15 UPCOMING FANTASY BOOKS I’M DESPERATE TO READ
Your TBR is about to get bigger! (Sorry not sorry 😊)
One of my life’s greatest pleasures is putting together our reading retreat gift bags. It’s so much fun to surprise our attendees with digital galleys of upcoming books. And everyone who attended our Oregon reading retreat got digital galleys of these 15 highly anticipated titles!!! 💗
Many thanks to the publishers who generously gave huddlers copies of these awesome books. You made our retreat so special!
More info on each title is below.
1. WILD REVERENCE BY REBECCA ROSS
First, you should know that Divine Rivals is one of my favourite fantasy books of all time. So I’m genuinely freaking out over this inevitably stunning book set in the same world.
OUT SEP 2, 20252. THE SUMMER WAR BY NAOMI NOVIK
Do you know what are highly underrated? Novellas. And this upcoming one by the one and only Naomi Novik is about a young witch who inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love sounds superb.
Out Sep 16, 20253. THE SECOND DEATH OF LOCKE BY B. L. BOVALINO
Two words: lady knight. This romantic epic fantasy has been getting INCREDIBLE early reviews, and I’m foaming at the mouth to read it. It’s about the undying bond between a knight and their mage.
Out Sep 23, 20254. TO CAGE A WILD BIRD BY BROOKE FAST
This anticipated fantasy-dystopian book has major Hunger Games vibes! It’s based in a world of a prison where the wealthy hunt inmates for sport.... and the FMC is into one of the prison guards.
Out Sep 25, 20255. THE PRINCESS KNIGHT BY cait jacobs
You know I love a military academy in a fantasy book! This one is about a princess who signs up for the same academy as the prince who broke her heart. And it’s a debut!
OUT OCT 14, 20256. THE LOST RELIQUARY BY LYNDSAY ELY
A divinely-blessed warrior bound to the last living goddess decides to win her freedom! This one has been called “ruthless, epic, and darkly hilarious,” akin to Gideon the Ninth.
OUT OCT 21, 20257. THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA BY TASHA SURI
I can’t WAIT to read this one! It’s described as a heart-shattering romantasy of sapphic longing, medieval folklore, and a love that spans centuries. Sign me up!
OUT OCT 21, 20258. THE WHITE OCTOPUS HOTEL BY ALEXANDRA BELL
Real talk: I judge books by their covers (sorry) and I LOVE the way this one looks. And the story sounds great too! It’s about a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps where two lost souls living in different centuries meet.
OUT OCT 28, 20259. OUR VICIOUS OATHS BY n. e. davenport
This one is going to have it all! Powerful magic, enemies to lovers, political intrigue, a warrior princess, and fae! So basically all my favourite things. I can’t wait to read.
OUT OCT 28, 202510. THE BOOKSHOP BELOW BY GEORGIA SUMMERS
An upcoming standalone fantasy from the bestselling author of The City of Stardust! It’s about a disgraced bookseller offered the chance to restore a magical bookshop to its former glory.
OUT NOV 18, 202511. AS MANY SOULS AS STARS BY NATASHA SIEGEL
For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (um hi that’s me), this inventive and romantic novel is about a witch and an immortal demon who make a Faustian bargain and are drawn into a cat-and-mouse chase across multiple lifetimes.
OUT NOV 25, 202512. THE BOOK OF BLOOD & ROSES BY ANNIE SUMMERLEE
A vampire hunter goes undercover at a mysterious university—and finds herself in love with her roommate, an alluring vampire, in book one of a seductive sapphic paranormal fantasy.
OUT JAN 13, 202614. GRACELESS HEART BY ISABEL IBANEZ
This is genuinely one of my MOST ANTICIPATED books of the next year. It’s a lush and magical fantasy romance set in Renaissance Italy. I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!
OUT JAN 13, 202615. THE ELSEWHERE EXPRESS BY SAMANTHA SOTTO YAMBAO
A cozy fantasy about a magical train!!! Can you imagine? It’s a train that picks up lost souls and helps them find their true purpose.
OUT JAN 20, 2026