Dive back into #theelflands this Holiday Season! @pennyvixen.bsky.social#theelflands/Katherine Addison completed her CEMETERIES OF AMALO trilogy following Thara Celehar earlier this year with THE TOMB OF DRAGONS. Now is the perfect time to return to this well loved universe and meet friends old and new!

We do NOT have four colly birds, but we DO have a special gothic four book bundle from @mkhardywrites.com & @isabelcanas.bsky.social for Day 4 our giveaways! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a flame 🔥 in the comments to enter! Ends 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT #booksky 🩸📚💙

Hop over to our friends @thefantasyhive.bsky.social to read @rainewilson.bsky.social 's fascinating guest post on 'The Lures and Flaws of Dark Academia', celebrating her own take on the genre - THE SALT ORACLE! Read more https://bit.ly/3JAXBvE Buy THE SALT ORACLE https://geni.us/saltorac

We asked @julietmarillier.bsky.social for her best books of '25, a book she'd love for Xmas & anticipated reads of '26. 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/amberowl Out in the UK July '26!

We asked @randeedawn.com for her best books of 2025, a book she'd love for Hannukah & anticipated reads of 2026. Read on 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @aptshadow.bsky.social @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/tunein

Genre rules are only guidelines anyway! Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device? We've got all that and more! 1/3

We do not have a three French hens, but we DO something else with wings for...a complete set of @karinlow.bsky.social 's THE CROWNS OF ISHIA novella trilogy! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a dragon 🐲 in the comments to [email protected] 6 23:59 GMT. #booksky🪐📚💙

🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series 🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska 🐦‍⬛ Ft. REALLY rude Raven We're so excited to see Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA on @npr.org 's Books We Love for 2025! Grab it now: geni.us/doorsea Book 2 follows fall 2026.

For a limited time only, snag the signed, limited edition paperback of @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's SciFi novella POLLEN FROM A FUTURE HARVEST (set 40 years before THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN) exclusively from our website for only 2.99 wherever you are in the world! Buy now: https://geni.us/Solarissale

It's been a tremendous 2025 awards season for Solaris! Here's a compilation of all our winners! Which ones have you read? Our award-winners include @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @vajra.me @aptshadow.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social & many more!

We asked @csecooney.bsky.social for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @ilonaandrews.bsky.social & more! SAINT DEATH 👇 https://geni.us/zEYJqx https://geni.us/stdherald

Genre rules are only guidelines anyway! Want some Dragons in your Western? A locked boat murder mystery in your sci-fantasy? GBBO in outer space? A Necromantic bildungsroman? Searing examinations of war with bonus military Pteranodons? A literal plot device? We've got all that and more! 1/3

We asked @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social for their best book of '25, the book they'd love for Xmas & their anticipated reads of '26. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why they picked @slhuang.com @abraham.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/moonstorm https://geni.us/starstrike

We do not have a three French hens, but we DO something else with wings for...a complete set of @karinlow.bsky.social 's THE CROWNS OF ISHIA novella trilogy! Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a dragon 🐲 in the comments to [email protected] 6 23:59 GMT. #booksky🪐📚💙

🎉🥳 We’ve hit 15k followers - wow 🤯! Thank you so much for following along with our shenanigans. Keep an eye on our 12 days of Christmas #giveaways as a thank you! We can’t wait to share more wonderful books with you in the New Year too - Happy Reading!

I still love the Solaris Presents @premeemohamed.com and I did together. Premee is one of my fave authors to do author stuff with cuz she’s just so damn ENTERTAINING. If you never saw us talking about war and words check it out!

If you can't find something on the TV this #boxingday , might we suggest catching up on our Solaris Presents online events? FREE, available anywhere in the world, ft. @premeemohamed.com @mattfnwallace.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @voidcricket.bsky.social#boxingday& more!

We asked @lavanya.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @slhuang.com @robertjbennett.bsky.social @samitbasu.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/killingspell

After winning the @ursulakleguin.com Prize for Fiction 2025, @vajra.me talked to @cxorlando.bsky.social @reactorsff.bsky.social to discuss RAKESFALL, a sprawling narrative about reincarnation, revolution, and recollection, as well as his approach to writing the fantastic!

We asked @ldcolter.com for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @authortrmoore.bsky.social Kevin Wilson & more! https://geni.us/whilegodssl https://geni.us/whenthewindss

To celebrate, the release of #mickey17 this year, Amazon UK have included @edashtonwriting.bsky.social#mickey17's #mickey7 (the book behind the film) alongside #malgoestowar and #thefourthconsort in their December Kindle Deals! You can snap up each of them for just 99p until the end of the year!

We do not have a pair of turtledoves, but we do have a pair of books we know you're going love - a duo of hardbacks from @samkhorton.bsky.social 's EYTHIN LEGACY - GORSE & RAGWORT! Open to UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a flower 🏵️ in the comments to enter! Ends 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT

@vajra.me 's multi award-winning THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is part of Amazon UK's 12 days of Kindle deal! UK readers, prepare to have your minds blown... "an outstanding, genre-shattering work" - @theguardian.com Grab it now before the deal ends on 5th January 2026!

We asked @shaykauwe.bsky.social for her best book of '25, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of '26. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @sgj.bsky.social @kealakendall.bsky.social & @sheldoncosta.bsky.social! https://geni.us/killingspell

We asked @isabelcanas.bsky.social for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026. Read the full article: https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @sgj.bsky.social Roshani Chokshi & more! https://geni.us/palbad https://geni.us/VoEN

We may not have a Partridge in a pear tree, but we DO have a whole forest in @authortrmoore.bsky.social 's THE GODS MUST BURN and a VERY rude raven in THE DOOR ON THE SEA. Open to US/CAN/UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a tree🌳& a raven🐦‍⬛ in the comments to enter! End 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT

Cry, Voidbringer, by @artofelaineho.bsky.social (pub by @solarisbooks.bsky.social) is an excellent novel, full of political intrigue and complex and flawed characters that invites the reader to think about broken systems and corruption. Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/cry-... 💙📚

We wish you a Merry Christmas from all at Solaris books!

The holidays is the perfect time to binge a complete book series, & we're here to enable this with a selection of Solaris Books! Inc. @derekkunsken.bsky.social @karinlow.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @koldholdt.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social

We asked @natania.bsky.social for her best book of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated read of 2026. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @nicolaz.bsky.social @joeabercrombie.com and more! https://geni.us/queenmercy https://geni.us/viscountstal

We asked @voidcricket.bsky.social for her best books of 2025, the book she'd love for Xmas & her anticipated reads of 2026. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @dr-bethany-jacobs.bsky.social @jvawrites.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/9BMN4 https://geni.us/unbrw

I'm ridiculously fond of ASUNDER. It made @kerstinhall.bsky.social an instant pre-order for me for whatever she writes next. Thanks @solarisbooks.bsky.social for bringing out a UK paperback edition, hope many more people pick up this book which was so deserving of its Nebula and Locus nominations.

We asked @taranhunt.bsky.social for her best books of '25, books she'd love for Xmas & anticipated reads of '26. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @voidcricket.bsky.social @guygavrielkay.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/TheImmortalityThief https://geni.us/unkprin

Out now, the final instalment in @natania.bsky.social 's QUEENS OF FATE trilogy - QUEEN OF MERCY! Explore a new interpretation of Camelot through the eyes of it's queens, long silenced and pushed aside, but no more... Buy now: geni.us/queenofnone geni.us/Queenoffury geni.us/queenmercy

Out now, the final instalment in @natania.bsky.social 's QUEENS OF FATE trilogy - QUEEN OF MERCY! Explore a new interpretation of Camelot through the eyes of it's queens, long silenced and pushed aside, but no more... Buy now: geni.us/queenofnone geni.us/Queenoffury geni.us/queenmercy

We asked @taranhunt.bsky.social for her best books of '25, books she'd love for Xmas & anticipated reads of '26. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @voidcricket.bsky.social @guygavrielkay.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/TheImmortalityThief https://geni.us/unkprin

We asked @edashtonwriting.bsky.social for his best books of 2025, the book he'd love for Xmas & his anticipated reads of 2026. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why he picked @amalelmohtar.com @abraham.bsky.social @petralord.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/4thconsort

You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...

There's a fantastic review over @reactorsff.bsky.social for Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA - the first book in new indigenous epic fantasy trilogy THE RAVEN AND THE EAGLE! "I missed this book when I finished it, feeling like someone had been telling me a story, but suddenly disappeared."

There's a fantastic review over @reactorsff.bsky.social for Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA - the first book in new indigenous epic fantasy trilogy THE RAVEN AND THE EAGLE! "I missed this book when I finished it, feeling like someone had been telling me a story, but suddenly disappeared."

As the year draws to a close, we've asked a selection of Solaris authors 3 very important questions... Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!

Get ready to pencil in your first bookish event of 2026! @rainewilson.bsky.social will be taking part in an Evening of Scottish Speculative Fiction with Angie Spotto and Christopher Caldwell/ @seraph76.bsky.social chaired by @theelaineg.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social- tickets £5.

Working with Margrét on Nordic Visions was a brilliantly enriching experience, so I’m unbelievably excited to be collaborating again on NORDIC NIGHTMARES! Jumped at the chance to help bring this collection of contemporary Nordic horror into the hands of readers worldwide. Fall 2026!

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 For the longest night of the year, here's something dark & spooky: NORDIC NIGHTMARES: The Best of Nordic Horror ed. by Margrét Helgadóttir! This spooky older sister to NORDIC VISIONS, showcases nightmarish horror tales from 20 electrifying voices! https://bit.ly/4agCxFE

Dive into @deuceofgears.bsky.social 's new Lancers series! Book one, MOONSTORM, is a Locus Award winner & was nominated for Ignyte, Lodestar and Nebula awards! Book 2, STARSTRIKE, is out now! A tale of empire, mecha-robots, survival and family. Buy geni.us/moonstorm Buy geni.us/starstrike

For a limited time only, snag the signed, limited edition paperback of @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's SciFi novella POLLEN FROM A FUTURE HARVEST (set 40 years before THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN) exclusively from our website for only 2.99 wherever you are in the world! Buy now: https://geni.us/Solarissale

In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series! 👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social 🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social 💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social ...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!

⚔️🐉Sometimes the most dangerous beasts are outside of the ring... @roannelau.bsky.social 's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY is perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES an epic fantasy of deadly beasts, arena battles, and steadfast friendship! Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy

In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series! 👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social 🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social 💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social ...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!

Final copies of @authortrmoore.bsky.social 's THE GODS MUST BURN have arrived! So, we took them for a walk in the woods... A dark, Asian-inspired, eco-fantasy for fans of GODKILLER, where a disgraced war hero must protect the forest god...or they'll burn together. Preorder: https://geni.us/godsmb