New Books Tuesday: September 4

Many people know that Wednesday is New Comics day. Somewhat less known is the fact that Tuesday, in the US, is New Books day.

Weekly disclaimer: This weekly post highlights some of the books being published on any given week, usually in the science fiction and fantasy genres, both YA and books for adults. I am VERY likely to miss cool new books, so please feel free to tell me about them in the comments. Sometimes these will be books I've read a pre-publishing copy of, but most of the time, they will not. These are books I find notable, but I certainly don't read fast enough in English to be able to read all the cool books that come out every week.

Some weeks are a little light on new books. Next week is going to be one of those. But not this week. Oh, no. This week, there's an entire huge pile of books coming out, including two I've been waiting for.

Night and Silence (October Daye #12) by Seanan McGuire
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First on the list, and first in my reading queue. This is book 12 in McGuire's signature series about October Daye, the half faerie, half human who takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. Toby Daye is one of my favorite protagonists. I just love her.

Mother of Invention by Rivqa Rafael & Tansy Rayner Roberts, editors
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I supported this anthology of "diverse, challenging stories about gender as it relates to the creation of artificial intelligence and robotics" way back on kickstarter, I'm friendly with the editors and the publisher and several of the authors. I am entirely biased, but I think it's gonna be awesome.

The Chrysalis by Brendan Deneen
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I resent suburban horror, both because it's too scary for me to read, and because I live in a suburb. And it's fine.

The Land of Somewhere Safe by Hal Duncan
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This seems like a very odd book. Which is to be expected from Hal Duncan, sff's avatar of boozy, swearing, Scottish queerness.

Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders by Susan Forest (Editor), Lucas K. Law (Editor)
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A speculative fiction anthology about migration and border crossings seems extremely timely.

Worlds Seen in Passing edited by Irene Gallo
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It's hard to believe Tor.com is 10 years old. This anthology, which includes a huge list of fine stories by some of the genre's best - all published originally on Tor.com - is a hell of book.

Solo: A Star Wars Story by Mur Lafferty
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I tend to skip novelizations, but Mur Lafferty is both a pal and a hell of a writer.

And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness, illustrations by Rovina Cai
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I mean, it's a Patrick Ness book about whales who hunt people. It's probably awesome.

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
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History meets legend in this, the first novel of a trilogy that seeks to bring back the memory of one of Scotland's most accomplished forgotten queens.

A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma
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This dark YA book seems quite intriguing.

Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark by Charlie J. Eskew
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This novel is the story of getting superpowers and finding out that may not have been the boon one might have hoped for or expected.

The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette
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This novel, in which a spaceship lands in a small town and seems to just... sit there, seems like it may be super fun.

Hidden Sun by Jaine Fenn
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This fantasy set in an alien world offers weird science and adventure, and seems interesting.

Daughters of Forgotten Light by Sean Grigsby
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Space prison with a vicious gang of women. This is either exploitative crap, or in the vein of Kelly Sue Deconnick's seminal comic Bitch Planet.

Salvation (Salvation Sequence #1) by Peter F. Hamilton
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It's a new novel, the first in a new series by Peter F. Hamilton. And if you're one of Hamilton's many fans, you're probably not reading this part because you've gone to buy it.

The 48 by Donna Hosie
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Time traveling teen assassins in the court of Henry VIII. That's a take I never heard before!

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
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Space school, teen girl outlaw mastermind, friendships and questioned allegiances. You have my attention.

The Dreaming Stars (Axiom #2) by Tim Pratt
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Space opera followup to Pratt's "The Wrong Stars."

The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First-Century Chinese Science Fiction by Mingwei Song & Theodore Huters, editors
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It's a testament to how packed this week is that this anthology of Chinese science fiction's biggest rising stars isn't a featured book for me.

The Accidental War by Walter Jon Williams
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The fourth novel in the always competent Walter Jon Williams's Fall Of The Dread Empire series.

Two Dark Reigns (Three Dark Crowns #3) by Kendare Blake
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Much like the Peter Hamilton fans mentioned above, Blake's fans have already left this post to get the new book in her series.

Part of Your World by Liz Braswell
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This is a sequel to The Little Mermaid... if that film ended much more darkly than it actually did.

Uncharted by Erin Cashman
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This YA novel seems to be either on the edge of horror, or beyond it.

Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn
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This ghost story is definitely way too scary for me.

Timeless: A Drizzt Novel by R.A. Salvatore
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Huh. A new Drizzt novel. I feel like I need to check my calendar to make sure what decade this is. Or even what century.

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
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A girl who dissects the supernatural beings her mom kills is our protagonist, and it seems things only get darker from there.

Happy Doomsday by David Sosnowski
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Three teens and an apocalypse.

Walking Through Fire by Sherri Cook Woosley
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It's another apocalypse. This time with ancient gods. I know times are dark, USian writers, but damn!

Embers (The Dark in You #4) by Suzanne Wright
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This is the fourth novel in a series I'm not familiar with, and if the universe wanted more detail at this point in the post, it shouldn't have allowed a million books to be published on the same day.