#Upcoming Books

[whilereadingandwalking]

Introducing my top most anticipated reads of 2025! I skipped a couple I'm still reviewing, and the heavily hyped ones are at the end. I wanted to focus on books I'm psyched for that you may not have heard of! Anything catch your eye?

[godzilla-reads]

Jin is a stone lion, one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to protect the Sacred Sphere and watch over the humans. After a game of zuqiu, the hits the Sacred Sphere through the Gate and has to go through to the human realm to find it. In his journey he makes unlikely allies with a young girl and a worm who claims to be a dragon.

—The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon by Grace Lin

Coming out in May 2025 ❤️

[bookaddict24-7]

Beautiful Upcoming Books By Black Authors!

Ours by Phillip B. Williams

When I Think of You by Myah Ariel

The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams

Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen

Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver

Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

Not About A Boy by Myah Hollis

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

Brooklyn by Tracy Brown

In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran

Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson

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What other beautiful upcoming books by Black authors are you looking forward to in 2024? Which ones are your favourite?

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Happy reading!

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

✨ 2025 ANTICIPATED RELEASES ✨

QOTD: What 2025 releases are you excited for?

Here’s all the ones on my radar, though I’m sure I’ve forgot some too. Some I’m lucky to have ARCs for, others I am desperate to get my hands on.

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January

- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

- Motheater by Linda H Codega

- French Pressed Love by MC Hutson

- I am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

- I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

- The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre by Darcy Ash

- Enemies to Booksellers by Laura Catherine

- Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young

February

- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

- Fate of the Five by Niamh Rose

- Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

- Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

- Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

- The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

- The Prince’s Heart by Ben Chalfin

- Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

March

- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

- A Song for You and I by K O’Neil

- Emberclaw by LR Lam

- Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos

- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

- A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander

- Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch

- Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

- Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

- Pole Position by Rebecca J Caffery

- The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

April

- I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre

- The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett by @Lindz McLeod

- My Best Friend’s Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

- When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelly

- Once Upon You and Me by Timothy Janovsky

May

- The Vengeance by Emma Newman

- All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey by Kit Rosewater

- All-Nighter by Cecilia Vinesse

- Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake

- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

- Ascension by ST Gibson

June

- Vesuvius by Cass Biehn

- Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

- Amelia, if Only by Becky Albertalli

- Roll for Love by MK England

- Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race

- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July - December

- Tenderly I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone

- Hazelthorn by CG Drews

- Once a Villain by Vanessa Lem

- Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher

- The Forsaken and the Fated by Camilla Raines

- Empire of the Vampire 3 (as yet untitled) by Jay Kristoff

- Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis Hall

- Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne

[maverick-werewolf]

Werewolf Folklore Works Question

Those of you familiar with or curious about werewolf folklore: what stories are your favorites and/or which ones do you consider most foundational or important?

Or which ones have you not read that you would like to?

Currently compiling a collection of werewolf folklore works.

(note: they must be old enough to be public domain, so I am talking much older works than any current popular culture)

I already have a pretty long list of things to include (and obviously Bisclavret is on it, among many others), but I'm always open to additions.

[noroi1000]

Upcoming ff which you will see on my account

[contracat25]

May Booooks! Another absurd month in which there are way too many good books coming out! I'm really excited for a lot of these though Dragonfall and The Scandalous Letters of V and J might be the ones I'm most excited about. I've read a bit of V and J and it is such a good use of the formate and I'm always here for a well done queer historical fiction. I've heard amazing things about Yellowface soooo I'm stoked to read it (also the only book on the list that I don't think has queer rep, but I could be wrong). Oh also in the UK Bitterthorn is coming out, but I can't find a US release date so I'll just. wait for it (if anyone knows a way to get it in the US let me know). Oh and assaians, vampires, multiple dragons, magic and romance. Yeah it looks like a good month.

Any books that you are really excited about that I might have missed?

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam (2nd)

To Shape Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (9th)

Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko (May 30th)

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (16th)

Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic Edited by Haron Davis (16th)

The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin (16th)

Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza (May 30th)

Witch King by Martha Wells (30th)

Venom & Vow by Anna-marie Mclemore and Elliott McLemore (16th)

A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger (May 16th)

[beforeviolets]

2025 hopefuls

I was tagged by @libraryleopard to share some books I want to read in 2025! I decided to keep it to 2025 releases specifically because I couldn’t strike a good balance between new books, paperback releases, and my own TBR! and I love sharing my excitement for upcoming books that folks might not have on their radar yet. 📚✨

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The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez, an adult sapphic retelling of the myth of golem (I’ve actually had the pleasure of reading this one and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world.)

A Treachery of Swans by AB Poranek, a sapphic YA Swan Lake retelling!

The Sea Eternal by Emery Robin, the sequel to one of my favorite books and a queer scifi retelling of Antony and Cleopatra (the first one was Julius Caesar!)

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling, adult medieval horror with sapphic bacchanalia.

The Sacred Space between by Kalie Reid, an adult gothic romantasy by a dear friend!!

Hazelthorn by CG Drews, I still need to read his other one but I saw AJW and Shirley Jackson as comps so I will be there.

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri, a sapphic fantasy with knights and witches and reincarnation comped to The Green Knight and The Starless Sea (I nearly pass out from excitement every time I think about this one for real. I’m taking deep breaths rn.)

Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark, if R&J were cursed sapphic artificers, so yeah i’m there. (also shout out to the Ambessa book, I’m also SO hyped for that.)

The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino, an epic fantasy comped to Gideon the Ninth and Six Deaths of the Saint.]

This is the year of devastating knight romances and reincarnation and I genuinely could NOT be happier about it.

tagging: @haliespages @caitsbooks @etherealacademia @yaboywillyshakes @hayniacstuck / anyone else who wants to make one! just tag me cuz i’d love to see your anticipated reads :)

[minutiaewriter]

Hera: To Touch the Heavens coming Spring 2024

[ladzwriting]

New series announcement coming this Wednesday, with preorder links!

If you like:

Inspiration taken from early 20th century Russian history (not entirely Romanovs, but not not Romanovs; more Rasputin and the Bolsheviks than anything)

Queers behaving poorly

Villain protagonists

Vampires

Hot DILFs

Political fantasy

Gothic horror

Stay tuned!

[turiyatitta]

I’ve just completed the final rough draft of my untitled book and will be meeting with my editor, Nathalie Delorme, today to discuss the project’s vision and begin the editing process.

[toribookworm22]

Book 2 Content

Reprogrammed - Book 2 of The Animatronic Saga comes out in 3 weeks!

That being said, what promotional content would you like to see first?

By the way, most of these will probably be done anyway, before, during, or after the book's release. I am just indecisive and also love getting readers' & possible readers' input.

Love you guys! ♥️

[godzilla-reads]

Last night I was so honored and felt so grateful to be gifted a copy of Grace Lin’s upcoming book “The Gate, The Girl, and the Dragon”, which will be released in May of 2025 BUT you can preorder it already!

Even though I have an ARC of this, I’ll be jumping on the preorder train because so far it’s such a great story and I’d love to own an official copy of it!

[bensbooks]

Upcoming in 2024: Lockjaw

Chuck Warren died tragically at the old abandoned mill, but Paz Espino knows it was no accident — there's a monster under the town, and she's determined to kill it before anyone else gets hurt. She'll need the help of her crew — inseparable friends, bound by a childhood pact stronger than diamonds, distance or death — to hunt it down. But she's up against a greater force of evil than she ever could have imagined.

Lockjaw is a queer young adult horror, set for release June 4!

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