7 Brand-New Books Goodreads Members Can't Wait to Read

Posted by Hayley on October 10, 2017
Need another excuse to go to the bookstore this week? Bulk up your Want to Read shelf with these standalone titles!


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Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green

You should read this book if you like: YA fiction, powerful friendships, The Fault in Our Stars, eccentric billionaires, mysteries, crying

Read our interview with Green here.


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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
by Liza Mundy

You should read this book if you like: History, real-life heroes, Hidden Figures, World War II, cryptanalysis, outsmarting Nazis



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The Rules of Magic
by Alice Hoffman

You should read this book if you like: Magical realism, witches, New York City in the 1960s, Practical Magic, family curses, beautiful people

Read our interview with Hoffman here.


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Death Overdue
by Allison Brook

You should read this book if you like: Cozy mysteries, plucky amateur detectives, spooky local libraries, non-gruesome murders, puns


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Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast
by Marc Maron

You should read this book if you like: Nonfiction, the WTF podcast, an "everyman's guide to life," humor, honest advice from famous people




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The Stone in the Skull
by Elizabeth Bear

You should read this book if you like: Fantasy, fallen empires, devious wizards and mercenaries, deadly and seemingly impossible missions


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Never Coming Back
by Alison McGhee

You should read this book if you like: Literary fiction, the Adirondack Mountains, writers, family secrets, leaving home, redemption



BONUS: The wait is over—check out three of the buzziest sequels coming out today!

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Into the Bright Unknown
by Rae Carson

The third book in The Gold Seer Trilogy YA fantasy series
(Start off the series with Walk on Earth a Stranger)



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Misadventures with a Super Hero
by Angel Payne

The third book in the Misadventures contemporary romance series
(Start off the series with Misadventures of a City Girl)



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Mr. Lemoncello's Great Library Race
by Chris Grabenstein

The third book in the Mr. Lemoncello's Library middle-grade adventure series
(Start off the series with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library)





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message 1: by Olga (new)

Olga Where's All the Crooked Saints? I mean, Maggie Stiefvater is where it's at! :O


message 2: by reenie (new)

reenie I don't like crying, but I'm completely fangirling out over the fact that I got my grubby little hands on a copy of Turtles All The Way Down. THE KING IS BACK.


message 3: by Bridget (new)

Bridget Vollmer Olga wrote: "Where's All the Crooked Saints? I mean, Maggie Stiefvater is where it's at! :O"

RIGHT?!


message 4: by Katherine (last edited Oct 11, 2017 02:54AM) (new)

Katherine Hayward Pérez Just finished A Seaside Escape A Seaside Escape by Lisa Hobman which was excellent.

Now reading The Christmas Cowboy Hero The Christmas Cowboy Hero (Heart of Texas, #1) by Donna Grant

A book that should be here is Hope at Christmas Hope at Christmas by Nancy Naigle .

Best Christmas- themed smalltown romance I have read in a long time. I'll be participating in the blog tours for all these books.

These have been out for awhile but I really want to read them. Nobody’s Son Nobody’s Son by Cathy Glass
Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child’s life Cruel to Be Kind Saying no can save a child’s life by Cathy Glass

which are both by Cathy Glass. I own and have listened to many of her books. Want to read A Long Way from Home A Long Way from Home by Cathy Glass . This is also by her and will be released in 2018.


message 5: by Hannah (new)


message 6: by reenie (new)

reenie Hannah wrote: "What about The Sun and Her Flowers?"

I KNOW!


Yuutje | thelittlebookworm Where o where is The Book of Dust??? Why is it not on this list???


message 8: by Seph (new)

Seph Pratt No Maggie Stiefvater?!


message 9: by Hannah (new)

Hannah ReenieT1721 wrote: "Hannah wrote: "What about The Sun and Her Flowers?"

I KNOW!"


I mean The Sun and Her Flowers debuted at #1 on NYT Bestseller List... it seems like it deserved a place up here


message 10: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca It is all about the turtles for me.
Devouring John Green's long awaited return!


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