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Worlds Without End Roll-Your-Own Reading Challenge

2026 Speculative Fiction Published This Year

2026 Speculative Fiction Published This Year

This challenge is intended as a way to help readers encourage themselves to read newly-published speculative fiction, as well as perhaps an opportunity to increase awareness for award nominations.

Books for this challenge should be first-published in 2026 (or first-published in the U.S. in 2026), and not be ones that you have read previously.

Books Published in 2026

Challenge Details
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Challenge Span: January 2026 – December 2026

Reading Levels
Select your reading level below. You can adjust your level up or down at any time during the challenge.

 Novice = 3 books + 1 reviews
 Apprentice = 6 books + 2 reviews
 Journeyman = 9 books + 3 reviews
 Master = 12 books + 6 reviews

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dalex

dalex

An Accident of Dragons
As You Wake, Break the Shell: A Novel
The Elsewhere Express
Engines of Reason
Exit Party
Homebound:  A Novel
Honeysuckle
Lady Tremaine
The Poet Empress
Ruins
The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale
Verity Guild
Engelbrecht

Engelbrecht

Nonesuch
Trace Elements
4
3
2
1
Hneite

Hneite

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
The Astral Library:  A Novel
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
Vigil
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
lisagarrity

lisagarrity

A Box Full of Darkness
Exit Party
Ode to the Half-Broken
A Parade of Horribles
Platform Decay
Radiant Star
Wolf Worm
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

The Calamities
The Caretaker
Dreamland
The Jewel and the Comet
The Many
Massif
A River From the Sky
Ruins
The Salt King
This Is Where the Future Bleeds
We Dance Upon Demons
Wickhills