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