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Science Fiction books coming in 2027

Science fiction in 2027 ranges from first contact and machine intelligence to dystopian journeys and worlds whose rules must be learned. Emily Snyder's YA time-travel mystery adds an intimate view of altered history. Veronica Roth and Catriona Ward connect the shelf to fantasy and suspense, with each title retaining its verified edition.

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Science Fiction19 January 2027 · US

Paradox Inc.

A debut that turns contemporary tech culture into science-fiction satire, with a premise likely to resonate with readers already following AI and Silicon Valley.

Science Fiction19 January 2027 · US

Roundabout

The second Detour book continues the consequences of a mission gone wrong. Its alternate-Earth premise connects Rake’s television storytelling with Hart’s speculative thrillers, making the series relationship useful for readers choosing where to begin.

Thriller26 January 2027 · US

Acceptable Range

Geopolitical writer Zeihan turns to fiction with a near-future thriller about infrastructure and power.

Science Fiction26 January 2027 · US

The Minute Givers

Its minute-by-minute time-rewind rule gives this debut a clear speculative hook while its investigation structure places it naturally between science fiction and suspense.

Science Fiction16 February 2027 · US

Orpheus

A permanently divided planet gives Carey’s adventure a physical boundary to cross, as Bead’s search for his mother leads him toward the frozen dark.

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.

Science Fiction2 March 2027 · US

Inworld

Its first-contact premise uses language and survival to build a large-scale speculative story.

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.

Science Fiction9 March 2027 · US

Blaze

Donoghue's post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story approaches a familiar setting through an unexpected narrator.

Science Fiction9 March 2027 · US

Guzzlers

Fuel theft and unexplained disappearances bring a police chief together with a UFO investigator, giving an apparently local mystery an uncertain speculative threat.

Science Fiction16 March 2027 · US

The Eighth Face

A closed community and an impossible body combine a mystery structure with Tchaikovsky’s speculative world-building. This standalone offers an entry point for readers who are not ready to begin one of his longer series.

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.

Science Fiction16 March 2027 · US

We Were Supposed to Find This

Snyder makes a small-town tear in time both a romantic possibility and a risk, as Everly encounters her own teenage mother in 1998.

Thriller30 March 2027 · US

Shadow Zone

Suarez returns to technological suspense through disaster preparation, autonomous weapons and unequal access to safety. The conflict makes AI part of the physical power struggle rather than an abstract future concern.

Science Fiction6 April 2027 · US

Persephone

A Mars-bound, closed-system setting puts scientific constraints in direct contact with thriller suspense.

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.

Science Fiction20 April 2027 · US

We Have Hours Left 'Til Morning

Chase blends high-concept time travel and a romance whose participants know incompatible versions of their own history.

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.

Science Fiction18 May 2027 · US

Burning Water

Card and Johnston open Extinct with humanity’s return to a ruined Earth, where survival depends on understanding why someone has brought them back.

Thriller18 May 2027 · US

The Memory Catcher

Nicieza’s speculative device turns private recollection into public danger. Readers who know his crime novels or comics have a new crossover between psychological suspense, memory technology and the consequences of unwanted exposure.

Horror22 June 2027 · US

The Solitude

Ward combines a contained murder plot with speculative horror. The threatened yacht gives her interest in hidden identities a sharply limited physical space.

Science Fiction20 July 2027 · US

Envoy

Kitasei places a murder mystery after first contact: the danger lies in what the returning astronauts know and have kept secret.

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Horror14 September 2027 · US

Seafoam Shallows

A resort promising an orderly end to life becomes a trap when its guests’ expectations of the apocalypse may be wrong.

Literary Fiction12 October 2027 · US

Abdication

The fifth Southern Reach volume returns to Area X, drawing on an established series that crosses literary fiction and the speculative.

Science Fiction19 October 2027 · US

Kingdom of the Conqueror Worm

The Lunar Gothic finale offers a compact journey into cosmic horror for readers following the series.