At a glance
An ARC gives reviewers and other early readers access to a forthcoming book. The term describes its advance availability, not a particular genre.
In reader conversations
“I read an ARC; the book releases next month.”
Reader shorthand
ARC
Advance reader copy
A copy distributed before publication, commonly for review.
Meet Winn and Lark.
Winn can feel everyone’s emotions. Lark gives her nothing. On a Texas ranch with monsters beneath the house, that silence might be the most dangerous thing she’s found.