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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

As You Wake, Break the Shell: A Novel
The Elsewhere Express
Engines of Reason
Exit Party
Honeysuckle
The Poet Empress
Ruins
The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale
Verity Guild
Hneite

Hneite

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Weesam

Weesam

The Caretaker
The Many
A River From the Sky
Ruins
We Dance Upon Demons
7
6
5
4
3
2
1