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.
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.
Buy on AmazonThe 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.
Buy on AmazonAn 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.
Buy on AmazonHer 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.
Buy on AmazonThe 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.
Buy on Amazon30Seven
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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