5 2026 Releases we can’t wait for!
Cleopatra - Saara El-Arifi
When: 26th February 2026
Hardback – £18.99
From the author of Faebound comes a new retelling of Egypt’s iconic Queen Cleopatra.
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
Limited Collector’s Edition featuring foiled board design and designed endpapers available to the first print run only whilst supplies last.
Order you copy or read more about Cleopatra here.
Wolf Worm – T. Kingfisher
When: 26th March 2026
Hardback – £22.00
T. Kingfisher is a firm favourite here at the Imaginarium whether it be their fantasy or their horror books (we have plenty of both on our shelves!)
Set in 1899 North Carolina, Wolf Worm promises a creepy woodland setting surrounding Sonia Wilson, a scientific illustrator hired by the reclusive Dr. Halder to illustrate his extensive collection of insects – but mysterious whispers and the animals acting strangely soon leave Sonia making disturbing discoveries.
Children of Strife - Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time #4).
When: 26th March 2026
Hardback – £25.00
They thought they’d found refuge. But this paradise became their prison.
Years later, tormented scientist Alis is among the crew of the research vessel that rediscovers this lost outpost. But Alis wakes from nightmares of her own making to an all-too-real catastrophe on board.
Find out more and pre-order your copy here.
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Daughter of Crows - Mark Lawrence
When: 26th March 2026
Hardback – £18.99
Mark Lawrence’s The Book That Wouldn’y Burn remains a popular book club pick here at the Imaginarium. Daughter of Crows is the first in his next Grimdark trilogy…
The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies – The Kindly Ones – against whom even the gods hesitate to stand.
Each year one hundred girls are sold to the Academy. Ten years later only three emerge. The Academy’s halls run with blood.
The few who survive its decade-long nightmare have been forged on the sands of the Wound Garden. They have learned ancient secrets amid the necrotic fumes of the Bone Garden. They leave its gates as avatars of vengeance, bound to uphold the oldest of laws.
This one is sure to be a hit! Reserve your copy early.
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Light Wielder – (Signed) - Rachel Schneider
When: 6th June 2026
Hardback – £22.00
The much-anticipated sequel to Metal Slinger, the TikTok viral romantasy sensation!
Limited SIGNED copies available.
Head here to have a look at the other pre-orders we have listed on our website!
