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“BIRTH OF A DYNASTY has a fascinating premise, spunky heroes, and plenty of room for growth and new adventures.” Maya C. James reviews new work from Chinaza Bado

People & Publishing Roundup, October 2025

2025 National Translation Awards Shortlist

2025 Salam Award Winners

Got these in the mail last week :) #HoleIntheSky #WhentheMoonHitsYourEye #SympathyTowerTokyo thats amoréeeee. @scalzi.com #RieQudan @danielhwilsonpdx @simonandschuster @torbooks @AAKnopf link in bio for all things SFFH!

#WhoKilledOnetheGun? is a new mystery out from @gigilittle! watch last week's haul of new books: youtu.be/wpdoZJM94qk buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...#WhoKilledOnetheGun?all links in bio #booksky @forestavenuepress

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“Till Earth and Heaven Ring” by K.S. Walker from @strangehorizons.bsky.social, “Fire is Hot in Every Universe” by Brandie Marsh from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @cypayseur.bsky.social -

New Book Releases: October 14, 2025

How about a new Singing Hills Cycle novella out from @nghivo! #MouthfulofDust new SFFH books video: youtu.be/wpdoZJM94qk buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...#MouthfulofDust #booksky @torbooks

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2025 SFPA Poetry Contest Winners

2025 Ignyte Award Winners

Weekly Bestsellers, 13 October 2025 locusmag.com/2025/10...

#NeilMcRobert of @talkscaredpod has a new horror out: #GoodBoy! See last week's new titles here: youtu.be/wpdoZJM94qk and buy the books!: bookshop.org/lists/n...#NeilMcRobert#GoodBoy! #booksky @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social

Explore as @Gabino_Iglesias reviews KILLER ON THE ROAD and THE BABYSITTER LIVES by @sgj.bsky.social: “Serial killer and babysitter stories have been done to death and it’s hard to put a new spin on them, but Jones does that here. Twice.”

If you need some excitement from a different dimension (instead of ours), check out these new titles we received in the mail! #TheSovereign #Apprehension #RedStarHustle #Moonflow @hachettelibrary @clclark @sentencebender #MaryRobinetteKowal @bitterkarella @hachettelibrary #LocusMagazine

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“No Mirrors Here” by @akatherineblack.bsky.social from The Dark, “The Name Ziya” by @wenyilee.bsky.social from @reactorsff.bsky.social, and more short fic recs from @paulaguran here -

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Check out @mondyboy74.bsky.social’s review of KALIVAS! OR ANOTHER TEMPEST by Nick Mamatas: “His work reminds us, however fleeting, that the world is still capable of creativity and magic.”

“THE SINGULAR LIFE OF ARIA PATEL is so unique in YA fiction… Ahmed, whose earlier YA novels are also recommended, continues to be a writer to watch.” @chasingray.bsky.social reviews new work from @samiraahmed.bsky.social -

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2025 Geffen Awards Winners

“With its looping timelines and parallel histories, THE EVERLASTING may be her most adventurous and most beautifully crafted novel to date.” @garykwolfe reviews work by @alixeharrow.bsky.social -

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13 Spine-Chilling Books for October!

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2025 Wonderland Book Awards Final Ballot

New Books Video for October 7th!

2024 Australasian Shadows Awards Winners

2025 Frank R. Paul Awards Nominees

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Check out as @Gabino_Iglesias reviews PAM KOWOLSKI IS A MONSTER! by @SarahVLangan1: “This isn’t short, it’s exactly as long as it has to be to twist itself into a chaos and then leave us wanting more.”

2025 Giller Prize Shortlist

2025 Ditmar Awards Winners

2025 Green Mountain Book Festival