


Where It Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon In solidarity with the striking HarperCollins workers, I’m not featuring Harper titles in this month’s roundup. And Angry Robot Books follows up on its commitment to publishing more Black voices with a sparkling Afrofuturistic debut. Plus, it’s your chance to read the Booker-shortlisted South Korean collection of surreal stories you’ve likely heard about. In a nice twist, the end of the year is seeing a lot of beginnings: Two established fantasy authors (Michael Moorcock and Mercedes Lackey) have new prequels out, broadening the scope of their already vast magical worlds by following the people who founded them. December is a bit light on new SFF, but I like to think that it gives you the opportunity to add one or two new books on top of your already teetering TBR stack, as you settle in to catch up on the year’s best books over the approaching holidays.
