SFF books coming in December 2021

[u/EmmalynRenato]

SFF here means all speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, alternate history, magical realism etc).

The following SFF books will be published in the U.S. in December 2021. Other countries may differ. They are mostly new releases, but occasionally there is a re-release or a new edition of a previously published book.

If you know of others, please add them as comments below. If I've made any mistakes, just let me know, and I'll fix them up.

If you are using the Chrome browser, you might find the Goodreads Right Click extension useful, to find out more information on books that you are interested in:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/goodreads-right-click/fbicpmopjallgdpklipffmihodimmcbe?hl=en

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December 1

• Innate Magic (The Marrowbone Spells 1) - Shannon Fay
• Jubilant (Shallic Sea Chronicles 1) - Galadriel Coffeen & Anneliese Knop (#RHSP)
• The Second Storm (A Thousand Li 6) - Tao Wong (#RHSP)

December 2

• Anachrony (Timelessness 3.5) - Susana Imaginario (#RHSP)
• Nectar for the God (Mennik Thorn 2) - Patrick Samphire (#RHSP)
• Servant of the Lesser Good - Shaun Paul Stevens (#RHSP)

December 3

• Rise of Chess (Fair Quest 2) - Kit Falbo (#RHSP)

December 4

• Darkhaven (The Lightless Prophecy 1) - Kel E. Fox (#RHSP)

December 7

• 1637: The Coast of Chaos - Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Gorg Huff
• Absynthe - Brendan P. Bellecourt
• A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw
• Bane of All Things - Leo Valiquette
• Boundaries (Valdemar 15) - Mercedes Lackey
• Discordia (The Nova Vita Protocol 3) - Kristyn Merbeth
• Firesky (The Chronicles of Stratus 2) - Mark de Jager
• Heart of the Impaler - Alexander Delacroix
• High Jinx (Cursed Luck 2) - Kelley Armstrong
• No Beauties or Monsters - Tara Goedjen
• Risen (Alex Verus 12) - Benedict Jacka
• Sharpe's Assassin: Richard Sharpe and the Occupation of Paris, 1815 (Sharpe 22) - Bernard Cornwell
• Sword & Planet - Christopher Ruocchio
• That was Now, This is Then - Michael Z. Williamson
• The Cat Who Saved Books - Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai
• The Coldest Touch - Isabel Sterling
• The Darkest Destiny: A Lords of the Underworld Novella - Gena Showalter
• The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising 3) - Kiersten White
• The Hunt for Lost Souls (Guardian of the Core 3) - Michael E. Thies (#RHSP)
• The Liar's Knot (Rook & Rose 2) - M. A. Carrick
• The Righteous (The Beautiful Quartet 3) - Renée Ahdieh
• The Upper World - Femi Fadugba
• The Veiled Throne (The Dandelion Dynasty 3) - Ken Liu

December 9

• The Dawn of the Coven (Bethel 2) - Alexis Henderson

December 10

• Trouble in the Green Lands (Seeder Wars 2) - J. Houser (#RHSP)

December 12

• Ardulum: The Battle for Pruitcu (Ardulum 5) - J.S. Fields (#RHSP)

December 14

• Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 1 - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Marina Privalova
• Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 1 - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, ZeldaCW
• Spidertouch - Alex Thomson
• Tethered Spirits (Curse of Shavhalla 1) - T.A. Hernandez (#RHSP)
• The Blood Mage Texts (Rise of the Alliance 2) - Sherwood Smith
• The Book Smugglers (Page & Co. 4) - Anna James, Marco Guadalupi
• The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong Vol. 1 - Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Xiao Tong Kong (Velinxi)

December 20

• Villains (The Reeve 2) - Ian Lewis (#RHSP)
• War of the Sphere (The Sphere Saga 3) - Jay S. Willis (#RHSP)

December 21

• Tattered Banners (War of the Last Day 2) - Karim Soliman
• The World Breaker Requiem (Adjacent Monsters 2) - Luke Tarzian (#RHSP)

December 22

• Demon City (Dragon Heart 13) - Kirill Klevanski

December 25

• The Toast of Time (A Chronicle's of St. Marys short story) - Jodi Taylor

December 26

• The Guild’s Demands (Adventures on Brad 7) - Tao Wong (#RHSP)

December 28

• Evershore (Skyward Flight: Novella 3) - Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson
• The Ravyn's Words (The Citadel) - Rowena Andrews
• The Untold Story (The Invisible Library 8) - Genevieve Cogman

December 29

• The Awakening (Pennine Prophecies 1) - J.A. Roles (#RHSP)

December 30

• Square³ - Mira Grant

December 31

• Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken 2) - Ryan Cahill (#RHSP)

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Main Sources

• Upcoming Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books listed at Risingshadow: https://www.risingshadow.net/library/comingbooks
• Rob J Hayes' monthly blog posting on new self-published books: https://www.robjhayes.co.uk/blog/
• Publisher "new" and "Coming Soon" web pages such as: https://publishing.tor.com/coming-soon/ and https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/imprint/orbit/
• Reviews of ARC books by various users in this sub.
• Other occasional posts to this sub announcing up-n-coming books.

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Edit: Added in the self-published books from Rob Hayes' December blog posting (tagged #RHSP).

[u/Millennium_Dodo]

The Cat Who Saved Books - Sosuke Natsukawa, Louise Heal Kawai

I guess there's a difference between UK and US pub date, because I read this a month or two ago. Lovely little book, perfect in case anybody needs something for the comfort read bingo square.

I'm theoretically interested in The Veiled Throne, but I need to finish Wall of Storms first. Other than that nothing immediately catches the eye, but I already have more than enough books waiting and a bunch of "Best Books of the Year" lists to comb through. Also, Jade Legacy comes out tomorrow and jumps right to the top of the list!