17 new sci fi and fantasy books to read this fall 2022

Have you ever wondered why so many highly anticipated books come out each fall? After all, readers buy the most books between Labor Day and Christmas. has been found, and science fiction and fantasy are no exception. This fall, NK Jemisin, Stephen King, SA Chakraborty, Brandon Sanderson, Neon Yang, Alan Moore, CL Polk, Mary Robinette Kowal, and… JRR Tolkien? (In a way, yes.)

Here are the 17 most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy books to hit shelves between September 1st and December 31st, 2022.

Fairy Tales by Stephen King (September 6)

At some point early in the pandemic, Stephen King reportedly asked himself, “What can I write to make you happy?” finished novel, fairy tale, It’s about a high school athlete named Charlie Reed. When Charlie starts doing odd jobs for an old recluse, he discovers portals to other worlds – “a vast deserted city” and “a glass tower so tall that its tip pierces the clouds.” It is a vast palace with

Ninth Nona (Tamsin Muir) (September 13)

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Everyone’s favorite space necromancer is back for the third installment in Muir’s Locked Tomb series.Followed by ninth gideon When the ninth halo, Nine House’s interplanetary tale pivots to a woman named Nona who has recently awakened in a new body with no memory of her previous life. She was originally slated to be a character in the final volume of the planned trilogy, Ninth AlectHowever According to Carl Engle-Laird (Tordotcom’s Muir editor), Nona “could not be contained and requested her own volume.” Ninth Alect Fall 2023 book number four and (for now) the last book.

Bliss Montage by Ling Ma (September 13)

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Author of one of the best novels of the 2010s — retirement (No, it’s not a show) — we’re back with a fantastic collection of short stories that span multiple genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror, while remaining grounded in everyday realism.Peking duckNew Yorker “” or “business hours” in Atlantic.

Lark Ascending by Cyrus House (September 27)

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House’s dystopian seventh novel is a clever reversal of Irish migration to America during the potato famine of the 1840s. In the near future, when the United States was hit by wildfires, a family of American refugees fled across the Atlantic to Ireland. Ireland is “the last country not yet overrun by extremists”. Of course, when the protagonist seeks a safe haven in the apocalypse, things are never what they seem.

The Famous Magician by César Aira (September 27)

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Aira’s short book is a literary equivalent to the black truffle of Périgord. This 48-page novel of his tells the story of an aging writer in Buenos Aires who comes across a wizard in a book market. The magician Ovando presents the writer with “The Devil’s Deal”. So omnipotent power in exchange for never reading or writing again.

Misery Genesis by Neon Yang (September 27)

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After being nominated for Nebula and Hugo Awards for his Tensorate novella, black tide in heaven, Yang is back with his first full-length novel. Origin of Misery It reimagines Joan of Arc as a space fantasy warrior named Mizari Nomaki who hears the voices of angels in her head. It’s also the first book in a new series called Nullvoid Chronicles.

“Mountains in the Sea” by Ray Naylor (October 4)

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Have you been waiting all your life for a novel about humans discovering an octopus civilization? In Nayler’s debut, a marine biologist visits an isolated Vietnamese archipelago to study a new (and deadly) cephalopod species with extraordinary intelligence. But in true Michael Crichton fashion, the tech company has already bought the island, evacuated the locals, and has its own plans for Octopus.

Illumination by Alan Moore (October 11)

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This is the first collection of short stories from Alan Moore, best known for writing cartoons such as: Watchmen, V for Vendetta, From Hell, When Batman: The Killing JokeOver 40 years in the making, some of these stories are never-before-published and gleefully flit across genres. There are ghosts, sorcerers, creatures, his four horsemen of the apocalypse, and a long novella, What We Know About The Thunderman, which fictionalizes comic history.

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal (October 11)

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Tor calls this “skinny man in space. ” Spearman A mystery set on a luxury interplanetary cruise ship by the author of calculating star, When her spouse is arrested for murder on their honeymoon, heiress and inventor Tesla Crane decides to investigate the crime himself.

River of Silver by SA Chakraborty (October 11)

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Chakraborty’s Daevabad Trilogy — City of Brass, Kingdom of Copper, When golden empire — one of the most famous fantasy series of this century. Set in the same universe, this storybook features new characters, old characters, and never-before-seen material that expands the breadth of the world.

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (October 25)

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Starter of Blake’s self-published series, Atlas Six, Last year, it exploded on TikTok. After causing a sensation in word of mouth, picked up by thor (and the remaining trilogy planned). In December 2021, Amazon announced his TV adaptation of the series, and now his second novel will launch on October 15th. It follows his six sorcerers who have joined the Alexandria Society, a secret organization dedicated to safeguarding inherited lost knowledge. from ancient civilizations.

The World We Make by NK Jemisin (November 1)

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who can forget the 2020s the city we became, Jemisin’s unconventional novel about five people who become living avatars of the borough of New York? complete the duology of A mayoral candidate desperate to make New York whiter and wealthier.

CL Polk’s “Even if I knew the end” (November 8)

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Polk won the World Fantasy Award for his debut novel witch mark In 2019, we reimagine mid-20th-century Chicago as a hotbed of “sacred monsters” and serial killers like the White City Vampires. i knew the end It’s also a noir romance between a magical detective and the woman she loves, as well as a supernatural murder mystery.

The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson (November 15th)

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Sanderson’s original Mistborn trilogy is widely regarded as one of the best fantasy series ever written. lost metal It is the fourth and final book in the follow-up Wax and Wayne tetralogy, set 300 years after the events of the trilogy. Still confused? Welcome to Cozumel.

Africa Risen Edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight (15 Nov)

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This anthology features 32 sci-fi and fantasy stories from continental African authors and diasporas, including Tananariv Due, Tobias S. Buckel, Itasha L. Womack, Sandra Jackson Opoku, and Wole Tarabi. Cyborgs, spirits, robots, jinn, and rain goddesses abound.

Angel’s Footprints by Rebecca Roanhorse (November 15th)

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angel footprints It has a very unique combination of setting and premise. In 1883, a mining town in the Colorado Mountains experienced a gold rush, and a new element called divinity was discovered under the ground. But this is not our Colorado. Home to the descendants of demons and angels, many years after an ancient war.

Fall of Numenor to JRR Tolkien (15 November)

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prime video fan ring of power Tolkien’s “Atlantis” myth, the island kingdom of Numenor, the rise of Sauron, and the forging of the Ring of Power.