While the general most anticipated list was based on the number of Goodreads users adding titles to their Want to Read shelf as well as early user reviews, these genre lists are a “curated selection” that includes sequels from buzzy series, new releases from beloved speculative fiction authors, and exciting debuts.

There are 93 books on the full list, but here are some of the most exciting new releases included.

Fall Fantasy

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

The Strength of the Few by James Islington

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon

Thief of Night by Holly Black

Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree

Queen Demon by Martha Wells

An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole

The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong

When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee

The Sovereign by C.L. Clark

A Ruin, Great and Free by Cadwell Turnbull

Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher

Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

Fall Science Fiction

These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma

Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi

Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo

Fall Horror

We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad

What Hunger by Catherine Dang

Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake

Play Nice by Rachel Harrison

The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas

Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin

Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories by Bora Chung

Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama

Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

Fiend by Alma Katsu

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey

The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ran