Hi! Welcome to another episode of Top Ten Tuesday (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl). Today we’re going to talk about my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2019. I had to list one book that comes out in 2020, because I could only think of nine that come out between July and December (although I’m sure to find some new anticipated releases this week). I won’t be including books I’ve already read.
You don’t have to be a mind reader to figure out that my most anticipated release this year is Rebel by Marie Lu. I pre-ordered this book within an hour of the cover reveal. Legend is my favorite book series and is by far the series I’ve written the most fanfiction about (I recently started a fanfic that’s been going through my mind since last summer with mostly original characters that takes place between Wildcard and Legend). This book comes out on October 1st, and is competing with two other books I’ve pre-ordered for that day.
Since we’re talking about October 1st releases, another anticipated release is The End and Other Beginnings by Veronica Roth. Ms. Roth is my other autobuy author. This book features two short stories from the Carve the Mark universe, as well as the short story “Inertia” which was published earlier in Summer Days and Summer Nights and is a story I love. They’re making “Inertia” into a movie!
The final October 1st release I have pre-ordered is Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. Her Grisha Verse books and Six of Crows duology, which I read earlier this year, were amazing! I can’t believe that there are three amazing books coming out on the same day. Although I won’t be able to read them all the day they come out, I’ll be pretty busy that week. I might need to forego my usual Monday ARC review on October 6th because I’ll be busy reading these (unless I can read ahead).
I’m surprised that I haven’t posted a picture of The Queen of Nothing on this blog before, since I’ve been talking about it all year. At any rate, Matthew the Book Snake will appear on two books on my shelves this year. In addition to Leigh Bardugo’s book, he also appears on Holly Black’s The Queen of Nothing. This was originally supposed to come out in 2020 but was moved up. On the other hand, Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Gold was moved from November of this year until next March.
I just recently posted my review of Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett (I loved that book!). Shortly after that, I saw that she was publishing The Lady Rogue later this year. It’s coming out in September, but Netgalley was kind enough to approve me for an ARC, so I’ll probably read this in August (unless I get ahead in my ARC reading). This book has Vlad the Impaler’s magical ring in it!
Are dystopian books making a comeback? Let’s hope so! Joelle Charbonneau’s Verify is a story about a civilization where nobody can lie. It sounds interesting.
I’m going to really have to learn how to spell Guinevere, because I really want to read Kiersten White’s The Guinevere Deception, which comes out on November 5th! Let’s not pay attention to the fact that I’ve already bought two of her books that I haven’t read yet, I want this one too! One of her books is on my summer TBR, so I will be reading one of her books soon though.
When I saw Renée Ahdieh’s announcement that she was writing a book about vampires, I wasn’t really all that excited, even though I love the three books I’ve read from her already. But I had the chance to read the beginning of The Beautiful on Bookish first. I really liked what I read. Maybe I should add her to my autobuy author list?
The last late 2019 release that I’m really looking forward to is Color Outside the Lines. I was fortunate enough to have Edelweiss approve me to read a review copy (although it’s missing a couple of the stories).
The one 2020 release I’m including on this list is Cassandra Clare’s Chain of Gold, the first book in The Last Hours trilogy. It was originally supposed to be released this November, but it got pushed back to next March. I pre-ordered this on December 26th last year; right now that’s a record for me: I pre-ordered this book 14 months in advance. I know it’s going to be good though.
So those are my most anticipated releases for the second half of 2019 (and one for early 2020). I can’t wait to see all the books you’re looking forward to (as if my TBR needs help). Next week, we’re going to talk about books on my summer 2019 TBR.