I can’t believe how fast this year is zooming by because I think mentally I’m still in March. However, September 2020 has come knocking, bringing with it some of the most exciting titles! I always look forward to September because it has some of the biggest new releases of the year. My most anticipated sequel is on this month’s list and I have sprinkled in a few adult titles also. Let me reveal my top 10 new SFF releases of September 2020!
SFF of September 1st, 2020
Wayward Witch by Zoraida Cordova
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 3rd book in a trilogy
✨Why I’m excited for it: I’ve pnly read one of Zoraida’s works so far, Incendiary, which came out in April this year. As this trilogy comes to an end, I’m planning to binge them as I’ve heard good things. If you’re looking for something witchy and diverse, this series is for you!
✨Community review: Ruthsic @ YA On My Mind (5 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Book Depository
Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 3rd book in a trilogy
✨Why I’m excited for it: Let’s be honest, the gorgeous covers are what initially attracted my attention towards this series. Several of my trusted friends like Kal @ Reader Voracious and Fadwa @ Word Wonders love this series, which is why it made my list this month. The setting is a fantasy version of Atlantic City and it promises some shadowy politics, magical tournaments and morally grey characters, which sounds like my jam.
✨Community review: Lili @ Utopia State of Mind (5 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Book Depository
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: None
✨Why I’m excited for it: I don’t think there’s been a day in recent memory when I’ve logged into Twitter and this book wasn’t being talked about. This is an #OwnVoices debut book featuring a Latinx brujo who accidentally summons the school’s bad boy. The premise was enough to convince me but many have told me that the characters are easy to love as well.
✨Community review: Kate @ Your Tita Kate (5 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Book Depository
SFF of September 8th, 2020
Iron Heart by Nina Varela
✨Genre: Fantasy and science fiction
✨Series: 2nd book in a duology
✨Why I’m excited for it: I was lucky to be on the blog tour for Crier’s War back when I was blogging on Unputdownable Books and I really enjoyed it! It features an F/F romance between the daughter of the most powerful figure in the world’s society and the girl who wants revenge for her dead family and friends. It involves the concept of Automae, an android species who managed to kill their makers and establish rule over human society.
✨Community review: (Coming soon)
✨Links: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Book Depository
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 1st book in a trilogy
✨Why I’m excited for it: I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of this new debut adult fantasy by an Asian author. Again, I was drawn in by the cover and the buzz around it. The magic system sounds very unique (and slightly disturbing), revolving around magic obtained from shards of human bone.
✨Community review: May @ Forever and Everly (4 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Book Depository
SFF of September 15th, 2020
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 1st book in a duology
✨Why I’m excited for it: I love the flood of Black girl magic stories this year and I’m very hyped for this after A Song of Wraiths and Ruin and Raybearer stole my heart. It’s been marketed as City of Bones infused with Southern Black culture and I’m so ready to dive into a diverse YA urban fantasy. It also puts a spin on the classic King Arthur legend and sounds like a grand adventure!
✨Community review: Michelle @ Magical Reads (4 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Book Depository
SFF of September 22nd, 2020
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 2nd book in a trilogy
✨Why I’m excited for it: I’ve been waiting for this book come out since The Gilded Wolves blew my mind last January! Again, I was blessed with an ARC for this because I’m part of the street team for this series. I don’t have much to say about this except that this series owns my entire heart and that I highly encourage you to pick it up so we can squeal over it together (also, Leigh Bardugo didn’t invent heist stories with the found family trope, FYI).
✨Community review: Review @ Novels and Nebulas (5 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Book Depository
The Ikessar Falcon by K. S. Villoso
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 2nd book in a trilogy
✨Why I’m excited for it: Two books from an adult fantasy series coming out in the same year? It’s a sign from the universe that you need to pick up The Wolf of Oren-Yaro and this book immediately! I’m fortunately on the blog tour for this after being picked for the first book as well back in February and I can’t wait to dive into my ARC!
✨Community review: Juri @ Tomes and Thoughts (Coming soon)
✨Links: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Book Depository
SFF of September 29th, 2020
Skyhunter by Marie Lu
✨Genre: Science fiction
✨Series: 1st book in a duology
✨Why I’m excited for it: I knew I promised to pick up a Marie Lu book back in March when The Kingdom of Back came out but I’m ashamed to report I haven’t yet. This book was one of the ALCs on offer by Libro FM and I snatched it up in a jiffy because I’m determined to get to at least one book of hers this month. This sounds like an intense novel with war, spies and incredible world-building.
✨Community review: (Coming soon)
✨Links: Goodreads | Publisher’s Website | Book Depository
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
✨Genre: Fantasy
✨Series: 1st book in a duology
✨Why I’m excited for it: This book seems to be everyone’s most anticipated SFF book of September 2020. I have liked Novik’s previous book, Spinning Silver, so I’m hopeful this will be something I enjoy as well. Most importantly, this is a dark magic school novel and hope that it can remove my memories of the other famous series with a similar setting from my brain.
✨Community review: Namera @ The Literary Invertebrate (5 stars)
✨Links: Goodreads | Author’s Website | Book Depository
Further Reading
✨Octavia @ Mermaid Reads – Most Anticipated Releases of September 2020
✨Tor.com – All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in September!
✨Polygon – The major sci-fi and fantasy books arriving this fall
Which new SFF releases of September 2020 are you looking forward to? Are there any sequels coming out this month that you can’t wait to read? Do you have a list of new releases for September? Let me know in the comments section down below. Hope you are having a magical week, readers from Earth!
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I’m currently reading Queen of volts and let me say it’s amazing
I’m so happy you’re enjoying it! 💖 Can’t wait to hear your final thoughts! Now that the series is complete, it’s a good time for me to get started on it I think. 😅
I’m definitely writing a series review here when I finish which will hopefully be this week sometime
Awesome! I’ll be on the lookout then.
Such a great post, I didn’t know about The Bone Shard Daughter and now I’m definitely adding it to my TBR! And I can’t wait for Legendborn!
Thank you! 💖 I’m currently reading it and enjoying it so far, so great addition! Ahh, me neither, it sounds so good! 😍
There are so many amazing books coming out this month! Glad to learn of some new ones from your post!
Indeed! Thank you so much! 💖
Sooo many amazing books I haven’t read yet. I love fantasy I need to catch up on so many new releases and backlists!! Great post I really enjoyed reading this, and have definitely moved some books up on my tbr list!
Oh that’s awesome! I love fantasy too (a bit too much? No such thing I think 😅) so very pleased to meet you. 💖 I hope you enjoy the books on your TBR as well. 💕
No such thing as loving fantasy too much!!! So nice to meet you as well!! Thank you, you too!
I can’t wait to start The Ikessar Falcon!
Me too! 😍 It’ll be my next read after I finish Bone Shard Daughter (hopefully soon).
I feel like as soon as I pick up A Deadly Education I’m going to burst into tears of joy. gosh I’ve been waiting on this one for so long??? so excited for my dreams to come true. amazing post!!! <3
Thank you so much! 💖 That indeed seems to be a very popular one and I hope that it lives up to everyone’s expectations! 😊
Ah hope you like Queen of Volts series, I love the characters so much, also like a heist type novel. And Yes I’m like should I also read Deadly Education??
I think I’ll wait for some reviews to pour in before I pick up A Deadly Education – I’m a little bit hesitant on that. 😅 I’m sure I will love that series, just a matter of getting to it. I’ve heard good things but Amanda Foody’s earlier book too and from what I’ve seen, they all seem to be right up my alley. 😊
So many stunning September releases! Cemetery Boys and The Bone Shard Daughter are on my radar. I also have half a dozen SFF middle grade releases that I want to check out eventually. Master of Poisons is another adult fantasy that came out yesterday (Sept 8) which you might be interested in?? I haven’t read it yet but it looks like a high fantasy epic set in an African-inspired world.
Oh, I hadn’t heard of that. I will definitely check it out, thank you! 💖 Really curious to know all of the MG titles on your list – maybe you can do a post about it? 😊
I want to read A Deadly Education and Cemetery Boys
I’m really happy to see Cemetery Boys hit the NYT list and everything that represents. 😍 I’m very eager to read it soon too!
Aah yes. It has been gathering all these praises too
The Bone Shard Daughter is soooOoOOOOooO good!!! I still need to get on Cemetery Boys! Been after it since I heard of it!
I’m currently reading Bone Shard Daughter and loving it. The storylines seem to come together and I can’t wait to finish it! 😍 Me too, can’t wait to grab a copy of Cemetery Boys somehow.
Ahhh! I’ve heard so much about Bone Shard Daughter. All these books sound amazing! I hope you love them! 🥰😍
It was amazing! I’ll have my review up soon. 😊 I hope you’re having a lovely reading month this September as well. 💖
AHH I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOUR REVIEW. THANKS CAP