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Three views of the cover of The Tablets of Tetran: The Phantom Labyrinth by Steven Madonia, with the cover in the centre and two book mockups on either side.

Steven Madonia's debut fantasy novel ties magic to willpower and identity

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

In The Tablets of Tetran: The Phantom Labyrinth, a lifelong artist and musician writes about trauma, trust and the cost of power, through a magic system that fails when a character's will does.

A steel truss bridge over a partly frozen river under a blue winter sky.

Split Second: Stephanie Plum Is Married, and Someone Wants Her Dead

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Two years after Now or Never, Stephanie Plum is married, hunted by an enemy with no name and minding a client for Ranger who is kidnapped on her watch.

A boy reading a comic book at a table.

Dog Man: A Sprinkle in Time, the 15th Dog Man Book, Is Out Now: What It Is About and the Full Reading Order

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Dav Pilkey's new Dog Man graphic novel arrived on 3rd November, ten years after the series began, with Grandpa bending time and space.

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A Court of Splintered Harmony Sold 188,914 Copies in Its First UK Week: How That Ranks Against Inferno, Go Set a Watchman and Onyx Storm

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The sixth A Court of Thorns and Roses novel is the fastest-selling adult fantasy book in the UK since records began in 1998, and its US hardcover figure has now landed.

An old wooden treasure chest with a brass compass, spyglass and magnifying glass on a dark wooden table.

Cello's Gate, the Self-Published Sky-Pirate Heist Readers Made a Hit, Arrives in Hardback From Simon & Schuster and Hachette

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Readers found Maurice Africh's treasure hunt before the big publishers did. This week it gets the hardback treatment Dungeon Crawler Carl earned the same way.

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Madeline McKnight Signs Off Gives a Dying Wall Street Analyst One Last Deal: A Museum for the Witch of Wall Street

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Just out, Evan Brooke's debut novel sends a sharp-tongued former analyst and her young nurse into a race to honour Hetty Green, the richest woman of the Gilded Age.

An old illustrated book of fairy tales lies open on a dark table among dried flowers and warm fairy lights.

Koschei the Deathless in A Court of Splintered Harmony Comes From the Slavic Folk Tale That Hides His Death Inside an Egg

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Before A Court of Forgotten Melody arrives on 12th January, here is the old folk tale behind the villain of ACOTAR and the books where you can read it.

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The 16 Spring 2027 Books Left Uncertain by Catapult's Closure, Title by Title

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Catapult, Counterpoint, Soft Skull and Hawthorne stopped operating on 30th October. These are the new books they had scheduled from January to April, and what readers who preordered them can do.

Poppy wreaths laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, during the Remembrance Sunday service, with ranks of service personnel and crowds lining the street.

Angel Down Won the 2026 Pulitzer for Fiction With a War Story Told in a Single Sentence

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Daniel Kraus sends five American soldiers into No Man's Land after an angel caught in barbed wire, and the sentence never stops.

Cover of Twenty Five by Moshea, a boy in a number 25 vest standing in front of a giant wolf on the lawn of a red-brick group home

Twenty Five, a Lycan Found-Family Fantasy for Mature Teens and Adults Drawn from Author Moshea's Years in Group Homes

Darie Nani··1 min read

Ten-year-old Jean-Eza's arrival at a group home changes the lives of 24 other boys, who discover their hidden Lycan nature and form a pack. Its author has spent decades studying child psychology, fostering, coaching and tutoring young people.

Ana Braunstein, author of the This Case and My Life series

Ana Braunstein Turns Her Award-Winning Short Film This Case and My Life Into a Four-Book Series

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The screenwriter and actress first told the story of attorney Chris Roberts on screen. The four novels follow him from a Manhattan law firm into marriage, fatherhood and a family home in Connecticut.

Thomas LeBrun, close protection specialist and author of Aurora Rift

Thomas LeBrun's Aurora Rift, a Time Travel Book for Outlander Readers, Named an NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite

Darie Nani··1 min read

A bodyguard for more than 40 years to clients including Bill Gates and Elton John, LeBrun sends a martial artist and scientist from Stone Age Norway to Kublai Khan's court in his first science fiction novel.