New Book Release Dates This Week (26 October 2026)

Twenty-five books have reached the AuthorPing calendar since our last round-up. The biggest news is Ana Huang's King of Lust, Book 7 of Kings of Sin, out 27 April 2027, followed by Samantha Shannon's The Moth Reborn, Book 6 of The Bone Season, out 18 February 2027. Three of the new arrivals come out this week, including Huang's The Keeper on 27 October 2026.

What are the biggest new release dates?

King of Lust is the most anticipated of all 25 books in this round-up. It's the seventh book in Kings of Sin, and Huang has a second new date further down this list, so her readers are doing well out of this batch.

Second is The Moth Reborn, the sixth book in The Bone Season. Shannon's readers are well practised at waiting, and a February date gives them something firm to count down to. If you're new to the series, the full The Bone Season reading order is on our series page.

Fourth is Uketsu's standalone Strange Maps, out 8 April 2027. It's the highest-ranked standalone here, ahead of several long-running series.

Which new books come out this week?

Three books with new dates are out tomorrow, so the gap between "now has a date" and "now on the shelf" has rarely been shorter.

• The Keeper by Ana Huang, Book 3 of Gods of the Game, out 27 October 2026. Third most anticipated in this round-up.
• Mark of the Warrior by Fonda Lee, Book 2 of Breathmarked, out 27 October 2026. Seventh of 25.
• The Mad God by Tom Elliot, Book 10 of The Grand Game, out 27 October 2026. Ten books in, anyone just starting has a pleasant amount of catching up to do; the The Grand Game reading order lists them all.

New books out in November and December

Lucy Score's The Heist Before Christmas, Book 5 of Riley Thorn, is out 10 November 2026. A Christmas heist in November is about as early as the shops put the decorations up. It ranks ninth here.

The same day brings Alix E. Harrow's standalone The Everlasting, out 10 November 2026. A week later, Christina Henry's standalone Pinfeathers is out 17 November 2026.

Christopher Ruocchio's Songs of the Sun Eater: Tales From The Sun Eater Universe, a companion collection set in The Sun Eater, is out 24 November 2026.

December opens with two books. Debbie Cassidy's Wicked Spirit, Book 2 of The Veritas Legacy, is out 1 December 2026 and ranks tenth. Kim Stanley Robinson's The Best Journey in the World: An Antarctic Story, an Antarctic story according to its subtitle, is out 1 December 2026.

New release dates for early 2027

January

• Galleria, a standalone from Chuck Palahniuk, out 19 January 2027.
• Dead Man's Journey by Douglas Preston, Book 6 of Nora Kelly, out 26 January 2027. Fourteenth of 25.

February

• The Grave of Perfection by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Book 5 of The Tyrant Philosophers, out 9 February 2027. Eighth of 25.
• The Shadow Accords: A Spellcaster-Shadow Beast Novella by Jaymin Eve, a companion novella to Shadow Beast Shifters, out 16 February 2027. Eleventh.
• The Traveling House: A Novel, a standalone from Kristin Cashore, out 16 February 2027. Fifteenth.
• The Moth Reborn by Samantha Shannon, out 18 February 2027, covered above.

March and April

Lucy Score's second new date is Just One More Chapter, Book 3 of Story Lake, out 9 March 2027. It ranks fifth, four places above her November book.

Elise Kova's Dragon Cursed 2 is out 6 April 2027 and ranks sixteenth. Uketsu's Strange Maps follows on 8 April 2027, and Huang's King of Lust closes April on 27 April 2027.

Which books come out later in 2027?

• Curse The Left Hand by Veronica Roth, Book 2 of The Burning Empire, out 4 May 2027. Seventeenth.
• What Birds Have Vanished by Ken Liu, Book 2 of Julia Z, out 6 May 2027. Eighteenth.
• Untitled Sports by Meghan Quinn, Book 3 of Bay Area Players, out 27 July 2027. Twelfth, which is a respectable showing for a book that doesn't have a proper title yet.
• Floralinda, a standalone from Tamsyn Muir, out 27 July 2027. Nineteenth.
• The Dark Descent by Kristen Ciccarelli, Book 3 of The Crimson Moth, out 3 August 2027. Sixth of 25. Between this and Shannon's book, 2027 is shaping up to be a good year for moths.
• Tyrant by Victoria Aveyard, Book 2 of The Lyrian Sea, out 7 September 2027. Twentieth, and the furthest away of anything here.

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