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Fantasy books coming in 2027

Fantasy in 2027 includes Tasha Suri's bargain in a cursed city and Elaine U. Cho's attempts to escape a Korean bathhouse afterlife. Margaret Rogerson's enchanted knight offers a new YA story, while Lauren Palphreyman concludes the Wolf King trilogy for adults. Heists, alchemical mysteries and historical fantasies widen the shelf, with audience labels and series positions guiding different entry points.

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Fantasy5 January 2027 · US

Infernal Vow

The Immortal Dark finale places Kidan’s devotion and forbidden power against the survival of humanity, bringing the trilogy’s dark-academia conflict to a conclusion.

Fantasy5 January 2027 · US

The Death of a Coven

The second Callisto Chronicles volume follows The Book of Blood and Roses. Romantic obsession and inherited family duty drive its continuing conflict.

Fantasy12 January 2027 · US

A Court of Forgotten Melody

The seventh installment returns to Prythian as fraying alliances and Koschei’s growing threat place the Night Court under pressure.

Fantasy12 January 2027 · US

Gilded Wings

Thiede's new YA fantasy combines industrial inequality, undercover investigation and dragon lore, offering a fresh setting for readers of her earlier romantic fantasies.

Literary Fiction12 January 2027 · US

Habila

Moore draws on Mami Wata mythology to connect immigrant family life with magical realism. Readers of She Would Be King have a new novel to follow.

Romance12 January 2027 · US

I Put a Spell on You

An anonymous letter exchange turns an attempt at revenge into attraction, with family love magic complicating a sapphic Valentine’s Day romance.

Romance12 January 2027 · US

Such Familiar Magic

A damaged family potion gives an exhausted witch and her old rival a shared task, tying the romance to inherited magic and expectations.

Historical Fiction12 January 2027 · US

The Poison Palace

A mythic account of invasion seen through two women's choices gives this debut a distinct place among 2027's historical fantasies.

Fantasy12 January 2027 · US

The Stars Look Like Home

Klune shifts the perspective to a dog while retaining questions of belonging and chosen connection. Readers interested in compassionate speculative fiction can follow this standalone alongside his established fantasy series.

Fantasy19 January 2027 · US

Emily Wilde's History of Dark Faerie

A search through the Black Forest brings Emily, Wendell, and Ariadne toward a realm feared by the Folk, testing the personal cost of scholarly curiosity.

Fantasy26 January 2027 · US

Ambrosia

Kwan turns a disguise-and-infiltration premise into an adult dark-academia mystery, giving fantasy readers an entry organized around scientific power and institutional exclusion.

Romance26 January 2027 · US

Death Wish

Lu’s debut brings a reaper-and-vampire relationship into a contemporary sapphic romance. The conflict between wanting an ending and discovering reasons to live supplies a more specific hook than the supernatural pairing alone.

Literary Fiction26 January 2027 · US

Death's a Bitch

Rodger’s adult literary debut turns a sister’s fear of loss into a supernatural bargain, with Death taking an intimately familiar form.

Fantasy2 February 2027 · US

A Most Decadent Curse

Yelle draws on Poe’s poetry for a YA gothic story in which two estranged sisters must rebuild trust while escaping inherited grief and a castle’s curse.

Fantasy2 February 2027 · US

The Words That Weave the Dark

The sequel to The Lies That Summon the Night makes Inana’s growing power inseparable from the restraint her mission and relationships require.

Fantasy2 February 2027 · US

To Kill These Monstrous Gods

The second Gods Beyond the Skies novel continues the occupation story begun in To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods. Its assassination plan makes the sequel’s stakes explicit.

Fantasy9 February 2027 · US

Hold My Spellbook

Harris opens a new portal fantasy series, giving readers of her Sookie Stackhouse novels a fresh world of family alliances and dangerous attraction.

Fantasy9 February 2027 · US

The Grave of Perfection

The Tyrant Philosophers concludes in the city where it began, with a playwright’s final commission placing art inside the resistance to Palleseen rule.

Fantasy16 February 2027 · US

Fleet of Wonders

False identities offer two friends a chance to escape poverty, but winning the imperial competition means serving the power that conquered their parents’ homeland.

Fantasy16 February 2027 · US

The Blade and the Last Sacrifice

The second volume places Theodora’s duty to protect a fragile barrier alongside her dependence on an immortal who resents having to guard her.

Fantasy16 February 2027 · US

What Makes a Monster

Cooper's constellation-based YA fantasy begins with a would-be villain inside the institution opposing her, creating an immediate question about trust and redemption.

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Fantasy23 February 2027 · US

Core

The aftermath of a failed uprising sharpens Emeline’s divided loyalties in the continuing Conform story, with one bond binding her while another person remains captive.

Fantasy23 February 2027 · US

Rest the Dawn

The sequel to Sing the Night develops its operatic magic into a story about artistic ambition and royal control, continuing the Opera Magique series.

Fantasy23 February 2027 · US

Strike Down the Sun

Holland’s Break Wide the Sea duology concludes with a shared search for a weapon, while a war and unresolved romance test Annie and Silas’s alliance.

Fantasy23 February 2027 · US

The Moth Reborn

The sixth Bone Season book is the penultimate entry in a long-running speculative series, making it an important February release for returning readers.

Romance23 February 2027 · US

Tree Daddy

A nurse’s encounter with an injured Bigfoot shifter turns a mountain rescue into a playful paranormal romance and a fight to protect his valley.

Mystery23 February 2027 · US

When the Woods Called Us Home

Griffin brings her nature-inflected atmosphere to an adult mystery rooted in a missing person and a divided family.

Fantasy23 February 2027 · US

Worship

Winn follows In Memoriam by reworking Arthurian desire, devotion and rivalry. Its overlapping attachments distinguish this from a straightforward retelling of a familiar romance, with political uncertainty pressing against the characters’ private ambitions.

Fantasy2 March 2027 · US

By Breath

Cast launches a new YA fantasy rooted in Highland water lore, with a human-and-kelpie bond distinguishing it from her established series.

Fantasy2 March 2027 · US

Devouring Gods

The second Barbaric Ledgers adventure turns a festival into a heist, with a divine prison and an endangered wizard complicating Gotchimus’s plans.

Science Fiction2 March 2027 · US

The Seventeenth Quest

A robot’s wish to become a knight makes storytelling part of a middle-grade adventure about finding humanity and making a connection of his own.

Fantasy9 March 2027 · US

The New Dragon Mage

Ciara’s increasing power becomes a political liability in the fourth Dragon’s Apprentice adventure, as a new opponent seeks to erase magic itself.

Fantasy16 March 2027 · US

Elodie and the Dark Lord

Poston gives a librarian a disruptive relationship to magic, making the ability that sets her apart a possible answer to her brother’s disappearance.

Fantasy16 March 2027 · US

The Sprite and the Gargoyle

Bartholomew returns a century after The Knight and the Moth, giving this shorter standalone a familiar companion and a new young king to follow.

Fantasy16 March 2027 · US

TimeLess

Steadman moves into adult fantasy with a time-traveling assassin whose attraction to an enemy threatens the history she has been trained to protect.

Fantasy23 March 2027 · US

Crow & Shadow

The partnership between an outcast and a contrary bird gives Nayak’s series opener its character. Its fantasy intrigue begins with a job that goes wrong.

Fantasy23 March 2027 · US

Little Necromancers

Devlin builds a YA whodunit around the economics of resurrection and an uneasy household of servants and employers, connecting magical power with inherited privilege.

Fantasy23 March 2027 · US

Overworld

Wight’s first project with Tor introduces a new LitRPG adventure. A butler’s habits offer a different starting character for readers familiar with Cradle.

Fantasy23 March 2027 · US

These Cursed Fates

A prince’s lost memories turn a former love into an apparent enemy, making a marriage intended to prevent war a deeply personal test of trust.

Fantasy6 April 2027 · US

A Dark and Narrow House

Malik combines folklore, dark fantasy and a haunted house, inviting readers into a supernatural world with its own rules.

Fantasy6 April 2027 · US

Knight Eternal

Rogerson pairs a tower-bound heroine with a protector whose loyalty is magically enforced, giving this YA fantasy a sharp conflict between love and obligation.

Historical Fiction6 April 2027 · US

The Enigmas

Hart follows Weyward and The Sirens with time travel threaded through two world wars. The relationship between individual rescue and historical consequence gives the book an accessible speculative question with a family-centered narrative.

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Historical Fiction6 April 2027 · US

The Invisible Line

Lukas places a speculative instrument inside the politics of wartime border-making. The combination of historical conflict and supernatural power gives readers of his earlier historical novels a new way into questions of land and competing claims.

Fantasy6 April 2027 · US

The Lady of Thorns

Suri brings moral uncertainty and a dangerous bargain to gothic fantasy, with a heroine forced to reconsider who deserves her loyalty.

Fantasy6 April 2027 · US

The Only Immortals

Steven returns to immortal romance in a standalone fantasy, offering an entry that does not require following a numbered series.

Fantasy8 April 2027 · UK

A Bittersweet Spell

An enchanted manuscript reunites two people with a difficult history, making the work of transcription part of a dangerous second chance.

Literary Fiction13 April 2027 · US

Second Nature

Huang follows Natural Beauty and Immaculate Conception with another invented social order. The focus on a boy’s faith and awakening desire gives this novel its central tension.

Romance27 April 2027 · US

Read Me Like a Book

James brings her experience of bookish fantasy to adult romance. The portal premise lets literary knowledge become a practical problem for an unusually unprepared traveler.

Fantasy27 April 2027 · US

Silver Dawn

The second New Alchemists novel continues the adult fantasy begun in Red City. Its syndicates and dangerous alchemy distinguish it from Lu’s novels for younger readers, despite the familiar author name.

Fantasy27 April 2027 · US

The Final Death of Namjoo Han

A standalone fantasy offers an entry point to Cho's work through an inventive afterlife setting, repeated escape attempts and unresolved ties to the living world.

Fantasy4 May 2027 · US

Curse the Left Hand

The second Burning Empire novel expands the world of Seek the Traitor’s Son into space. Its series position keeps the continuation clear for returning readers.

Historical Fiction4 May 2027 · US

The Lost Elixir

Penner returns to The Lost Apothecary through an adult Eliza and a second investigation across two periods. The link to the earlier novel is explicit, while the elixir creates a new conflict over memory, motherhood and control.

Fantasy18 May 2027 · US

Oh Fortuna

Cornell uses mythological adventure for a comic encounter between rigorous thinking and unruly divine power. The mathematician’s perspective gives the journey its organizing friction.

Fantasy18 May 2027 · UK

The Wolf Queen

A useful date for readers following The Wolf King trilogy: Aurora's struggle for control reaches its final volume.

Mystery27 May 2027 · UK

A Devil of a Crime

A retired devil and angel make an unlikely detective partnership, bringing supernatural complications to a small-town murder mystery.

Young Adult1 June 2027 · US

The Mermaid of Warsaw

Polish folklore meets the Warsaw Uprising as a mermaid’s bargain draws her back toward human history and a childhood bond.

Fantasy15 June 2027 · US

Blood Goddess

An Egyptologist’s search for her missing mother gives this vampire-college fantasy an academic mystery with a deeply personal stake.

Romance13 July 2027 · US

Not Another Vampire Romance

Celeste’s paranormal romance makes the assassin’s missing memories central to her choice of loyalties. The romance and the search for identity share the same uncertain witness.

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Fantasy27 July 2027 · US

Floralinda

Muir reverses the familiar fairy-tale rescue: the character trapped in a tower must work out what survival requires of her.

Young Adult10 August 2027 · US

The Raven Engagement

Inheritance, grief and authorship give this young-adult portal fantasy a personal stake beyond its passage between worlds.

Historical Fiction17 August 2027 · US

The Last Story of Thomas Haruki

The fantasy frame lets family storytelling and inherited memory carry the historical material, connecting wartime incarceration to what later generations inherit and understand.