Qilin Press has established the Linda D. Addison Speculative Poetry Fellowship, an award that,

“supports BIPOC poets developing unpublished and in‑progress speculative poetry collections. The fellowship awards $1000 to one poet whose work demonstrates visionary depth, thematic strength, and artistic growth potential, recognizing the essential leadership of BIPOC poets in shaping contemporary speculative poetry.”

Applications open January 18, 2027, requiring a collection of 10 unpublished speculative poems. The fellowship recipient will be announced late September 2027.

For more information on the fellowship, see the Qilin Press website.

The nominees and honorable mentions have been announced for the Frank R. Paul Awards, which honor “outstanding work in book and magazine cover art.”

Best Book Cover

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Anonymous: Helen of Troy (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835628072, $30.00, 368pp, formats: hardcover, 10/13/2026)

Anthology of stories based on the legend of Helen of Troy. Introductory essay by Bella Vivante, and foreword by Emily Hauser. Part of Flame Tree’s Myths, Gods, and Immortals series. This is an international hardcover edition simultaneous with the Flame Tree UK edition.

 

Anonymous: Of Blood & Petals (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835628096, $30.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, 10/13/2026)

Anthology of fantasy stories themed around forbidden love, with 25 illustrations. Foreword by Ella d’Avoine. Part of Flame Tree’s Romantic Fantasy series.

 

Anonymous: The Tarot of Love (Flame Tree Collections UK 978-1835628102, formats: hardcover, 10/13/2026)

Anthology of fantasy stories. Foreword by Niamh Rose. Part of Flame Tree’s Romantic Fantasy series.

 

 

Buehlman, Christopher: The Thrice-Bound Fool (Tor 978-1250621214, $29.99, 384pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel, second in the Blacktongue series. Thief Kinch has to decipher a sentient ancient book that tries to kill him, and finds himself on the run with knight Galva. Simultaneous with the Orion UK/Gollancz edition.

 

Campbell, Annabel: The Void Dragon (Orbit US 978-0316580830, $19.99, 496pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel, second In the Shattered Lands series. Naila’s powers threaten to escape her control, and with dragonriders after her, she seeks sanctuary at the library of Awasef. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Cassidy, Nat: Nestlings (Titan Books UK 978-1835418895, £10.99, 432pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novel. Ana, paralyzed by complications giving birth, wins an affordable housing lottery in a beautiful old NYC building, but after moving in with her husband, sees bite marks on the baby. Originally published October 2023.

 

Chambers, Becky: As You Wake, Break the Shell (Harper Voyager US 978-0062936066, $32.00, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

SF novel, first in a duology. Cora, a pilot who guides a living ship and is struggling with “mindbleed,” forms a bond with Signy, a reclusive botanist, on the struggling planet Fortune. Simultaneous with the Hodder & Stoughton UK edition.

 

Dawson, Delilah S.: Monstera (Titan Books UK 978-1835416013, $25.99, 192pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novel. Lucy moves into an old house in Savannah and is drawn into a propulsive romance with Saskia, a secretive bodybuilder who keeps a flourishing garden.

 

Dimitri, Francesco & McDougall, Sophia: Pan (Tor 978-1250406989, $28.99, 464pp, formats: hardcover, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel, blending elements of the Roman god with Peter Pan. Pan returns to present-day Rome, and children start dreaming of an island and fighting pirates. Translated from the Italian (Marsilio 2008) by Sophia McDougall. Ebook also available.

 

Dunn, Kat: Rottenheart (Zando 978-1638934653, $28.95, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Queer romance horror novel, a reworking of Hamlet. Odette, traumatized by her mother’s death and her father’s remarriage to the cruel Claudine, learns her mother’s ghost haunts their manor, Herne House. First US edition (Manilla Press UK 6/26).

 

Faubion, Rebekah: What a Nightmare (Penguin Random House/Berkley 979-8217192144, $20.00, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Queer horror novel. Repressed receptioning Haven Powers has a dream about her boss dying that comes true the next day, and feeling stifled by her family and conformist town, embarks on a path to revenge.

 

Forest, Susan: Rivers of Ivy (Laksa Media Groups 978-1988140636, $21.00, 446pp, formats: paperback, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel, first in the Addicted to Heaven: The Next Generation series. After family catastrophe, Ivy Garton feels to Highglen, a city where magic is enslaved and industry is on the rise, to infiltrate the corrupt elite.

 

Goldsmith, Amy: A Darker Act (Penguin Random House/Delacorte 978-0593814383, $12.99, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

YA horror. Hazel played the lead role in a local play based on legends of a huntsman on the moors, but something horrible happened — a year later, Hazel and her castmates have to face the presence they awoke.

 

Goodman, A.B.: House of Atreus: Quest (Planetary Books 979-8233142161, $6.99, 154pp, formats: ebook, 10/15/2026)

SF novel, fifth in the House of Atreus series. In a world where the ancient Greek gods were actually ancient artificial intelligences, Orestes reunites with his sister and faces trial in Athens.

 

Hackwith, A.J.: Goblin Market (Titan Books UK 978-1835418970, £18.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel. Toast is a goblin changeling raised by humans, struggling to adapt to the Goblin Market; when human Sam is accused of murder, Toast has to prove her innocence. The author is Amanda Hackwith, who also writes SF romance as Ada Harper. Simultaneous with the Ace edition.

 

Jones, Stephen Graham: Off the Reservation (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1668225127, $32.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novel, sequel to The Only Good Indians. Nate and some older Blackfeet set out to repatriate the bones of a Blackfeet boy who died at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, only to find that something has taken the bones first.

 

Jung, Lynn D.: Mothsblood (Bloomsbury USA 978-1639737888, $30.00, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy novel. Alchemist Larkspur investigates the death of her university’s headmistress, wary that the case is drawing her closer to the cult called Promethean Genesis. Simultaneous with the Del Rey UK edition.

 

Lamberti, Luciano: To Bewitch a Hunter (HarperVia 978-0063455726, $28.00, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Literary horror novel. An old stalker tells Julia Ruiz that she’s her real grandmother, and warns Julia her parents aren’t her real parents, forcing Julia to confront events during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne.

 

Levine, Jenna: Love You to Death (Penguin Random House/Berkley Romance 978-0593819937, $20.00, 352pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Paranormal romance novel. Lucy is killed by a bus, and offers a deal to jaded, handsome reaper Daniel: six more weeks of life, and he can spend time on earth. Copyrighted by Jennifer Prusak.

 

Lewellen, Lyndsey: Karabos (Enclave Escape 979-8886052961, $35.37, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Young-adult fantasy novel. Winslet, homeschooled entomologist, enters the Tournament of Scarabs to save her family and become a magical insect hunter.

 

Liss, David: The Death and Birth of Iliana Marek (Tachyon Publications 978-1616964696, $18.95, 304pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/13/2026)

Paranormal crime novel. In rural Florida, Iliana, foster daughter of the corrupt police chief, suddenly starts defending Dan, the town’s most unpopular person — a drug addict who’s been told he led a woman to suicide ten years ago.

 

MacDonald, Alexander: The Spaceflight Narrative: A Literary History of Leaving Earth (MIT Press 978-0262056830, $45.00, 286pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/13/2026)

Non-fiction.A critical look at the “conceptual development of spaceflight” as it appears throughout science fiction history, covering works from the 1620s through the 1890s.

 

Maclean, Will: Solace House (Grove Atlantic/Grove 978-0802168689, $28.00, 512pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novel. Alex, a university student clearing out a run-down Victorian mansion, uncover elaborate and eerie journals from a former owner about a mysterious realm next to ours First US edition (Atlantic UK 5/26).

 

Marlowe, Mallory: Entities to Lovers (Penguin Random House/Berkley 978-0593956335, $20.00, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Paranormal rom-com novel. Medium and ghost-tour guide Rory is forced to host a tour with cocky professor Ezra, only for them to upset a matchmaker’s ghost and end up hexed. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK/Head of Zeus/Aria edition.

 

McDonnell, C.K.: Ring the Bells (Penguin Random House UK/Bantam UK 978-0857505392, $33.99, 400pp, formats: paperback, 10/10/2026)

Paranormal holiday murder novel. During a Chistmastime book club, a local librarian is possessed by a chaotic entity who’s set on murdering first the book club members, then the rest of humanity.

 

McGuire, Seanan: Be Sure, Volume II (Tordotcom 978-1250459305, $21.99, 576pp, formats: paperback, 10/13/2026)

Collection of the fourth, fifth, and sixth books in the Wayward Children series. In three adventures, children visit strange worlds and encounter strange creatures, from goblins to kelpies. Illustrated by Rovina Cai.

 

Miller, Rowenna: The Dancer and the Dream Thief (Orbit US/Redhook 978-0316571920, $19.99, 400pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Historical fantasy novel. During an alternate Prohibition where dreams are sold illegaly, dancer Evelyn investigates the disappearances of her fellow girls and joins forces with Raife, who sells human dreams to elves.

 

Mooney, Kate: The Woman of the House (Penguin Random House/Berkley 979-8217189885, $30.00, 336pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Supernatural horror novel. In their lakeside house, Rose tries to hide her secrets from her husband, but scratches on her arms start appearing, and the woman who lived there before her vanished.

 

North, Claire: As We Fall Through Time (Orbit US 978-0316586467, $19.86, 416pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

SF time travel novel. A rupture in history disrupts the lives of Cal — a time traveler who falls in love with a Drench soldier doomed to die — and Fadimatu, an ancient woman who sees her own mummy in a modern museum. North is a pen name for Catherine Webb, who also writes as Kate Griffin. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Norton-Kertson, Justine: Gutterspace (Stars and Sabers 979-8992845808, $13.99, 142pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novella. A washed-up Portland artist is pitted against a monster that lurks in the panels of an old comic book. Interior illustrations by Ahmed Raafat.

 

Proudman, Sandra: The End of Us (Penguin Random House/Joy Revolution 979-8217118199, $19.99, 368pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Young-adult SF novel. In the post-apocalyptic Wasteland, Rico wins a lottery to the safe haven oasis, but gives it up for his lover Jules — only for him to find out that it was rigged, and Jules is in danger.

 

Rekulak, Jason: Look What the Cat Dragged In (Macmillan/Flatiron 978-1250895875, $29.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Thriller/horror novel. Cartoonist Penny agrees to catsit a strange feline named Godfrey, but after a week in her house, Godfrey seems to bring violent nightmares, disturbing new drawings, and insects. Features 80 pages of original artwork.

 

Rivers, Erynne: Wench (HarperCollins/Avon 978-0008798246, $24.90, 400pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Robin Hood-inspired fantasy romance novel. Maid Marian, unhappily betrothed to the Sheriff of Nottingham, is kidnapped in the forest by the notorious fae Merry Men and Robin Hood. First US edition (Avon UK 7/26). A first novel.

 

Roberts, Adam: Frankenstein Rex (Orion UK/Gollancz 978-1399617727, £25.00, 288pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/15/2026)

SF horror novel. Frankenstein’s monster, aided by his giant height and strength, becomes world dictator, and to prepare for his own death returns to his maker’s research to create an heir.

 

Sangoyomi, O.O.: Dreamweaving (Page Street 979-8890034465, $22.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Young adult fantasy novel. Deja, a newcomer at prestigious Tanglewood Preparatory School who’s been shielded by her family’s witch legacy, shares disturbing dreams with straight-A school queen Tóbi.

 

Silver, Josie: Merry Spooky Love (Penguin Random House/Dell 978-0593983041, $20.00, 288pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/13/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, third in the Melody Bittersweet series. Melody and the Girls’ Ghostbusting Agency face the ghost matriarch of a local department store, who doesn’t want her living children to sell out. The author has also written as Kat French.

 

Willett, Edward: On Spec 2026: New Canadian Literature of the Fantastic (Shadowpaw Press 978-1-998273-72-0, $29.99, 460pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 10/13/2026)

Anthology of 28 original stories of fantasy, science fiction, and horror by Canadian authors, a continuation of the magazine.

 

Zeller, Mathilda: It Looks Like You in the Dark (Tor/Nightfire 978-1250402035, $27.99, 288pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 10/13/2026)

Horror novel. When Tapeesa’s sister Esther goes missing from their Alaskan Inupiat village, Tapeesa must contend with white rare-earth miners and a hungry creature as the long dark of winter sets in. A first novel.

 

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Editor, critic, and publisher Malcolm Edwards, 76, died October 3, 2026. He had Parkinson’s disease.

Malcolm John Edwards was born December 3, 1949 in London, England. He received a degree from the University of Cambridge. He worked at several publishing houses, including Gollancz from 1976-89, HarperCollins from 1991-7, and Orion Books from 1998-2019, first as managing director, then as deputy CEO and group publisher. For Gollancz, he edited the SF Masterworks series, re-releasing SF novels from notable genre authors including Joe Haldeman, Samuel R. Delany, and Ursula K. Le Guin. He later co-edited the companion series, Fantasy Masterworks, with Jo Fletcher. After this, he undertook the SF Gateway project, an ebook library noted as the largest digital SF/F library of its kind at the time, which launched in 2011 alongside the third edition of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Edwards was active in the UK SF fandom space throughout the 1970s and ’80s, and soon he was working as a critic and magazine editor. He edited for Vector in 1972-4, penning several editorials and reviews. He was the administrator of the Science Fiction Foundation for three years and edited its journal, Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction, in 1975-80. He was a founding board member of Interzone, which he edited in 1982-3. He also wrote one novel around this time, Succubus (1985) with Robert Holdstock under the name John Stock, and one work of short fiction, BSFA Award winner “After-Images” (1983).

He wrote several works of non-fiction, in frequent collaboration with other authors. He wrote Spacecraft in Fact and Fiction (1979) with Harry Harrison; The Complete Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy Lists (1983) with Maxim Jakubowski; and Alien Landscapes (1979), Magician: The Lost Journals of the Magus Geoffrey Carlyle (1982), and Lost Realms (1984) with Robert Holdstock; among others. He edited anthologies Constellations: Stories of the Future (1980), The Gollancz / Sunday Times SF Competition Stories (1987), and A Is for Brian (1990), the latter with Margaret Aldiss and Frank Hatherley. As a fiction editor, he worked with numerous authors, including J.G. Ballard, Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, William Gibson, Terry Pratchett, and more. In 1996, as part of HarperCollins, he won the British Book Award for Imprint & Editor of the Year.

For more, see his entry in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Rebecca Yarros’s Threshing Day (Entangled: Red Tower Books), fourth book in the author’s Empyrean series, ranks #1 on all four print lists compiled here. Other books debuting this week include titles by T. Kingfisher, Amber V. Nicole, and Kate Golden.

Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 10.18	LAT 10.11	USAT 10.04	PW 10.12	Amz (10.12)	UK: Amz UK (10.12)	Canada: Amz.ca (10.12)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		10×3	10×2	150	15×3	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Bardugo, Dead Beat	09.28.26 / 3	xx	x	90 -41	x
Bright, Wings of Reverie	08.17.26 / 9	5 -1		xxx..	xxx
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)	10.27.25 / 50	xxx..		56 +12	xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear	04.20.26 / 26	12 -4	xx	33 +10	12 -2	35 -9	42 -10	8 +5
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles	04.27.26 / 25	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xx	90 +		75 -49
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario	01.12.26 / 40	xxx..	xxx..	80 -18		xxx..		82 -58
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl	05.26.25 / 60	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	80 +		xxx..
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade	04.21.25 / 36	xxx..		89 -16	xxx..	xxx		93 -6
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook	02.02.26 / 36	x		69 -15		58 +27		20 +5
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	05.26.25 / 34	xxx..		85 +39	xxx..	77 +		80 +
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods	03.24.25 / 38	xxx	xxx..	63 +2	xxx..	96 +		33 -23
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin	10.06.25 / 30	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xx	75 +		95 +
Due, Mazywood	10.05.26 / 2			140 -92
Gillig, The Knave and the Moon	09.14.26 / 5	xx	xxx..	x	22 -6
Hoffman, The Witches of Cambridge	09.21.26 / 4	xxx		93 -37	xx
King/Straub, Other Worlds Than These	10.05.26 / 2					52 -27	59 +12	30 +4
Kingfisher, Baldur’s Gate 3: Astarion	10.12.26 / 1	7 ++		23 ++	6 ++
Kuang, Taipei Story	09.21.26 / 4	xxx	9 =	38 +55	x
Maas, A Court of Forgotten Melody	03.09.26 / 17			xxx..		21 +2	15 -5	22 +13
Maas, A Court of Splintered Harmony	03.09.26 / 22			xxx..		1 +1	2 +1	3 -1
Mandel, Exit Party	09.28.26 / 3	xx	2 =	14 -6	25 -4
Marske, Bodies of Magic	10.12.26 / 1			110 ++
Mostyn-Brown, The Need	10.12.26 / 1			116 ++
Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen	10.12.26 / 1	8 ++		26 ++	7 ++
Roth, The Sixth Faction	04.20.26 / 2					53 +	53 ++	38 +
Rundell, The Neverfear	09.14.26 / 5			xxx..	24 -8
Tahir, Empire	10.05.26 / 2	6 -5		x	x
Yarros, Fourth Wing	05.15.23 / 122	15 +	xxx..	55 +	15 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame	06.19.23 / 118	xxx..	xxx..	73 +	19 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Yarros, Onyx Storm	04.01.24 / 129	xxx..	xxx..	82 +	xxx..	xxx..	84 -30	xxx..
Yarros, Threshing Day	04.20.26 / 24	1 ++	1 ++	1 +14	1 ++	39 -30	4 -2	1 =
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 10.18	LAT 10.11	USAT 10.04	PW 10.12	Amz (10.12)	UK: Amz UK (10.12)	Canada: Amz.ca (10.12)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Borison, Grim Tidings [tpb]	09.28.26 / 3	15 -4		112 -67	14 -2
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 509		xxx..	145 -31	xxx..	xx	xxx..	xxx..
Brown, Red Rising [tpb]	05.02.16 / 50	11 +2	xxx..	xxx..		87 +6		xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb]	09.09.24 / 33			52 +15
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping [tpb]	08.17.26 / 9				6 -3	82 +	60 -13	46 +
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario [tpb]	08.17.26 / 9	10 =	6 +		10 +1	79 -5		41 +
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb]	01.12.26 / 40	4 =	1 +1	18 -7	4 =	24 +3		17 +15
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb]	06.01.26 / 19			xxx	25 +
Golden, Cursed City [tpb]	10.12.26 / 1	9 ++		29 ++	9 ++
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb]	05.16.16 / 287	13 +2	xxx..	95 +5	xxx..	xxx..	80 -23	69 +26
Miller, Circe [tpb]	09.06.21 / 109	xxx..	8 -3	xxx		xxx		xxx
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set [tpb]	10.20.02 / 59			xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	45 -14
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb]	10.03.22 / 99	7 +1	x	46 +9	xxx..	88 +1	xxx..	77 -5
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb]	09.16.24 / 107	14 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	51 -20	xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb]	06.02.25 / 68	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..		79 -19	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 10.18	LAT 10.11	USAT 10.04	PW 10.12	Amz (10.12)	UK: Amz UK (10.12)	Canada: Amz.ca (10.12)

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

COVER REVEAL!

Check out this gorgeous, colorful cover for THE APPRENTICE LIAR AND THE DEATH OF THE WORLD by Isabel J. Kim, coming out March 2, 2027 from Union Square & Co!

From the publisher:

Arrow-Lee sold his first name to Death in a dream. In return, he relives his family’s death in his nightmares until he can figure out how to rewrite time, cheat Death, and live happily ever after. Should be easy. There’s only one problem: Arrow-Lee is seventeen and doesn’t know how to do any of that. Fortunately, he’s found Calla, a wizard with a library filled with black magics, and Arrow-Lee has no problems lying and grifting his way into an apprenticeship with her.

But apprenticeship comes with its own challenges. Like getting attached to Calla, who he’s supposed to be stealing from. Like learning that there are worse entities to make deals with than Death. And like learning that their timeline is more fragile than Arrow-Lee realized, and he might be the only person who can prevent reality from cracking like an egg. It’s too bad that everyone Arrow-Lee ever loved is on the other side. With reality itself on the line, Arrow-Lee is going to have to decide what really matters to him.

Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim’s The Apprentice Liar and the Death of the World is a smart contemporary fantasy filled with humor, heart, and the mind-bending physics of magic that’s perfect for fans of Lev Grossman and Maggie Stiefvater.

PRAISE
“The Apprentice Liar and the Death of the World is a heartfelt multiverse fantasy about life, death, magic, identity, and responsibility, where characters learn how to let go of the past and move on from their mistakes. Kim shows us that we don’t have to grapple with our grief, loss, and pain alone through the intersecting lives of each of the characters and the guilt and regret they shoulder.” 
—Ai Jiang, Nebula and Bram Stoker award-winning author of An Empire in the Clouds

“There’s breathtaking wizardry in these pages—heartbreak and humor and regret and growth and friendship—and a sense of magic as rich as any I’ve seen. Isabel J Kim is a brilliant writer.”
—Max Gladstone, New York Times bestselling author of This is How You Lose the Time War

COVER CREDIT
Jacket design by Liam Donnelly
Illustration © 2027 Carolina Fuenmayor
Jacket © 2027 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.

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