Science fiction is alive and well in 2024, and I’ve got a fantastic selection of upcoming books to get you started on your 2024 TBRs. Please note, this is just a sampling of what’s coming out next year. These are books that are already on my radar (and whose covers have been revealed), but if you have other suggestions for 2024 SF releases, please let me know in the comments! Books are listed in order of release dates (subject to change) and linked to Goodreads if you’d like to find out more about them. Enjoy!
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase. January 23rd, Erewhon. “WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, which begs the question: how far must one go to destroy the structures of inequality upon which a society was founded? How far must a mother go to save the life of her child?”
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (Mossa & Pleiti #2) by Malka Older. February 13th, Tordocom. “Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the fan-favorite cozy space opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes that Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders called “an utter triumph.”
Exit Black by Joe Pitkin. February 20th, Blackstone Publishing. “Die Hard meets The Martian–with a dash of Knives Out–in this action-packed sci-fi thriller. Imperium is the most expensive structure ever created. Once an orbiting laboratory, it is now a space hotel for the fantastically wealthy. But as the station preps for its first group of space tourists, Dr. Chloe Bonilla, Imperium’s resident biophysicist, finds herself questioning whether babysitting a passel of space glampers is worth the distraction from her research. “
Tomorrow’s Children by Daniel Polansky. February 27th, Angry Robot. “From Hugo Award nominated author comes a high-octane post-apocalyptic romp set in the ruins of Manhattan. Tomorrow, the funk descends on Manhattan, a noxious cloud which separates the island from the rest of the world and mutates the population.”
Redsight by Meredith Mooring. February 27th, Solaris. “An imaginative new space opera for fans of Gideon the Ninth filled with sapphic romance, space pirates, a blind witch and powerful priestesses.”
Welcome to Forever by Nathan Tavares. March 5th, Titan Books. “A sweeping, psychedelic romance of two men caught in a looping world of artificial realities, edited memories, secretive cabals and conspiracies to push humanity to the next step in its evolution.”
Toxxic by Jane Hennigan. March 12th, Angry Robot. “Forty-four years ago, as any schoolgirl can tell you, the moth’s eggs hatched and an army of caterpillars spread their tiny toxic threads on every breath of wind. Since then, men have been cloistered, protected from birth against the deadly poison.”
Wolfskin (The Common #3) by Jeremy Szal. March 14th, Gollancz. “Vakov Fukasawa is a Reaper. An elite soldier injected with a dangerous drug called the DNA of a genocidal alien race, the Shenoi. It makes him stronger, faster, more aggressive. At a price.A price that, if the House of Suns cult and the dangerous Shenoi alien race behind it, isn’t stopped, all of humanity will have to pay.”
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis. March 19th, DAW. “This cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery that spans the stars.”
The Mars House by Natasha Pulley. March 19th, Bloomsbury. “From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee and a xenophobic Mars politician who fake marry to save their reputations—and their planet.”
Basilisk by Matt Wixey. April 2nd, Titan Books. “A terrifying and unputdownable horror-thriller novel of fiendish puzzles, compelling mysteries and paranoia about an enigmatic hacker, a deadly online game, and a cyber weapon that makes people go insane. Perfect for readers of Paul Tremblay, Neal Stephenson and Mark Z Danielewski’s House of Leaves.”
Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton. April 9th, St. Martin’s Press. “A dark comedy wrapped in a techno thriller’s skin, Mal Goes to War provides a satirical take on war, artificial intelligence, and what it really means to be human.”
Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes. April 9th, Tor Nightfire. “A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence.”
Space Oddity (Space Opera #2) by Catherynne M. Valente. May 7th, Saga Press. “Return to the greatest contest in the galaxy in the sequel to the hilarious USA TODAY bestseller Space Opera from New York Times bestselling author and finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Ursula K. Le Guin awards.”
Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston. May 7th, Tordotcom. “The Water Wars have scrambled the world. Flood refugees are on the run. Disruptors and the Nostalgia Militia roam the roads wreaking havoc. Invisible Darknet lords troll the internet solidifying their power, while Cinnamon her three Circus-Bots, and two dogs, work with a community of Farmers, Motor Fairies and Wheel-Wizards to provide housing, healthcare and education for flood refugees.”
Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. May 21st, Tordotcom. “The brutally engineered class divisions of Snowpiercer meets Rivers Solomon’s The Deep in this high-octane post-climate disaster novella written by Nommo Award-winning author Suyi Davies Okungbowa.”
Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo. May 21st, Erewhon. “A twisty new near-future genre-bending Knives Out in space with a Parasite twist. A decades-old murder looms over the glamorous clientele of a high-end space hotel . . . while an unforeseen threat percolates in the service corridors. The guests are about to experience the hospitality they deserve.”
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky. June 4th, Tordotcom. “Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time.”
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei. June 11th, Flatiron. “Maya Hoshimoto was once the best art thief in the galaxy. For ten years, she returned stolen artifacts to alien civilizations―until a disastrous job forced her into hiding. Born off-world and infected by an alien virus from a young age, she receives the occasional vision of the future. Now she just wants to enjoy a quiet life on Earth as a graduate student of anthropology.”
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera. June 18th, Tordotcom. “Tracing two souls through endless lifetimes, Rakesfall is a virtuosic exploration of what stories can be. As Annelid and Leveret reincarnate ever deeper into the future, they will chase the edge of human possibility, in a dark science fiction epic unlike anything you’ve read before.”
Echo of Worlds (Pandominion #2) by M.R. Carey. June 25th, Orbit. “Following the critically acclaimed Infinity Gate comes the second and final novel in the Pandominion by international bestselling M.R. Carey. A thrilling adventure set in the multiverse, it tells of humanity’s expansion across millions of dimensions, and the AI technology that might see it all come to an end . . .”
Thanks for these recommendations! Womb City and that MR Carey book have caught my attention.
Womb City sounds especially good:-)
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles sounds really good, a sci fi cosy mystery. I’m definitely in a cosy reading sort of mood at the moment so adding some sci fi into that might be good, I’ll have to have a look at the first book 😀
I loved the first book in Malka Older’s series, I definitely recommend it.
I hadn’t looked ahead to 2024 SF releases so thanks for this post. There are several that appeal to me, but I’m especially intrigued by The Stardust Grail.
I have high hopes for The Stardust Grail, her first book was amazing.
“Ghost Station” & “Stardust Grail” seem the most interesting to me!
Thanks for taking the time to make this post!
It was fun, I love these “looking ahead” lists.
I can’t wait for Ghost Station! Thanks for introducing me to Exit Black – Die Hard meets The Martian and Knives Out sounds like a tall order! ☺️
It does sound ambitious…
I see a couple here I really want to check out. I don’t read a lot of science fiction but I do tend to enjoy what I do read. I have arcs of Ghost Station and Floating Hotel so I know I’ll at least get to those. I even see some tentacles in one of them. Interesting!
It’s hard to resist those tentacles…
Oh wow, I haven’t even started planning my 2024 reading yet! I guess I’d better finally read the Pandemonium before book #2 comes out!
I realize I’m a little ahead of things, lol.
I have an eARC of Floating Hotel (still…floating around unread because I have too many review books and too little time LOL), and Ghost Station has been on my radar for a while. I’m not sure about Welcome to Forever because it has romance at its core, but it does sound intriguing…You just introduced me to Basilisk – it sounds insane in the best way! Escape Velocity and The Stardust Grail sound promising.
Basilisk really sounds good, I can’t wait to read it:-)
I’ve just added a bunch of these to my TBR! Brilliant list!
Thank you!
Well, there are so many intriguing titles in your list (and I’m going to bookmark the post so I will not miss the most interesting ones…). Since I enjoyed what I read so far from D. Polanski, Tomorrow’s Children is the one that first caught my attention, but also the new novel from S.A. Barnes sounds intriguing. And of course the conclusion of MR Carey’s Pandominion duology is high on my wishlist… 🙂
Yes, the conclusion to the Pandominion is sure to be epic:-)
I will have to look through these carefully. I already have the Malka Older book. The Floating Hotel I might have to request. But you don’t have Ghostdrift by Suzanne Palmer which is one of my most anticipated reads of 2024.
I’m not reading Suzanne Palmer’s series, unfortunately, but it’s one I’d love to squeeze in sometime.
If she’s not on your radar yet, I recommend E. M. Rensing. She’s got a new sci-fi series coming out next year, and her Heliosphere Trilogy (already out) is quite good! https://rensingwrites.com/?page_id=231
Thanks for the suggestion, Lisa!
You are amazing, all of these already for next year!
I haven’t read anything by Tchaikovsky, yet, and this one sounds like a good way in
It’s been a while since I read Tchaikovsky, so I’m looking forward to it as well.
Great bunch of books, Tammy! They all sound amazing but I love the sound of especially of Womb City, Redsight, Floating Hotel and The Stardust Grail.
Thanks Stephanie!
There are just…. too…. many…. books…. 🙂 I can’t believe I just said that.
Ha ha it’s a little overwhelming…
I very carefully didn’t read the paragraph for Pandominion book 2 because Infinity Gate is on my stack waiting to be read and I want to avoid all potential spoilers – no matter how mild – but this has served as a reminder that I need to get to it soon!
Good plan, it’s best going into it blind:-)
I have my eye on Ghost Station. And clearly I need to read Space Opera since there is a sequel coming. Floating Hotel sounds like my cup of tea. That cover of Welcome to Forever though….
It’s a great cover, right?
I need to step up my game and red Infinity Gate. I love Carey and this most recent series has been so well received – unfortunately it fell in my ‘darker’ period where everything basically went to hell in a handcart! Hey, I could catch up though.
Never say never.
Lynn 😀
You definitely get a pass for your dark period, Lynn:-)
Will definitely be featuring a couple of these this month!
There are quite a few 2024 SF books coming out, plus I saw a couple of exciting cover reveals today:-)
Luckily, all but like two of these are on my list already, otherwise this could have been VERY dangerous heh. I do really need to start a couple of these series too, like Infinity Gate and Space Opera. Good news is I have both, bad news is TIME.
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(And just in case it was not clear, I obviously immediately added the couple I did not have )
You are really good at finding upcoming books too, so it doesn’t surprise me that you already have most of these on your list:-)
Echo of Worlds, Service Model and The Mars House are the three that are jumping out at me just now:)). I’ve already got hold of an arc of The Floating Hotel and I’m very much looking forward to tucking into that offering! Thank you for letting me know these are available, Tammy.
I need to request The Floating Hotel as well:-)
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles sounds very good. I haven’t read the first one yet, though.
Sci-fi is a genre that I really want to start reading more of. I think two of these are already on my TBR but I’m definitely adding a couple of others too.
Fantastic list. I just added Ghost Station to my TBR this morning. I’m definitely going to check out the rest & I’m sure a few more will end up on my TBR.