Visit our bookshop.org page to purchase this week’s new books and support your local bookstore. And us! Aristeo, Mariposa: Sons of Day and Night (Enclave Escape 979-8886052343, $24.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Chronicles of Twinsbane series. In the kingdom of Twinsbane, everyone has a doppelgänger their life force is tied to, and this doubles the deaths of a raging plague. Orphan Waruu discovers he’s the king’s double, and determines to run things better. Carey, M.R.: Outlaw Planet (Orbit US 978-0316595469, $19.99, 464pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Weird science fantasy novel. Bess carries a gun called Wakeful Slim, with pieces of its dead former bearer inside. The author also writes as Mike Carey. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition. Gray, Ayana: I, Medusa (Penguin Random House/Random House 978-0593733769, $30.00, 336pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Fantasy myth retelling. Meddy, a low-level descendent of minor gods, eagerly becomes a priestess of Athena only to draw the destructive eyes of Poseidon and be transformed as a punishment. Iker, Beatrice Winifred: I’ll Make a Spectacle of You (Orbit US/Run For It 978-0316575249, $19.99, 400pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Southern Gothic horror novel. Zora, an ambitious HBCU grad student researches local Appalachian folkore about a beast roaming the woods, uncovers a secret society, and starts having visions of the past.TRUE Krempholtz, Emily: Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore (Ace 978-1420533378, $19.00, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Cozy fantasy romance novel. Plant witch Violet, after her dark sorcerer master dies, starts a greenhouse in tranquil town Dragon’s Rest, and teams up with a grumpy, handsome alchemist to fight a dangerous blight. A first novel. North, Claire: Slow Gods (Orbit US 978-0316586306, $19.99, 448pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Space opera novel. Mawukana, a deep space pilot, is aboard his ship when he dies and is reborn with the ability to commune with the dark universe. North is a pen name for Catherine Webb, who also writes as Kate Griffin. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition. Roberts, Nora: The Seven Rings (St. Martin’s 978-1250288790, $30.00, 464pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Gothic fantasy romance novel, third in the Lost Bride trilogy. Sonya lives in a cursed ancestral mansion where seven brides have died, and she’s determined to lift the darkness and confront a malevolent spirit in a black dress. Ruocchio, Christopher: Shadows Upon Time (Astra House/DAW 978-0756420000, $35.00, 928pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Epic science fantasy novel, seventh and last in the Sun Eater series. Hadrian Marlowe is on the run from both Extrasolarians and the Sollan Empire, and he needs to revive an ancient war machine before the Cielcin hordes return. Seddon, Holly: 59 Minutes (Simon & Schuster/Atria/Bestler 978-1668087695, $29.00 320pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Triller novel with doomsday elements. Emergency warnings signal that there’s 59 minutes before a nuclear attack hits England, and three women race to survive and save their loved ones. Shusterman, Neal: MindWorks (Simon & Schuster 978-1665990783, $29.99, 592pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Collection of YA paranormal stories. Shusterman explores various high concepts and setups: a hot tub inhabited by a monster, a glacier revives the dead, and soup eats souls. Contains two stories in the Arc of a Scythe universe. Solace, Rosalia Aguilar: The Sky of Sacrifice (Blackstone Publishing 979-8212537926, $28.99, 450pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Fantasy novel, second in the Book of Wisdom trilogy. When crisis strikes the Great Library, Nu, Robin, and Veer must travel reams to seek solutions. Summers, Georgia: The Bookshop Below (Orbit US/Redhook 978-0316561839, $29.00 384pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 11/18/2025) Contemporary fantasy novel. As the secret magical bookshops underneath London start to disappear, dishonored bookseller Cassandra tries to find out why , and if it’s died to her former mentor’s murder. A first novel. Simultaneous with the Hodder & Stoughton UK/Hodderscape edition. Teuscher, Emily: CopperSpoon Chronicles Cookbook (Skyhorse Publishing 978-1510781986, $35.00, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, 11/18/2025) Cookbook from fantasy-food TikToker. 80 recipes for hearty tavern food are interspersed with the adventures of halfling heroine Cob, who’s on a quest to fill a cookbook and help others in a fantasy realm. Van Uden, Marissa: Eco24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction (Apex Book Company/Violet Lichen 978-1955765404, $21.95, 312pp, formats: paperback, 11/18/2025) Year’s best anthology, the first in a new series. Contains 23 stories that explore elements of the environment, with authors including Eugen Bacon, Kay Vaindal, and more. While you are here, please take a moment to support Locus with a one-time or recurring donation. We rely on reader donations to keep the magazine and site going, and would like to keep the site paywall free, but WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT to continue quality coverage of the science fiction and fantasy field. 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