42 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for June

If your idea of “beach reads” includes subjects like aliens,

space battles

, fantasy battles,

time-travel

, monsters, demons,

vampires

, magical circus performers, and fresh takes on

classic mythology

… this list of 42 new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror releases for June has got you covered.

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The Battle of Maldon

and

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

by J.R.R. Tolkien,


edited by Peter Grybauskas

“Leading Tolkien scholar Peter Grybauskas, presents for the very first time J.R.R. Tolkien’s own prose translation of

The Battle of Maldon

together with the definitive treatment of

The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

and its accompanying essays.” (June 6)

The Byways

by Mary Pascual

When a misfit high schooler is pulled into the byways—“a world of alleys, magic, and forgotten people . . . some that aren’t even human”—she must figure out how to escape, as well as why she ended up there in the first place. (June 6)

Cassandra in Reverse

by Holly Smale

A woman starts using her newfound ability to “rewind” her life to fix past mistakes, but things don’t improve the way she assumes they will. (June 6)

Corman/Poe: Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films, 1960-1964

by Chris Alexander

This film-history book features interviews with Roger Corman (who also wrote the foreword) as well as critical analysis of each of the eight Poe adaptations he made with American International Pictures, plus “dozens of photographs and stills, many of which have never been published before.” (June 6)

The Endless Vessel

by Charles Soule

In a world being consumed by a “depression plague,” a young scientist struggles to keep her sense of hope and joy alive, embarking on a journey across time and space to find the source of happiness. (June 6)

The Grimoire of Grave Fates

created by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owen

“Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There’s been a murder on campus, and it’s up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.” (June 6)

The Last Action Heroes: The Trimphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage

by Nick de Semlyen

“The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including

Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator

, and more,” featuring interviews with the stars and their cinematic collaborators.


(June 6)

The Library of Broken Worlds

by Alaya Dawn Johnson

When the daughter of a Library god meets two people in desperate need of help, she’s uniquely poised to access the Library’s many mystical secrets—which lead her to shocking discoveries that could reshape the future for all involved. (June 6)

Maeve Fly

by CJ Leede

By day, she’s a theme-park princess; by night, she’s a Sunset Strip barfly. But things take a turn for the gruesome when she meets her best friend’s brother and starts modeling her life after

American Psycho.

(June 6)

The Memory of Animals

by Claire Fuller

Amid a frightening pandemic, a disgraced marine biologist volunteers for an experimental vaccine trial that could be humanity’s last hope. (June 6)

The Moon Represents My Heart

by Pim Wangtechawat

When the parents in a British Chinese family of time travelers fail to return from a journey, the kids they left behind must figure out their own place in the past, present, and future. (June 6)

My Murder

by Katie Williams

After a young mother is murdered by a serial killer, a government project resurrects her—but her joy at getting a second chance is tempered with her growing fascination with uncovering what happened in her life in the lead-up to her death. (June 6)

Relentless Melt

by Jeremy P. Bushnell

In 1909 Boston, a department-store salesgirl disguises herself as a boy so that she can learn to become a detective, then teams up with an occult-obsessed wannabe magician to dig into a supernatural mystery plaguing the city. Read an excerpt

here

. (June 6)

Ruling Destiny

by Alyson Noel

The Stealing Infinity series continues as the time-traveling students of Gray Wolf Academy puzzle through a mystery that stretches across history. (June 6)

Translation State

by Ann Leckie

“The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars.” Read an excerpt

here

. (June 6)

The Warning

by Kristy Acevedo

When a high-school student encounters a hologram claiming to be a human from the future, carrying a warning that the world’s about to end, she must decide whether she trusts it enough to step through a portal it claims offers safety on the other side. (June 6)

The Combat Codes

by Alexander Darwin

This first book in a new sci-fantasy trilogy takes place “In a world where battle-hardened warriors determine the fate of empires, war-ravaged nations seek out a new champion.” (June 13)

Demons of Good and Evil

by Kim Harrison

The latest entry in the long-running Hollows series brings in an evil new adversary for witch-born demon Rachel Morgan as she tries to protect Cincinnati’s paranormal population. (June 13)

The Evergreen Heir

by A.K. Mulford

The Five Crowns of Okrith fantasy series continues, following the adventures of a “neurodivergent bookworm” reluctantly facing an arranged marriage with a fae warrior—all while dealing with a witchy uprising that threatens the rule of their mother, the kingdom’s troubled queen. (June 13)

The First Bright Thing

by J.R. Dawson

In post-World War I America, a time-traveling ringmaster runs a circus for “magical misfits and outcasts” with her trapeze-artist wife—but the safe haven they’ve created soon comes under threat from a rival circus ruled by a far more sinister leader. (June 13)

Maddalena and the Dark

by Julia Fine

In this fairytale set in 18th century Venice, two teenage girls meet at an elite music school and form a deep friendship that takes a strangely magical turn. (June 13)

Morgan Is My Name

by Sophie Keetch

This feminist retelling of Arthurian villainess Morgan le Fay explores the world of “a woman both mortal and magical, formidable and misunderstood, told in her own words.” (June 13)

On Earth as It Is on Television

by Emily Jane

When aliens touch down on Earth for a brief visit, different characters across America grapple with the weirdness: a meek dad who does whatever his wife and TV-addicted kids want, a lonely woman trapped in her own not-ideal family situation, and a coma victim who suddenly awakens and sets out on a road trip of self-discovery. (June 13)

Psyche and Eros

by Luna McNamara

In this fresh retelling of the Greek myth, a rebellious woman spends her life training for a fated battle—until she meets the god of desire, who falls for her after accidentally pricking himself with one of his own arrows, and must team up with him as the Trojan War rises around them. (June 13)

The Puzzle Master

by Danielle Trussoni

“Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery—one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity.” (June 13)

Savage Crowns

by Matt Wallace

The Savage Rebellion trilogy concludes with the final war for Crache, pitting those in power (and their cruel military) against its army of rebellious citizens. Can the women who control each side come to an understanding before all is lost? (June 13)

Book of Gems

by Fran Wilde

The Gem Universe series continues as a determined scientist journeys to the recently rediscovered Palace of Gems, intent on tracking down her research-stealing mentor while also digging into the truth about the Jeweled Valley. (June 20)

Capture the Sun

by Jessie Mihalik

The Starlight’s Shadow trilogy concludes as “an intergalactic thief must join forces with the charming teleporter who stole her last job—and may now be her only hope for saving her former crew.” (June 20)

Citadel

by C.M. Alongi

In this sci-fi debut, “a nonverbal autistic woman refuses to crumble as she stands against a dogmatic society clinging to a centuries-long conflict built on lies.” (June 20)

A Crooked Mark

by Linda Kao

A teenaged boy who has spent his life traveling with his father, hunting down people marked by the devil, must reevaluate his entire existence when he befriends their latest target, a young car-crash survivor. (June 20)

The Edge of Sleep

by Jake Emanuel and Willie Block

A nightwatchman who’s long suffered night terrors bands together with friends and strangers when a strange phenomenon takes over the world: everyone who falls asleep dies. (June 20)

The Infinite Miles

by Hannah Fergesen

When a woman’s long-missing best friend suddenly reappears—along with the fictional hero of their favorite

Doctor Who

-ish sci-fi TV series—she’s pulled into a wild time-travel adventure with an evil alien entity in hot pursuit. (June 20)

Garden of the Cursed

by Katy Rose Pool

In this fantasy mystery, “cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious—and deadly—society that holds clues to her mother’s disappearance.” (June 20)

Night’s Edge

by Liz Kerin

This tale that’s already been

earmarked for the TV series treatment

follows a young woman who’s grown up protecting her mother’s monstrous secret—but finds new hope for the future when she meets a rebellious musician. (June 20)

The Shadow Cabinet

by Juno Dawson

The Her Majesty’s Royal Coven series continues as the witchy friend group strives to keep their coven together—all while facing a world that’s suspicious of their powers but may need their help to save it. (June 20)

The Archive Undying

by Emma Mieko Candon

The Downworld Sequence sci-fi series begins by exploring a world “where AI deities and brutal police states clash, wielding giant robots steered by pilot-priests with corrupted bodies.” (June 27)

The Frugal Wizard’s Guide to Surviving Medieval England

by Brandon Sanderson

This blend of “Jason Bourne and epic fantasy” follows a wizard who awakens in a strange time and place with no memory of who he is—and missing his copy of the one book that could possibly help him (see: this book’s title). (June 27)

How to Be Remembered

by Michael Thompson

Once a year, a man wakes up to find that everyone in his life has forgotten him—something he endures until he falls in love, and sets out on a quest to free himself from the “Reset” that’s ruled his entire existence. (June 27)

The Ghosts of Trappist

by K.B. Wagers

“NeoG—the Near-Earth Orbital Guard, a diverse military force that patrols and protects the solar system, inspired by the real-life mission of the Coast Guard—and the crew of

Zuma’s Ghost

are under attack, and shocking truths are about to be exposed.” (June 27)

Gods of the Wyrdwood

by RJ Barker

An expert forest guide helps a woman searching for a lost child—but they both serve different gods, a fact which will cloud certain loyalties along the way. (June 27)

Ink Blood Sister Scribe

by Emma Törzs

In this debut novel, “estranged half-sisters tasked with guarding their family’s library of magical books must work together to unravel a deadly secret at the heart of their collection—a tale of familial loyalty and betrayal, and the pursuit of magic and power.” (June 27)

The Road to Roswell

by Connie Willis

A woman visiting Roswell, New Mexico for her friend’s UFO-themed wedding is abducted by a curiously sympathetic alien—and that’s just the start of the adventure in this road-trip rom-com sci-fi tale. (June 27)

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