Two fantasy novel debuts this week, beginning with Ava Reid’s Innamorata (Del Rey), ranking on three lists, as high as #5 on two of them. Then, Carissa Broadbent’s Mother of Death and Dawn (Bramble), also ranking on three lists, as high as #6 on one of them.
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Another week, another three fantasy novel debuts. Highest ranking is Briar Boleyn’s The Wings That Bind (Mira), third in the Bloodwing Academy series, ranking #2 at The New York Times and Publishers Weekly. Next is Jasmine Mas’s Psycho Beasts (Mira), ranking as high as #14 on three lists. And then Alexis Hall’s Hell’s Heart (Tor), ranking #79 on the USA Today list.
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This week’s debuts include Sable Sorensen’s Dire Bound (Requited), on three lists ranking as high as #2; Christopher Buehlman’s Between Two Fires (Tor Nightfire), on three lists ranking as high as #4; Sasha E. Sloan’s The Ruins Beneath Us (Disney Hyperion), ranking on two YA lists as high as #2; and Amélie Wen Zhao’s The Dragon and the Sun Lotus (Delacorte), ranking on two YA lists as high as …Read More
Three more debuts again this week. Aurora Ascher’s Beauty and the Demon (Kensington), book five in the author’s Hell Bent series, is on three lists, ranking as high as #8. Elizabeth Helen’s Broken by Daylight (Bloom), book four in the author’s Beasts of the Briar series, is on two lists, ranking as high as #12. And Cameron Sullivan’s The Red Winter (Tor), a standalone, is on two lists, ranking …Read More
Three prominent debuts this week, beginning with Kate Quinn’s The Astral Library (Morrow), ranking as high as #2 on the four print lists compiled here. Then Heather Fawcett’s Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter (Del Rey), ranking as high as #4 on the four lists. And then J.R. Ward’s Crown of War and Shadow (Bramble), ranking as high as #4 on three lists.
The most prominent debut this week is Matt Dinniman’s Operation Bounce House (Ace), ranking from #2 to #4 on the four print lists compiled here. Other debuts are the latest books in series by Kerri Maniscalco, Emily McIntire, and Lauren Palphreyman.
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Several debuts this week, beginning with Brandon Sanderson’s Isles of the Emberdark (Tor), ranking #5 on the NY Times and Publishers Weekly lists. Next, Demi Winters’ Dawn of the North (Delacorte) ranks on three lists, as high as #10. Other debuts, on YA or children’s lists, are by Melissa de la Cruz, Petra Lord, Katherine Quinn, and Shannon J. Spann, whose A Stage Set for Villains is #1 on …Read More
George Saunders’s novel Vigil (Random House) debuts strongly on all four print lists, ranking #1 at the New York Times.
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Jim Butcher’s Twelve Months (Ace), 18th volume in the Dresden Files series, debuts strongly on all four print lists, ranking #1 at NY Times and Publishers Weekly.
Also debuting, on three lists, is Samantha Sotto Yambao’s The Elsewhere Express (Del Rey).
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Two reprints from paperback to hardcover debut this week. First is Kaylie Smith’s Enchantra (Forever), first published in 2025 in paperback. Second is Celina Myers’ Hollow (Hanover Square Press), self-published in paperback in 2022. Each ranks on three lists.
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Two debuts this week, both of fantasy novels. Melissa de la Cruz’s Rings of Fate (Entangled: Red Tower Books), first in a new series, is on three lists, ranking as high as #7 on the NY Times fiction hardcover list. And Elise Kova’s Dragon Cursed (Entangled: Mayhem Books) is also on three lists, two of them for YA/children’s books, ranking as high as #1 on the NY Times‘ YA …Read More
Stacia Stark’s vampire novel We Who Will Die (Avon), subtitled on the Amazon page An Epic Romantasy of Forbidden Love, Deadly Secrets, and Vampires in a High-Stakes Arena, Discover a Vividly Reimagined Ancient Rome (Empire of Blood, 1), debuts on three lists, ranking as high as #6 on the NY Times list.
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Two interesting items appear in the lower rankings this week. First is the 50th Anniversary Edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed (Harper Perennial, Nov. 2024), a title that has never appeared in any edition on this page in over 20 years. Second is a $45 hardcover edition of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Harper) in a MinaLima edition, i.e. illustrated by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, best known for …Read More
The trade paperback of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary (Ballantine) continues to bubble near the top of several bestseller lists, in anticipation of the release of the film version on March 20, 2026.
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The one notable debut this week is Brandon Sanderson’s collection Tailored Realities (Tor), ranking at #12 or above on three lists.
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Six titles debut this week, most prominently Chloe C. Peñaranda’s The Dark Is Descending (Bramble), third in the Nytefall Trilogy, and Rachel Van Dyken’s Fallen Gods (Entangled: Red Tower Books), each on three lists.
Other debuts are books by Alex Aster, Cassandra Clare, Catherine Doyle, and Keri Lake.
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Three fantasy novels debut this week, with Amber V. Nicole’s The Book of Azrael (Kensington) ranking on three lists at #6 or #7.
Debuting on two lists each: Lauren Palphreyman’s The Wolf King (Bloom) and Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti’s Hollow (King’s Hollow).
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The big debut this week is Callie Hart’s Brimstone (Forever, published in a Deluxe Limited Edition ), second in her Fae & Alchemy series following Quicksilver. The new book ranks #1 or #2 on all four print lists compiled here.
Also debuting: Briar Boleyn’s The Bond That Burns (Mira, also in a Deluxe Limited Edition ), ranking on three lists.
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The big debut this week is James Islington’s The Strength of the Few (Saga), second book in the Hierarchy series, ranking at #1 or #2 on the four print lists compiled here.
Also debuting: Travis Baldree’s Brigands & Breadknives (Tor), third in his Legends & Lattes series, ranking from 5th to 17th on the four print lists.
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Just like last week, two books debut on three lists each. First is Danielle L. Jensen’s The Bridge Kingdom (Deluxe Edition) (Del Rey), a hardcover reprint of a trade paperback from 2024. Second is Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Dawn (St. Martin’s), third in his Empire of the Vampire series. Jensen ranks as high as #14 on the Publishers Weekly list, Kristoff as high as #9 on the same …Read More
Two books debut on three lists each this week. First is Jasmine Mas’ Bonds of Hercules (Canary Street Press), second in a romantasy series based on Greek mythology, ranking as high as #1 at Publishers Weekly. And second is Alix E. Harrow’s The Everlasting (Tor), a stand-alone fantasy about a lady-knight and a time-traveling historian, ranking as high as #12 at NY Times.
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In new Wing and Claw editions, Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing and Iron Flame (both Entangled: Red Tower Books) return to the tops of lists at NY Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly.
Turnover of new titles debuting on lists has been high this year. This week sees new titles by Alex Aster, Richard Chizmar and W.H. Chizmar, Jordan Stephanie Gray, Lydia Gregovic, Sarah Hawley, T. Kingfisher, Andrzej Sapkowski, and …Read More
The biggest debut of the year might be Alchemised by SenLinYu (Del Rey), ranking #1 on all four print lists compiled here, and in the top 10 on all three Amazon lists.
Another 8 or 9 titles also debut, several of them fantasy novels in deluxe hardcover editions, including two novels by Rachel Gillig previously published in trade paperback.
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Several big fantasy novels debut this week, notably Samantha Shannon’s Among the Burning Flowers (Bloomsbury), third in the Roots of Chaos series,
and Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s Assistant to the Villain (Entangled: Red Tower Books). The latter title was published in trade paperback in 2023; this reprint is one of the increasingly common special edition hardcovers with additional artwork and stenciled edges.
R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis remains among the top four on all four print lists compiled here.
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R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis remains at #1 or #2 on all four print lists compiled here.
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R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis (Harper Voyager) debuts at #1 on all four print lists compiled here.
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Several books debut this week, of which the most striking is a Deluxe Limited Edition hardcover of Callie Hart’s Quicksilver (Forever), striking because the book was released in trade paperback in December 2024 and has ranked on bestseller lists for 38 weeks now. The new edition is #1 at New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly.
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Three titles debut on USA Today‘s list: Gareth Brown’s The Society of Unknowable Objects (Morrow) at #37, Chuck Tingle’s Lucky Day (Tor Nightfire) at #15, and Rebecca Thorne’s Alchemy and a Cup of Tea (Bramble) at #18. Callie Hart’s Brimstone (Forever), sequel to Quicksilver and due November 18th, places on all three Amazon lists today.
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