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
Today I have an exciting fantasy sequel, a horror book translated from the French, and a thriller by a popular author, take a look:
Curmudgeonly scholar Emily Wilde must brave the beautiful but haunted Black Forest and open a portal to a long-lost, eldritch realm dreaded by the Folk, in this fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling series.
Driven by an insatiable scientific curiosity, Emily Wilde has made a name for herself as the world’s foremost scholar of faeries. Along the way, she’s rescued a faerie kingdom and helped her now-husband—fellow professor Wendell Bambleby, dashing and infuriating in equal measure—regain his throne. And while understanding her fellow mortals has never been her strong suit, she’s also made a small number of friends.
But two years later, one of those friends goes missing in the beautiful but faerie-haunted Black Forest in Germany, a region of picturesque villages and sinister Folk. And if she’s to save him, Emily will have to reckon with the darker side of her own nature, and how ruthless she’s prepared to be to solve the most tantalizing of scholarly mysteries: the history of the ancient and long-lost realm she’s named Dark Faerie, the only place the Folk fear.
But Emily is not alone—she has her beloved Wendell, and her niece Ariadne, who hopes to follow in her footsteps. Told from the perspective of all three characters, this installment of the Emily Wilde series opens a magical portal to the most wondrous and dread faerie realm of all.
Emily Wilde’s History of Dark Faerie (Emily Wilde #4) by Heather Fawcett. Releases in January 2027 from Del Rey. I think a lot of Emily Wilde fans were surprised when Heather Fawcett announced a surprise 4th book in her popular series, I know I was! The cover was just revealed, so of course I had to share it today:-)
A band of teenage misfits. A town rotting from the inside out. An abandoned house that feeds on their deepest fears and darkest desires. This haunted house tale—in the tradition of Stephen King’s coming-of-age horrors—comes from one of France’s most celebrated literary stars
In a quiet suburb in the mid-1990s, nothing ever seems to happen. Then a teenage boy dies, and the adults are quick to call it suicide.
His friends aren’t so sure.
Drawn together by grief, boredom, and a creeping sense that something is terribly wrong, a group of teens begins to fixate on an abandoned house at the end of a cul-de-sac—a place everyone avoids, although no one can explain why. Once the gang crosses its threshold, they find that, somehow, the house seems to know them—showing them what they long for most, feeding on their fears, their shame, their secret rage.
As the line between nightmare and waking life erodes, the group is forced to confront not only the house’s sinister power, but the violence, cruelty, and despair festering inside their families and their town. What begins as a dare becomes an obsession—and then a reckoning.
The Ravaged Night is a coming-of-age horror novel from one of France’s most brilliant novelists about friendship, desire, and the terrible cost of growing up. An exhilarating celebration of Stephen King and the cult slasher film, this is a story about the places that shape us—and the ones that devour us.
The Ravaged Night by Jean-Babtiste Del Amo (translated by Frank Wynne). Releases in March 2027 from Scribner. I’m always curious about translated horror, and this sounds really good, especially with the Stephen King comparison.
From the New York Times bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods, Yellowjackets meets Nine Perfect Strangers in a new novel of troubled girlhood, ritual, transformation―and murder.
Thirteen years ago, Nic, Alanna, Talia, and Jess were shipped off to Sanctuary Springs, a remote retreat among hills bubbling with hot springs. There, Dr. Elizabeth Sheffield―along with her enigmatic daughter Rachel―ran an experimental program for gifted but troubled girls. At the end of the program, she promised, these young women with their wasted potential would be completely reborn.
Three months later, the girls did emerge changed. They went on to be extremely successful. And none have ever revealed what really happened that summer in the hills.
When Nic is attacked and her fiancé killed, she retreats once more to Sanctuary Springs, where Talia has built a wellness retreat in the renovated facility, intending to bring a watered-down version of their “rebirth” to the masses. The group begins to flirt with old rites and rituals, but when Nic becomes convinced that her fiancé’s murder is connected to what happened all those years ago, old tensions rise and long-buried secrets begin to resurface. As Nic confronts the truth of what happened that summer, she must decide whether to embrace the circle they created―or unravel it for good.
The One We Buried by Kate Alice Marshall. Releases in January 2027 from Flatiron Books. I feel like every time I turn around there’s a new Kate Alice Marshall book being announced, lol. This sounds pretty good!
What do you think of this week’s Future Fiction picks? Let me know in the comments!
The Ravaged Night (love the cover!) and The One We Buried are on my list.
Hopefully we’ll both get to read them!
Running-around-the-room excited at the prospect of another Emily Wilde adventure. I can’t lie – while Mystical Cat Shelter was enjoyable, I really, really missed Emily!!
Me too! There’s something about the characters that just works:-)
I’ve really gotta get a move on with the Emily Wilde series! I’ve only read the first one, which was great.
It’s one series I’ve been able to keep up with, but I’m behind on so many others!
I’ll have to check out The Ravaged Night! Thanks!
It does sound good, and I’m curious about the translation.
Definitely looking forward to the new Emily Wilde!
I’m glad she decided to write another book!
I didn’t know about Emily Wilde’s book! And I will read kate Alice Marshall’s book as well!
I can’t wait for both of them:-)
I definitely thought the Emily Wilde books were going to be a trilogy, but I’m curious where it’s going to go!
I think they were supposed to be a trilogy but the author changed her mind? I’m ok with that:-)
Since I am learning French I am interested in the book translated from French. I am gonna have to read History of Dark Faerie.
The translated book sounds really good, maybe we’ll both get to read it:-)
Emily Wilde gets the nicest covers. I looked at the Kate Alice Marshall book and just couldn’t decide yet.
I also love the Emily Wilde covers:-)
Its so exciting to see the new Emily Wilde cover. I love the bones entangled in the flowers and am curious about the creepy clawed hands. I’ve added the other two titles to my TBR but I’m especially curious about the middle one.
I do love this Emily Wilde cover. I wonder if it’s going to be a little darker than the others.
I have enjoyed a few Kate Alice Marshall books. ENjoy!
Me too, can’t wait!
Looking forward to the new Emily Wilde book. Thanks for putting it on my radar. I had thought it was going to be a trilogy.
I think it was a trilogy but at some point she decided to write another book:-)
Not book 4 in the Emily Wilde series already coming next year. I’m so behind on it and meant to read it when the first one came out. Oops!
It’s crazy how fast some series grow before you can even start them!
I am really curious about the Kate Alice Marshall book and of course, you know I want to read The Ravished Night. Can you believe I’ve not even started Emily Wilde yet. Too many books I swear!
WAY too many books!! I want to read them all but can’t:-(
Some truly intriguing books to look forward to, Tammy! The Ravaged Night and that from French translated ones sound good!
I have had good luck with translated books lately, so I’m curious to try it!
I love how the cover of The Ravaged Night looks like a folded up poster. I’d enjoy trying that book.
I love the cover too, it definitely sets a certain tone.
More Emily WIlde and I still haven’t started the series? Oh dear, I have some catching up to do!
The Ravaged Night cover is very creepy. Will keep my eye out for that one popping up. And, yes, very excited to have another Emily Wilde in the pipeline. I don’t know why I thought the series finished at 3!
Lynn 😀