Top new sci-fi books out this week: 17 Mar - 23 Mar 2024
Last updated:
March 23, 2024
This week featuring new releases by Lisa Ko, Natasha Pulley, Vanessa Le, Devon C. Ford, Noah Medlock, Megan Derr, James Goodhand, Grace Curtis, Jun Eishima, Yoko Taro, Sierra Greer and many more.
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Memory Piece by Lisa Ko
The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?In the early 1980s, Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng are three teenagers drawn together by their shared sense of alienation and desire for something different...fiction · historical-fiction · sci-fi · contemporary · literary-fiction · poc-author · friendship · audiobook · lgbtq · female-mc -
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The Mars House by Natasha Pulley
A compulsively readable queer sci-fi novel about a marriage of convenience between a Mars politician and an Earth refugee.In the wake of an environmental catastrophe, January, once a principal in London's Royal Ballet, has become a refugee in Tharsis, the terraformed colony on Mars...romance · sci-fi · lgbtq · fiction · space · fantasy · mars · dystopia · literary-fiction · colonization -
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The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le
The tantalizing romance of These Violent Delights meets the mechanical wonders of Cinder in The Last Bloodcarver, the first in a two-book debut -- with a riveting medical magic system and lush Vietnam-inspired fantasy world.Nhika is a bloodcarver. A cold-hearted, ruthless being who can alter human biology with just a touch...romance · fantasy · young-adult · fiction · mystery · magic · audiobook · high-fantasy · poc-mc · lgbtq -
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Enemy Below by Devon C. Ford
We aren't alone. The enemies are already here... beneath our feet.Beneath the surface, a war rages between the surviving demons still inhabiting the Earth and those few, the initiated, who fight to keep it buried deep where it belongs in the darkest shadows.Troy Odell was doing what he did best, taking the fight to the enemies of the free world...military · sci-fi · fiction · aliens · invasion · space-fleet · soldiers · violent-conflict · space · book -
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A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
Mexican Gothic meets The Lie Tree by way of Oscar Wilde and Mary Shelley in this delightfully witty horror debut. A captivating tale of two Victorian gentlemen hiding their relationship away in a botanical garden who embark on a Frankenstein-style experiment with unexpected consequences. It is an unusual thing, to live in a botanical garden. But Simon and Gregor are an unusual pair of gentlemen...horror · fantasy · historical-fiction · lgbtq · gothic · historical · fiction · retellings · audiobook · sci-fi -
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![The Shining Knight by Megan Derr]()
The Shining Knight by Megan Derr
Another fairy tale, original, about a knight who just wants someone to rescue him...romance · fantasy · mlm · medieval · alternate-universe · sci-fi · fiction · lgbtq · historical · book -
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The Day Tripper by James Goodhand
The right guy, the right place, the wrong time. It’s 1995, and Alex Dean has it a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a brutal encounter with a ghost from his past sees him beaten, battered and almost drowning in the Thames...romance · time-travel · sci-fi · fantasy · fiction · mystery · audiobook · contemporary · magical-realism · coming-of-age -
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Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery that spans the starsWelcome to the Grand Abeona home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way...sci-fi · mystery · lgbtq · fiction · cozy · space · found-family · space-opera · action-adventure · dystopia -
![NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…: Project Gestalt Recollections--File 02 by Jun Eishima, Yoko Taro]()
NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…: Project Gestalt Recollections--File 02 by Jun Eishima, Yoko Taro
From director Yoko Taro and writer Jun Eishima comes this novel expanding upon the world of the critically acclaimed game NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...Grimoire Weiss. Kainé. Emil.With the help of his newfound companions, a now-grown Nier continues searching for the Shadowlord who stole away with his little sister, Yonah.Standing in his way are forces beyond Stone fragments. Sacrifice... -
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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
For fans of Never Let Me Go and My Dark Vanessa, a powerful, provocative novel about the relationship between a female robot and her human owner, exploring questions of intimacy, power, autonomy, and control.Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug...sci-fi · fiction · ai · feminism · contemporary · literary-fiction · dark · dystopia · supernatural · family -
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Chosen by the Elder God by Angelica Oaks
Every year, one of us is Chosen. And this year, he chooses me…Marilyn is stunned when she’s selected to participate in her village’s annual midwinter ritual. The process is Present herself to Iaviri, the monstrous god who rules over the village. If chosen, she has to submit herself to his every desire.She’s the last person anyone expects Iaviri to select. And yet his final decision is clear... -
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Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas
L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes' Divide series with the commercial fan appeal of The Expanse and the cozy sf of Becky Chambers. It features a fierce, messy, chaotic space fam, vibrant worlds, and an exploration of the many ways to be―and not to be―human...sci-fi · fiction · lgbtq · space · space-opera · action-adventure · genetic-engineering · book · adult
