September 2020 New Releases: Grace Draven, Naomi Novik, Zoraida Córdova, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Marie Lu, Jim Butcher, 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 2020. 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. (Note: If you end up buying the book from one of these links, VBC will get a tiny bit of revenue to cover our overhead.)

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

SEPTEMBER 1

• As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool (The Age of Darkness #2) YA
• Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin (Serpent & Dove #2) YA
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas YA
• Fable by Adrienne Young (Fable #1) YA
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Inheritance Games #1) YA
• A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Blood and Ash #2) YA
• The Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare & Wesley Chu (The Eldest Curses #2) YA
• Queen of Volts by Amanda Foody (The Shadow Game #3) YA
• Unbirthday by Liz Braswell YA
• Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (Brooklyn Brujas #3) YA

SEPTEMBER 8

• Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne (The Memory War #1) SF
• The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart (The Drowning Empire #1) F
• Iron Heart by Nina Varela (Crier’s War #2) YA
• The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (The Other Side of the Sky #1) YA

SEPTEMBER 15

• Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro YA
• Horrid by Katrina Leno H
• The Ippos King by Grace Draven (Wraith Kings #3) FR
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Legendborn #1) YA
• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke F
• The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (Scapegracers #1) YA
• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini SF
• The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie (Age of Madness #2) F

SEPTEMBER 22

• Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots SF
• The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix YA
• Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore YA
• The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #2) YA
• Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite anthology edited to Zoraida Córdova & Natalie C. Parker YA

SEPTEMBER 29

• Battle Ground by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #17) UF
• Crush by Tracy Wolff (Crave #2) YA
• A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Scholomance #1) F
• The Glass Queen by Gena Showalter (The Forest of Good and Evil #2) YA
• The Midnight Library by Matt Haig F
• Skyhunter by Marie Lu (Skyhunter #1) YA