Bookish Scifi & Fantasy
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A thread I'll be adding to hopefully as new titles are announced: the upcoming 2026 books I've been making an excited note of in my diary so far.
Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
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Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
🪐📚💙
Hi #SFF #Booksky, any scifi book podcast recommendations for John?
I've heard good things about The Hugonauts, and the @clarkesworldmagazine.com Podcast.
And I remember enjoying Welcome to Night Vale, a classic atmospheric, uncanny narrative podcast.
#podcasts
I've heard good things about The Hugonauts, and the @clarkesworldmagazine.com Podcast.
And I remember enjoying Welcome to Night Vale, a classic atmospheric, uncanny narrative podcast.
#podcasts
Hi there. Excellent thread. Can you recommend any good sci fi book podcasts?
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Hi #SFF #Booksky, any scifi book podcast recommendations for John?
I've heard good things about The Hugonauts, and the @clarkesworldmagazine.com Podcast.
And I remember enjoying Welcome to Night Vale, a classic atmospheric, uncanny narrative podcast.
#podcasts
I've heard good things about The Hugonauts, and the @clarkesworldmagazine.com Podcast.
And I remember enjoying Welcome to Night Vale, a classic atmospheric, uncanny narrative podcast.
#podcasts
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A month to go until In This City, Where it Rains publishes with @lunapress.bsky.social! A good time to start sharing some blurbs from early readers, first up from @voidcricket.bsky.social, author of Under Fortunate Stars, The Legend Liminal, and more! Pre-order now! ✨ 🖤 linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
A month to go until In This City, Where it Rains publishes with @lunapress.bsky.social! A good time to start sharing some blurbs from early readers, first up from @voidcricket.bsky.social, author of Under Fortunate Stars, The Legend Liminal, and more! Pre-order now! ✨ 🖤 linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
Sprayed edge editions of SF Williamson's brand new A War of Wyverns, published new year's day, have arrived!
I really enjoyed the first in the series, A Language of Dragons (think wartime Bletchley Park meets dragons), so I've been looking forward to this!
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#Spredges
I really enjoyed the first in the series, A Language of Dragons (think wartime Bletchley Park meets dragons), so I've been looking forward to this!
🪐📚💙
#Spredges
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Sprayed edge editions of SF Williamson's brand new A War of Wyverns, published new year's day, have arrived!
I really enjoyed the first in the series, A Language of Dragons (think wartime Bletchley Park meets dragons), so I've been looking forward to this!
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#Spredges
I really enjoyed the first in the series, A Language of Dragons (think wartime Bletchley Park meets dragons), so I've been looking forward to this!
🪐📚💙
#Spredges
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Temperatures have dropped.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Alert Streetlink now👉 orlo.uk/AboiG if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and Streetlink will help get them out of the cold.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Alert Streetlink now👉 orlo.uk/AboiG if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and Streetlink will help get them out of the cold.
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Temperatures have dropped.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Alert Streetlink now👉 orlo.uk/AboiG if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and Streetlink will help get them out of the cold.
For anyone sleeping rough, this can be fatal.
Alert Streetlink now👉 orlo.uk/AboiG if you see anyone sleeping rough who might be in need of support, and Streetlink will help get them out of the cold.
And I'm reading the YA Book of the Month for Jan, His Face is the Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora: an ancient Egyptian inspired fantasy alternating viewpoints between a princess , a priestess, a rebel and a thief, all entangled in a race to claim the Pharaoh's throne.
Great fun so far!
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Great fun so far!
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January 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
And I'm reading the YA Book of the Month for Jan, His Face is the Sun by Michelle Jabès Corpora: an ancient Egyptian inspired fantasy alternating viewpoints between a princess , a priestess, a rebel and a thief, all entangled in a race to claim the Pharaoh's throne.
Great fun so far!
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Great fun so far!
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The Waterstones #SFF Book of The Month for January is Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan, a standalone #romantasy set in the author's world of the Celestial Kingdom series, inspired by Chinese mythology.
The heir to a precarious throne feels herself dangerously attracted to the ruthless God of War...
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The heir to a precarious throne feels herself dangerously attracted to the ruthless God of War...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The Waterstones #SFF Book of The Month for January is Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan, a standalone #romantasy set in the author's world of the Celestial Kingdom series, inspired by Chinese mythology.
The heir to a precarious throne feels herself dangerously attracted to the ruthless God of War...
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The heir to a precarious throne feels herself dangerously attracted to the ruthless God of War...
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Great start to 2026 with ANNIE BOT featured as the @newscientist.com Book Club pick for Jan! 🚀
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
The challenges of writing from the perspective of a sex robot
The author of the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the New Scientist Book Club, on how she created her startling protagonist
www.newscientist.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Great start to 2026 with ANNIE BOT featured as the @newscientist.com Book Club pick for Jan! 🚀
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
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Perfect winter vibes and Christmas ghost stories. If the promised snow actually happens its the perfect book to curl up with
January 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Perfect winter vibes and Christmas ghost stories. If the promised snow actually happens its the perfect book to curl up with
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Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
January 1, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...
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This beauty has been in the oven a while, basting in some serious juices.
However, the wait has given my daughter a chance to catch up in the series. Can’t wait for us to read it at the same time.
I’m so ready for this!
#RedRising #RedGod #PierceBrown
However, the wait has given my daughter a chance to catch up in the series. Can’t wait for us to read it at the same time.
I’m so ready for this!
#RedRising #RedGod #PierceBrown
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
This beauty has been in the oven a while, basting in some serious juices.
However, the wait has given my daughter a chance to catch up in the series. Can’t wait for us to read it at the same time.
I’m so ready for this!
#RedRising #RedGod #PierceBrown
However, the wait has given my daughter a chance to catch up in the series. Can’t wait for us to read it at the same time.
I’m so ready for this!
#RedRising #RedGod #PierceBrown
A thread I'll be adding to hopefully as new titles are announced: the upcoming 2026 books I've been making an excited note of in my diary so far.
Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
🪐📚💙
Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
🪐📚💙
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
A thread I'll be adding to hopefully as new titles are announced: the upcoming 2026 books I've been making an excited note of in my diary so far.
Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
🪐📚💙
Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye!
#SFF
🪐📚💙
We also have a big ol' pile of last year's new books finally due to emerge from their winter hibernation as shiny new paperbacks this month. Here are just a few that caught my eye ⤵️
I think it's going to be another good year for the genre...
Titles and authors in the alt text.
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I think it's going to be another good year for the genre...
Titles and authors in the alt text.
🪐📚💙
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
We also have a big ol' pile of last year's new books finally due to emerge from their winter hibernation as shiny new paperbacks this month. Here are just a few that caught my eye ⤵️
I think it's going to be another good year for the genre...
Titles and authors in the alt text.
🪐📚💙
I think it's going to be another good year for the genre...
Titles and authors in the alt text.
🪐📚💙
And on that note, here are some of the new SFF horror and spec fic books scheduled for release in hardback this January that you might want to keep an eye out for 👀
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Titles and authors below ⤵️
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Titles and authors below ⤵️
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
And on that note, here are some of the new SFF horror and spec fic books scheduled for release in hardback this January that you might want to keep an eye out for 👀
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Titles and authors below ⤵️
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Titles and authors below ⤵️
Happy new year #Booksky! A whole new year of new books is about to begin.
I'd love to hear what you're most looking forward to - I'll be filling in a few upcoming scifi, fantasy, horror & spec fic publication dates to look out for in my diary today 🪐📚
I'd love to hear what you're most looking forward to - I'll be filling in a few upcoming scifi, fantasy, horror & spec fic publication dates to look out for in my diary today 🪐📚
January 1, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Happy new year #Booksky! A whole new year of new books is about to begin.
I'd love to hear what you're most looking forward to - I'll be filling in a few upcoming scifi, fantasy, horror & spec fic publication dates to look out for in my diary today 🪐📚
I'd love to hear what you're most looking forward to - I'll be filling in a few upcoming scifi, fantasy, horror & spec fic publication dates to look out for in my diary today 🪐📚
If you've been holding out for the paperback of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, now's your chance!
A coming-of-age horror about a group of young unwed mothers in the 70s, sent away to an institution to give birth in secret. Filled with body horror, injustice, feminism, rage, & revenge... ❤️
A coming-of-age horror about a group of young unwed mothers in the 70s, sent away to an institution to give birth in secret. Filled with body horror, injustice, feminism, rage, & revenge... ❤️
UK paperback edition of WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by @gradyhendrix.bsky.social is out this week!
zenoagency.com/news/paperba...
Published Jan.1st, by @torbooksuk.bsky.social
zenoagency.com/news/paperba...
Published Jan.1st, by @torbooksuk.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you've been holding out for the paperback of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, now's your chance!
A coming-of-age horror about a group of young unwed mothers in the 70s, sent away to an institution to give birth in secret. Filled with body horror, injustice, feminism, rage, & revenge... ❤️
A coming-of-age horror about a group of young unwed mothers in the 70s, sent away to an institution to give birth in secret. Filled with body horror, injustice, feminism, rage, & revenge... ❤️
Watch out, I think I spotted a new year lurking just around the corner of midweek, and I for one am not at all prepared for this encounter.
December 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Watch out, I think I spotted a new year lurking just around the corner of midweek, and I for one am not at all prepared for this encounter.
Aside from all the real harm to the creative process, creative industry, people's *brains*, integrity of information and images and archives, THIS is such a huge part of why I both instinctively, and after quite some consideration, do not want genAI.
(Image quote from Chuck's open letter below).
(Image quote from Chuck's open letter below).
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Aside from all the real harm to the creative process, creative industry, people's *brains*, integrity of information and images and archives, THIS is such a huge part of why I both instinctively, and after quite some consideration, do not want genAI.
(Image quote from Chuck's open letter below).
(Image quote from Chuck's open letter below).
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Just finished reading Riley August's "The Last Gifts of the Universe," which I found recommended on BlueSky (I don't recall by whom). This quiet, deep read has been the perfect companion at the end of the year.
Next up in my paperbacks of the year roundup is @rileyaugust.bsky.social's excellent The Last Gifts of the Universe.
A short read that packs an emotional punch & brings a very human and real feeling to the stars through its archivist/explorer narrator Scout, their brother, & cat Pumpkin 😻
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#SFF
A short read that packs an emotional punch & brings a very human and real feeling to the stars through its archivist/explorer narrator Scout, their brother, & cat Pumpkin 😻
💙📚🪐
#SFF
December 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Just finished reading Riley August's "The Last Gifts of the Universe," which I found recommended on BlueSky (I don't recall by whom). This quiet, deep read has been the perfect companion at the end of the year.
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I have been infested by THE WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social and can only sing thanks to the mechanics of my transformation. What an absolutely brilliant work of art, and if it isn’t on lists for Best Novel next year, I shall dive into the Catoptric.
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I have been infested by THE WORKS OF VERMIN by @hironennes.bsky.social and can only sing thanks to the mechanics of my transformation. What an absolutely brilliant work of art, and if it isn’t on lists for Best Novel next year, I shall dive into the Catoptric.
I'm quiet because SALE is going in at the bookshop, and it's busy too!
Loads of scifi, horror, fantasy, romantasy, boardgames etc from the last year is going into the sale today.
Grab yourself a bargain: you can check on Waterstones.com and click & collect to reserve it in your local shop 📚💙
Loads of scifi, horror, fantasy, romantasy, boardgames etc from the last year is going into the sale today.
Grab yourself a bargain: you can check on Waterstones.com and click & collect to reserve it in your local shop 📚💙
December 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm quiet because SALE is going in at the bookshop, and it's busy too!
Loads of scifi, horror, fantasy, romantasy, boardgames etc from the last year is going into the sale today.
Grab yourself a bargain: you can check on Waterstones.com and click & collect to reserve it in your local shop 📚💙
Loads of scifi, horror, fantasy, romantasy, boardgames etc from the last year is going into the sale today.
Grab yourself a bargain: you can check on Waterstones.com and click & collect to reserve it in your local shop 📚💙
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I'm ridiculously fond of ASUNDER. It made @kerstinhall.bsky.social an instant pre-order for me for whatever she writes next. Thanks @solarisbooks.bsky.social for bringing out a UK paperback edition, hope many more people pick up this book which was so deserving of its Nebula and Locus nominations.
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm ridiculously fond of ASUNDER. It made @kerstinhall.bsky.social an instant pre-order for me for whatever she writes next. Thanks @solarisbooks.bsky.social for bringing out a UK paperback edition, hope many more people pick up this book which was so deserving of its Nebula and Locus nominations.
Still need inspiration for the #SFF reader in your life?
Why not preorder them something to look forward to in 2026?
There are lots of amazing #signed & special editions available here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/spe... (don't leave it too long though, they're very limited editions!)
💙📚🪐
Why not preorder them something to look forward to in 2026?
There are lots of amazing #signed & special editions available here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/spe... (don't leave it too long though, they're very limited editions!)
💙📚🪐
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Still need inspiration for the #SFF reader in your life?
Why not preorder them something to look forward to in 2026?
There are lots of amazing #signed & special editions available here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/spe... (don't leave it too long though, they're very limited editions!)
💙📚🪐
Why not preorder them something to look forward to in 2026?
There are lots of amazing #signed & special editions available here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/spe... (don't leave it too long though, they're very limited editions!)
💙📚🪐
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Solidarity with all the retail workers today - one last push and then its home for Christmas (before it all starts again for the sales) we can do this!
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Solidarity with all the retail workers today - one last push and then its home for Christmas (before it all starts again for the sales) we can do this!
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If you like a book?
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If you like a book?
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
Review it. Ask your library to buy it. If you can afford it, buy a copy for a friend. Recommend it wherever you're social. Send the author an email, or a skeet, or a Ko-Fi. Write fanfic. Blow under the wings of the paper airplane so it can fly a little farther.
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I *loved* this book. Couldn't put it down; I devoured it in a day and a half.
Dec 23rd's book advent is @aptshadow.bsky.social's Shroud: a wonderfully dark and tense tale of two women accidentally stranded on an incredibly inhospitable planet, a perilous journey to survive, and all the fantastic big ideas and alien weirdness you might love and expect from this author!
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December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I *loved* this book. Couldn't put it down; I devoured it in a day and a half.