Top new sci-fi books in July 2022
Last updated:
July 31, 2022
July 2022 featuring new releases by Blake Crouch, Victoria Aveline, Ruby Dixon, Becky Chambers, Sarah Blake, Louise Pentland, R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Honey Phillips, Kate Rudolph, Erin Flanagan, Jessie Mihalik and many more.
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Upgrade by Blake Crouch
Logan Ramsay is about to get the brain he always dreamed of. But will he be transformed into something more than human…or something less? The mind-blowing new thriller from the 'New York Times' best-selling author of 'Dark Matter' and 'Recursion'.When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · contemporary · dystopia · fiction · genetic-engineering · medical · mystery -
![Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline]()
Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline
Turns out crash-landing into love is possible…Katie is content with her post-alien-abduction life. Not only has she found work as a royal attendant, but her current assignment on a galaxy cruise is enjoyable, too…until the ship is brought down by a malevolent species. Now she must rescue her friends and escape a hostile planet—all by herself...aliens · paranormal · fated-mates · multi-pov · slavery · futuristic · dystopia · monsters · crime · apocalyptic -
![Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon
Someone is illegally stealing humans from their home world and cloning them.For months, we’ve been hunting this ring of criminals and the end is in sight. I’m separating from my brothers and taking my ship to track down the bad guys.One small problem — Helen insists upon joining me on this dangerous mission.Helen herself is a clone, created to be an object of beauty... -
![A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers]()
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · cozy · female-author · fiction · futuristic · lgbtq · philosophy -
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![Time After Time by Louise Pentland]()
Time After Time by Louise Pentland
Tabitha is stuck. She still lives in the small town she grew up in...the town she's barely ever left.So, when her dad drops a bombshell over their weekly Sunday dinner, Tabitha takes a look at her own life. She lives firmly in her comfort zone and doesn't know how to break out. Sometimes she wishes she should go back and start it all again...romance · contemporary · fiction · audiobook · time-travel · fantasy · family · womens-fiction · sci-fi · humor -
![New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction by R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Judith Huang, Liang Qingsan]()
New Voices in Chinese Science Fiction by R.F. Kuang, Neil Clarke, Judith Huang, Liang Qingsan
Science fiction is international in scope, but many works are often unavailable to readers because of language barriers or the costs involved in transcending them. In the eleven years I've been publishing science fiction works from China, I've had the privilege of working with and featuring stories by both of my co-editors, as well as dozens of other authors... -
![Claimed Among the Stars by Honey Phillips, Kate Rudolph, S.J. Sanders, Nancey Cummings]()
Claimed Among the Stars by Honey Phillips, Kate Rudolph, S.J. Sanders, Nancey Cummings
Make contact with the hottest alien anthology in the universe!Claimed Among the Stars will rocket you to reading bliss with more action, adventure, and pleasure than one planet can contain. Curl up with this collection of wild and wonderful heavenly bodies and venture to the unknown worlds that only your favorite sci-fi romance authors could create... -
![Blackout by Erin Flanagan]()
Blackout by Erin Flanagan
In this unforgettable psychological thriller, the dark is a terrifying mystery for a woman on the edge.Seven hard-won months into her sobriety, sociology professor Maris Heilman has her first blackout. She chalks it up to exhaustion, though she fears that her husband and daughter will suspect she’s drinking again. Whatever their cause, the glitches start becoming more frequent...fiction · mystery · suspense · psychological · audiobook · crime · contemporary · sci-fi · female-mc · book -
![Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik]()
Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik
Kee Ildez has been many things: hacker, soldier, bounty hunter. She never expected to be a hero, but when a shadowy group of traitors starts trying to goad the galaxy’s two superpowers into instigating an interstellar war, Kee throws herself into the search to find out who is responsible—and stop them...action-adventure · adult · aliens · audiobook · book · fiction · friends-to-lovers · military · slow-burn · space-fleet -
![Classic Monsters Unleashed by Seanan McGuire, Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, F. Paul Wilson]()
Classic Monsters Unleashed by Seanan McGuire, Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, F. Paul Wilson
Stories of famous monsters in a new horror anthology edited by James Aquilone and featuring Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Maberry, Ramsey Campbell, and many others.Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr... -
![The Trial by S.R. Masters]()
The Trial by S.R. Masters
Would you sign up to a medical trial if you didn’t know the possible side effects?18-40? PAID CLINICAL TRIAL IN THE CANARY ISLANDS – UP TO £20,000 TAX FREEIt seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. An all-inclusive luxury trip abroad, all you need to do is take a pill every day and keep a diary.Except you don’t know anything about the drug or what its side effects might be...mystery · fiction · crime · contemporary · suspense · sci-fi · psychological · audiobook · survival · horror -
![Extinction by Bradley Somer]()
Extinction by Bradley Somer
In a lonely valley, deep in the mountains, a ranger watches over the last surviving grizzly bear.With the natural world exhausted and in tatters, Ben has dedicated himself to protecting this single fragment of the wild.One night, he hears voices in the valley – poachers, come to hunt his bear.A heart-pounding chase begins, crossing forests and mountainsides, passing centuries of human ruins...sci-fi · fiction · dystopia · apocalyptic · pollution-climate-change · suspense · audiobook · disaster · book · adult -
![The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya]()
The Last Beekeeper by Pablo Cartaya
Award-winning author Pablo Cartaya’s latest middle grade, The Last Beekeeper, follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known beehive in the world from extinction against nearly insurmountable obstacles—an environment completely changed by climate change and the greedy humans who will profit from the bees...middle-grade · sci-fi · dystopia · action-adventure · audiobook · fiction · children-books · mystery · latinx-mc · family -
![Loving Dark Men by J.A. Huss]()
Loving Dark Men by J.A. Huss
A man lures a woman into the woods.Another ruins the life of his best friend.And yet another strings them along like puppets.Dark men.They are intriguing, and charming, and powerful.They are changing the world.They are changing themselves.They are playing with lust, and love, and fear, and loathing.Addicted to each other, to their secret, to the seduction, to the sex.It’s a crash in the making...adult · angst · audiobook · book · contemporary · dark · enemies-to-lovers · fiction · love-triangle · mlm -
![Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman]()
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
A dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed author of The Teleportation Accident.The near future. Tens of thousands of species are going extinct every year. And a whole industry has sprung up around their extinctions, to help us preserve the remnants, or perhaps just assuage our guilt...fiction · sci-fi · dystopia · literary-fiction · outdoors · audiobook · humor · animals · pollution-climate-change · satire -
![On Destiny by Aileen Erin]()
On Destiny by Aileen Erin
When Amihanna di Aetes first got to Sel’Ani, she never thought she’d have the full support of the Aunare, but she does. She never thought that she’d fall in love, get married, or become the High Queen, but she did. She never thought that she’d be planning something so stupid as her return to Earth, but that’s exactly what she’s doing...romance · sci-fi · young-adult · aliens · latinx-mc · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · supernatural · steamy -
![Quinn and the Queller by Honey Phillips]()
Quinn and the Queller by Honey Phillips
Can a fragile human female save an isolated alien warrior?Life has taught Quinn one inescapable lesson - she will always end up alone. That lesson has never been as painful as when the friends who were kidnapped with her disappear, leaving her abandoned on an alien planet.When she is sold to a terrifying alien warrior, she expects the worst...adult · aliens · alpha-mc · book · captivity · dark · fated-mates · fiction · first-contact · futuristic -
![August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White]()
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
When an army of giant robot AIs threatens to devastate Earth, a virtuoso pianist becomes humanity's last hope in this bold, lightning-paced, technicolor new space opera series from the author of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe...action-adventure · adult · aliens · book · chosen-one · exploration · fiction · first-contact · invasion · lgbtq -
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![Wild Fire by Anthony J. Melchiorri, Nicholas Sansbury Smith]()
Wild Fire by Anthony J. Melchiorri, Nicholas Sansbury Smith
From the embers of a burned America rises new hope... and a new threat.Two years after an attack brought down the electrical grid across the United States, the recovery effort is well underway. A new network of armored trains carry supplies and industrial equipment crucial to rebuilding the country. But along the rails, one area of America is still mired in darkness, violence, and danger...action-adventure · adult · audiobook · book · dystopia · fiction · historical · industrial-era · post-apocalyptic · suspense -
![Star Wars Padawan by Kiersten White]()
Star Wars Padawan by Kiersten White
BEING A TEENAGER IS HARD ENOUGH WITHOUT ALSO TRAINING TO BE A JEDI….Obi-Wan Kenobi has not been apprenticed long to Qui-Gon Jinn, and he is chafing at Qui-Gon's training style: all meditation, no action. Obi-Wan yearns to prove himself on a mission, but when he and Qui-Gon are finally set to leave on an assignment, Qui-Gon is nowhere to be found... -
![Amen Maxine by Faith Gardner]()
Amen Maxine by Faith Gardner
A new marriage.A perfect home.A machine that says it’s all a lie.Welcome to Silicon Valley, where the weather is perfect, the income is high … and Rowena Snyder is miserable. A transplant from New York, Rowena moved into her husband Jacob’s idyllic childhood home with their new baby. But suburbia isn’t Rowena’s cup of Starbucks. And she’s got serious anxiety and depression to boot...sci-fi · mystery · fiction · psychological · suspense · audiobook · mental-illness · domestic-drama · dystopia · ai -
![The Arc by Ben Oliver]()
The Arc by Ben Oliver
In the final installment of critically acclaimed Loop trilogy, all of humanity hinges on the greatest escape yet.Luka Kane is dead, executed in front of a crowd of Alts who cheered despite the fact that the truth of their oppressive leaders had been revealed to them.But one Alt, Chester “Chilly” Beckett, did not celebrate; his eyes have been opened to the truth... -
![Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin]()
Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin
Cormac of Styx Legion knows his value to his people. He is an enforcer, a weapon to be wielded, an executioner. Nothing more. He is accepted but not loved. Feared but not welcomed. He is part of his legion, brutal, efficient and utterly alone.When he receives a coded message claiming he has been matched with an Interstellar Bride, he knows the match must be a terrible miscalculation...action-adventure · adult · age-gap · aliens · angels · anti-hero · book · contemporary · dark · fated-mates -
![Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills
I’m on the Omega 9 space station in the midst of a bungled prison transfer. Handcuffed to a scary, impossibly tall, satanic-looking convict. Holy hell. And I’m on the run with him because it turns out he’s breaking out of prison?He’s rough, bossy and throws flash-flames from his distended jaw... -
![Ghost Engine by Charles Stross]()
Ghost Engine by Charles Stross
New space opera from Charles Stross... -
![Mysterious Island : Book 1 - Lemuria by Greig Beck]()
Mysterious Island : Book 1 - Lemuria by Greig Beck
On a desolate beach in far northern Scotland, the winter storms have been washing up all manner of things since time began. But buried in the center of one smaller iceberg is a shard of ancient Viking pottery telling a partial tale of a hidden mysterious island beyond the ice and mist, that was home to a great treasure and even greater horrors... -
![The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia]()
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman...adult · book · dark · female-author · fiction · genetic-engineering · gothic · hispanic · historical · historical-fiction -
![Princess by Claire Kent]()
Princess by Claire Kent
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.When the asteroid hits and the world falls apart, I'm seventeen, and my dad buys us a place in an underground bunker. We're supposed to be safe down there, but we're not. Gradually, I lose everything until all I have left is a bewildering relationship with a stoic, unknowable man...action-adventure · adult · age-gap · alpha-mc · angst · apocalyptic · bodyguard · book · cheerful-mc · coming-of-age -
![History Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner]()
History Night on Union Station by E.M. Foner
Emigration from Earth has tapered off, leading to a shortage of cheap human labor on the tunnel network, Daniel attempts to organize a job fair for members of the Conference of Sovereign Human Communities, but the aliens and everybody else on Union Station want in on the action... -
![Outcast by Lexi Ray]()
Outcast by Lexi Ray
The first time we met was a nightmare. The second time… Well, the world was already hell.While a hundred elite students partied on Zion Island during spring break, the rest of the world was ravaged by war.Now, two years later, the stories about Zion are dark and mysterious. Some say Zion is paradise, run by those same students. But the few who came back don’t talk about it at all...fantasy · dystopia · dark · contemporary · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · new-adult · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity · steamy -
![Grunge by Roxy Collins]()
Grunge by Roxy Collins
He’s big and green and he's in my backyard…When my mom skips town, forcing me to dance in a strip club to cover her debts, you’d think I’d hit rock bottom.But there’s something much bigger brewing under my feet.Right outside, in my backyard, in fact.He’s big and green and he’s looking for a mate.Grunge is everything I never knew I wanted in a monster...romance · paranormal · monsters · fantasy · shapeshifters · magic · fated-mates · supernatural · urban-fantasy · fae -
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![Brother Alive by Zain Khalid]()
Brother Alive by Zain Khalid
An astonishing debut novel about family, sexuality, and capitalist systems of control, following three adopted brothers who live above a mosque in Staten Island with their imam fatherIn 1990, three boys are born, unrelated but intertwined by circumstance: Dayo, Iseul, and Youssef...asia · west-asia · saudi-arabia · fiction · literary-fiction · contemporary · lgbtq · magical-realism · religion · historical-fiction -
![Captured by the Wolven by L.V. Lane]()
Captured by the Wolven by L.V. Lane
I was only six when I first met the monster in my wood. Wolven were a beastly kind of dire wolf that walked on two legs. Larger and more ferocious than a wolf shifter, if even some tales about them were true, my fate was desperate.Only my monster was none of those things.He let me nestle upon his lap where he listened to my stories.Until one day, he disappeared, and I never saw him again...romance · fantasy · omegaverse · shapeshifters · monsters · paranormal · steamy · fated-mates · captivity · alpha-mc -
![Kingdoms of Night: A standalone fantasy romance anthology by Emma Hamm, May Sage, Lexi C. Foss]()
Kingdoms of Night: A standalone fantasy romance anthology by Emma Hamm, May Sage, Lexi C. Foss
Welcome to Kingdoms of Night, an anthology of standalone novels and novellas, brimming with magic and romance.Emma Hamm, Tasha Black, Lexi C. Foss, Ines Johnson, K.N. Lee, May Sage, Alisha Klapheke, Miranda Honfleur, Jessica M Butler, and Lucy Tempest have come together to give you a glimpse of their incredible worlds...romance · fantasy · omegaverse · anthologies · fae · enemies-to-lovers · sci-fi · shapeshifters · dystopia · paranormal -
![From Beyond by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott]()
From Beyond by Nathan Hystad, Jasper T. Scott
Are we alone? It was only a matter of time before the truth was revealed....Commander David Bryce is scheduled to lead a routine re-supply run for the Orbital Development Group (ORB) to the fledgling colony on Mars. Without warning, he’s taken away by government agents and told the mission parameters have changed.They’ve discovered something. And it’s drifting closer to Earth...action-adventure · adult · aliens · book · colonization · cyberpunk · dystopia · fiction · first-contact · genetic-engineering -
![Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter]()
Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter
She’s always loved fairy tales. Starring in one isn’t on her bucket list…Not that Hope has much of a bucket list, except in her head. Forced to work for a pittance by her cruel stepfather, she has no way out of the drudgery of her life. Being mugged in the park at night is just par for the course… until a big, green monster rescues her...fantasy · paranormal · insta-love · forced-proximity · alpha-mc · monsters · steamy · contemporary · sci-fi · fish-out-of-water -
![Second Flight by J.N. Chaney, Chris Kennedy]()
Second Flight by J.N. Chaney, Chris Kennedy
The ultimate fusion of pilot and machine is back!Lieutenants Lance Baker and Sofia Jimenez saved Earth in the fateful battle against the aliens who’d been intent on its destruction. But there’s a problem.One of the enemy carriers got away.Not only did that, but it fled to a star that’s out of reach of Terran jump technology, and it’s probably going for reinforcements...action-adventure · adult · aliens · book · colonization · cyborgs · fiction · galactic-empire · genetic-engineering · invasion -
![Blackest Ocean by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert]()
Blackest Ocean by J.N. Chaney, Terry Maggert
Van is a veteran now, and the lessons are getting tougher.But so is he.When a ghost ship arrives in port, filled with the victims of a crime beyond imagination, Van and his crew will be drawn into a chase that goes beyond any star system the Peacemakers know.Beyond Guild borders, the Torus is a gateway to crime and profit beyond imagination...action-adventure · adult · ai · aliens · audiobook · book · colonization · fiction · galactic-empire · genetic-engineering
