Science Fiction & Fantasy | Prepub Alert, June 2025 Titles

This month features a lesbian vampire tale from bestselling V.E. Schwab, a historical portal fantasy from LJ Best Book author H.G. Parry, and two fairy-tale retellings.

Elliott, Kate. The Witch Roads. (The Witch Roads, bk. 1). Tor. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250338617. 448p. $29.99. FANTASY

Bestselling Elliott (The Keeper’s Six) returns with the first entry in an epic-fantasy duology featuring an arrogant prince and a courier who end up on a journey fraught with danger.

Fox, Hester. A Magic Deep and Drowning. Graydon House. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781525809910. pbk. 304p. $18.99. FANTASY

Set during the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age, Fox’s (The Book of Thorns) latest is a gender-flipped historical fantasy retelling of “The Little Mermaid.”

Herman, Ry. This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister. Dial. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780593733080. pbk. 416p. $18. FANTASY

UK-based Herman makes their U.S. debut with this story about Princess Melilot in a satire of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “The Twelve Huntsmen.”

Lackey, Mercedes & Larry Dixon. Gryphon’s Valor. (Kelvren’s Saga, bk. 2). DAW. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780756418892. 368p. $29. FANTASY

Gryphon hero Kelvren returns in the second “Kelvren’s Saga” book, set in the beloved high-fantasy world of Valdemar and full of adventure and intelligent magical creatures.

Lee, Miye. The Dallergut Dream-Making District. (Dallergut, bk. 2). tr. from Korean by Sandy Joosun Lee. Hanover Square. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781335015358. 288p. $21.99. FANTASY

Lee’s follow-up to the internationally bestselling The Dallergut Dream Department Store finds Penny now an official employee of the dream industry, but it’s not quite what she expected. With a 75K-copy first printing.

Parry, H.G. A Far Better Thing. Tor. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250334183. pbk. 416p. $18.99. FANTASY

Parry (The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door, an LJ Best Book) pens a stand-alone portal fantasy set during the French Revolution, in which a mortal servant seeks revenge against the fae. With a 125K-copy first printing.

Race, Holly. Six Wild Crowns. (Queens of Elben, bk. 1). Orbit. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780316572927. 416p. $30. FANTASY

YA author Race (“Midnight’s Twins” series) makes her adult debut with this preempted title, a fantasy containing dragons, courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII. With a 70K-copy first printing.

Schwab, V. E. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Tor. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250320520. 544p. $29.99. FANTASY

Three women’s stories tangle together across centuries and continents in this lesbian vampire tale from bestselling Schwab (The Fragile Threads of Power). With a 500K-copy first printing.

Forthcoming Series Titles

Dyachenko, Marina & Sergey Dyachenko. School of Shards. (Vita Nostra, bk. 3). tr. from Russian by Julia Meitov Hersey. Harper Voyager. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9780063225480. pbk. 384p. $19.99. FANTASY

Older, Malka. The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses. (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, bk. 3). Tor. Jun. 2025. ISBN 9781250396068. 256p. $28.99. SCIENCE FICTION

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JL Malone

Sadly, it's no surprise that you still have to cover these issues. While researching Blanche Collins, a local librarian who fought vigorously against censorship, I found an article she published in your 1965 (Vol 90, Issue 11, pp 2486) called "Ordeal at Long Beach." I guess she was right that there will always be attacks on our freedoms and libraries, and people to fight back against bigotry. Thanks for fighting the good fight and giving us resources.

Posted : 2022-04-06 23:25:29


Roger Waters

Hi!
I was alarmed by the title and clicked on the link only to realize can't read it. What going on our public libraries and why am I not allowed to know? Does anyone know why you are censoring this information about our public libraries so that only certain people get it?

Posted : 2022-03-16 17:08:45

Bouchard Bouchard

Hi, you can hit the print icon at the top and save the full text as a pdf.

Posted : 2022-03-23 14:31:37


Samantha Laudert

thank you

Posted : 2022-03-15 22:41:14


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