V.E. Schwab, Christopher Paolini, Cory Doctorow and Brandon Sanderson all have new books being released this fall, and the Tor editorial team was on-hand to enthusiastically shill for them and many others during the Tor publishing panel, Calling All Book Lovers: A Sneak Peek at New Books from Tor, Tor Teen and Tor.com Publishing. The list of forthcoming books was long, glorious, and magical. Editors also offered a sneak peek at some of the titles earmarked for 2021.
The book that received some of the biggest buzz at Tor’s publishing panel was Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (October 6, 2020). Nearly a decade in the making, the book tells the story of Addie, a girl who makes a deal with the devil and whose life changes after she meets a boy in a bookstore. Editors likened the book as a classic in the vein of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.
Another title getting additional love from the panel was P. Djeli Clark’s Ring Shout (October 13, 2020). According to senior marketing director Renata Sweeney:
“The darkest thoughts from the darkest heart of America are made physical as the Klan’s plots to unleash hell on Earth. Enter Maryse, bootleg whiskey runner and her magic sword, fighting monsters called Ku Kluxes. Along with foul-mouthed, sharpshooter and a Harlem hellfighter, Maryse must save the world from the hate that would consume it.”
Here were the other titles announced for summer and fall:
- Unconquerable Sun, first book of The Sun Chronicles by Kate Elliot (July 7, 2020)
- Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (July 21, 2020)
- Deal With the Devil, first book of the Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha (July 28, 2020)
- Harrow the Ninth, second book of The Locked Tomb trilogy by Tamsyn Muir (August 4, 2020)
- The 30th anniversary edition of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time, with a new introduction by Brandon Sanderson (August 4, 2020)
- The Memory of Souls, the third book of A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons (August 25, 2020)
- To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (September 15, 2020). Tor will excerpt chapters of the book every week this summer.
- Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro (September 15, 2020)
- A Neon Darkness, the second book a The Bright Sessions series by Lauren Shippen (September 29, 2020)
- Burning Roses by S.L. Huang (September 29, 2020)
- A new paperback edition of Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (October 6, 2020)
- Attack Surfaces, the third book of the Little Brother series by Cory Doctorow (October 13, 2020)
- Rhythm of War, the fourth book of The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson (November 17, 2020)
The Tor publishing panel also included sneak peeks of six titles slated for 2021:
- Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
- Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
- A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
- The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
