Welcome friend! Today, we are sharing our most anticipated books for the remaining year. Since this post covers 4 months, I have organized it by genre. You will find Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Non-Fiction and Horror upcoming releases here. Many thanks to the WriteHive community for contributing their anticipated titles too.
Anticipated Books: Fiction
The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar
September 26, 2023
An immersive story about family secrets and the power of forgiveness from the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club pick Honor
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
A Winter’s Rhime by Carol Dunbar
September 12, 2023
A harrowing and emotional novel set in rural Wisconsin― A Winter’s Rime explores the impact of generational trauma, and one woman’s journey to find peace and healing from the violence of her past.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
October 10, 2023, Post-Apocalyptic Story
The much anticipated sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow (see book discussion):
When the world goes dark, how will you survive?
Twelve years have passed since a widespread blackout triggered the rapid collapse of society, when the constants of the old world—cell service, landlines, satellite and internet—disappeared.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads and add to your TBR.
The Way I Am Now by Amber Smith
YA
November 7, 2023
Eden and Josh decide to give their relationship another chance in this much anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Way I Used to Be that explores how to move forward after trauma—in life and in love. I was so excited to get this in the mail last week! I read The Way I Used to Be in one day and I am very much looking forward to devouring this one too. Read review here.
Check out this book on Goodreads.
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally
RegencyMystery
November 14, 2023
Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin. This is one of the few contemporary published regency novels that I have found immersive and loved.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads
Anticipated Books: Science Fiction
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Banu
October 3, 2023
Shantiport was supposed to be a gateway to the stars. But the city is sinking, and its colonist rulers aren’t helping anyone but themselves. A story featuring the daughter of a daughter of failed revolutionaries and her small monkey bot brother, Ariel and I are buddy reading this one next.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
October 17, 2023
A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones of a genocide. A carefully hidden secret that could collapse worlds, hunted by three women with secrets of their own. All collide in this twisty, explosive space opera debut, perfect for readers of Arkady Martine and Kameron Hurley.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Yours for the taking by Gabrielle Korn
December 5, 2023
The year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what’s left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it’s hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won’t be safe outside at all. The only people guaranteed survival are the ones whose applications are accepted to The Inside Project, a series of weather-safe, city-sized structures around the world.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
System Collapse by Martha Wells
November 14, 2023
The million-copy, New York Times bestselling Murderbot series is back in another full-length novel adventure!
Am I making it worse? I think I’m making it worse.
Everyone’s favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads. If you haven’t read the The Murderbot Diaries yet, All Systems Red is the place to start and this is a great time to dive in. Review of the first book is here.
To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair
December 5, 2023
TO SPY A STAR : a fast, fun, and furiously entertaining standalone Agent Renault spy-fi adventure.
One star can break a galaxy.
Agent Renault plays cloak and dagger against her most formidable opponent yet – a ruthless and cunning expert at cards and more deadly arts besides. Aided by her eccentric agency team and armed with state-of-the-art gadgets, she crosses the galaxy on a quest to bring down her elusive foe.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Yours Celestially by Al Hess
Cozy Romance
November 2, 2023
After divorce, death, and having his reformatted soul uploaded into a new body, Sasha expected resurrection to be a fresh start. His time spent in digital Limbo with the program’s cheeky AI guardian angel, Metatron, was cathartic, but what good is a second life when he only sees his daughter on the weekends, he has all the same problems he had before he died, and he can’t seem to shake the ache for the married life he lost?
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Anticipated Books: Fantasy
The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
September 26, 2023
The first book in a wildly inventive and mesmerizing new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft where magical mysteries abound and only one team can solve The Hexologists.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
October 3, 2023
Kylie Lee Baker has become a must-read author for me ever since I loved The Keeper of Night duology. On an interview with me, Kylie described this book as follows: “It’s a historical fantasy set in an alternate Tang Dynasty, China, where alchemists have created an elixir of eternal youth that only the rich can afford. A poor girl dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, and the closer she gets to her goal, the more she finds herself tangled in all the secrets of the palace.”
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini
November 7, 2023
Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy!
Learn more about the book on Goodreads. I am hoping to reread the series to get a refresher but let’s see!
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
November 7, 2023
When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn’t always what we seek.
In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, New York Times bestselling author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads. Read what Ariel and I had to say about Legends and Lattes here.
The Stars and the Stage by D.N. Bryn
Urban Fantasy
September 15, 2023
Explore the wider world of the Guides for Dating Vampires series with this standalone novella set in Los Angles in the 90s, where a fiery sub/dom second chance romance blooms between the transmasc-NB/M couple.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
The Reanimator’s Soul by Kara Jorgensen
Historica Fantasy
October 24, 2023
An autistic necromancer, his undead lover, and the case that could destroy everything.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Wings So Soft by Dan Fitzgerald
Fantasy Romance
October 15, 2023
Can love bloom in war’s darkest hour?
Mara and her owl work surveillance to keep Kuppham safe, but the news on the Stream is grim. The humans are coming, and she and her owl will soon be in the line of fire. Her once-vibrant city is a ghost town, with little to distract her as she waits for the skin-covered hordes to overrun the Maer capital.
Until one day, this timid little artificer wanders into the aerie, asking to watch her owl land over and over.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads. This is my third book where Dan gave me the opportunity to create and share art featured inside the book.
Firebound by Vanessa Ricci-Thode
November 21, 2023
For the first time in her life, Spark has friends and has cobbled together something that’s starting to look like a family in her new home under the dragon city. But she’s never felt more alone. Or under more pressure. It’s only a matter of time before Loch and the ice dragons take revenge and attack the dragon city again. Spark throws herself into spellcraft as the dragons’ only hope. But there’s no way she can do it alone. And then there’s the matter of having mere days to rescue a stolen dragon egg. In order to save the dragons, she needs her mother and her grandmother at her side.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
November 28, 2023
Infatuation. Reincarnation. Damnation.
Gem Echols is a nonbinary Seminole teen living in the tiny town of Gracie, Georgia. Known for being their peers’ queer awakening, Gem leans hard on charm to disguise the anxious mess they are beneath. The only person privy to their authentic self is another trans kid, Enzo, who’s a thousand long, painful miles away in Brooklyn.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Anticipated Books: Horror
The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers
November 14, 2023
From the author of A Witch in Time (a book me and my father in law enjoyed, see review) comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal mystery and magic of film, set in 1968 and 2015.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes
December 5, 2023
An eerie, atmospheric Polar Gothic following a Victorian explorer in search of his lost shipmate and his own redemption—from the author of the “vivid, immersive” (The Guardian) horror novel All the White Spaces.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens by Raul Palma
October 3, 2023
A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens explores the weight of the devil’s bargain, following the lengths one man will go to for the promise of freedom.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
Anticipated Books: Non-Fiction
The Future of Us: The Science of What We’ll Eat, Where We’ll Live, and Who We’ll Be by Jay Ingram
September 26, 2023
A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we’ll live, how we’ll look, and who we’ll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads. Stay tuned for an excerpt on publication date! I am thrilled to collaborate with S&S on this. 🙂
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes
September 19, 2023
A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women’s sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist.
For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college, and professionally, has risen dramatically. In Fair Play, award-winning journalist Katie Barnes traces the evolution of women’s sports as a pastime and a political arena, where equality and fairness have been fought over for generations.
Learn more about the book on Goodreads.
What all did you add to your TBR? Tell us in the comments! 🙂
We get so many review copies and add numerous books to our TBRs on the personal front too so I want to know which reviews we can bring you to help your TBR.
If you have your own anticipated books for this year, tell us what they are!
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