79 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in May

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Martha Wells’ disgruntled, self-aware AI robot is back for more adventures this month with Platform Decay—plus the legendary Alan Moore drops the second entry in his Long London Series, I Hear a New World. Beyond that, May seems to be especially heavy on romantasy releases—the perfect genre as the weather heats up—so you’re in luck if you dig magical attractions, enemies-to-lovers, and quirky spellcraft. “In this gripping, moving, and genre-blending speculative debut, the world is unraveling from an epidemic of human vanishing. Two rookie agents from the Bureau of Depopulation Affairs are dispatched to small-town Kansas to investigate a woman who claims to have returned from Spontaneous Human Absence, offering answers that could change everything.” (May 5) “A twisty, searing, conversation-starting novel about a filmmaker-turned-housewife who moves into her dream house and is forced to consider whether it’s the house or herself that is haunted.” (May 5) “Elena and Raphael return for the hauntingly poignant conclus