Readers of speculative fiction can’t wait for:

• ACOTAR Book 6 by Sarah J. Maas
• As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
• Mazywood by Tananarive Due
• Off the Reservation by Stephen Graham Jones

Even more interesting tidbits gleaned from the list include:

• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hernan Diaz is back with a futuristic look at America in Ply
• I was beginning to doubt we’d ever see a followup to The Library at Mount Char but Scott Hawkins is back with Blacktail
• Alice Hoffman brings us a new witchy story, The Witches of Cambridge, just in time for Practical Magic 2 in theaters
• Malcolm Gladwell is entering the gun violence conversation with The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic

Finally, we have two notable series conclusions:

• Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo concludes the Ninth House books
• Victorious by V.E. Schwab concludes the Villains series

Brace yourself for October 6th when many of Goodreads’ anticipated fall 2026 books hit shelves.