Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
Three new books by three authors I love: take a look at these gorgeous covers!
From the USA Today bestselling author of American Rapture CJ Leede, comes Headlights, a twisted tale about the power in confronting the ghosts of your past when an FBI agent with an uncanny ability to detect danger must track a serial killer through the wilds of Colorado.
Today is supposed to be the first day of the rest of Detective Daniel Stanfield’s life. He’s making moves—the kind that will take him far away from his lonely apartment and his lonesome past. But before he can finish packing, he’s summoned to Denver, the city he fled from five years ago, with one chilling He’s back.The killer that Daniel couldn’t catch. The killer who took eight lives in one year. Who left carnage and destruction in his path and then, suddenly, stopped.
The gruesome cycle has begun anew, and he’s taking victims faster than before. The FBI are desperate to get Daniel back on the case, and he reluctantly agrees. As the investigation evolves, Daniel’s world collides with Hannah’s—a park ranger who has been swept into the chaos. Soon, they find themselves entangled in a web of suspicion as clues point back to his traumatic childhood and one fatal night in the Happy Inn.
With the FBI closing in and a sinister supernatural presence lurking, Daniel must confront his ghosts and unravel the truth—before he becomes the next victim.
Headlights by C.J. Leede. Releases in June 2026 from Tor Nightfire. I absolutely loved Leede’s American Rapture, so I’ve been anticipating her next book ever since. I’m a fan of serial killer stories, and it sounds like there is a supernatural element to the story!
Perfect for fans of Ninth House, Nightshade, and Neon Gods, Death’s Daughter is a dark, spicy and deliciously autumnal contemporary romantic fantasy in a dark academia setting, in which the only daughter of Death is named his successor, making her both a powerful ally and a massive target, all while she tries to make it through her final year at college . . .
Time for her to join the family business
Jocasta’s carved out a normal life at Beecher University―well, as normal as possible with a name like Jocasta and being the only child of Death.
She has good friends and a messy situationship with her former TA. But her friends, her crush, and her classmates don’t know the truth about who – or what – she is. They would be horrified to discover Jo must feed to survive – and she feeds on them. But she refuses to take lives, feasting instead on their disappointments, failures, and rejections. It’s not a perfect system, but it works.
Until a sexy stranger – and descendant of Lust – shows up on campus because Death just named Jo as his successor, making her a powerful ally and a massive target.
Jo’s safe little bubble is about to burst, but she will do anything to protect the people she loves. Even if it means becoming what she hates…
Death’s Daughter by S.A. Barnes. Releases in May 2026 from Bramble. I love Barnes’s sci-fi horror books, but this switch to romantasy is completely unexpected! And I am here for it:-)
With her country’s future and her own life at stake, an orphaned duchess must journey into a world of myth and there discover a power that may be her salvation—or her demise—in this enchanting new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Winternight Trilogy and The Warm Hands of Ghosts.
Anne of Brittany was a child when her realm was invaded, her home besieged, and her royal father driven to his death.
Now her treasury is empty, her land occupied by her enemies, and she is ordered, under threat of renewed war, to become queen of her conquerors and marry the King of France.
This marriage means her country’s annexation. But Anne promised her father that Brittany would never be conquered.
Defiantly, she betroths herself in secret to France’s greatest enemy. But in a world where courts may spy on each other by magic, there is only one way to solemnize this illicit union.
Anne takes her court deep into a legendary forest, where the court diviners’ skill cannot reach. The world thinks they are only a hunting party, coursing after unicorns. But that is a lie, a trick, a feint. No one in living memory has seen a unicorn. All Anne wants is this secret wedding, which is her only hope of salvation.
But when against all hope a unicorn appears and a stranger out of legend stumbles from the trees and falls at her feet, Anne is plunged into a world of enchantment where a doomed sovereign might find the power to change her own and her country’s destiny—or be lost in the shadows forever.
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden. Releases in June 2026 from Del Rey. I was so excited to see this book announcement and cover reveal! I love the sound of this, and in Arden’s hands I think it’s going to be fantastic.
The second one is the most intriguing to me. I have recently read another book where the protagonist was Death’s daughter and it was such a nice read! So I am double curious about this one!!
I can’t wait to try it!
I’m completely smitted by the covers of Death’s Daughter and The Unicorn Hunters! Really intriguing-looking reads, Tammy:).
I agree, both covers are excellent!
Okay, I’ll have to check out Death’s Daughter. Also for some reason I had to look and keep looking at the cover of Headlights to figure out what I was supposed to be looking at. When I saw it seemed obvious…!
The cover of Headlights is pretty cool once you see all the pieces together:-)
The Unicorn Hunters will be a must-read for me! It sounds wonderful, and I love the cover.
Me too, it’s such a magical cover:-)
Death’s Daughter sounds interesting. And earlier this morning I saw the cover art for Arden’s new book, though it’s not the one you show here, so maybe it was for the UK version? Regardless, it was gorgeous and really tickled my appreciation for medieval art book covers.
I think they revealed both the UK and US covers of The Unicorn Hunter on the same day, so that makes sense. I love both!
I love the cover of The Unicorn Hunters! I haven’t read any of Arden’s adult books yet, though, just her MG Small Spaces series. Maybe I’ll end up reading this one before The Bear and the Nightingale…
I love her books, but haven’t read enough of them.
Anything that relates itself to Ninth House gets me interested, and that sounds completely intriguing!
I’ve been seeing a lot of Ninth House comparisons lately, not sure why!
Death’s Daughter looks and sounds awesome. Definitely going on the wish list. Great picks this week!
Thanks Barb! I agree, Death’s Daughter has a lot of potential.
I think I saw Death’s Daughter somewhere before because it looks and sounds very familiar. But nonetheless it sounds really good and I wanna read it!
I love the author, so it’s a must read for me!
oh I’ve loved Katherine Arden and that sounds excellent.
Me too, I’m excited for something new from her.
The first cover is a bit confusing…I would give Death’s Daughter a shot if it didn’t have romance – with a “Lust” descendant, no less LOL.
Yes agreed. I had to stare at the cover for a while before the pieces came together!
I like unicorns and hope The Unicorn Hunter has them.
Me too!
Oh Gosh! The Unicorn Hunters is splendid!!!!
Right??? The cover is lovely, so is the UK cover!
All three look interesting. If I had to pick just one it might be The Unicorn Hunters.
I just hope no unicorns are harmed:-)
I’m so curious about The Unicorn Hunters! The blurb has me on the fence, but I trust Katherine Arden to do it justice. plus, that cover is just sooo pretty!
I agree, I love Arden a lot, and it’s hard to resist the cover!
Really curious about Barnes’ switch in genre too!
Well, all I can say is that I want all three!
Lynn 😀
Im so used to Barnes books being sci fi that I didn’t even make the author connection until you pointed it out. Im majorly excited for The Unicorn Hunters!! Here’s hoping its as incredible as we’re both anticipating.