FFA's Most Anticipated Reads of 2025

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January

Four Ruined Realms (The Broken Blades #2) by Mai Corland

At the Fount of Creation (Guardians of the Gods #2) by Tobi Ogundiran

Lightfall (The Everlands #1) by Ed Crocker

Breath of the Dragon (Breathmarked #1) by Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee

Cold Storage (The Revival Series #2) by Michael C. Grumley

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children #10) by Seanan McGuire

Waterblack (Cities of the Weft #3) by Alex Pheby

The Teeth of Dawn (The Five Penalties #3) by Marinna Lostetter

The Outcast Mage (The Shattered Lands #1) by Annabel Campbell

A Crown So Silver (Fair Folk #2) by Lyra Selene

Level: Unknown: An Epic LitRPG Adventure (Level: Unknown #1) by David Dalglish

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) by Rebecca Yarros

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

At Dark, I Become Loathsome by Eric LaRocca

The Shards of the Moon (The Frostmarked Chronicles #5) by Brendan Noble

God Ascended (An Archives of Evelium Tale #3) by Jeffrey Speight

Thunder Kraken (Kraken Rider Z #2) by David Estes & Dyrk Ashton

Crow’s Fortune (Iron Tyrant #2) by Seth Ring

The Legend of Meneka (The Divine Dancers Duology #1) by Kritika H. Rao

February

Dance of Shadows (The Raag of Rta #2) by Gourav Mohanty

A Dragon of Black Glass (Moonfall #3) by James Rollings

The Dark Mirror (The Bone Season #5) by Samantha Shannon

Sanctum of the Soul (The Shroud of Prophecy #3) by Kel Kade

The Witch of Whispervale (DemonWars: The Buccaneers #2) by R.A. Salvatore

Grave Empire (The Great Silence #1) by Richard Swan

Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf: A League of Legends: Arcane Novel by C.L. Clark

Cursebound: A Novel (The Faebound Trilogy #2) by Saara El-Arifi

Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers by Various

The Unkillable Princess (The Kystrom Chronicles #2) by Taran Hunt

Combat Monsters: Untold Tales of World War II by Various

The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein

Lady Drakeslayer: Passage Two of the Divine Godsqueen Coda by Bill Adams

March

The Tomb of Dragons (The Cemeteries of Amalo #3) by Katherine Addison

The Martian Contingency (Lady Astronaut #4) by Mary Robinette Kowal

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

The Haunting of Room 904 by Erika T. Wurth

The Buffalo Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

The Sea Eternal (Empire Without End #2) by Emery Robin

The Radiant King (Astral Kingdoms #1) by David Dalglish

The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi

Tideborn (Drowned World #2) by Eliza Chan

Cold Iron Task (The Unorthodox Chronicles #3) by James J. Butcher

A Deliberate Act of Violence (The Assembly #2) by Steve McHugh

Servant of Rage (Bloodrage #1) by Alex Knight

Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)

Galaphile (The First Druids of Shannara #1) by Terry Brooks

The Ragpicker King (The Chronicles of Castellane #2) by Cassandra Clare

Dead Space – Martyr (Dead Space #1) by Brian Evenson

Emberclaw (Dragon Scales #2) by L.R. Lam

Of Empires and Dust (The Bound and The Broken #4) by Ryan Cahill

Winter Warrior (The Wolf of Kings #3) by Richard Cullen

Advent (The Exlian Syndrome Series #1) by Seth Ring

Night of the Witch-Hunter (Killer VHS #6) by Patrick Barb

The Prince Without Sorrow (Obsidian Throne #1) by Maithree Wijesekara

The Wilds Exile (Ranger of the Titan Wilds #4) by J.D.L. Rosell

April

Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold (Abeni’s Song #2) by P. Djeli Clark

Firebird (The Fire That Binds #1) by Juliette Cross

The Floating World (The Floating World #1) by Axie Oh

City of All Seasons by Oliver K. Langmead & Aliya Whiteley

The Ashfire King (The Sandsea Trilogy #2) by Chelsea Abdullah

Tonight, I Bleed (The Witches of Halstett #2) by Katharine J. Adams

The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy #1) by Antonia Hodgson

The Lie That Binds Them (The Soulfire Saga #3) by Matthew Ward

Whisper in the Wind (The Fetch Phillips Novels #4) by Luke Arnold

The Tainted Khan (The Soulbound Saga #2) by Taran Matharu

The Book That Held Her Heart (The Library Trilogy #3) by Mark Lawrence

The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig

A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett

Blood of the Kami (Yaseki Monogatari #1) by Baptiste Pinson Wu

Faithbreaker (Fallen Gods #3) by Hannah Kaner

Rhino: The Rise of a Warrior: A Hell Divers Novel by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

May

The Devils (The Devils #1) by Joe Abercrombie

Anji Kills a King (The Rising Tide #1) by Evan Leikam

Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang

Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me (Dark Lord Davi #20 by Django Wexler

The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom #1) by Rachel Gillig

Level: Ascension (Level: Uknown #2) by David Dalglish

A Fate Forged In Fire (Bonded to Beasts #1) by Hazel McBride

Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd by Delilah S. Dawson

A Curse Carved in Bone (Saga of the Unfated #2) by Danielle. L. Jensen

Dead Space – Catalyst (Dead Space #2) by Brian Evenson

The Sword Triumphant (Lands of the Firstborn #3) by Gareth Hanrahan

The Sorrow of the Sea (The Nightingale and the Falcon #3) by Stephen Aryan

The Bloodless Queen by Joshua Phillip Johnson

Ace in the Hole (Black Badge #3) by Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle

June

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Heart of the Wyrdwood (The Forsaken Trilogy #3) by RJ Barker

The Last Vigilant (Kingdom of Oak and Steel #1) by Mark A. Latham

Engines of War (The Age of Uprising #3) by R.S. Ford

Six Wild Crowns (Queens of Elben #1) by Holly Race

The Ellyrian Code: The Treaty of Edriendor by B.F. Peterson

Ruins of a Shattered Dawn (Elmerïan Chronicles #3) by Corey Ratliff

A Song of Legends Lost (Invoker Trilogy #1) by M.H. Ayinde

A Chorus of War: Second Verse of The Last Ballad by Scott Palmer

Dark Dawn (The Exlian Syndrome Series #2) by Seth Ring

The Witch Roads (The Witch Roads #1) by Kate Elliott

School of Shards (Vita Nostra #3) by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

July

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw

The Jasad Crown (The Scorched Throne #2) by Sara Hashem

The Nightshade God (The Nightshade Crown #) by Hannah Whitten

Veilweaver (Nightstrider #2) by Sophia Slade

The Gryphon King (The Chaos Constellation #1) by Sara Omer

Red Tempest Brother (The Winter Sea #3) by H.M. Long

Seven Recipes For Revolution by Ryan Rose

Tusk Love (Critical Role) by Thea Guanzon

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed #1) by Brigitte Knightley

Pearl City (The Phoenix Hoard #3) by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle

To Carry a Body to Its Resting Place
(The Peregrine Estate Trilogy #1) by C.S. Humble

August

Cathedral of the Drowned (The Lunar Gothic Trilogy #2) by Nathan Ballingrud

The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand by Various

The Last Soul Among Wolves (The Echo Archives #2) by Melissa Caruso

The Iron Road (Tales of the Plains #3) by David Wragg

San Antonio Mission (The Peregrine Estate Trilogy #2) C.S. Humble

September

Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard (The Peregrine Estate Trilogy #3) by C.S. Humble

October

Queen Demon (The Rising World #2) by Martha Wells

The Quantum Temple (The Quantum Evolution #4) by Derek Kunsken

November

The Burning Queen )The Ravence Trilogy #2) by Aparna Verma

The Blackfire Blade (The Last Legacy #2) by James Logan

Our Lady of Blades (Court of Shadows) by Sebastien de Castel;

The Long Low Whistle (Killer VHS #7) by Laurel Hightower

December

Sharpe’s Storm (Sharpe #24) by Bernard Cornwell

Honorable Mentions

– Animus Paradox by Adam Bassett (January 27th, 2025)
– Welcome to Cemetery by C.J. Daley (Q1 2025)
– Venomborn by Benjamin Aeveryn (Q1 2025)
– Hammerfall (A God Eater Saga Story) by Rob J. Hayes (Q1 2025)
– Duet of Pernicious Eels by Kaden Love (Q1 2025)
– Dragon Along (The Dragons of Nora #2) by Joseph John Lee (Q1 2025)
– The Black Mantle by Andrew Watson (February 2025)
– The Child of Greenwood by Joshua Walker (February 4th, 2025)
– Gatebound (The Illborn Saga #3) by Daniel T. Jackson (February 28th, 2025)
– Whispers of the Storm by Z.B. Steele (March 2025)
– The Walled City (The Triempery Revelations #5) by L.L. Stephens (April 2025)
– Jester by Tim Carter (April 2025)
– Map Design for Authors & Worldbuilders by Adam Bassett (Q2 2025)
– Spore City (The Kinoko Trilogy #1) by Adrian M. Gibson (Summer 2025)
– Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky (June 5th, 2025)
– The Captain of Venice by Christian Cameron (June 17th, 2025)
– Black Cloaks (Titan Hoppers #4) by Rob J. Hayes (Q3 2025)
– Tales from Cemetery by C.J. Daley (Q3 2025)
– The Infernus Gate (Seven Swords #7) by Anthony Ryan (September 2025)
– Whalesong by Miles Cameron (September 4th, 2025)
– Dreamshore Guardian by Ken Liu (October 9th, 2025)
– An Empire of Dirt & Lies by Joshua Walker (Q4 2025)
– So Sing the Barrows by Steve Hugh Westenra (Winter 2025)
– Death’s Disciple #4 by Emma L. Adams
– Cage of Stars by Frasier Armitage
– The Founding Flames by DB Rook
– VEIL by Jonathan Janz
– The Oracle of Dusk by Elyse Thomson
– The Gilded Veil by Dani Finn
– Until Worms Remain (Crown and Tide #3) by Michael Roberti
– Destiny’s Doom (The Sundered Nation #3) by Vaughn Roycroft
– Whispers of the Storm by Z.B. Steele
– A Fistful of Lives by Z.B. Steele
– While Darkness Gathers by Philip Chase
– The Corsair by Tom Bookbeard
– A Pack of Wolves (The Drowned Kingdom Saga #5) by P.L. Stuart
– Trials of the Starborn (The Veins of Power #2) by K.C. McIntosh
– Blood of the Guardian (The Book of Never #9) by Ashley Capes
– Princess of the Shrouded Mountain (Karde: The Wandering Swords #3) by Erik Waag
– Age of Wrath #2 by Anthony Ryan
– Gael Song #4 by Shauna Lawless
– Blood Scouts #3 by Phil Williams
– Ordshaw #8 by Phil Williams
– Seed (Dark Walker #3) by Shelly Campbell
– Strange & Sundry Magics by Cal Black
– The Sins of Steel and Shadow by Steve Pannett
– A Ballad of Vengeance by Karim Soliman

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