Ready to see what’s new on the shelves this week? Our September 29, 2026 new releases video explores the latest arrivals in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult fiction.

This week’s lineup features a wide range of stories, from far-reaching sci-fi adventures and richly imagined fantasy settings to unsettling horror, supernatural mysteries, and engaging YA fiction. Whether you’re searching for your next immersive read or looking to expand your TBR list, there are plenty of new titles to discover.

For more weekly coverage of the newest speculative fiction releases, subscribe to the channel and join us each week as we highlight fresh books across these genres. Thanks for watching, and we’ll be back next week with another selection of new releases!

Winners of the French-language Prix Boréal have been announced.

Best Novel

The October 2026 Locus magazine, issue #789, has interviews with Stephen King, Tananarive Due, and Paul Tremblay. The issue includes a feature on horror with spotlights by K. Ancrum, K-Ming Chang, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Golden, Micaiah Johnson, Keith Rosson, and Lisa Wood; commentary by Maurice Broaddus & Dr. Chesya Burke, Cassandra Khaw, and Lisa Wood; and a review by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro. LAcon V, Worldcon 2026 is covered with an extensive report and photos, the Hugo voting breakdown, and a WSFS business meeting report. News includes the Hugo Awards winners, Nancy Kress’s induction as a SFWA Grand Master, the Dragon Awards winners, and more. David Kopaska-Merkel is remembered with an obituary. Reviews include new titles by Annalee Newitz, Nghi Vo, Daryl Gregory, Freya Marske, Seth Haddon, Allan Kaster (ed.), Becky Chambers, Max Dosser, Claire North, Jonathan Strahan (ed.), Tananarive Due, Matt Hill, Haralambi Markov, Robert G. Penner, Naomi Alderman, Kuzhali Manickavel, Karen Lord, Margrét Helgadóttir (ed.), Adam Roberts, Caskey Russell, Shaun Tan, Sophia Hannah, H.G. Parry, Catherine Cavendish, Sean David Robinson, Hannah Whitten, Kim Boyhun (translated by Archana Madhavan), Kim Bo-Young (translated by Sophie Bowman), Cassandra Khaw, Adam Cesare, Neal Stephenson, K. Ancrum, Morgan Thomas, Wole Talabi and others.

Reviews by GABINO IGLESIAS / 29

Reliquary, Hannah Whitten; Mothersucker, Kim Boyhun, tr. Archana Madhavan; A Plagued Sea, Kim Bo-Young, tr. Sophie Bowman; Find Me Where It Ends, Cassandra Khaw; Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo!, Adam Cesare.

Reviews by DIVERS HANDS: JOANNE ANDERTON, ALEX BROWN, ADRIENNE MARTINI, ADAM ROBERTS / 30

D: Heavy Water, Neal Stephenson; Adam, Mine., K. Ancrum; Mad Eden, Morgan Thomas; The Fist of Memory, Wole Talabi.

Alderman, Naomi • The Strangers (Abigail Nussbaum)
Ancrum, K. • Adam, Mine. (Alex Brown)
Boyhun, Kim • Mothersucker (Gabino Iglesias)
Bo-Young, Kim • A Plagued Sea (Gabino Iglesias)
Cavendish, Catherine • Ghosts of Chanterlands (Colleen Mondor)
Cesare, Adam • Clown in a Cornfield 4: Lights! Camera! Frendo! (Gabino Iglesias)
Chambers, Becky • As You Wake, Break the Shell (Alexandra Pierce)
DK • A History of Horror, Fear, and the Uncanny (Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
Dosser, Max • Nostalgic Futures: The Reactionary Fantasies of Speculative Fiction Fandoms (Alexandra Pierce)
Due, Tananarive • Mazywood (Ian Mond)
Gregory, Daryl • The Porcelain Sisters (Gary K. Wolfe)
Haddon, Seth • Null Entity (Alexandra Pierce)
Hannah, Sophia • We Were Never Here (Colleen Mondor)
Helgad ttir, Margr t, ed. • Nordic Nightmares (Niall Harrison)
Hill, Matt • Wrecks (Ian Mond)
Kaster, Allan, ed. • The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 10 (Alexandra Pierce)
Khaw, Cassandra • Find Me Where It Ends (Gabino Iglesias)
Lord, Karen • The Angel at the Gates (Niall Harrison)
Manickavel, Kuzhali • A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School (Abigail Nussbaum)
Markov, Haralambi • The Language of Knives: Stories (Ian Mond)
Marske, Freya • Bodies of Magic (Alexandra Pierce)
Newitz, Annalee • A Wall Is Also a Road (Gary K. Wolfe)
North, Claire • As We Fall Through Time (Alexandra Pierce)
Parry, H. G. • The Witch Below Dreaming Wood (Colleen Mondor)
Penner, Robert G. • Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell (Abigail Nussbaum)
Roberts, Adam • Frankenstein Rex (Niall Harrison)
Robinson, Sean David • The Door in Penrose Forest (Colleen Mondor)
Russell, Caskey • The Eagle in the Mountain (Niall Harrison)
Stephenson, Neal • D: Heavy Water (Joanne Anderton)
Strahan, Jonathan, ed. • Revolution in the Heart (Alexandra Pierce)
Talabi, Wole • The Fist of Memory (Adam Roberts)
Tan, Shaun • Hometown (Colleen Mondor)
Thomas, Morgan • Mad Eden (Adrienne Martini)
Vo, Nghi • The Scarlet Ball (Gary K. Wolfe)
Whitten, Hannah • Reliquary (Gabino Iglesias)

David Shelley will give up his current role as head of an English language management structure on January 1 2027 to become executive chair of Hachette UK and Hachette Book Group. Accordingly, Ben Sevier is taking over as CEO of Hachette Book Group, moving on from his position as president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing.

Sevier stated, “My decade leading the spectacularly talented teams across the Grand Central Publishing Group has been equal parts exciting, challenging, and deeply rewarding, and I expect a super-charged version of all three in this next phase of our company and our industry…”

Richard Kitson has been named as COO for global English language at Hachette. Christine Ball will join HBG in November as president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing, replacing Sevier. Emily Meehan will become president of Union Square. Amongst staffing changes, HBG will form a new publishing program in Canada that will be overseen by Sally Kim.

For more information on the changes see the HBG press release.