Top new sci-fi books in November 2023
Last updated:
November 29, 2023
November 2023 featuring new releases by Sophie Cousens, Meljean Brook, Naomi Alderman, Martha Wells, Jae, Mur Lafferty, Megan Derr, Etta Pierce, Molly J. Bragg, Chelsea Abdullah and many more.
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The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year-old wakes up to the life she's always wanted, but is it really a dream come true?At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet roll...romance · contemporary · fiction · time-travel · magical-realism · womens-fiction · fantasy · sci-fi · literary-fiction · humor -
The Blacksmith by Meljean Brook
The Blacksmith's book (publication date...romance · steampunk · industrial-era · fantasy · sci-fi · historical · paranormal · high-fantasy · fiction · book -
The Future by Naomi Alderman
From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.The Future—as the richest people on the planet have discovered—is where the money is. The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers...sci-fi · fiction · dystopia · lgbtq · literary-fiction · female-author · romance · crime · vigilante · justice -
System Collapse by Martha Wells
The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits... -
When the Cat’s away by Jae
Short story sequel to Second... -
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Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but when one of the new human arrivals on a space shuttle is murdered, she’s back in the game.Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, thank you very much. But no matter what she does, people persist in dying around her—and only she seems to be able to solve the crime...mystery · sci-fi · fiction · space · aliens · audiobook · female-author · space-opera · amateur-sleuth · action-adventure -
The Magical Fantasy Bundle by Megan Derr
A collection of magic, exotic beasts, vampires, runaways, quests, and all manner of pretty men. Swordwick. Odd Wick. Songwick. Flamewick. Frostwick. Locke & Key. Sharing. The Housekeeper. Finder Tolan. The Dragon Tamer. Dire Straits. By Mistake. Blood in the Water. Backwoods Asylum. Rabbit Season. Herbal Remedy. Beach Remedy. Quality Assurance. The Werewolf of Grey Lake Inn. An Admirer... -
The Inevitable Singularity by Molly J. Bragg
Sean is a mercenary who works as the bodyguard of Grand Master Caila of the Order of the Paladins of the Republic. A fact that the entire Order, except for Caila herself, resents deeply since they kicked Sean out almost twenty years earlier. It doesn’t help matters that Caila has taken a vow of Celibacy, but everyone knows that she and Sean have feelings for each other...romance · super-powered · espionage · sci-fi · soldiers · friends-to-lovers · political-intrigue · fiction · book · adult -
romance · fantasy · fiction · action-adventure · young-adult · high-fantasy · myths · retellings · fae · epic
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Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and mad poets, RPGs and slasher films, K-pop bands and the perils of social media.In 1919, far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to protest the Japanese occupation of their country...fiction · historical-fiction · sci-fi · historical · fantasy · alternate-history · poc-author · literary-fiction · humor · satire -
Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle
Sixteen year-old Shur is one of the first to see the creatures. While staring out the window in history class, she spots one floating over the soccer field. It looks like a monarch butterfly—but it's huge. Within minutes, her classmates' phones are buzzing with emergency alerts...young-adult · horror · dystopia · mystery · fantasy · pollution-climate-change · sci-fi · mental-illness · disability · dark -
Calamity by Constance Fay
Bramble's inaugural debut is equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Firefly and Ilona Andrews.She’s got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member…Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her crew together after their feckless captain ran off with the intern...romance · sci-fi · space · fiction · fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · action-adventure · ai · genetic-engineering · space-opera -
The Once and Future Fling by Leigh Heasley
Looking for love in all the wrong ages.Time travel is now legal, and matchmaking agency Kairos lets clients travel through time in search of love.Ada Blum has always been “an old soul.” She’s convinced that she was born at the wrong time, and after a series of break-ins at her apartment and threatening messages, she’s determined to figure out where she really belongs...romance · time-travel · sci-fi · fiction · fantasy · historical · mystery · lgbtq · love-triangle · suspense