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Cheryl Eddy’s April 1, 2025, io9 roundup lists 65 science-fiction, fantasy, and horror books released across five Tuesdays in April 2025. It is a discovery list, not a ranked review: use the dates and premises to find titles that match your interests, and check a bookseller or library for current editions and availability.
How to use this April 2025 list
The original roundup groups books by their stated release date: April 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. The titles range from speculative fiction and space opera to horror and romantasy; the list includes both series installments and standalone works. Its blurbs describe premises, not independently assessed quality, and it does not score or rank the books.
For a quick shortlist, start with the release week, then look for a premise or genre that appeals to you. If you prefer a continuing story, note the series information below; if you want a standalone, verify that status with the publisher or bookseller before choosing.
April 1 releases
- The Beauty of the End — Lauren Stienstra
- Direct Descendent — Tanya Huff
- A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery — Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Ephemera Collector — Stacy Nathaniel Jackson
- Faithbreaker — Hannah Kaner
- Freakslaw — Jane Flett
- Gifted & Talented — Olivie Blake
- Holy Terrors — Margaret Owen
- The Icarus Coda — Timothy Zahn
- Iceborn — Michael Livingston
- Reluctant Witch — Melissa Marr
- Rhino: The Rise of a Warrior — Nicholas Sansbury Smith
- Sour Cherry — Natalia Theodoridou
- When We Were Real — Daryl Gregory
- Where the Axe Is Buried — Ray Nayler
April 8 releases
- Blood of Hercules — Jasmine Mas
- The Book That Held Her Heart — Mark Lawrence
- The Butcher’s Masquerade — Matt Dinniman
- The Cat Who Saved the Library — Sosuke Natsukawa
- Cold Eternity — S.A. Barnes
- The Cut — C.J. Dotson
- Dark Rising — Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson
- Don’t Sleep With the Dead — Nghi Vo
- Firebird — Juliette Cross
- The Folklore of Forever — Sarah Hogle
- The Geographer’s Map to Romance — India Holton
- House of Blight — Maxym M. Martineau
- In the Company of Wolves — Steve Lang
- Last Chance to Save the World — Beth Revis
- The Only Song Worth Singing — Randee Dawn
- Scales — Christopher Hinz
- Their Monstrous Hearts — Yiğit Turhan
- Tonight, I Bleed — Katharine J. Adams
- The Wind Weaver — Julie Johnson
The roundup says that the other two books in Steve Lang’s trilogy, Brothers in Arms and Anathema, were releasing alongside In the Company of Wolves.
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April 15 releases
- Another Fine Mess — Lindy Ryan
- The Ashfire King — Chelsea Abdullah
- Dark Diamond — Neal Asher
- Forged for Destiny — Andrew Knighton
- The Gentleman and His Vowsmith — Rebecca Ide
- The Guilt Pill — Saumya Dave
- Hellions — Julia Elliott
- The Lie That Binds Them — Matthew Ward
- Notes From a Regicide — Isaac Fellman
- A Palace Near the Wind: Natural Engines — Ai Jiang
- The Raven Scholar — Antonia Hodgson
- Senseless — Ronald Malfi
April 22 releases
- Advocate — Daniel M. Ford
- Down in the Sea of Angels — Khan Wong
- Eat the Ones You Love — Sarah Maria Griffin
- Eleven Percent — Maren Uthaug
- When the Wolf Comes Home — Nat Cassidy
April 29 releases
- The Amalfi Curse — Sarah Penner
- Awakened — A.E. Osworth
- Broken Souls and Bones — LJ Andrews
- City of All Seasons — Oliver K. Langmead and Aliya Whiteley
- The Edge of Yesterday — Rita Woods
- Enigma — RuNyx
- The Floating World — Axie Oh
- The Ghost Woods — C.J. Cooke
- The Murder Machine — Heather Graham
- One Way Witch — Nnedi Okorafor
- Polybius — Collin Armstrong
- The Staircase in the Woods — Chuck Wendig
- The Traitor of Sherwood Forest — Amy S. Kaufman
- Whisper in the Wind — Luke Arnold
Notable series connection
The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman is identified in the April 8 group as volume five of Dungeon Crawler Carl. Readers who have not started the series may want to check the earlier volumes before picking up this installment.
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This historical release roundup is based on Cheryl Eddy’s io9 article, “65 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Check Out in April,” published April 1, 2025. The dates in the list refer to the April 2025 publication schedule, not upcoming releases.
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