Just sharing some of the Waterstones Exclusive editions being talked about this week!

The Knave and the Moon - Rachel Gillig

• Release date: 1st September 2026
• Price: 25 GBP

Tempest - Victoria Aveyard

• Release date: 8th September 2026
• Price: 25 GBP

The Wicked Powers: The Last King of Faerie - Cassandra Clare

• Release date: 3rd November 2026
• Price: 20 GBP

The Wolf Queen - Lauren Palphreyman

• Release date: 17th November 2026
• Price: 22 GBP

Merciful is the Dark - Sophie Clark

• Release date: 28th January 2027
• Price: 16.99 GBP

Which ones are you pre-ordering??

No way I can be calm and write a casual caption with sale info lol I’m freaking out that IC just announced the Liveship Traders details! YALL IM SO HYPE LOL

Ok I will be calm and give you all the details you need to know now

Cost: 90 GBP
Shipping: October

Preorder for fantasy subs, silver/gold rewards members, and previous buyers (including reprint orders) of the Farseer trilogy: 14 July with details being sent out via email on 8 July

General sale: 16 July at 3pm BST

Ok, calmness over. Who is freaking out with me and getting this set?!

It’s Shelfie Saturday!

I recently rearranged my bookshelves and I used to have all these books along one line across all my shelves.

But I decided to contain them on one bookcase and I’ve tried to do a colour gradient thing.

I’ve taken out a lot of books that I’m going to be selling so now I don’t know if it just looks weird because I don’t have so many anymore?

Please share pictures of your bookshelves for me so I can get some ideas! 😩🙏🏼

Illumicrate Post

We're thrilled to announce, in collaboration with Alix E. Harrow (@alix.e.harrow) and Pan Macmillan (@panmacmillan), our Illumicrate Exclusive edition of The Everlasting!

Rich and lyrical, The Everlasting follows a historian investigating the legendary tale of a lady-knight. We're massive fans of Alix's works and are delighted to share this edition!

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:
• An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @r.a_marsh; design by @chattynora)
• Full colour artwork on the hardback with foil details (art by @svetlana.molodchenko)
• Digitally printed fore-edge (by @r.a_marsh); block-sprayed top & bottom
• Endpaper artwork; different front and back (by @emiscape)
• Bonus content
• Hand signed by the author

Please note, this is a digital mock-up and finished copies may differ slightly.

Pricing:
UK: It is priced at £25 + shipping (and VAT if applicable).
US: It is priced at $35 + shipping (and tax if applicable).

Shipping:
This comes under our 'Book only' shipping category. Our shipping rates can be viewed at: illumicrate.com/pages/ shipping-rates (UK/INT) + us.illumicrate.com/pages/shipping-rates (US/CAN).
It is expected to ship in September/October.

Sale Information:
UK: General Sale begins 2 July at 3pm BST
US: General Sale begins 2 July at 10am ET

We will be holding a presale on 30 June for active Illumicrate fantasy (box/book-only) subscribers, as well as Silver/Gold Illumicrate Reward holders. An email with presale details will be sent out on 24 June.

This edition will be for sale on our UK/INT and US/CAN websites, and will ship internationally from the UK and the US.

Presale for Mortedant's Peril by RJ Barker starts this weekend, here’s everything you need to know

T1 Fantasy Presale - May 1st at 12PM BST, 23£
T2 Fantasy/SFF Presale - May 2nd at 12PM BST, 23£
General Sale - May 3rd at 12PM BST, 25£

There will be a Bolt On option available for this edition and shipping is estimated for June!

Specs:
- Signed, Head & Tail Bands, Royal Hardback
- New Cover Art by u/kerbyrosanes
- Typography by u/jeffbrown_graphics
- PLC Boards by u/tom_parker_illustration
- Illustrated Endpapers by u/danilluzin
- Digital Fore-Edge by u/kerbyrosanes

If anyone wanted, I do have a code with tbb GYMJEN - I'm holding a giveaway🎉 for anyone who uses it, you can message me here or on IG jenreadsfantasy for details on that. No pressure at all obviously! I appreciate anyone who does decide to use my code for this or anything else in the future

FS is releasing 1000 Limited Editions of A Game of Thrones that are signed!

July 14th at 4pm BST, more details to come

Original artwork by Jonathan Burton, introduction by Joe Abercrombie, dragon leather binding, clamshell box and a limitation label blocked in real gold

What is everyone thinking about this edition? Any ASOIAF fans?

TBB has alot of amazing books dropping this month, so we wanted to put together a list for everything happening in May!

• May 15: The Dragon's Blade Trilogy Anniversary Sets
  • T1 Presale - May 15 12pm BST
  • T2 + SFF Presale - May 16 12pm BST
  • General Sale - May 17 12pm BST
  • Cost: 120 GBP
  • Shipping: TBD
  • signed, silver gilded edges, acid free paper, sewn binding, litho print, head and tail bands
• May 22: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep
  • T1 Presale - May 22 12pm BST
  • T2 + SFF Presale - May 23 12pm BST
  • General Sale - May 24 12pm BST
  • Cost: Presale - 24 GBP, General Sale - 26 GBP
  • Shipping: July
  • signed, digital edges, head and tail bands
• May 27: The Riftwar Saga Leftover Sale
  • May 27 2pm BST
  • Cost: T1 Sets - 120 GBP, T2 Sets - 100 GBP
  • Shipping: June/July
  • 📍 Dragon's Hoard
• May 29: Lonesome Dove
  • T1 Presale - May 29 12pm BST
  • T2 + SFF Presale - May 30 12pm BST
  • Interest List - May 31 12pm BST
  • General Sale - June 1 12pm BST
  • Cost: 35 GBP
  • Shipping: August
  • gilded edges, sewn binding, acid free paper, head and tail bands

If anything gets announced for sale in May, we will update this post so save it for later so you can reference it! I'm definitely getting Lonesome Dove and I'm thinking about a couple others. Is anyone picking anything up this month?

General sale is up for anyone who needs it. Secured mine! I’ve heard this is another book box’s pick and I’m wondering what that one will look like and if I’ll need to find that one too 🤣

TBB has added in a presale date for people who signed up for their interest list!

General sale is now on June 1st with the interest list sign up on May 31st

This week's theme for Mod Rec Monday is *in stock/preorder* books that have some of our favorite dust jacket designs!

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• Grim Oak Press - The Summer Dragon
  • I wish I had something profound to say. I do not. I just freaking love dragons lmao tbh I'm not even sure if this is the final art for the dust jacket or if this is a placeholder, but I'm actually so convinced that even if it's not, that I will love it
  • Second point - I. LOVE. DRAGONS. and Grim Oak Press lol
  • The simplicity, the color way, and the style are just something that calls out to me. I prefer a more simplistic or minimalistic design when it's done right and I'm loving this so let's cross our fingers this is the final design. If anyone knows, feel free to tell me in the comments and make my week lol
• Illumicrate - Farseer trilogy
  • UK link / US link
  • Realm of the Elderlings is one of the greatest series of all time so if you haven't started it, please start it now lmao the character work is truly unmatched, you'll find no one better than Robin Hobb.
  • I love the artwork of these editions as a whole, from the dust jacket to naked hardcover to end papers to sprayed edges. But the dust jackets capture the energy of Buckkeep so well and I just love the style of art for these books.
  • This is currently on preorder, closing at the end of the month. We have a post with all the details on our page that you can search for if you need the details!
  • EDIT: they just announce Liveship traders! The post is on our page!

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• When the Moon Hatched deluxe edition
  • The art on this dust jacket is from the same artist who did all the chapter artwork in the books (Alice Cao). When I found out we were getting this edition, I was SO excited because I really love the interior art.
  • What I also love about this edition is that even though it’s a deluxe edition, it’s still so widely available so everyone has the chance to buy it and not get completely scalped by resellers. Now is the perfect time to buy this one too if you haven’t already, because it will give you time to read it ready for the sequel, The Ballad of Falling Dragons, which is being released on May 19th!
• Wraithmarked - Blood Over Bright Haven and Sword of Kaigen
  • BOBH was my top read of 2025 and I knew before I even read it that it would be, which is why I ordered this Wraithmarked edition last April even though I didn’t read it until a month after. I was even more excited that I had the option to add on The Sword of Kaigen which was also one of my top reads of 2025, and the main reason I knew I would love BOBH.
  • This is probably the longest I’ve waited for a special edition, but when I see the regular updates in my emails from Bryce, I just know it’s going to be worth it. The attention to detail, design, quality, everything that’s going into this project is on a whole other level, and I’m super excited for the day I’ll finally have these books in my (probably gloved) hands!

If there are any specific themes you want to see from mod rec Monday, let us know in the comments! We have plans to do favorite naked hardcover, favorite edges, etc so those are all on the way. But if you have anything you're curious about in terms of our favorites or our takes, we'd love to hear it! And if we influenced you in any way, let us know too lol

May 22nd
250 USD

Digitally signed copies will be available for preorder. This is the reverse dust jacket cover reveal for books 1-3

Did you see this teaser that The Broken Binding shared for the July Sci-Fi & Fantasy sub?

Let us know what book you think it could be in the comments! (Don’t forget to use spoiler tags!)

Waterstones have finally shared their exclusive edition for Tempest by Victoria Aveyard and I’M IN LOVE 😍

What do you all think? Are you ordering it??

Here’s the link if you need it ❤️ - make sure it says Exclusive Edition when you click as they haven’t put the picture up on the site yet!

What do you think of this design? 👀

Steelborn by Taylor J. LaRue
Release date: 30th July 2026
Price: 20GBP

Hey all, do we know if After Dark will be putting their Credence edition on their overstock/vault page? I heard that they are but I haven’t seen any confirmation. Thank you!!