#Upcoming Releases 2025

[ulkaralakbarova]

Watch Trailer for Drop – A Gripping Thriller That Takes First Dates to Terrifying Heights

Drop takes the nerve-wracking tension of a first date and amps it up with a sinister twist that will leave audiences on the edge of their seats. Directed by Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky), this heart-pounding thriller follows a group of unsuspecting individuals as their ordinary evening spirals into chaos. When an unseen, unnamed troll begins targeting them with personal memes that…

[aroaessidhe]

tagged by @remnantglow - books I want to read in 2025!

man I really haven't been keeping track of upcoming books much and I just pick backlist reads based on vibes/library availability so this is truly first-thing-that-comes-to-mind lol

The River Has Roots (ended up reading this at the end of 2024 lol)

Yoke of Stars

That Devil Ambition

Hammajang Luck

Power to Yield And Other Stories (PTY is free online, haven't read the rest)

Motheater

Forever Red

Private Rites

The Maiden And Her Monster

tagging @thereadingchallengechallenge @profiterole-reads @wearethekat @libraryleopard @lexreadsdiversely / anyone who wants etc etc!

[laurabenanti]

Guys, I am trying to expand my media horizons and watch one new movie a week this year. Please drop your suggestions in the replies below 🙏

[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?

[ninja-muse]

2025 Release TBR

🏳️‍���� - queer MC     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC 📘 - have an ARC bold - new added

The Songbird - Stacy Lynn Miller (historical fiction) - January 7

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear - Seanan McGuire (fantasy) - January 7

Rebellious Grace - Jeri Westerson (historical mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - January 7

The Betrayal of Thomas True - A.J. West (historical mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - January 14

An African History of Africa - Zeinab Badawi (history) ⭐️ - January 14

Haunting and Homicide - Ava Burke (cozy mystery/urban fantasy) - January 21

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales - Heather Fawcett (fantasy) 🇨🇦 - February 11

Upon a Starlit Tide - Kell Woods (fantasy) - February 18

Wooing the Witch Queen - Stephanie Burgis (romantasy) - February 18

Greenteeth - Molly O’Neill (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - February 25

The Amber Owl - Juliet Marillier (fantasy) - February 25

Once Was Willem - M.R. Carey (historical fantasy) - March 4

The Boxcar Librarian - Brianna Labuskes (historical fiction) - March 4

May Contain Murder - Orlando Murrin (cozy mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

The Tomb of Dragons - Katherine Addison (fantasy/mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

Installment Immortality - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - March 11

The Duke at Hazard - KJ Charles (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

Malinalli - Veronica Chapa (historical fiction) ⭐️ 📘- March 11

Alterations - Kate Maruyama (historical fiction) ⭐️ - March 11

What Wakes the Bells - Elle Tesch (YA fantasy) 🇨🇦 - March 11

A Gentleman's Gentleman - TJ Alexander (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 11

Love and Other Paradoxes - Catriona Silvey (time travel/romance) 📘- March 11 NDF

The Hymn to Dionysus - Natasha Pulley (fantasy/retelling) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 18

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - Stephan Graham Jones (horror)⭐️📘 - March 18

The Mesopotamian Riddle - Joshua Hammer (history) - March 18

Aunt Tigress - Emily Yu-Xuan Qin (contemporary fantasy) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 - March 25

Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite (cozy science fiction/mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 18

The Chow Maniac - Vivien Chien (cozy mystery) ⭐️ - April 1

Direct Descendant - Tanya Huff (cozy fantasy/horror) 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 - April 1

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) - Jesse Q. Sutanto (cozy mystery) ⭐️ - April 1

The Ashfire King - Chelsea Abdullah (fantasy) ⭐️ - April 15

Saga, Vol. 12 - Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (graphic science fiction) 🇨🇦 - April 15

Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry (contemporary romance) - April 22

The Lilac People - Milo Todd (historical fiction) 🏳️‍🌈 - April 29

Overgrowth - Mira Grant (science fiction/horror) - May 6

Austen at Sea - Natalie Jenner (historical fiction) 🇨🇦 📘- May 6

The Country Under Heaven - Frederic S. Durbin (weird western) - May 13

Strange New World - Vivian Shaw (urban fantasy) - May 20

Baking Across America - B. Dylan Hollis (cookbook) 🏳️‍🌈 - May 20

Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Except Me) - Django Wexler (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - May 27

The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association - Caitlin Rozakis (comic fantasy) - May 27

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab (horror/fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - June 10

Amelia if Only - Becky Albertalli (YA contemporary romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - June 10

The Mercy Makers - Tessa Gratton (fantasy) - June 17

A Far Better Thing - H.G. Parry (historical fantasy) - June 17

The Rushworth Family Plot - Claudia Gray (historical mystery) - June 17

Stone and Sky - Ben Aaronovitch (urban fantasy) ⭐️ - July 8

The Frozen People - Elly Griffiths (science fiction/mystery) - July 8

Algospeak - Adam Aleksic (linguistics) - July 15

Mayhem at a Halloween Wedding - Emmeline Duncan (cozy mystery) - July 29

Automatic Noodle - Annalee Newitz (cozy science fiction) - August 5

The Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar (fantasy) - August 5

Hemlock and Silver - T. Kingfisher (fantasy) - August 19

Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance - Jane Harrington (biography) 📘 - August 19

Katabasis - R.F. Kuang (dark academia/fantasy) - August 26

Boudicca’s Daughter - Elodie Harper (historical fiction) - August 28

Hot Wax - M.L. Rio (fiction) 📘🏳️‍🌈- September 9

The Haunting of William Thorn - Ben Alderton (gothic horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 9

A Tangle in Time - Josiah Bancroft (steampunk/mystery) - September 9

Lady Like - Mackenzi Lee (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈- September 9

The Summer War - Naomi Novik (fantasy) - September 16

Audition for the Fox - Martin Cahill (fantasy) - September 16

Replaceable You - Mary Roach (science) - September 16

Ladies in Hating - Alexandra Vasti (historical romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 25

The Gnomes of Lychford - Paul Cornell (contemporary fantasy) - September 25

What Stalks the Deep - T. Kingfisher (horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - September 30

Silver and Lead - Seanan McGuire (urban fantasy) - September 30

Cinder House - Freya Marske (horror/retelling) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 7

The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake - Devin Elle Kurtz (cozy fantasy/picture book) - October 7

He’s So Possessed With Me - Corey Liu (YA horror) 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 - October 14

Kill the Beast - Serra Swift (fantasy) - October 14

Dead & Breakfast - Kat Hillis and Rosiee Thor (cozy mystery) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 14

The Isle in the Silver Sea - Tasha Suri (romantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 21

The Everlasting - Alix E. Harrow (fantasy) - October 25

The Keeper of Magical Things - Julie Leong (cozy fantasy) ⭐️ - November 4

The Great Work - Sheldon Costa (horror) - November 4

Brigands and Breadknives - Travis Baldree (cozy fantasy) - November 11

Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot - Alexis Hall (contemporary romance) 🏳️‍🌈 - December 9

[lessnearthesun]

Thank you @mistressaccost for the tag 🫶 here’s 9 books I want to read in 2025!

Also: bonus mention to Hot Wax by ML Rio, which is set to come out in 2025 but doesn’t yet have an actual release date or cover <3

No pressure tags: @no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist @cream-and-tea @livvyofthelake @barnbridges @cam1lla and anyone else who wants to <3

[pagesandpothos]

Upcoming Book Spotlight: The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide

There are so many exciting book releases coming in 2025! Since there are so many that it's difficult to keep track of, I decided to start a series highlighting some that I think readers should be excited about.

These will be mostly queer books and I'll try to focus on books that don't already have a lot of buzz. All previous and future posts in this series can be easily found in this tag!

Up first is a a queer historical mystery set in the Regency era:

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide

Set in Regency England, The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide is a queer historical fantasy of magic, murder, high heat and humour. Lord Nicholas Monterris, the last remaining heir of a crumbling ducal house, must marry to save his family from complete decline. His father chooses Lady Leaf Serral, eldest daughter of his greatest rival, at which point Nic is sure it can’t get any worse. Until he learns the head negotiator is to be Dashiell sa Vare, an old flame he has neither forgiven nor forgotten, a man their rigid class structure forbids him to love. Locked in the mouldering grandeur of Monterris Court (a house more haunting manifestation of dynastic ambition and ancestral guilt than home), the first dead body is troubling. The second, a warning that someone doesn’t want the contract to go ahead. But while Nic and his wife-to-be team up to banter their way through a secret murder investigation, it’s Dashiell he can’t stop thinking about. What would be worse? To love and have to let go, or to wholly deny the yearning of one’s heart forever? Perfect for fans of Freya Marske and Alexis Hall, The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide is the perfect blend of gothic and romantic – including a locked room murder mystery, forbidden love and otherworldly automatons.

I first heard of The Gentleman and His Vowsmith thanks to Maiga Doocy, who wrote Sorcery and Small Magics, my favorite book of 2024. She recommended it in her monthly newsletter. She also blurbed the book with this:

“One part sweet and swoony romance, one part magic-infused mystery, and thoroughly enjoyable on all counts!”

Melissa Caruso, author of The Last Hour Between Worlds, wrote a blurb for it too:

"The Gentleman and His Vowsmith grabbed me from the first page and kept me hooked with flawless spooky gothic vibes, wonderful characters, delightfully messy relationships, buried family secrets, and a compelling murder mystery. I loved it to the last page!"

Links: Storygraph | GoodReads

The Gentleman and His Vowsmith is scheduled to be released on April 15, 2025, and is available for pre-order!

[alexisr294]

In spite of the announcement of another utterly and pointless Ice Age film in the works, let's be glad there will be better animated films coming next year.

[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. 📚✨

[books listed in images:

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 :)

[cryptofmadness]

COVER REVEAL: MAD Magazine #043

MAD #043 on sale in comic book stores April 16!

Or by mail subscription at madmagazine.com/subscribe

[freshthoughts2020]

[sandboxworld]

Lilo & Stitch Lilo New Live-Action Reimagined Movie

I absolutely fell head over heels for the original Lilo & Stitch animated film from Walt Disney. The animation, so rich in color and life, left an indelible mark on me. It was unlike anything I had seen before—an authentic, heartfelt style that stood apart from the cookie-cutter princess narratives Disney was known for at the time. The vibrant, emotional depth of Lilo & Stitch felt completely…

[melanatedmedia2]

Get Ready to Save the City in the Classic Cartoon-Inspired FPS Game 'Mouse' - Coming Soon to Steam!

Are you a fan of classic cartoons like Popeye, Betty Boop, and Mickey Mouse? Imagine playing a game that seamlessly blends the charm of these cartoons with the adrenaline-pumping action of an FPS. If this sounds like your adventure, you’re in for a treat with Mouse, the new FPS game from Fumi Games and Playside Publishing. With inspiration from the classic 1930s cartoons, this game offers a…

[depresseddepot]

finally FINALLY finished watching the legend of korra. it only took me LITERALLY ten years

[ninja-muse]

Woo-ee, this was a ride! Grit and music and Americana and road trips and complicated families and joy and pain and the next big thing, wrapped in sheer blood-pumping prose. I'd half-forgotten how good a writer Rio is and it was great to finally read something new of hers. Her characters feel real and cinematic at the same time. She writes settings so you can smell the dust, feel the heat, hear the music. And the emotions. Oh god, the emotions. I know these characters intimately now and I felt every second.

I'm sure I'm missing as many musical references as I caught Shakespeare ones in If We Were Villains but that makes it no less of an experience. I want to flip back in time for the concerts. I want to take life by the throat and throw it to the wind. I want a cheeseburger. I wouldn't have it any other way.