Read Red Rising, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. The level of chaos & emotional trauma disagrees with that little word “fun”, but the therapy bill is worth it!

Heliotrope delivers a triumphant heroic fantasy. Do yourself a favor: pick up a copy, and support one of the most talented independent voices writing today.

Gibson takes familiar detective tropes, infuses them with biological worldbuilding, and delivers a story that hits hard on an emotional and thematic level.

Watson has delivered a bigger, better, and deeply agonizing novel, a worthy sequel. I loved it, I hated it, and I truly cannot wait for the next installment.

An Exile of Water and Gold overcomes its structural hurdles to deliver an original fantasy epic. Joshua Walker proves himself a promising voice in the genre.

With The Winds of War, Winter has refined his craft while expanding the scope of this dark, harrowing epic fantasy to truly remarkable heights with ease.

For fans of gritty, epic fantasy, One Last Prayer by Mosha Winter that packs a considerable punch in so few pages, and is NOT a book you’ll want to miss.

A Dark Fantasy daring to dream big. The heavy swing from David T. List made full contact, delivering an astonishing opening salvo to both the gut and heart.

A modern masterpiece in Dark Catholic Horror; Buehlman drives a haunting journey through medieval Black Death to decide the fate of worlds both physical and spiritual.

The Truth is a raw peek behind the curtain of betrayal and devastation that sets the emotional stage for THE new standard for epic, dragonrider fantasy series.

Fast paced, funny and surprisingly thoughtful. Operation Bounce House is a wildly inventive story that has a lot more to say about the world than its premise suggests.

Perfect for fans of dark, gritty, irredeemably wonderful characters in a world just as twisted, Rising Gale by Z. B. Steele was a massive highlight of 2026.

This installment upholds all the chaos and humour that make this series great. It’s full of non-stop, gripping momentum, and some of the wildest moments yet.

I went in expecting romantasy. What I got was a razor-sharp mirror held up to society itself, with characters so real they left a mark long after the last page.

Prepare For Me A Shallow Grave felt like an ode to the grimdark genre, done masterfully, and I find it a crying shame this book isn’t talked about more.

Hilariously grim with enough witty banter and ankle-breaking twists to offer a seditious welcome to the Low Town initiate or a secretive handshake to the returned.

SFF Insiders is here to finally bring you the long awaited SPFBO XI finalist announcement. Our judges have cast their vote, and we couldn’t be more excited!

All in all, the Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King is an emotionally blistering debut that is certainly not lacking in ambition, and deserving of a read.

A scientist who can watch her own past but never change it. A story of love, loss, and the cost of looking back. Fracassi's sci-fi cuts deeper than it ought to.

Aragon created a creepy, cosmically complex twist of horror and fantasy that infuses demon infestation, greedy gods, and telepathic addicts into a debut novel for the ages.