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All the new & upcoming fiction books from Veronica Roth, Brandon Sanderson, Freida McFadden, and more

Here are our most-anticipated new books coming in 2025 and 2026

Guides by Chris Arrant, Editor-in-Chief

Published on Wed Feb 12 2025

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There's nothing like word of a new book by your favorite author. The liminal state between the announcement of a new book and when it finally comes out is one of the most intoxicating (and I admit, infuriating) parts of being a reader; as someone who has been doing it for far too long, I recommend re-reading previous books by the author to keep from getting antsy (while being just antsy enough).

It's with that in mind that we here at Popverse have made a comprehensive list of all the upcoming books we're excited for - this list is new books in the world of fantasy, sci-fi, romance, political thrillers, horrors, and also those murky areas we don't have a name for (and laugh at when a local bookstore shelves it in what we see as the wrong place).

In our very near future, we have new books to look forward to from Veronica Roth, Brandon Sanderson, Kate Alice Marshall, Freida McFadden, and more. Here's everything on our radar - tell us in the comments what you think we should add.

New books for November 2025

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
November 11	Star Wars: Master of Evil by Adam Christopher	Penguin Random House
November 11	Exit Strategy (A Reacher Novel) by Lee Child and Andrew Child	Random House
November 17	Return of the Spider: An Alex Cross Thriller by James Patterson	Little, Brown and Company
November 18	I, Medusa by Ayana Gray	Random House

New books for December 2025

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
December 2	Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney	Soho Press
December 9	Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson	Tor Books
December 9	Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton	Gallery/Scout Press
December 9	Midnight Somewhere by Johnny Compton	Blackstone

New books for January 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
January 27	Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden	Hollywood Upstairs Press
January 27	The Final Score by Don Winslow	William Morrow
January 27	On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield	Saga Press

New books for February 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
February 3	The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui	Hell's Hundred
February 10	Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer	Crooked Lane Books
February 24	The Girls Before by Kate Alice Marshall	Macmillan

New books for March 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
March 10	How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield	Harper
March 10	The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White	Del Rey
March 10	Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran	Doubleday
March 10	You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom by Vincent Tirado	William Morrow
March 24	Wretch by Eric LaRocca	Saga Press
March 31	The Fourth Wife by Linda Hamilton	Kensington
March 31	A Spell for Saints and Sinners by Emily Carpenter	Kensington
March 31	The Curse of Hester Gardens by Tamika Thompson	Erewhon Books

New books for April 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
April 14	Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill	Saga Press
April 14	The Model Patient by Lucy Ashe	Union Square & Co.
April 14	The Insomniacs by Allison Winn Scotch	Berkley
April 21	Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell	Ecco
April 21	Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker	Hanover Square Press
April 27	One of You by Erin E. Adams	Bantam
April 28	We Burned So Bright by TJ Klune	Tor

New books for May 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
May 5	Homebound by Portia Elan	Scribner
May 12	Seek The Traitor's Son by Veronica Roth	Tor Books
May 12	We Dance Upon Demons by Vaishnavi Patel	Saga Press
May 19	Marvels: The Novelization by Steve Darnall	Abrams

New books for June 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
June 2	Sing the 50 United States! by Dr. Seuss	Random House
June 2	The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang	Berkley
June 16	Every Lie I Told by Hilary Davidson	Blackstone
June 30	Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep by Paul Tremblay	William Morrow

New books for July 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
July 7	Helpless by Jessica Knoll	Scribner
July 14	Dominion by Jean Kwok	Putnam Books
July 14	Sisterhood Above All by Amayah Shaienne and Kathleen Barber	Saturday Books
July 28	Star Wars: Legacy by Madeleine Roux	Random House Worlds

New books for August 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
August 18	Dreamland by Olivie Blake	Tor

New books for Fall 2026

Release Date	Title and Author	Publisher
Fall 2026	The Last King of Faerie by Cassandra Clare	Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)