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From Astounding Award Winner and Crawford Award Finalist Emily Tesh — A Buzzfeed Summer 2020 Must-Read — A Book Riot Must-Read Fantasy of 2020 — The conclusion to the World Fantasy Award-winning Greenhollow Duology. Drowned Country is the stunning sequel to Silver in the Wood, Emily Tesh's lush, folkloric debut. This second volume of the Greenhollow duology once again invites readers to lose themselves in the story of Henry and Tobias, and the magic of a myth they've always known.

"Wholly original and captivating." -- Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of A Curse So Dark and Lonely. Girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this unique and powerful retelling of Cinderella from a stunning new voice that's perfect for fans of Dhonielle Clayton and Melissa Albert. It's 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl's display of finery.

"A delicious, dark, adrenaline rush of a book. I'm already dying to see Charlie Hall's next con." — New York Times bestselling author, Alix E. Harrow — #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of betrayals, secret societies, and a dissolute thief of shadows, in the vein of Neil Gaiman and Erin Morgenstern. Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make.

The highly anticipated second—and final—book in the immersive fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore that began with the New York Times bestselling A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, from author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi Adeyemi, Renée Ahdieh, and Sabaa Tahir. Karina lost everything after a violent coup left her without her kingdom or her throne. Now the most wanted person in Sonande, her only hope of reclaiming what is rightfully hers lies in a divine power hidden in the long-lost city of her ancestors.

New York Times bestseller • From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. Finalist for the Lodestar Award • “The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.”—Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy. I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans.

A new chapter in the War of the Spider Queen saga begins in this spin-off series featuring priestess Halisstra Melarn. Goddesses vie for the souls of people. Halisstra Melarn—former companion of Quenthel Baenre and convert to the goddess Eilistraee—was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped: Lolth, the Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Instead, Halisstra was transformed into a hideous creature, now bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress.

It’s drow god vs. drow god in this thrilling second installment of the Lady Penitent series. When drow goddesses Lolth and Eilistraee sit down to a game of sava, they play for control of the dark elves of Faerûn and their own immortality. Unable to resist such high stakes, Kiaransalee—the goddess of the dead and vengeance—joins the fray, turning the game into an even more cutthroat race for power. Though the goddesses' drow pawns may survive the game, the very nature of what it means to be a dark elf could change forever.

A contemporary couple journeys back in time to ancient Ireland in this delightful fantasy by the author of Tea with the Black Dragon. John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, he lives in Ireland for two reasons: his far more confrontational and warrior-like girlfriend, Derval O’Keane, and his fascination with the beautiful illuminated manuscript known as the Book of Kells.

New York Times–bestselling author: The shocking conclusion to a trilogy that will change the Forgotten Realms forever. Lolth has come out of hibernation with a plan that may be too ambitious even for her. To pull it off, she'll need the help of former drow priestess Halisstra Melarn, who has betrayed her at least once already—and who Lolth transformed into the abominable Lady Penitent. Will this risky gambit be the end of Lolth and her demonic servant?

The reclusive archivist, Isten, has taken on the unenviable task of cataloging the history of his world before time runs out and the land of Pryr comes to a devastating end. Curating this assortment challenges Isten to reevaluate his beliefs about his home and his place within it. Concepts such as faith, bigotry, love, and power will have to be dissected if Isten is going to tell the tale of this strange land.