley
A SciFi Alien RomanceThere is snow, ice, and a storm. Will there be warmth on this frozen cold planet?Maybe I should be thankful that I'm not dead from the spaceship crash, but this stupid planet is icy. I need to get out of here as soon as I can. My team will come and rescue me... soon... very soon...Except fuel and food are running low...romance · aliens · first-contact · sci-fi · space-travel · exploration · invasion · violent-conflict · fiction · book
