Genre: Magic

The Mistral by Felix Mosse Series: Spellbinding The Mistral #1 Genres: Adult, British Literature, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Magic Published by Penguin Michael Joseph on May 27, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 470 Source: Goldsboro Books A DYING MAGIC. A SLAUGHTERED QUEEN. A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF WAR. The Mistral – a divine, ancient wind – has long swept over the realm, bestowing magical abilities on those destined to shape the future. But The Mistral is dying. As it falters, and fear of all-out war consumes the kingdom, a peace delegation sets out from the land of Terrius to the city of Lurella. At the delegation’s heart is Swan, daughter of an assassinated queen, who holds a powerful and rare ability. She must seek answers – both to her mother’s murder and her own inability to master her powers. Before it’s too late. Meanwhile, in Lurella’s duelling pit – The Iron Circuit – Fenne, a feared fighter, comes to the attention of one city ruler, who sees in her an opportunity. As the Peace Pledge begins, Swan and Fenne are thrown together by a dark conspiracy – one that could forever alter not just their …

Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence Series: The Academy of Kindness #1 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Dark Academia, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal, Gothic Published by Harper Voyager on March 23, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 375 Source: The Broken Binding Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters.&nbsp The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three will emerge.&nbsp The Academy’s halls run with blood. The few that survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws.&nbsp Only the most desperate would sell their child to the Kindnesses. But Rue … she sold herself. And now, a lifetime later, a long and bloody lifetime later, just as she has discovered peace, war has been brought to an old woman’s doorstep.&nbsp That was a mistake. Paranormal dark …

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Magic, Urban Fantasy Published by Del Ray on February 16, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 357 Source: Owlcrate Agnes Aubert leads a meticulously organized life—and she likes it that way. As the proudly type-A manager of a much-needed cat rescue charity, she has devoted her life to finding forever homes for lost cats.&nbsp But after she is forced to move the cat shelter, Agnes learns that her new landlord is using her charity as a front—for an internationally renowned and thoroughly disreputable magic shop. Owned by the disorganized—not to mention self-absorbed, irritating, but also decidedly handsome—Havelock Renard, magician and failed Dark Lord, the shop draws magical clientele from around the world, partly due to the quality of Havelock’s illicit goods as well as their curiosity about his shadowy past and rumors of his incredible powers. Agnes’s charity offers the perfect cover for illegal magics.&nbsp Agnes couldn’t care less about the shop—magical intrigue or not, there are cats to be rescued. But when an enemy from Havelock’s past surfaces, the magic shop—and more importantly, the cat shelter—are suddenly in jeopardy. To save the shelter, will Agnes have …

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao Genres: Adult, AAPI, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magic Published by Gollancz on January 19, 2026 Format: Hardcover, Special Edition Pages: 390 Source: Illumicrate In the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful.&nbsp Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves.&nbsp Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House.&nbsp But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife-edge of civil war with Wei trapped in its center…at the side of a violent prince.&nbsp To survive, Wei must harden her heart, rely on her wit, and become dangerous herself. Even if it means becoming a poet in a world where women are forbidden to read—and composing the most powerful spell of all. A ballad of death…and love. This book may be unsuitable for people under 17 years of age due to its use of sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence. A story of …

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Low Fantasy, Magic, Mythic Fantasy, Paranormal, Folklore, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+, Historical Fantasy Published by Tor on February 23, 2026 Format: Hardcover Pages: 535 Source: Aardvark Book Club A tragic love story, a bewitching twist on history, and a blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption—The Red Winter by debut author Cameron Sullivan is the story of the first werewolf.  In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gevaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake.  Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience, he joined the hunt for the creature twenty years ago and watched it slaughter its way through a long and bloody winter. Even with the help of his indwelling demon, Sarmodel – who takes payment in living hearts – it nearly cost him his life to bring the monster down.  Now, two decades later, Sebastian has been recalled to the hunt by Antoine Avenel d’Ocerne, an estranged lover who shares a dark history with the Beast and a terrible secret with Sebastian. Drawn by both the chance to finish the Beast for good and the …