Sept. 2016 New Releases: Sarah J. Maas, Seanan McGuire, Kresley Cole, Ilona Andrews, Fran Wilde and more

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for September 2016. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness.

I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy, SF is science fiction, YA is young adult and NA is new adult.

SEPTEMBER 1

• Blaze by Suzanne Wright (Dark in You #2) PNR
• Otherworld Challenger by Jane Godman (Otherworld #3) PNR

SEPTEMBER 3

• Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs YA

SEPTEMBER 5

• Prodigal by Jody Wallace (Maelstrom Chronicles #3) PNR
• Unthinkable by Nina Croft (Beyond Human #1) PNR UF

SEPTEMBER 6

• The Bear Who Loved Me by Kathy Lyons (Grizzlies Gone Wild #1) PNR
• Bury the Living by Jodi McIsaac SF
• Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe (Tufa #4) F
• Deja Who by MaryJanice Davidson (Insighter #1) UF
• Elite by Mercedes Lackey (Hunter #2) YA
• Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #5) YA F
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl SF
• Fix by Ferrett Steinmetz (‘Mancer #3) UF
• The Graces by Laure Eve YA
• Guardian’s Mate by Jennifer Ashley (Shifters Unbound #9) PNR
• The Hawkweed Prophecy by Irena Brignull YA F
• Her Rogue Alpha by Paige Tyler (X-Ops #5) PNR
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova (Brooklyn Brujas #1) YA
• The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman (Invisible Library #2) F
• MJ-12: Inception by Michael J. Martinez (Majestic-12 #1) SF
• My Wild Irish Dragon by Ashlyn Chase (Boston Dragons #2) PNR
• Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #10) UF
• The Rose Society by Marie Lu (Young Elites #2) YA
• Necrotech by K.C. Alexander (SINless #1) SF
• Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black SF

SEPTEMBER 13

• Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan F
• The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron SF YA
• The Reader by Traci Chee (Sea of Ink and Gold #1) F YA

SEPTEMBER 20

• Blood Red Kiss by Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione and Gena Showalter (anthology) PNR
• Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch (Snow Like Ashes #3) YA
• The Gradual by Christopher Priest SF
• Immortal Nights by Lynsay Sands (Argeneau #24) PNR
• Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #9) UF
• Metaltown by Kristen Simmons YA SF
• The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst (Queens of Renthia #1) F
• A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess (Kingdom on Fire #1) YA
• Stealing Snow by Danielle Paige (Stealing Snow #1) YA
• The Swan Riders by Erin Bow (Prisoners of Peace #2) YA
• Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (Three Dark Crowns #1) YA F
• Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter YA F
• The Warren by Brian Evenson SF
• Witch’s Pyre by Josephine Angelini (Worldwalker #3) YA

SEPTEMBER 27

• The Bloodsworn by Erin Lindsey (Bloodbound #3) F
• Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge YA F
• Cloudbound by Fran Wilde (Bone Universe #2) F
• Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (Six of Crows #2) YA
• The Fever Code by James Dashner (Maze Runner #0.6) YA
• Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson (Gold Seer #2) YA
• Shadow Silence by Yasmine Galenorn (Whisper Hollow #2) UF
• Swarm by Scott Westerfeld (Zeroes #2) YA

SEPTEMBER 28

• Sloan by Teresa Gabelman (The Protectors #9) PNR

SEPTEMBER 30

• The Purloined Poodle by Kevin Hearne (Iron Druid #8.5) UF