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FFA’s Most Anticipated Titles of 2026 (so far)

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2025’s in the books, and we’re already looking forward to what we’ll be reading in the new year. Here’s a selection of some science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming out that we’re excited for!

*Note – links for preorders are available by clicking on the individual covers. For those that do not have purchase links, we have provided Goodreads links!*

January

Way of the Walker by Salinee Goldenberg
Sister Svangerd and the Not Quite Dead by K. J. Parker
Murder In The Temple (The Soar Chronicles Book 1) by Malory
Twelve Months (Dresden Files Book 18) by Jim Butcher
Detour by Jeff Rake & Rob Hart
The Hand and the Heart #2 by V.L. Bovalino
Emperor’s Fall (The Wrecking Squad Book 5) by Nick Snape

February

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
The Body by Bethany C. Morrow
Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs (Copper & Ash Book 1) by Adam Bassett
A Day of Breath by Darby Cox
Hammerfall: A God Eater Saga Story by Rob J. Hayes
Grace by A.M. Shine
Boy, with Accidental Dinosaur by Ian McDonald
After the Fall by Edward Ashton
The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel
Trust No One by James Rollins
Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
Dead First by Johnny Compton
Adrift by Will Dean
The Gods Must Burn by T.R. Moore
The Found Object Society by Michelle Maryk
Sentient (Ice Plague Wars #2) by Michael Nayak

March

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Crawlspace by Adam Christopher
A Spell for Saints and Sinners by Emily Carpenter
Intergalactic Feast (Flavour Hacker Book 2) by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
River of Bones and Other Stories by Rebecca Roanhorse
Seasons of Glass & Iron by Amar El-Mohtar
Steel Gods (The Great Silence Book 2) by Richard Swan
Children of Strife (Children of Time Book 4) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Book of Fallen Leaves by A. S. Tamaki
Blindside (Planetside 5) by Michael Mammay
Wretch: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by Eric LaRocca
Entwined: The Entwined Duology by H. M. Long
You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
Breaker’s Ruin (The Wrecking Squad Book 6) by Nick Snape
Ill is the Fate, Mercy #2, by Chance Dillon
Ill is the Fate (Mercy Book 2) by Chance Dillon
These Shattered Spires (Wyrdos Trilogy Book 1) by Cassidy Ellis Salter
Aicha by Soraya Bouazzaoui
Daughter of Crows (The Academy of Kindness #1) by Mark Lawrence
Enemy of My Enemy by Alex Segura

April

Shattered Glory: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (The Exlian Syndrome Series Book 5) by Seth Ring
Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer
The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
The Many by Sylvain Neuvel
Blood Bound: A Novel (Cursed Covenant Book 1) by Ellis Hunter
The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu
These Familiar Walls by C. J. Dotson
The Faith of Beasts (The Captive’s War Book 2) by James S.A. Corey

May

A Long and Speaking Silence (The Singing Hills Cycle Book 7) by Nghi Vo
Abyss by Nicholas Binge
Magic and Bullets (Academy of Outcasts Book 2) by Larry Correia
The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean
Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries Book 8) by Martha Wells
Seek the Traitor’s Son (Seek the Traitor’s Son #1) by Veronica Roth
Sisters of the Lizard (The Rakada #2) by Jackson Ford
Our Lady of Blades: A Court Of Shadows Novel (Book 2) by Sebastien de Castell
Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker
The Franchise by Thomas Elrod
Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee
The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi #2) by Shannon Chakraborty
Death Show Colossus by Bill Adams

June

The Traveler by Joseph Eckert
Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky
An Author's Guide to Setting Design by Adam Bassett
An Author’s Guide to Setting Design: Worldbuilding & Cartography by Adam Bassett
A Dance of Burning Blades (Invoker #2) by M. H. Ayinde
Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry
Headlights by CJ Leede
Inkpot Gods (Alchemical Journeys #4) by Seanan McGuire
Moonfall (The Everlands #2) by Ed Crocker
The Heart of the Nhaga (The Bird That Drinks Tears #1) by Lee Young-do
A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl #8) by Matt Dinniman
A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Songs of the Dead (The Strata Wars #1) by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian
Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim

July

Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne
Seed of the Black Oak by Christian Chiakulas
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden
The Demon Star by Jesse Aragon
Sea of Charms (Spellshop #3) by Sarah Beth Durst
The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell

August

The Infinite State: Book One of The Decurion Saga by Richard Swan
The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan
Reliquary by Hannah F. Whitten
The Truth (The Bound and the Broken) by Ryan Cahill
Upon the Forge of Battle (Age of Wrath #3) by Anthony Ryan

September

The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom Book 2) by Rachel Gillig
The Wolves of War (Wisdom of Wolves #1) by John Gwynne

October

Ash Black and the Seven Wolves by Effie Joe Stock
Ash Black and the Seven Wolves by Effie Joe Stock
The Splintered Sun (Osten Ard) by Tad Williams
Queen Beyond the Rift (Everly War Book 1) Maya Darjani

November

December

Honorable Mentions

Early 2026 Releases

Davga – An Endless War Novella by L.M. Douglas – February 2026 (tentative)
Out of the Ashes (After the Fall #1) by Michael J. Sullivan & Lorian Ellis – February 2026 (tentative)
Voice of Kami by Baptiste Pinson Wu – February 2026
Without a Whisper by Molly Macabre – February 2026 (tentative)
A Dirge For Cascius: Part II by Calum Lott – February / March 2026
Don’t Die Dave by A. R. Witham – March 2026
The Dead Man’s Empire by W.P. Wiles – March 24th, 2026
The Trackers’ Ally by Natalie Kelda – April 2026
The Rill Lord (Triempery Revelations #6) by L.L. Stephens – April 2026
Mortality Gauntlet (Hybrid Helix Turn 9) by JCM Berne – June 2026
The Ashen Viper by Joseph John Lee – Q1-Q2
He Who Ate the Wild by G.J. Terral – Q1-Q2
Rising Gale (Song of the Damned Book 2) by Z.B. Steele – Q1 – Q2

Late 2026 Releases

Red God (Red Rising #7) by Pierce Brown – Late Summer / Early Fall 2026
The Trackers Revealed by Natalie Kelda – September 2026
Power of the Stars: Book Four (untitled) by Bryan Wilson – Fall 2026
Cracks of the Deepest Black by G.J. Terral – Q3-Q4
Untitled by L. L. MacRae – Q3-Q4
Retrograde (Sentient Stars #3) by Amber Toro – Q3-Q4
The Turbulent Appearance of Brise Collier by Natalie Kelda – Winter 2026

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