I try to keep my reading lists realistic, but the next couple of months have a frustratingly uneven distribution of books I’d like to read. For one thing, I’m usually only getting through two books or magazines a week, and there are several weeks coming up that have four to six new releases that I’m looking forward to. While having access to advance copies lets me get a head start on things, the truth is that there’s just (always, natch) far more great fiction being produced and published than I’m physically capable of reading and writing about. So this is really more of a wishlist of all the fiction coming out in April, May and June that I would read if I could.

Tor.com Publishing

I generally make an effort to read all of Tor.com’s novellas because they’re inexpensive and the variety encourages me to read things I might not normally give a chance to. I’ve also really fallen in love with the novella length; it’s long enough to feel like a book, but short enough to make for quick reading. Here’s what they’ve got coming out over the next three months.

• Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys (4/4)
  This is actually a short novel, and I’m sadly thinking of skipping it in spite of having been sitting on an eARC of it for months. While it’s been well-reviewed, it’s yet another Lovecraftian book, and, frankly, I’m just Lovecraft-ed out right now.
• Proof of Concept by Gwyneth Jones (4/11)
• Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus (4/25)
  I’m still slowly making my way through Broaddus’s recent short story collection, Voices of Martyrs, but I’m really looking forward to this title.
• All Systems Red by Martha Wells (5/2)
• Killing Gravity by Corey J. White (5/9)
• Greedy Pigs by Matt Wallace (5/16)
  On the one hand, I’m thrilled about a new Sin du Jour book. On the other hand, I’m already sad that there’s only two more coming after this one.
• River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey (5/23)
  This book had me at “bloodthirsty feral hippos” and “mercenary cowboys.”
• Lightning in the Blood by Marie Brennan (5/30)
  A sequel to last year’s Cold-Forged Flame.
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (6/13)
  A prequel companion to last year’s Every Heart a Doorway.
• Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (6/20)

Magazines

• FIYAH Literary Magazine, Issue Two, Sipping Tea (4/1)
  I loved the first issue of FIYAH, and I have every expectation that their second issue will be excellent as well.
• Uncanny Magazine #16 (May/June 2017)
• Lightspeed Magazine #82, #83, #84
  My free three month subscription runs out in May, and I still haven’t gotten around to reading the March issue, just for time-constraint reasons. It’s a great magazine, and I’m hoping to get around to it, but there’s just so much else out there that I want to read.
• Fireside Fiction
  I highly recommend supporting Fireside on Patreon so you, too, can get a convenient digital format of what they publish each month.

Comics and Graphic Novels

I had a couple of things on my winter reading list that would have been nice to read but that I never got around to. However, these are must-reads.

• Ladycastle #2 (3/29)
• Saga, Volume 7 (4/4)
• Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch (5/31)
  The publication date on this has moved several times, so I may just end up grabbing the single issues.
• Monstress, Volume 2: The Blood (6/6)
  

Books

• She-Wolf and Cub by Lilith Saintcrow (3/28)
  My current read.
• The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard (4/4)
• Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (4/4)
  I feel like Mark Lawrence’s work before now has been exactly the sort of thing I like to avoid, but this new series has a girl protagonist who has been compared to Arya Stark. That still puts it in the category of things I like to avoid, but Lawrence is a popular author and YOLO, so I’m thinking of trying this one out just in case I’m not going to hate it.
• Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer (4/11)
• So You Want to Be a Robot and Other Stories by A. Merc Rustad (May)
  I just discovered Rustad’s work last year, and they’ve quickly become one of my favorite short fiction writers, so I’m super excited for this release. You can pre-order it from Lethe Press now.
• Final Girls by Seanan McGuire
• A Tyranny of Queens by Foz Meadows (5/2)
• A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas (5/2)
• Wicked Wonders by Ellen Klages (5/2)
  Klages’ Tor.com novella, Passing Strange, was wonderful, so I’m looking forward to checking out more of her short fiction.
• The Radium Girls by Kate Moore (5/2)
  I don’t read nearly as much non-fiction as I ought or as I’d like, but I’m pretty excited about this book.
• The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis (5/9)
• Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology edited by Tricia Reeks and Kyle Richardson (5/16)
• The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente (6/6)
  I would read a phone book if Catherynne M. Valente wrote it.
• Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee (6/13)
  Sequel to last year’s excellent Ninefox Gambit.
• The Changeling by Victor LaValle (6/13)
• The Space Between the Stars by Anne Corlett (6/13)
• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (6/13)
  One of my most anticipated debuts of the year.
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss (6/20)
• The Waking Land by Callie Bates (6/27)
• Amatka by Karin Tidbeck (6/27)