Past and Future Reads - Fables & Fantasy

2026
Month Title Author
January The City of Brass S.A. Chakraborty
February One Dark Window Rachel Gillig
March Dragonfall L.R. Lam
April A Thousand Ships Natalie Haynes
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2025
Month Title Author
January             
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
 C.M. Waggoner               
February The Killing Moon N.K. Jemisin
March Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries Heather Fawcett
April The Bright Sword Lev Grossman
May Someone You Can Build a Nest In John Wiswell
June The Spellshop Sarah Beth Durst
July The Will of the Many James Islington
August The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin
September The Teller of Small Fortunes Julie Leong
October When Among Crows Veronica Roth
November
 Gideon the Ninth Tasmyn Muir
December The River Has Roots Amal El-Mohtar
2024
Month Title Author
January             
The Book That Wouldn't Burn Mark Lawrence
February Spoonbenders Daryl Gregory
March The Scarlet Alchemist Kylie Lee Baker
April The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Shannon Chakraborty
May Godkiller Hannah Kaner
June The Lies of Ajungo and The Truth of the Aleke Moses Ose Utomi                   
July Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett
August Shades of Grey
 Jasper Fforde
September Clytemnestra Costanza Casati
October To Shape A Dragon's Breath
 Moniquill Blackgoose
November              
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook to Medieval England
 Brandon Sanderson
December The Empress of Salt & Fortune
 Nghi Vo
2023
Month Title Author
January
 Black Sun                                                
Rebecca Roanhorse
February Every Heart a Doorway Seanan McGuire
March The Atlas Six Olivie Blake
April Race the Sands Sarah Beth Durst
May Going Postal Terry Pratchett
June Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree
July The Rook Daniel O'Malley
August Babel: An Arcane History R.F. Kuang
September Perilous Times Thomas D. Lee
October Assassin's Apprentice Robin Hobb
November    
Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan
2022
Month Title Author
July                   
A Deadly Education                                    
Naomi Novik               
August Stardust Neil Gaiman
September Piranesi Susanna Clarke
October A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark
November Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher