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QSFer Emily Carrington has a new MM paranormal book out: Para Schooled Trilogy Box Set.

In every relationship, there’s always a choice. Choosing wrong may cost these heroes everything.

Werewolf’s Choice (Para Schooled 1)

Werewolf society has little tolerance for a lone wolf like Don, a man with a complicated past. It’s hard for him to ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-para-schooled-emily-carrington/

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New review: Complementing other recent books on the Challenger expedition, The Wake of HMS Challenger brings a focus all of its own to the subject and firmly stands on its own two feet as a thoroughly enjoyable work of science history.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/03/31/book-review-the-wake-of-hms-challenger-how-a-legendary-victorian-voyage-tells-the-story-of-our-oceans-decline/

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This week's at the library: An eclectic trio!
- Just in time for my review of The Wake of HMS Challenger, I found a second-hand copy of At Sea with the Scientifics from the University of Hawaii Press, which collects Joseph Matkin's letters home.
- Look what you made me do, Jordan Sorcery! I tracked down a very affordable copy of Jack Yeovil's Krokodil Tears in his Dark Future series.
- One more book from my employer's January sale: and Human Evolution from Belknap Press.

A photo of three books standing on a small, brown, wooden table. The out-of-focus background shows black shelves full of books. On the left, At Sea with the Scientifics, showing a hardback with a black-and-white engraving of several sailors on the deck of a hybrid sailing / steaming ship (HMS Challenger to be exact). In the middle, Krokodil Tears, showing a small red paperback with a colour illustration of a woman in a steampunk-esque outfit of orange boots with spikes, yellow-and-black striped panties, short red trousers and a red top, a huge golden pauldron on her shoulder, a gun in her right hand, and a very large fluffy white hat that looks like a Russian ushanka. She is facing away but looking back at the viewer over her left shoulder. Her picture is framed by a concrete-grey gothic frame studded with skulls, eagles, and bolts. On the right, Chimpanzees and Human Evolution, showing a white hardback with the x-ray images of a chimpanzee and human skeleton walking across the cover from left to right.

I just finished Gone Girl after finding it in the thriftstore last year and remembering seeing the movie long ago and thinking it was good 🤔

Thrillers aren't usually my cup of tea but this one is really good 4,25/5 stars 😁

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Cover of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl

QSFer A. Williams has a new MM paranormal book out: The Wolf’s Werewolf.

Nikolas

I was bitten by a werewolf one night, but didn’t realize it until one month later when I became one myself. I woke up the morning after with my clothes in shreds to a wrecked apartment. Is there a cure? ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-the-wolfs-werewolf-a-williams/

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Beáta reviews "Under False Colors" by Sheila Jenné, Imperial Mars book 3:

"I am a big fan of Sheila Jenné’s work. I genuinely consider her one of my favorite contemporary science fiction authors, and one of my favorite contemporary authors in general... my expectations were quite high. I was not disappointed."

https://www.queerscifi.com/review-under-false-colors-sheila-jenne/

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QSFer Andy Gallo has a new MM paranormal romance out: Winged Destiny.

He’s the angelic PI who works alone. He’s the legendary warrior who vanished for seventy years. Together they’re the only thing standing between Earth and annihilation.

When a series of impossible energy surges lights up rural Minnesota, Archangel Michael drags private ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-winged-destiny-andy-gallo/

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I read Soulless: The Complete Omnibus by Gail Carriger & Rem. It’s the manga adaptation of Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate steampunk paranormal romance series, and it’s delightful.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8459217954

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The Cover of Soulless: The Complete Omnibus.

Read THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee if you love incredible world building, middle aged heroines with bad knees, space colonies, ubiquitous corporate culture, contract killers, terraforming, sacrifices, murder mysteries, intense hierarchies & social contracts, desperation & fresh eggs.

I received an advance copy of this book for review from the publisher.

The expected publication date is May 5, 2026.

The book cover of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO by Fonda Lee.

QSFer Rebecca Cohen has a new MM paranormal book out, Dark earls book 4: Interception.

A dragon trapped by his own mistakes. An elf who never meant to become his safe place.

Dorian Marsten is a dragon shifter, a Hollywood legend, and very good at mistaking desire for love. When his long-time lover and manager ...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-interception-rebecca-cohen/

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Kristi reviews "The Measurement Problem" by David Whitmarsh:

"Set in a near-ish future in which not only is there mass migration in London due to the rising sea... I devoured the story in two days, and imagery from it still haunts me. I’m so grateful to feel so inspired while writing this review. Thanks to Whitmarsh for his ideas and thoughtful narrative."

https://www.limfic.com/2026/03/19/review-the-measurement-problem-david-whitmarsh/

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