Top New Fantasy

The best and the rest of what's new in Fantasy
Brian Staveley
April 25, 2017
Paperback, 320pp.
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Naomi Alderman
October 10, 2017
Hardcover, 382 pp.
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N.K.Jemisin
August 16, 2016
​Paperback, 448 pp.
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Curtis Craddock
August 29, 2017
​Hardcover, 409 pp.
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Dan Wells.
November 15, 2016
​Paperback, 416 pp. 
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Brandon Sanderson
November 22, 2016
​Hardback, 672 pp.
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Stephen R. Donaldson.
September 6, 2016
Paperback, 320 pp.
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Mary Robinette Kowal.
August 16, 2016
Hardcover, 304 pp.
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Claudia Gray.
April 4, 2017
Paperback, 529 pp.
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Brandon Sanderson,
February 17, 2017
​E-book, approx 28,000wds.
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Books  We  Put  Down

DISCLAIMER: There are those who refuse to walk out of a movie, or put down a book. We are not among them: if you lose interest in a book, and you're not also stressed or overworked or unduly distracted by life, there's usually a good reason. Maybe the story was too slow, or the characters were flat. The setting was stereotypical. The writing sucked. Or... it just wasn't your thing. And we fully acknowledge that last thing is a thing: literature, and appreciation thereof, is subjective. So while we're pretty sure everyone will like what's on the Top Ten, we're not sure you won't love what's on this list too. But for us, for whatever reason, they didn't hold us til the end. (Listed in no particular order.)
January 5, 2016; Angry Robot
Steal the Sky has all the things that should make it great: doppelgangs, airships, political intrigue and humorous rogues. But somewhere in a long flight back from Mexico the plot meandered once too often... and we moved on. 
 October 2015; self-published
We'd decided we hadn't reviewed enough self-published stuff, and while Dalglish is one of the best-selling self-pubbed fantasy writers (and is now traditionally published and successful), this was an early work, and needed some polish. 
October 27, 2015; Baen Books
This is the right kind of book for a particular kind of person--think Conan the Barbarian male escapism. Decently written but just not our cup of tea.