Top Ten Tuesday used to be a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, but was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. “It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.” This is definitely something I can understand and want to participate in.
This week’s topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024, and it’s definitely a bit of a more labor-intensive topic than I was hoping for today. But, instead of changing the topic to an easier one, I decided to put my big girl pants on, and share what I’m really looking forward to reading. Also, I left out the ARCs that I’ve been talking about regularly, to keep things fresh. Here they are in order of release:
- The Women by Kristin Hannah (February 6) — The reigning queen of historical fiction returns with a new book set in the turbulent 1960s, as a young nursing student decides to enlist in the Army Nursing Corps just as her brother ships out to Vietnam. | Goodreads | Amazon
- What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (February 13) — As much as I loved What Moved the Dead, I have an overwhelming need to read this sequel that I wasn’t even expecting. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Eternal Ones by Namina Forna (February 13) — I’ve loved this series since the start, and the long-awaited finale to the trilogy is coming! | Goodreads | Amazon
- Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez (March 5) — I’m a fan of Gonzalez already, but this story of a rising star in the art world of the 1980s who dies suddenly is juxtaposed with a disadvantaged art student in the present day, who stumbles across her story, and can’t help but see the similarities, sounds way too interesting to miss. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Hunter by Tana French (March 15) — Another surprise sequel, I wasn’t expecting any more to come after The Searcher, but I won’t lie. I’m excited to revisit the world of Cal Hooper and his quiet, little Irish town that turns out to not be so quiet. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (April 9) — A historical fantasy set during the Golden Age of Spain, involving a Jewish maid’s secret magic, a dizzying ride into the upper echelons of society, and an ever-increasing risk that her Jewish blood will place her in the crosshairs of the Inquisition. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin (May 7) — This one came on my radar as a queer, Jewish, historical, fantasy-romance. The description kind of reminds me of an adult, queer, Shadow and Bone with more Jewish elements, so that sounds amazing to me. | Goodreads | Amazon
- The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren (May 14) — These two are automatically auto-buy authors for me, so I honestly didn’t even read the description before doing this to my list. But if you need one, it’s a fake dating/marriage scheme to get a huge inheritance kind of book! | Goodreads | Amazon
- Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse (June 4) — It feels like forever ago that I started reading a book with a stunning cover and an interesting premise, and now here’s the conclusion to this incredible trilogy. | Goodreads | Amazon
- Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller (June 18) — A new book by the author of The Change, this one seems like the perfect read for this summer. Focusing on books that have been banned, and a lending library that makes them available by sneaking them into the dust jackets of super-wholesome books, this one sounds like it’s got the potential for humor but also complexity and depth. | Goodreads | Amazon
What are some of your most anticipated books? Do we have any in common?
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Leah's Books 
Christina Lauren’s books always have such colorful and fun cover art. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all of these and find some happy 2024 reading.
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They really do, their covers are always so pretty! Thank you, and I hope your 2024 reading is good as well!
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I’m looking forward to reading The Eternal Ones this year, though the second book in the trilogy left me feeling a bit let down. Maybe that was just the second book curse? Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the opportunity.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/early-2024-most-anticipated-canadian-releases/
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The second book feels like so long ago, I can barely even remember what happened! A lot of the time, the second book just feels like it’s setting up the action for book 3, so hopefully it’ll be really good!
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I hope so as well.
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An interesting list. I struggled with this prompt. It was a lot of work like you say. Most of it I did in the early hours this morning whilst trying to get my son to go to sleep 😂
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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You have my empathy and admiration, I can’t imagine having to do this while juggling a baby too. But thank you, and have a great week as well.
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The Eternal Ones looks interesting.
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It really does! The first two books were so creative and unique, I loved the concept, and am looking forward to seeing how the author finishes the series.
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What Feasts at Night, Mirrored Heavens and The Familiar are on my list this week. I hadn’t heard of Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books before but it sounds good.
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Then you’ve clearly already got a rockin list going! 🤣 I hadn’t heard of Lula Dean’s either until this week, but when I saw that it was by Kirsten Miller, I had to get it, because I loved The Change so much.
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Oh, I just found out that one of my favorite audiobook narrators (Julia Whelan) is narrating The Women! I wasn’t picky about the format I was going to read it in, but now I definitely want to listen to the audiobook. Great list! We’ve got a couple of them in common.
Haze @ The Book Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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Oh, I love Julia Whelan! Did you know that she started writing her own books, too? I read the first one and it was great. I’m also going to have to make sure that I get The Women in audiobook too.
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Yes! I read both her books and loved them both, but I loved the second just a bit better. I hope you enjoy it when you read it. She’s also narrating Funny Story by Emily Henry, which is on a lot of lists this week! I’m really excited about them!
Haze @ The Book Haze
https://thebookhaze.com/
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I can’t wait to read her second book – I’m surprised there wasn’t more hype about it! I’ve also got Funny Story on my TBR, since I love Emily Henry books.
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These books sound good. I’m not familiar with any of them. I hope you enjoy them when they are released.
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Isn’t it cool when you stop by someone’s blog and discover a whole list of authors and books that are new to you? I always like that. And thank you!
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I like Tana French, will have to look into that series.
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She’s a great writer!
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Such a great list!! The Familiar almost made my list. I can’t wait to see more reviews of it pop up around the blogosphere.
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Thank you! I’ve had The Familiar pre-ordered since I first heard about it, and I’m so excited for it. I plan to drop everything and read it immediately, so hopefully you can check out my review!
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This looks like a nice mix of books and a fun TBR. I hope you love them all!
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Thank you! I try to include a variety of genres so it doesn’t get too boring.
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The Familiar is a popular pick this week. I’m excited to see what Leigh Barudgo does with Historical and Blood magic. Here is my post-https://paigesofnovels.com/2024/01/09/top-ten-thirteen-tuesday-anticipated-releases-january-june/.
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I’m really excited for that one, and to see how she incorporates having a Jewish character during the Inquisition as well.
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I’m sure that I’ll end up reading that Kristin Hannah book! Just maybe when I can emotionally handle it. haha. Great list, Leah! I hope you enjoy all of these.
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Thank you, Leslie! Someone mentioned that Julia Whelan narrates the audiobook, if you listen to those at all. And her books definitely tend to make me an emotional wreck.
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I tend to only do memoirs with audio. I have to restart fiction books over and over. LOL. I cannot seem to follow along. It’s annoying because I would love to listen to more!!
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Yeah, it isn’t for everyone. I like them when I’m doing chores, but I also don’t have two kids!
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haha, I never thought of it that way… the two minions. lol!
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The Eternal Ones and The Familiar are also both on my radar!
My goal is finishing some series this years.
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Yes! There’s a lot of conclusions coming out this year, and I’m pretty excited for them.
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Ooh, the Rebecca Roanhorse trilogy is concluding already? I really need to start it, aaah.
Hope you enjoy all of these when you get your hands on them!
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Already? It feels like I’ve been waiting forever! And yes, you need to start it because it’s so good. Thank you!
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THE HUNTER is on my list today too. I just love Tana French! I’m also excited for THE WOMEN. Hannah’s newer books have all been winners for me, so I’m looking forward to this one a lot. I hope you love all these.
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Thank you! I’m really excited that Hannah is off her WWII kick, because that’s not a period I read about. But The Women sounds like a really interesting read. And I’m super excited for The Hunter – I wasn’t expecting more books about Cal Hooper, but I certainly don’t mind!
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What Feasts at Night! I need more books by T. Kingfisher in my life
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We always need more books by T. Kingfisher in our lives!
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Great list! I didn’t know Leigh Bardugo had a new book coming out. That’s so exciting. I hope you enjoy all of these books!
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Thank you! It wasn’t a big announcement at first – I’m seeing banners for it now, but at first I only heard because someone posted about it on Instagram. I’m probably most excited about that one.
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I will definitely be trying to get my hands on a copy of it. I love her books.
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This is a great list!! Lots for me to check out!
Here’s mine. 🙂
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Oooh, thank you!
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I love Christina Lauren’s cover! So pretty. I’m interested in The Women, too! I keep seeing it around and am intrigued. I’ve never read one of her historical fiction novels, but I’ve heard good things so I might need to try her out soon!
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I always love Christina Lauren book covers – they’re always so pretty! And I only read one Kristin Hannah book, but it was so good. Now that she’s written another non-WWII book, I’m ready to give it a go, plus I heard the audiobook is being narrated by Julia Whelan!
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Hi Leah, I’m looking forward to the Kristen Hannah and Christina Lauren too!
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Oh hey there stranger! Those both look like they’re going to be awesome ones.
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