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Book Buzz is a curated stream of book news that will help you add epic and outstanding novels to your TBR! These are the hottest books you must read!
We want stories that will carry us to other worlds, make us lose sleep, make us cry like we peeled ten onions, then tickle our fancy til we laugh hysterically. And love. We want books that will make us fall in love over and over again. What are the hottest books coming out this month? What stories will resonate with us and blow our minds? Check out Book Buzz to find out the latest in book news and discover the stories trending now!
[ad_1] When the waters rose, the people who stayed on the River learned they weathered the storms best together, but what happens when one of their own becomes curious about the Land? Back before I wrestled the River for Sheckie and won, they called us the three troubles. Sheckie was a cobbler of … Read more
[ad_1] We’re excited to reprint “A Dream of Electric Mothers,” the 2023 Nebula Award–nominated novelette by Wole Talabi, first published in Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, the NAACP Image Award–nominated anthology edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight. Two hours into the third session of our … Read more
[ad_1] A photographer’s obsession with an unsettled subject exposes two friends to a darkness that won’t be contained by frames… Author’s note: This story contains fictional depictions of suicide and mention of harm to children. There was nothing remarkable about the photograph, no reason it should be the first to catch my … Read more
[ad_1] We are thrilled to reprint “The Way Spring Arrives” by Wang Nuonuo, the title story in the groundbreaking anthology The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang, now out in paperback! “The Way Spring Arrives” first appeared as 春天来临的方式 in 2019 in No Answers from Earth（地球无应答) by … Read more
[ad_1] A two-person crew embark on a mind-bending deep space mission inside a living wormship capable of burrowing through space. What lies on the other end is unknown—as is what they will do once they get there. The job comes with an implant, punched into the fleshiest part of Chimezie’s thigh. It’s still … Read more
[ad_1] A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never existed. Only in the hallway mirror is she able to see a glimpse of the reality she remembers having lived—the reality she wants back. Content warning for fictional depictions of childhood death and … Read more
[ad_1] A man is offered the opportunity to partake in an exclusive, subscription-based eating club for those who wish to dine on human flesh. But he may have bitten off a little more than he can chew. Salutations, friend! Apologies for waiting on your doorstep, but you weren’t in when I first called, … Read more
[ad_1] Graff isn’t quite human. His people move through the galaxy collecting memories and experiences, recording their lives and passing them on. Then, one day, he breaks: he discovers a chunk of his memory is missing. This should be impossible—he’s never forgotten a moment in his life. Now, he has to learn to forget, and … Read more
[ad_1] Please enjoy what has become a quiet holiday tradition in the Tor.com offices: the reading of Neil Gaiman’s original story: “I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9’ S, Longitude 126° 43’ W)?” *** I. Cthulhu, they call me. Great Cthulhu. … Read more
[ad_1] A talented bookbinder is tasked with creating a copy of a text so inflammatory it threatens to alter the very existence of Truth itself. Ogyga runs pretty well everything around here, and nothing much can be done about her because her sister is the abbess of the Nine Aspects of Joy, which … Read more