2023 Locus Award Finalists for Best Fantasy Novel

Thara Celehar is a Witness for the Dead, someone who can communicate with the recently departed, delving into their final moments, thoughts, and emotions. His extraordinary power draws him into a perplexing murder case that unfurls in the city's dark underbelly.

In a 1950s America teeming with radical spirit, thousands of women suddenly transform into magnificent dragons, igniting a revolution that turns social norms upside down.

With captivating prose, Spear weaves a spellbinding queer retelling of Camelot which follows an ambitious girl's journey through magic, perilous battles and romantic entanglements.

Brace yourself for a thrilling adventure set in an alternate version of New York City, where magic and myth are infused into a battle between the power of collective action and the forces of xenophobia and destruction.

Marra, the youngest of three princesses, embarks on an enchanting journey to save her distressed older sister who has been married off to a tyrant king. To gain the tools to destroy the king — and release her family and kingdom from his grasp—she makes a deal with a gravewitch to take on three nearly impossible challenges.

This historical epic, which won the Nebula Award for best novel, follows an orphan caught between loyalties to his homeland (Canton) and to the British school of translation and magic (Babel) as a war brews between Britain and China.

Six months ago, Nona woke up in another person's body. Now, with her city under siege, her leaders want to use Nona's magical abilities to save themselves. But Nona would rather live a simple, fulfilling life with the ones she loves than hold back the forces of evil.

Having survived a perilous graduation rite, the young witch, Galadriel or "El," must return to the magic school of Scholomance to save her true love from a grisly fate, enlisting the help of allies from the world's most powerful wizard enclaves along the way.

The second installment in the groundbreaking Between Earth and Sky series, invites you back to a world where a god's eclipse holds the sun captive, a prophetic comet heralds the birth of a new era, and a war in the heavens manifests itself on Earth.

Siren Queen is a dazzling, fantastical depiction of pre-Code Hollywood, where magic and cinema intertwine and young starlets like our protagonist Luli Wei pay for their stardom in blood... literally.