Spend your summer reading cozy romantasy tales, hard sci-fi adventures, ghostly thrillers, and horrifying alt-reality stories.
Somehow, it’s already July, and if your bookshelf is looking a little lonely—io9’s monthly list of new sci-fi, horror, and fantasy books (plus a couple of non-fiction additions this time!) has got you covered.
July 1-7
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The Delivery: A Novella by Gregg Hurwitz
“A psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve―with terrifying consequences.” (July 1)
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The best new popular science books of July 2026
The best new books to read in July 2026
Your summer reading list is set with titles from Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Brandon Sanderson, Leigh Bardugo, and more.
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