New books I want to read 2/17/2026: The Rainseekers by Matthew Kressel • Kayak by Kristal Stittle • Temple Fall by R. L. Boyle • AnOther Nemesis poetry by Ai Jiang, Angel Yuriko Smith, Eugen Bacon, and Maxwell I. Gold

New books I want to read 2/10/2026: A Forest, Darkly by A.G. Slater • Maria the Wanted by V. Castro • First Date by Gemma Amor • Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer • She Made Herself a Monster by Anna Kovatcheva • With Teeth anthology ed Cassandra Celia • With the Heart of a Ghost by Sunwoo Lim, translated by Chi-Young Kim • Of Beasts by M. Jane Worma

New books I want to read 12/9/2025: Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester • The Writhing, Verdant End by Corey Farrenkopf, Tiffany Morris, Eric Raglin • Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope edited by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, Karen Lord • House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

New books I want to read 11/11/2025: Shiny Happy People by Clay McLeod Chapman • Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss • The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg • Afrofuturism Short Stories ed Isis Asare •  Book Cover Carnaval Fever by Yuliana Ortiz Ruano • Coydog by David Tromblay

New books I want to read 10/28/2025: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow • All the Stars Die by John F.D. Taff • Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone • Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim • Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Danielewski • The Night Guests by Marina Scott • Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

New books I want to read 10/21/2025: Cathedral of the Drowned by Nathan Ballingrud • Clairviolence by Mo Moshaty • Psychopomp & Circumstance by Eden Royce • Futility by Nuzo Onoh • King Sorrow by Joe Hill • Racebook: A Personal History of the Internet by Tochi Onyebuchi • Ever Since We Small by Celeste Mohammed

New books I want to read 10/7/2025: A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo • Hole in the Sky by Daniel H. Wilson • The Flesh King by Richard Kadrey • Queen Demon by Martha Wells • Herculine by Grace Byron • Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills • Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon • The Salvage by Anbara Salam • Sister Creatures by Laura Venita Green • The Night Is Not for You by Eman Quotah • The Big One by Patrick Barb

New books I want to read 8/30/2025: The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt • Playing Wolf by Zuzana Říhová • Demon Song by Kelsea Yu • Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei • The Witch of Willow Sound by Vanessa F. Penney • A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde • Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez • The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee

New books I want to read 8/23/2025: Spread Me by Sarah Bailey • Why I Love Horror ed Beck Stratford • If You Knew Me by S.P. Miskowski • Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest by Nick Mamatas • Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby • One of Us by Dan Chaon • Spit Back the Bones by Teagan Olivia King • Jagadakeer: Apology to the Body by Lory Bedikian

New books I want to read 8/16/2025: Uncertain Sons by Thomas Ha • Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper • Issues With Authority by Nadia Bulkin • The Whistler by Nick Medina • Fiend by Alma Katsu • Galloway’s Gospel by Sam Rebelein • American Werewolves by Emily Jane