Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your TBR

30 Jan 2026

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Add to Your TBR

Looking for new sci-fi and fantasy books that feel current and exciting? These stories offer bold concepts, dynamic characters, and imaginative storytelling. A must-read list for fans expanding their science fiction and fantasy TBR.

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The Breaking of Time: Chronicles of the Arvynth

by J. J. Hebert

Release Date: November 25, 2025

USA Today bestselling author J. J. Hebert’s brand-new urban fantasy series Chronicles of the Arvynth begins with The Breaking of Time, a novel about a devoted father whose desperate act to save his son fractures reality itself, awakening ancient magic and drawing him back into the path of an immortal order he once betrayed.

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The Serpent’s Sin (Bloodlines Book 2)

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

Release Date: January 23, 2026

Nadi is trapped in a deadly alliance with Raziel Nostrom. After a honeymoon soaked in blood and desire, they make a pact—to take down his criminal family together. Now Nadi is at the heart of the Nostrom empire, pretending to be a vampire. If her act slips even for a moment, they will tear her apart.

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An Arcane Inheritance

by Kamilah Cole

Release Date: December 30, 2025

Ellory Morgan is determined to prove that she belongs at Warren University, an ivy league school whose history is deeply linked to occult rumors and dark secrets. But as she settles into her Freshman year, something about the ornate buildings and shadowy paths feels strangely…familiar. And, with every passing day, that sense of déjà vu grows increasingly sinister.

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Her Whisper so Soft and Bitter (A Curse of Fallen Stars Book 2)

by Elsie Hawthorne

Release Date: January 23, 2026

Having left the Citadel and everything I have ever known, all I have left is Sila. I am determined that we will find a place in this new world, to finally find somewhere safe. I should have known better. With her tether to the Library broken, Sila is beginning to unravel, and every new day in the cursed forest of the outer world brings unknown dangers upon us.

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The World Burns

by Boyd Craven III

Release Date: January 19, 2026

In a world where the grid has gone dark and society has crumbled, Blake Jackson thought he was prepared. A frugal handyman living off the Kentucky bottomlands, Blake had spent years building a self-sufficient homestead and documenting his off-grid lifestyle on a popular blog.

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30Seven

by Jeremy Robinson

Release Date: January 20, 2026

After a year of torment following his wife Isabella’s brutal murder at the hands of an artistic serial killer, Marcus Lockwood retreats with his son Elias to Moose Hollow—a secluded campground in backwoods Maine—in search of healing.

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