For whatever quirky grounds , August 2023 is especially robust on two strawman : short - storycollections , and retellings that throw off newfangled lighter on familiar characters frommythsand history . That say , this month ’s list is just huge ( 70 titles ! ) and also has plenty ofepic fantasyand sci - fi — as well as some truly original idea , like a tale involving sentienttornadoes . register on !
New forgetful story all about witches make their debut in this new collection , featuring P. Djèlí Clark , Amal El Mohtar , Garth Nix , Darcie Little Badger , Sheree Renée Thomas , Cassandra Khaw , Fonda Lee , E. Lily Yu , and more . ( August 1 )
A young enchantress ’s arranged marriage is intended to work repose between her coven and the humans who fear them — until she meets an beguiling practician of obscure magic , who chop-chop perplex everything . ( August 1 )
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“ Cassiel ’s Servant is a retelling of religious cult favorite Kushiel ’s Dart from the point of panorama of Joscelin , Cassiline warrior - priest and protector of Phèdre nó Delaunay . He ’s sworn to chastity and the steel as surely as she ’s pledged to pleasure , but the gods they serve have truss them together . ” ( August 1 )
In this rom - com set amid the LA medicine setting , a man and a woman caught in a daily loop — he remember everything that ’s happened with every reset , but she doesn’t — must descend in lovemaking to make meter move forward again . ( August 1 )
This diachronic retelling imago that Marie Antoinette and her sister had wizardly abilities they used to help mold court politics , and that eventually sparked a dangerous competition . ( August 1 )
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This anthology gathers “ gender - bent , queered , race - bent , and inclusive retellings ” of Greek myths from Alyssa Cole , Sarah Gailey , Valerie Valdes , and more . ( August 1 )
In this modern - day Shakespeare ingeminate , a humanity and a fair sex live different lives throughout history as new incarnations of cursed lover Romeo and Juliet — until the latest “ Juliet ” becomes determined to exchange her destiny . ( August 1 )
The Sumerians Trilogy begins with a fresh take on The Epic of Gilgamesh , concenter on the goddess of love and the masses she meets during a fraught meter for ancient Mesopotamia . Read an excerpthere . ( August 1 )
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The infamous Biblical figure gets her due in this feminist , revisionist fib that brings young linguistic context to her narration . ( August 1 )
“ An all-important collection of proto – science fiction stories that disclose the diverse literary milieu out of which the sci fi musical style emerge . ” ( August 1 )
In this “ novel about how sentence shapes us , postulate what―if anything―we would be without it , ” a comatose eight - year - old girlfriend “ sleeps ” without aging , a phenomenon that draw an array of queer characters into her orbit . ( August 1 )
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“ The Lord’s Day has go away from the sky . No one can explain where it has gone , but one wayward traveller is compulsive to judge [ and ] is drawn into a WWW of illusion and whodunit , a shifting astral mindscape that shimmers with the consequence of exit — and the promise of redemption . ” ( August 1 )
A druid ’s first bodyguard assignment tax her with protecting the inheritor to the Winter Fae toilet ; as she soon realise , he has a target on his back in a tourist court full of dangerous intrigue . ( August 1 )
The author ’s Greek Creek fantasy romance serial publication — about a phratry able to shape - chemise into woman chaser — continues with tale differentiate from ring outsider Gordo Livingstone ’s point of view . ( August 1 )
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The Freaks serial conclude as the superpowered teens face the looming threat of a administration office intention on tracking them down — and the as alarming prospect of enter out life history after high schoolhouse graduation exercise . ( August 1 )
In this coming - of - age taradiddle , an 11 - year - quondam boy meets his long - lost grandfather and start to understand his character in a literally monstrous mob closed book . ( August 1 )
Set in the video - game world of Cyberpunk 2077 , this tale “ follows a group of strangers as they bring out that the dangers of Night City are all too substantial . ” ( August 8)
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A raw fantasy duology begins in this tale inspired by Nigerian mythology , following a young woman as she fight against “ a tyrannical social club , having everything stripped away from her , and seek payback for her mother ’s murder and the spill profligate of her mass . ” ( August 8)
“ When a young family movement into an bare growing community of interests , fling start to egress in both their newfangled residence and their living , as a mysterious on-line DIY instructor delivers dark subliminal prompting about how to handle any problem around the house . ” ( August 8)
In a world where brutal empires depend on the ashes of the as if by magic talented to fuel their power , a soldier , a non-Christian priest , and other characters join together to try and save humanness , starting with their own person . ( August 8)
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This sci - fi tale of political intrigue is “ set on a dystopian humankind waste by a time - pestilence where a brutal execution will bulge a polite war . ” ( August 8)
An generator compose about a killer he encountered in his jr. day — and the dark enigma he ’s keep about that clock time in his life — finds the past starting to obsess both his in - progress novel and his own realism . ( August 8)
This “ newly revised and edited with additional content ” rendering of the author ’s 2018 release follows a vampire real - acres federal agent essay to trade a household haunted by a stubborn ghost who wo n’t pull up stakes until he figures out how he give out . participate a medium who ’s both a fraud and admirer with Death himself . ( August 8)
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The myth of Medusa get down a retelling with the inclusion of her baby and an geographic expedition of their lives before they were turn into Gorgons . ( August 8)
The five surviving cast members of a cult - darling children ’s show reunite after 30 days , trying to tack together the mystifying , seemingly supernatural reasons behind the tragical accident that ended the show ’s run . ( August 8)
The Dead God ’s Heart duology concludes as Nat , on a pursuance to save her mother ’s life , learns the truth about her past times and add up to a point of no return among shadower , thief , and gods both old and fresh . ( August 8)
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“ A mythological fib of dissatisfied gods , revenge , and a heist across two world . ” ( August 8)
Billed as “ The Martian foregather 127 Hours ” as well as “ scientifically precise , ” this thriller follows a aqualung frogman who is swallow up by a giant whale and must figure out how to scat the beast before he ’s out of oxygen . ( August 8)
Billed as “ Stephen King ’s The Mist fill David Lynch ’s Twin Peaks , ” this midwestern United States - set thriller imago that tornadoes are sentient — and can only be defeated by a orphic teenager depute as the “ tornado killer . ” ( August 15 )
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In the dear hereafter , a inquiry scientist who ’s figure out how to almost exactly restore the human Einstein from stem mobile phone must front the fallout when his patients set forth turning into monster . ( August 15 )
The Grand Illusion phantasy serial go on as Dekkard , an elected functionary able to withstand emotional manipulations and surveillance , must grapple with political intrigue and produce threat from violent rebel . ( August 15 )
In this tale set amid a harsh frontier , a young woman ’s idyllic sprightliness becomes a nightmare when her parents are killed . Adopted by an malefactor , she must use her gift of foresight to protect herself — and plot retaliation . ( August 15 )
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A secret lop hand upends the lives of a washed - up vocalizer and her son as they run for from shadowy authorities agents and the random victims impact by the paw ’s power to incite anyone to extreme violence . ( August 15 )
The duology that began with Breaking Time reason out as Klara hear to estimate out how to return to 2022 after being teleported to sixteenth century Scotland while battle a demigod . Making thing sorry , her opponent have somehow chase her to the yesteryear . ( August 15 )
A young adult female raised within an oppressive fad that interdict meter reading volume realise time is more mobile than she ’d gain — helping her light upon a connecter between her life and that of Nathaniel Hawthorne , whose Scarlet Letter resonates within her reality . ( August 15 )
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The Rook & Rose fantasy trilogy ends as con creative person Ren — who ’s feign to be a stately inheritress , while in reality being a political greyback and a vigilante — struggles to hold her various identity while shielding the metropolis from dingy magic . ( August 15 )
This story aggregation search “ the alienated , engineering science - mediated life of ungratified Asian and Asian American women today , ” with tales of go steady simulations , post - surgery visual sensation , a supernatural karaoke machine , and more . ( August 15 )
The conclusion to the path of the Drow trilogy finds the author ’s long - run Dungeons & Dragons - inspired character Drizzt Do’Urden “ get to understand his persona as a friend , a father , and a man catch between the darkness and the light . ” ( August 15 )
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A man figures out how to visit his of late asleep wife in her hereafter , a place filled with retentivity — and restless flavor , who begin to attach themselves to his liveliness instead . ( August 15 )
The Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus forms the base for this story of near - future London , where people volitionally get implants “ that provide one access to a more rich social media experience directly as an augment realism . ” All is well until the British government takes charge of the curriculum . ( August 15 )
This belated from the source of Bird Box is a collection of five spooky novellas , exploring taken up houses , accused murderers , space tourism , out - of - ascendence chic - home widget , and more . ( August 15 )
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This riff on traditional fairy story follows “ a kind - hearted , frog - form heroine , a gentle knight , and a mission move all sideways . ” ( August 15 )
In this thriller , Sigma Force must unveil an ancient secret if it want any prospect of extenuate a geologic catastrophe that suddenly actuate huge earthquakes and volcanic outbreak . ( August 15 )
In 1840s Mexico , with U.S. forces mill about at the border , a therapist and a vaquero — former childhood sweethearts — reunite to defend against an even more dangerous and decidedly more supernatural threat . ( August 15 )
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“ Over 400 pages of tales pasture from wondrous to wicked , ” from fantasy author hailing from all across the globe . ( August 15 )
The John Matherson series — set in the penny-pinching future , after a devastating EMP attack send what ’s now the former United States into a new Dark Age — continues ; this clip , the professor turned reluctant grinder must spring back into action when a new threat emerge . ( August 22 )
The continuation to Belladonna find star - crossed duette Signa and Death tested by a execution plot that frame an innocent gentleman , as well as Signa ’s more and more complicated family relationship with Death ’s brother , Fate . Read an excerpthere . ( August 22 )
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The subsequence to She Who Became the Sun return to its fantastical variant of China , following Zhu , the newly crowned Radiant King , on her quest to become emperor — and the other determined challenger that stand in her way . ( August 22 )
The second book in the Songs of Penelope trilogy continues to explore the isle of Ithaca , where Odysseus is long - absent after heading to the Trojan War , and Penelope reign over the chaos due to fiber like Orestes , Elektra , Helen of Troy , Menelaus , and the goddess Aphrodite . ( August 22 )
In this supernatural read-only memory - com , a hag trying to heal her suddenly shaky king casts a dangerous spell that backfires , forcing her into a partnership with a half - human , half - fuel-air explosive monster hunter . ( August 22 )
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Eleven short stories , including one brand - new tale , come together in this collection exploring “ small - township scourge , local legends , and whisker - raising haunts sic in the eerie cosmos of Pine Deep , Pennsylvania . ” ( August 22 )
The Dark Gods serial continue as the four imposing heirs find themselves far from the conflict - torn urban center of Nexus , “ attempting to unmake the damage the gods have work across the four realms , but they inhabit on borrow prison term — and not all of them will survive . ” ( August 22 )
Neil Gaiman wrote the intro to this collection by the revulsion author featuring 12 eerie and unsettling stories , plus a revised edition of novella The Dragon ’s Bride . ( August 22 )
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This new collection gathers “ all eight stories — plus a never - before - issue account — boast Sir Hereward and his wizard puppet companion Mister Fitz , in one magical mass for the first time ever . ” ( August 22 )
In this net entry in the Seven Forges series , “ the last war is on , one that will change the material body of the Fellein Empire . Even as the divinity involve themselves in the final encounter between the imperium and the enemies , previous and novel . ” ( August 22 )
“ inspire by a classic of warriorlike liberal arts lit , The Water Outlaws are bandits of withering pitilessness , unseemly muliebrity , dangerous philosophies , and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history―or tear it apart . ” ( August 22 )
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Hired on as the help to a notorious scoundrel , a young woman starts falling for her boss — while also realizing there ’s a plot against him and his evil empire . ( August 29 )
As noncitizen organise to make first touch , Earth assembles a welcome citizens committee , with hopefuls including a tech inventor , a celebrity do-gooder , an idealistic vernal militant , and a pop star whose underground gifts may be the key to humanity ’s hereafter — or its undoing . ( August 29 )
The Rogue Team International serial publication continue with the startling discovery of ledger that arrest actual trick , which existence powers speedily look for to weaponize . “ But everyone who go near those curlicue goes insane . The fabric of reality is shredding . Is this the result of ancient magic , or is it a new bioarm that fracture the mind of anyone reveal ? ” ( August 29 )
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The Disco Space Opera serial publication continue as the misfit bunch of the You Sexy Thing combat both the perils of spread a pop - up eating place , and “ the danger of a wrathful pirate - baron seek vengeance . ” ( August 29 )
Two baby — one beautiful , one anathemize with the face of a serpent—“must fight to preserve each other when a betrothal contest gone wrong unleash an evil that could sever their bond forever . ” ( August 29 )
In this horror story , an ambitious Parisian concert dance dancer makes a dark-skinned lot late within the Catacombs — but career succeeder come with a tremendous price , and she agnise she ’s being targeted by an even more sinister violence . ( August 29 )
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Forced to live on as a fugitive while obliterate her forbidden trick , a stripling reluctantly conjoin “ the Order , ” an elect group she hopes can help her control her powers . ( August 29 )
The Venus Ascendant series concludes with a battle over a mysterious artifact ground on Venus — a parlous fight due to the grave nature of the planet itself , as well as “ the banks and powers of older Earth , who will stop at nothing to claim this novel technology for themselves . ” ( August 29 )
The Darkening Duology conclude as a minatory light transforms metropolis - dwellers into an army check by the Great King . Can goddess vessel Vesper rise up and be a hero for her people once more ? ( Aug 29 )
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This supernatural fixed storage - com imagines what bump when an creative person finds a shockingly sound hatful on a room in a lovely Chicago flat , and realizes — well , take the title . ( August 29 )
The Edinburgh Nights serial publication continues as adolescent ghosttalker Ropa gets drawn into a locked - room mystery involving a stolen charming scroll . ( August 29 )
A new fantasy serial publication begins in this Indian - inspired first appearance “ in which the circumstances of a kingdom rests in the handwriting of a princess despairing for force and an assassin with a morose closed book . ” ( August 29 )
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As a brilliant programmer works to perfect “ SavePoint , the head implant that rewinds the secondment of all our most embarrassing present moment , ” she gets caught up in its technical school and bump she ’s moving backwards in time . Can a college pal who short reappear in her life story help go down thing correct ? ( August 29 )
In this space fantasy , a refugee inhabit in a forgotten corner of the galaxy is contented to keep her former life serving in an elect military unit a secret . When a forgotten enemy war machine on the spur of the moment reactivates , she ’ll have to risk unwrap her individuality to help save everything she ’s make to build since the war . ( August 29 )
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