30+ 2023 fantasy releases to put on your TBR
One of my goals for 2023 is to remember how much I love reading fantasy and the stop being put off my long books and long series; it doesn’t matter if it takes me ages if I’m enjoying it! As part of this mission I’ve been watching a ton of ‘Most Anticipated Books of 2023’ booktube videos and scouring lists for fantasy reads for my TBR and it’s already getting out of hand…
It would be rude not to share the wealth, right?
Some of these are series and authors I already love, some are new to me, and some I’m not entirely convinced of, some are YA, some are adult and some are somewhere in between, BUT they’re all fantasy novels and they all sound incredible.
If the book is part of an ongoing series, I’ve noted that, but if they’re the start of a series I’ve left them as is.
All of the release dates are correct per the UK release date listed on Goodreads and Amazon as of 27 December 2022.
January
‘The Stolen Heir’, Holly Black (03/01)
‘Hell Bent (Alex Stern #2)’, Leigh Bardugo (10/01)
‘The Daughters of Izdihar’, Hadeer Elsbai (12/01)
‘Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children #8)’, Seanan McGuire (10/01)
‘Godkiller’, Hannah Kaner (19/01)
‘Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries’, Heather Fawcett (19/01)
‘Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours #3)’, Cassandra Clare (31/01)
February
‘Song of Silver, Flame Like Night’, Amélie Wen Zhao (02/02)
‘These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom #2), Tahereh Mafi (02/02)
‘The Last Tale of the Flower Bride’, Roshani Chokshi (16/02)
‘The Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos #0)’, Samantha Shannon (28/02)
March
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi, Shannon Chakraborty (02/03)
April
‘Secret Project #1,’ Brandon Sanderson (04/04)
‘Silver in the Bone’, Alexandra Bracken (04/04)
‘The Bone Shard War (The Drowning Empire #3)’, Andrea Stewart (20/04)
‘In the Lives of Puppets’, TJ Klune (25/04)
‘Cursed Crowns (Twin Crowns #2)’, Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber (27/04)
May
‘Dragonfall’, Laura Lam (02/05)
‘The Sun and the Star’, Rick Riordan (02/05)
‘The Battle Drum (The Final Strife #2)’, Saara El-Arifi (25/05)
‘Cherish (Crave #6)’, Tracy Wolff (30/05)
‘Witch King’, Martha Wells (30/05)
June
‘Secret Project #2’, Brandon Sanderson (27/06)
July
‘Immortal Longings’, Chloe Gong (25/07)
August
‘Thornhedge’, T Kingfisher (01/08)
‘Masters of Death’, Olivie Blake (17/08)
‘Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow #2)’, Xiran Jay Zhao (29/08)
September
‘The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #6)’, Rick Riordan (26/09)
October
‘Secret Project #3’, Brandon Sanderson (03/10)
‘Sword Catcher’, Cassandra Clare (10/10)
‘Alecto the Ninth (Locked Tomb #4)’, Tamsyn Muir (10/10)
November
‘Bookshops and Bonedust’, Travis Baldree (07/11)
December
‘The Ruined (The Beautiful #4), Renee Adieh (05/12)
What fantasy novels do you have on your wishlist for 2023?
Written by Sophie
