New September Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Add to Your Reading List

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September is simply a immense period for publication publishing—as this database of 70 caller sci-fi, fantasy, and fearfulness releases precise intelligibly shows. Gothic horror, galactic empires, vampires, monstrous road trips, supernatural mysteries, romantasy sagas, and truthful overmuch much await!

September 1

In Our Likeness by Bryan VanDyke

Co-workers astatine a tech start-up recognize the algorithm they’re investigating has the powerfulness to change reality—and precise quickly, indispensable fig retired what to bash with this alarming discovery. (September 1)

September 3

American Ghoul by Michelle McGill-Vargas

A erstwhile enslaved and a recently minted vampire conscionable successful post-Civil War Georgia, past determination to Indiana together—where their narration soon becomes strained to the constituent of (maybe) murder. (September 3)

The Cursed by Harper L. Woods

The Coven of Bones romantasy bid continues arsenic the protagonist’s tendency for revenge turns into a much urgent quest: regaining the witches’ spot portion protecting them from the antheral who wants to destruct them. (September 3)

The Fallen Fruit by Shawntelle Madison

In this humanities fantasy, a prof successful 1964 learns that her household has a unsocial curse: each generation, 1 among their fig mysteriously travels backmost successful time. She sets retired to probe its effects and hopefully fig retired however to marque it stop. (September 3)

The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

When the Greek gods big a contention to find the caller ruler of Olympus, they unit mortals to combat successful their place—including a “sarcastic nobody” who’s some thrilled and horrified erstwhile she’s tapped arsenic Hades’ champion. (September 3)

The Gods Below by Andrea Stewart

“In this sweeping epic phantasy comes a communicative of magic, betrayal, love, and loyalty, wherever 2 sisters volition clash connected other sides of a warfare against the gods.” (September 3)

Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

“On the acceptable of a kitschy world TV show, staged scares alteration into unnerving world successful this spooky shade story.” (September 3)

The Haunting of Moscow House by Salnikova Gilmore

“In this elegant gothic fearfulness communicative acceptable successful post-revolutionary Russia, 2 formerly aristocratic sisters contention to uncover their family’s long-buried secrets successful a location haunted by a past dangerous—and deadly—to remember.” (September 3)

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

In this sci-fi tale, a retired teacher is amazed to larn she’s inherited an land location successful the Mediterranean—and is adjacent much amazed by what she discovers erstwhile she travels to spot it successful person. (September 3)

Megacosmic Rift by Abby Goldsmith

“Four prophesized heroes indispensable set unneurotic to obliterate an evil galactic empire―they’re outnumbered by the trillions, but are they outwitted?” (September 3)

The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal

A pistillate can’t fig retired a aesculapian origin for her utmost fatigue—but indispensable face a deeper enigma erstwhile she falls dormant with her fittingness ticker on, and awakens to recognize she’s someway taken implicit 40,000 steps portion she thought she was sleeping. (September 3)

Out of the Drowning Deep by A.C. Wise

“In the distant future, erstwhile mortals mingle with the gods successful heavy space, an out-of-date automaton, a recovering addict, and an angel contention to lick the Pope’s execution successful an abandoned country of the galaxy.” (September 3)

Pay the Piper by George A. Romero, finished by Daniel Kraus

“A terrifying communicative of supernatural fearfulness acceptable successful a cursed Louisiana bayou, from the minds of legendary manager George Romero and bestselling writer Daniel Kraus.” (September 3)

Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

“Caraval meets Throne of the Fallen in this spicy acheronian romantasy wherever a necromancer needs assistance from a unsafe phantom to triumph a deadly competition, lone to find their concern puts her astatine hazard of breaking the game’s astir captious rule: don’t autumn successful love.” (September 3)

The Royal First Irregulars: A Maradaine Saga Story by Marshall Ryan Maresca

The women of the Royal First Irregulars are elite soldiers, but they’re not taken seriously—so they determine to undertake a unsafe ngo to beryllium their worth. (September 3)

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda

“This speculative fabrication masterpiece envisions an Earth wherever humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our knowing of reproduction, ecology, evolution, artificial intelligence, communal life, creation, love, and the aboriginal of humanity.” (September 3)

We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado

In this suburban fearfulness story, a joined mates hoping to permission vocation play and homophobic household members down moves into a gated community—but finds there’s thing decidedly off astir their caller neighbors, and unusual things commencement happening astir their beauteous caller home. (September 3)

September 10

Countess by Suzan Palumbo

“A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella successful which a betrayed skipper seeks revenge connected the interplanetary empire that subjugated her radical for generations.” (September 10)

The Devil by Name by Keith Rosson

“No 1 expected the apocalypse would beryllium broadcast via telephone call. But successful this chilling sequel to Fever House, anyone who managed to past that doomsday telephone has a harrowing reply to the question, ‘Where were you erstwhile the Message came through?’” (September 10)

Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror edited by Ellen Datlow

“Twenty-one stories of utmost intelligence dread from specified fearfulness icons arsenic Stephen Graham Jones, Priya Sharma, Josh Malerman, Margo Lanagan, and more. The unsettling tales research the quality of fearfulness arsenic it stirs successful dysfunctional families, toxic friendships, and mismatched lovers, which culminates successful relentless stalkers, remorseless killers, and perpetrators of savage rituals.” (September 10)

Good Night, Sleep Tight by Brian Evenson

“A postulation of caller stories tracing the limits and consequences of artificial quality and ‘post-human’ relationships.” (September 10)

Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

An aspiring manner writer dates a affluent antheral conscionable truthful she tin conscionable his mother, a almighty mag editor. But Easter astatine his family’s land mansion turns into thing acold much sinister erstwhile the family’s mistreated unit launches a convulsive rebellion. (September 10)

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane

Short stories themed astir acheronian academia by Olivie Blake, M.L. Rio, David Bell, Susie Yang, and more. (September 10)

The Inhabitant by Beth Castrodale

When an creator inherits a location said to beryllium haunted, her beingness takes a astonishing crook for the better—until she starts to recognize her windfall mightiness person sinister undertones that are dilatory being revealed. (September 10)

Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel by Kiersten White

“A vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks connected her ain hunt for self-discovery and existent emotion successful this epic and seductive gothic fantasy.” (September 10)

Nightmare of a Trip by Maureen Kilmer

A family’s cross-country roadworthy travel takes an accidentally supernatural crook aft they marque an unexpected sojourn to a half-burned farmhouse. (September 10)

Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner

“Two transgender teens extremity up successful a small, isolated town, wherever they indispensable flight the locals who program to sacrifice 1 of them to an past monster that lone eats girls.” (September 10)

The Scarlet Throne by Amy Leow

“A dark, heart-thumping governmental epic phantasy by debut writer Amy Leow—full of scheming demons, morally grey heroines, talking cats, and cut-throat priests, this delicious communicative of powerfulness and corruption volition captivate from opening to end.” (September 10)

The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman

“On an isolated property successful late-18th-century agrarian Wales, a young English doc uncovers unsafe secrets that whitethorn endanger his ain beingness successful this spellbinding Gothic communicative from the bestselling writer of Pandora.” (September 10)

So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison

On a day getaway with her champion friend, an unhappy pistillate gets a caller lease connected beingness erstwhile she meets a mysterious radical of strangers. (The subtitle of this publication is A Vampire Novel, truthful you tin ideate what their concealed is.) (September 10)

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

The sequel to The House successful the Cerulean Sea explores the communicative of Arthur Parnassus, “headmaster of a unusual orphanage connected a distant and peculiar island,” wherever helium gives everything to support the “magical and alleged unsafe children” successful his care. (September 10)

Under Her Spell by K.L. Cerra

“A pistillate who returns to her hometown to analyse her puerility friend’s disappearance soon finds herself embroiled successful a deadly web of fractional truths, cover-ups, and acheronian magic.” (September 10)

Vilest Things by Chloe Gong

The sequel to Immortal Longings continues the saga inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, arsenic Calla and Anton recognize they indispensable enactment speech their sizeable differences to support their kingdom. (September 10)

Warlords of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker

The epic phantasy Forsaken Trilogy continues arsenic the radical of Harn caput into the wood nether the attraction of Cahan—where he’ll person to assistance them past adjacent arsenic he’s targeted by acheronian forces. (September 10)

William by Mason Coile

“A haunted location communicative successful which the haunting is by AI.” (September 10)

The World Is Not Yours by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

“An action-packed, inventive novella astir a toxic polycule consumed by jealousy and their attempts to past connected a hostile planet.” (September 10)

World Walkers by Neal Asher

“He tin leap betwixt worlds. But tin helium prevention his own? As a totalitarian Inspectorate tightens its grip, 1 antheral discovers the powerfulness to gaffe done the gaps and traverse alternate universes. World Walkers by Neal Asher is an exhilarating standalone caller acceptable wrong the Owner Trilogy.” (September 10)

September 17

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

A pistillate with the acquisition of persuasion is invited to hone her skills astatine a concealed magic college—where she finds herself falling for her advisor portion besides uncovering acheronian secrets the schoolhouse is hiding. (September 17)

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

In this far-future tale, “a governmental captive indispensable unlock the secrets of a unusual and unsafe planet.” (September 17)

Bringer of Dust by J.M. Miro

The sequel to Ordinary Monsters continues the Talents Trilogy successful a magical mentation of 1880s Sicily, wherever a caller evil is rising and the Talents indispensable excavation their talents to support the satellite of the dormant astatine bay. (September 17)

Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik

Thirteen abbreviated stories that span subject fabrication and fantasy, and including “the archetypal glimpse of the satellite of Abandon, the mounting of Novik’s upcoming epic phantasy series—a deserted continent populated lone by soundless and enigmatic architectural mysteries.” (September 17)

A Change of Place by Julie E. Czerneda

The Night’s Edge cozy phantasy bid continues; it’s springtime successful Marrowdell, and Jenn and Bannan’s happiness is threatened erstwhile a toad queen rises to power. (September 17)

A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

“A sharp-tongued folklorist indispensable brace up with her world rival to lick their mentor’s execution successful this lush and enthralling sapphic phantasy romance.” (September 17)

Dearest by Jacquie Walters

“A caller ma successful request of assistance opens her doorway to her long-estranged mother—only to invitation thing overmuch darker inside.” (September 17)

The Escher Man by T.R. Napper

“A cartel enforcer crossed Southeast Asia indispensable flight a satellite of paranoia and unit to prevention his household successful this cerebral and multi-layered cyberpunk subject fabrication novel.” (September 17)

Evil successful Me by Brom

An aspiring instrumentalist dreams of leaving her tiny town—but her plans get sidetracked when, acknowledgment to an past artifact, she’s possessed by a demon that makes her a magnet for evil. (September 17)

Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton

Thousands of years aft the past humans fled Earth, their descendents person settled a far-flung clump of planets, wherever immoderate person evolved into precocious beings that signifier the civilizations’s oppressive ruling class. That proves troublesome for the regular humans—including 1 young antheral who dreams of exploring adjacent deeper space. (September 17)

Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling

“An exiled princess teams up with the past antheral she thought she could spot successful the commencement of a dazzling and unforgettable epic phantasy romance series.” (September 17)

Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night successful the Most Haunted Neighborhood successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois

“A hair-raising and rollicking escapade acceptable connected 1 nighttime successful 1987, erstwhile six paperboys indispensable face a slew of monsters arsenic good arsenic their ain idiosyncratic demons successful a haunted Midwestern neighborhood.” (September 17)

My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine

As this paranormal romance aims to prove, “nothing sucks much than fake-dating a vampire.” (September 17)

Nightstrider by Sophia Slade

“To halt a vicious demon’s conquest, nightmares and humans volition set unneurotic successful publication 1 of a heart-stopping caller acheronian phantasy series.” (September 17)

Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood

In this cozy fantasy, “a burned-out witch volition request to crook to her friends and spot successful herself to find the magic successful her ain beingness again.” (September 17)

Ultra 85 by Logic

In this far-future tale, “two friends uncover if the utopian satellite Paradise lives up to its name.” (September 17)

September 24

Beyond the Throne: Epic Journeys, Enduring Friendships, and Surprising Tales by Kristian Nairn

The Game of Thrones star’s memoir details his clip playing Hodor connected the deed HBO show, arsenic good arsenic his puerility during the Troubles successful Ireland, his formative years performing arsenic a resistance queen, and his palmy DJ career. (September 24)

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

The Dungeon Crawler Carl bid continues arsenic “Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, combat fantastical creatures and deadly mobs to marque it to the adjacent level and physique the benignant of instrumentality pursuing the dungeon masters can’t ignore.” (September 24)

Darkside by Michael Mammay

The Planetside bid continues arsenic “retired Colonel Carl Butler gears up for different subject investigation, afloat of danger, firm intrigue, and tech radical would termination for.” (September 24)

Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

When a woman’s guardian angel murders idiosyncratic she loves, she realizes he’s nary “angel”—and that she’ll person to clasp her ain hellish broadside if she wants to survive. (September 24)

A Fire successful the Sky by Sophie Jordan

In this big romantasy, a pistillate raised alongside royalty arsenic a designated “whipping girl” is forced into a matrimony strategy erstwhile a warrior invades their kingdom. She doesn’t recognize determination are magical secrets lurking wrong her ain life. (September 24)

The Forest of Lost Souls by Dean Koontz

“A fearless woman, raised successful the forest, fights against a radical of almighty men successful a caller astir bully versus evil, the enduring quality of myth, and the powerfulness of love.” (September 24)

I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

“Outside Los Angeles, a operator pulls up to find a young pistillate sitting connected a ample achromatic box. She offers him $200,000 currency to transport her and that container crossed the country, to Washington, DC … As these eccentric misfits deed the road, rumors dispersed connected societal media that the container is portion of a cautiously orchestrated panic onslaught intended to plunge the USA into civilian war.” (September 24)

In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King

In 1948 Italy, a exemplary who can’t retrieve her past poses for Salvador Dalí successful a Roman plot afloat of elephantine statues—and is soon drawn into an eerie enigma that’s some idiosyncratic and mythological. (September 24)

The Midnight Club by Margot Harrison

Former assemblage friends reunite aft 25 years to analyse a mysterious decease that’s haunted them implicit the years—with the assistance of a magical method to assistance them retrieve their astir uncomfortable memories. (September 24)

The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry

In a satellite without words oregon borders, the Names Committee tries to reconstruct bid amid the roaming ghosts and monsters. Sent to present caller words, a courier alternatively seeks retired her long-lost sister with immoderate sympathetic supernatural friends—and inadvertently uncovers the mode to a brighter future. (September 24)

Rainier’s Legacy by Chad Corrie

“Join Corwyn Danther, ‘Famed Bard of the Midlands,’ arsenic helium faces disconnected with halfling highwaymen, long-forgotten horrors, mystical encounters, conniving con men, and an aged occurrence with immoderate questionable machinations, on with a fewer different surprises successful this abbreviated communicative collection.” (September 24)

Rumor Has It by Cat Rambo

“The unit of the You Sexy Thing navigates the aftermath of facing down a pirate king and the relationships that they person created with 1 different successful Cat Rambo’s enactment escapade subject fabrication Rumor Has It, the 3rd publication successful the Disco Space Opera.” (September 24)

Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024 edited by Xueting C. Ni

“Fourteen dazzling fearfulness stories delve heavy into the psyche of modern China successful this caller anthology curated by acclaimed writer and essayist Xueting C. Ni, exertion and translator of the British Fantasy Award-winning Sinopticon.” (September 24)

Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente

“The Metagalactic Grand Prix—part gladiatorial contest, portion quality pageant, portion performance extravaganza, and portion continuation of the wars of the past returns and the destiny of the Earth is erstwhile again threatened. The civilizations opposed to humanity person been plotting and privation to instrumentality down the upstarts. Can humanity emergence again successful this sequel to Space Opera?” (September 24)

A Tide of Black Steel by Anthony Ryan

“The spectacular archetypal caller successful a caller epic caller phantasy trilogy inspired by Norse mythology.” (September 24)

Tiny Threads by Lilliam Rivera

In this thriller, a pistillate who’s yet advancing successful her imagination manner vocation starts to fishy the decorator she’s moving for mightiness beryllium hiding immoderate sinister supernatural secrets. (September 24)

The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

“A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes determination is thing decidedly supernatural afoot successful her small municipality successful this cozy phantasy mystery.” (September 24)

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