September Book Releases

We are actually just on the verge of fall. And in the meantime we’re all going to stuff our faces with books? Correct? Right. Well, good news is that all of publishing has agreed September is the time to release all the sexy books at once. There’s fantasy, whether you like YA or Adult. And some romance thrown in there for good measure.

Enjoy! And tell me what you’re looking forward to reading.

_{No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull}

LEAD, September 7th

Market: Adult

A literary urban fantasy novel about how marginalized are treated like monsters. It’s got shifters, witches, and occult.

_{Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia}

Tor/Nightfire, September 7th

Market: Adult

Neo noir featuring vampires, old gods, and gangs in Mexico City.

_{Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn}

Saga Press, September 7th

Market: Adult

A queer heist fantasy with a crew of criminals called the Saints.

_{The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova}

Atria, September 7th

Market: Adult

One Hundred Years of Solitude meets Practical Magic. Follows 3 cousins retracing their magical family lineage to Ecuador.

_{The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw}

Erewhon, September 7th

Market: Adult

A diverse crew of queer criminals go on treasure hunts in sentient spaceships. Sapphic romances, cyborg lesbian angst, yearning, and knives.

_{Witch Please by Ann Aguirre}

Sourcebooks Casablanca, September 7th

Market: Adult

Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic in a witchy romcom with a dash of family feuds.

_{The Bones of Ruin by Sarah Raughley}

Margaret K. McElderry, September 7th

Market: Young Adult

An African tightrope walker enters into a secret society of gladiatorial tournaments in 19th century London.

_{When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire}

DAW, September 14th

Market: Adult

The fifteenth October Daye book. An urban fantasy series with an emphasis on woodsy faeries, courtly beings, and slow burn romance.

_{The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie}

Orbit Books, September 14th

Market: Adult

An industrial epic fantasy where magic is dying.

_{A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria}

Avon, September 14th

Market: Adult

Romcom featuring a Latinx couple, bisexuality, and space opera fan fic.

_{Stalking Shadows by Cyla Panin}

Amulet, September 14th

Market: Young Adult

Gothics, a sister’s curse, and a reimagining of Beauty and the Beast in 18th century France.

_{The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl}

Page Street Kids, September 14th

Market: Young Adult

John Tucker Must Die meets feminist and queer vamp girl gang.

_{White Smoke by Tiffany Jackson}

Katherine Tegen, September 14th

Market: Young Adult

The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out.

_{Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune}

Tor Books, September 21st

Market: Adult

Queer love story set in a tea shop where the tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead pass through. 

_{The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider}

Viking Books for Young Readers, September 21st

Market: Young Adult

A comedic Camelot story in a teen romcom. Arthur is a depressed botanist. Lancelot is demoted to castle guard. And there are bisexual wizards.

^{Iron Widow by Ziran Jay Zhao}

Penguin Teen, September 21st

Market: Young Adult

A blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction.

_{The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi}

Wednesday Books, September 21st

Market: Young Adult

Treasure hunts, romance, and heist fantasy.

_{Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki}

Tor Books, September 28th

Market: Adult

Lyrical queer Faustian SF about a soul damned violinist, a transgender runaway, and a starship captain running a donut shop.

_{Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo}

TorDotCom, September 28th

Market: Adult

Gay gothic with car racing.

_{The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward}

Tor/Nightfire, September 28th

Market: Adult

Psychological horror in a boarded up house in the deep woods. House cats included.

_{The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling}

Avon, September 28th

Market: Adult

Witchy romcoms are coming in! Wishes, witches, hexes gone wrong. A witch with a broken heart puts the music on, gets some vodka, runs a bubble bath, and curses her ex boyfriend. 

_{Beasts of Prey by Ayana Grey}

G.P. Putnam’s Son’s for Young Readers, September 28th

Market: Young Adult

A Pan-African diasporic fantasy, African folklore, beasts, and jungles oh my!