Locus Forthcoming Books of 2016

1.
The Pagan Night (The Hallowed War, #1)
The Pagan Night (The Hallowed War, #1)
by: Tim Akers
3.63 avg rating — 343 ratings
2.
Driven (Otherworld Stories, #13.6)
Driven (Otherworld Stories, #13.6) 4.29 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
3.
Otherworld Secrets (Otherworld Stories, #4)
Otherworld Secrets (Otherworld Stories, #4) 4.21 avg rating — 2,241 ratings
4.
City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2)
City of Blades (The Divine Cities, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 18,910 ratings
5.
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6)
The Bands of Mourning (Mistborn, #6) 4.41 avg rating — 174,457 ratings
6.
Medusa's Web
Medusa's Web 3.57 avg rating — 1,345 ratings
7.
Calamity (Reckoners, #3)
Calamity (Reckoners, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 88,869 ratings
8.
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 226,424 ratings
9.
The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories
The People in the Castle: Selected Strange Stories 3.85 avg rating — 683 ratings
10.
All the Birds in the Sky
All the Birds in the Sky 3.59 avg rating — 48,203 ratings
11.
Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)
Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8) 4.25 avg rating — 24,027 ratings
12.
This Census-Taker
This Census-Taker 3.34 avg rating — 8,117 ratings
13.
Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
Lovecraft Country (Lovecraft Country, #1)
by: Matt Ruff
4.01 avg rating — 47,791 ratings
14.
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga, #16)
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga, #16) 3.83 avg rating — 10,105 ratings
15.
The Custodian of Marvels (Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #3)
The Custodian of Marvels (Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 1,181 ratings
16.
Dancer's Lament (Path to Ascendancy, #1)
Dancer's Lament (Path to Ascendancy, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 6,132 ratings
17.
Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free (Finn Fancy Necromancy, #2)
Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free (Finn Fancy Necromancy, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 438 ratings
18.
The Mountain of Kept Memory
The Mountain of Kept Memory 3.79 avg rating — 433 ratings
19.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 4.15 avg rating — 165,650 ratings
20.
Unquiet Land (Elemental Blessings, #4)
Unquiet Land (Elemental Blessings, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 2,120 ratings
21.
The Rise of Io (Io, #1)
The Rise of Io (Io, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
22.
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 328,051 ratings
23.
Ancestral Machines
Ancestral Machines 3.51 avg rating — 382 ratings
24.
Graveyard (Mutant Files #3)
Graveyard (Mutant Files #3) 3.82 avg rating — 323 ratings
25.
Avenue of Mysteries
Avenue of Mysteries 3.27 avg rating — 13,991 ratings
26.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,622 ratings
27.
The Last Weekend
The Last Weekend 3.50 avg rating — 175 ratings
28.
Drake (The Burned Man, #1)
Drake (The Burned Man, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 879 ratings
29.
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2)
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 921 ratings
30.
Unforgettable (1)
Unforgettable (1) 3.79 avg rating — 318 ratings
31.
Occupy Me
Occupy Me 3.19 avg rating — 502 ratings
32.
The Mammoth Book of Kaiju
The Mammoth Book of Kaiju 3.42 avg rating — 80 ratings
33.
The Light Warden
The Light Warden 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
34.
Fathoms
Fathoms
by: Jack Cady
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
35.
Dreaming Death (Palace of Dreams, #1)
Dreaming Death (Palace of Dreams, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 316 ratings
36.
Alliance (Linesman, #2)
Alliance (Linesman, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,985 ratings
37.
Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2)
Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 4,309 ratings
38.
The Immortal Throne (The City, #2)
The Immortal Throne (The City, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 642 ratings
39.
The Mammoth Book of the Mummy: 19 tales of the immortal dead
The Mammoth Book of the Mummy: 19 tales of the immortal dead 3.94 avg rating — 66 ratings
40.
Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris, #4)
Revisionary (Magic Ex Libris, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
41.
Good Girls: Motherless Children #2
Good Girls: Motherless Children #2 4.07 avg rating — 61 ratings
42.
Down Station (Down Station, #1)
Down Station (Down Station, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 639 ratings
43.
My Father, the Pornographer
My Father, the Pornographer 3.62 avg rating — 2,023 ratings
44.
13 Minutes
13 Minutes 3.78 avg rating — 19,520 ratings
45.
Poseidon's Wake (Poseidon's Children, #3)
Poseidon's Wake (Poseidon's Children, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 3,949 ratings
46.
The Medusa Chronicles
The Medusa Chronicles 3.82 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
47.
Dragon Hunters (The Chronicles of the Exile, #2)
Dragon Hunters (The Chronicles of the Exile, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 401 ratings
48.
Cocktails at Seven, Apocalypse at Eight: The Derby Cavendish Stories
Cocktails at Seven, Apocalypse at Eight: The Derby Cavendish Stories 4.04 avg rating — 67 ratings
49.
The Burning Light
The Burning Light 3.34 avg rating — 295 ratings
50.
Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing
Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing 3.74 avg rating — 315 ratings
51.
Remnants of Trust (Central Corps, #2)
Remnants of Trust (Central Corps, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 594 ratings
52.
Apes and Angels (Star Quest Trilogy #2)
Apes and Angels (Star Quest Trilogy #2)
by: Ben Bova
3.55 avg rating — 628 ratings
53.
Congress of Secrets
Congress of Secrets 3.45 avg rating — 213 ratings
54.
Moonglow
Moonglow 3.80 avg rating — 34,355 ratings
55.
A Long December
A Long December 4.22 avg rating — 904 ratings
56.
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6) 4.25 avg rating — 93,936 ratings
57.
Fireborn (Seraphim, #2)
Fireborn (Seraphim, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 1,250 ratings
58.
Concentration
Concentration
by: Jack Dann
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
59.
Dreaming in the Dark
Dreaming in the Dark
by: Jack Dann
4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
60.
Confluence (Linesman, #3)
Confluence (Linesman, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 1,581 ratings
61.
Heiresses of Russ 2016: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction
Heiresses of Russ 2016: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction 4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
62.
The Collected Stories, Vol. 2
The Collected Stories, Vol. 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
63.
Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
Spectrum 23: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art 4.51 avg rating — 94 ratings
64.
The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction (Electronic Mediations) (Volume 52)
The Perversity of Things: Hugo Gernsback on Media, Tinkering, and Scientifiction (Electronic Mediations) (Volume 52) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
65.
The Operator (The Peri Reed Chronicles, #2)
The Operator (The Peri Reed Chronicles, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 2,739 ratings
66.
Faithful
Faithful really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,032 ratings
67.
Europe in Winter
Europe in Winter 4.05 avg rating — 993 ratings
68.
Wonders Will Never Cease
Wonders Will Never Cease 3.54 avg rating — 266 ratings
69.
The Weaver
The Weaver 3.48 avg rating — 2,453 ratings
70.
The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3)
The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) 3.74 avg rating — 41,770 ratings
71.
Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire
Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire 3.73 avg rating — 95 ratings
72.
My Sister Rosa
My Sister Rosa 3.78 avg rating — 8,886 ratings
73.
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by: Ken Liu
4.04 avg rating — 5,214 ratings
74.
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #1)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 5,061 ratings
75.
Dissidence (The Corporation Wars, #1)
Dissidence (The Corporation Wars, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 1,398 ratings
76.
An Import of Intrigue (The Maradaine Constabulary, #2)
An Import of Intrigue (The Maradaine Constabulary, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 524 ratings
77.
Den of Wolves (Blackthorn & Grim, #3)
Den of Wolves (Blackthorn & Grim, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 7,516 ratings
78.
Zoopraxis
Zoopraxis 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
79.
After Atlas (Planetfall, #2)
After Atlas (Planetfall, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 4,294 ratings
80.
Cast in Flight (Chronicles of Elantra, #12)
Cast in Flight (Chronicles of Elantra, #12) 4.32 avg rating — 3,650 ratings
81.
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection 4.44 avg rating — 60,494 ratings
82.
Pirate Utopia
Pirate Utopia 3.21 avg rating — 691 ratings
83.
Fair Rebel (Fourlands, #5)
Fair Rebel (Fourlands, #5) 4.19 avg rating — 151 ratings
84.
At the Sign of Triumph (Safehold #9)
At the Sign of Triumph (Safehold #9) 4.21 avg rating — 3,890 ratings
85.
Shadow of Victory (Honorverse: Saganami Island, #4)
Shadow of Victory (Honorverse: Saganami Island, #4) 3.76 avg rating — 3,002 ratings
86.
Alien Morning
Alien Morning 3.17 avg rating — 174 ratings
87.
The Seelie King's War (The Seelie Wars, #3)
The Seelie King's War (The Seelie Wars, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 75 ratings
88.
Savant
Savant 3.19 avg rating — 90 ratings
89.
The Late Breakfasters
The Late Breakfasters 3.57 avg rating — 61 ratings
90.
Otherworld Chills (Otherworld Stories, #5)
Otherworld Chills (Otherworld Stories, #5) 4.22 avg rating — 2,110 ratings
91.
Hag-Seed
Hag-Seed 3.79 avg rating — 39,453 ratings
92.
Swift to Chase
Swift to Chase 3.97 avg rating — 1,055 ratings
93.
Conspiracy of Ravens (The Shadow, #2)
Conspiracy of Ravens (The Shadow, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 1,755 ratings
94.
Totem
Totem 3.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
95.
Lost Gods
Lost Gods
by: Brom
4.23 avg rating — 9,627 ratings
96.
A Plague of Swords (The Traitor Son Cycle, #4)
A Plague of Swords (The Traitor Son Cycle, #4) 4.28 avg rating — 5,708 ratings
97.
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,549 ratings
98.
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror
Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror 3.57 avg rating — 449 ratings
99.
Into the Guns (America Rising, #1)
Into the Guns (America Rising, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 572 ratings
100.
The Waterdancer's World
The Waterdancer's World really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings