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Catch Up Now: These Big Series All Have Books Coming Out in 2019
There's nothing like the pain of finishing a book with a cliffhanger…and needing to wait months (if not years) for the next book. Save yourself some misery and jump into a beloved series that has a new installment coming out next year!
To find these series, we rounded up the top 2019 sequels your fellow Goodreads can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. Below, we've featured the first book in each of these series—as well as the first line to give you a taste. Which ones pique your curiosity?
Genre: Fantasy
First book: The Bear and the Nightingale
First line: "It was late winter in northern Rus', the air sullen with wet that was neither rain nor snow."
Book #3, The Winter of the Witch, hits bookshelves on January 8.
First book: The Bear and the Nightingale
First line: "It was late winter in northern Rus', the air sullen with wet that was neither rain nor snow."
Book #3, The Winter of the Witch, hits bookshelves on January 8.
Genre: YA mystery
First book: Truly Devious
First line: "Fate came for Dottie Epstein a year earlier, in the form of a call to the principal's office."
Book #2, The Vanishing Stair, hits bookshelves on January 16.
First book: Truly Devious
First line: "Fate came for Dottie Epstein a year earlier, in the form of a call to the principal's office."
Book #2, The Vanishing Stair, hits bookshelves on January 16.
Genre: Fantasy
First book: Every Heart a Doorway
First line: "The girls were never present for the entrance interviews."
Book #4, In an Absent Dream, hits bookshelves on January 8.
First book: Every Heart a Doorway
First line: "The girls were never present for the entrance interviews."
Book #4, In an Absent Dream, hits bookshelves on January 8.
Genre: YA fantasy
First book: The Cruel Prince
First line: "On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a dark long coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street."
Book #2, The Wicked King, hits bookshelves on January 8.
First book: The Cruel Prince
First line: "On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a dark long coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street."
Book #2, The Wicked King, hits bookshelves on January 8.
Genre: Romance
First book: Corrupt
First line: "He won't be here."
Book #2, Kill Switch, hits bookshelves on February 11.
First book: Corrupt
First line: "He won't be here."
Book #2, Kill Switch, hits bookshelves on February 11.
Genre: YA fantasy
First book: Truthwitch
First line: "Everything had gone horribly wrong."
Book #3, Bloodwitch, hits bookshelves on February 12.
First book: Truthwitch
First line: "Everything had gone horribly wrong."
Book #3, Bloodwitch, hits bookshelves on February 12.
Genre: Science fiction
First book: Leviathan Wakes
First line: "The Scopuli had been taken eight days ago, and Julie Mao was finally ready to be shot."
Book #8, Tiamat's Wrath, hits bookshelves on March 26.
First book: Leviathan Wakes
First line: "The Scopuli had been taken eight days ago, and Julie Mao was finally ready to be shot."
Book #8, Tiamat's Wrath, hits bookshelves on March 26.
Genre: YA fantasy
First book: Children of Blood and Bone
First line: "Pick me. It's all I can do not to scream."
Book #2, Children of Vice and Vengeance, hits bookshelves on March 5.
First book: Children of Blood and Bone
First line: "Pick me. It's all I can do not to scream."
Book #2, Children of Vice and Vengeance, hits bookshelves on March 5.
Genre: Urban fantasy
First book: Moon Called
First line: "I didn't realize he was a werewolf at first."
Book #11, Storm Cursed, hits bookshelves on March 5.
First book: Moon Called
First line: "I didn't realize he was a werewolf at first."
Book #11, Storm Cursed, hits bookshelves on March 5.
Genre: YA fantasy
First book: An Ember in the Ashes
First line: "My big brother reaches home in the dark hours before dawn, when even ghosts take their rest."
Book #4, not yet titled, hits bookshelves on April 18.
First book: An Ember in the Ashes
First line: "My big brother reaches home in the dark hours before dawn, when even ghosts take their rest."
Book #4, not yet titled, hits bookshelves on April 18.
Genre: Fantasy
First book: Red Sister
First line: "It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size."
Book #3, Holy Sister, hits bookshelves on April 9.
First book: Red Sister
First line: "It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size."
Book #3, Holy Sister, hits bookshelves on April 9.
Genre: Historical romance
First book: Wicked and the Wallflower
First line: "The Devil stood outside Marwick House, under the bleak shadow of an ancient elm, watching his bastard brother within."
Book #2, Brazen and the Beast, hits bookshelves on June 25.
First book: Wicked and the Wallflower
First line: "The Devil stood outside Marwick House, under the bleak shadow of an ancient elm, watching his bastard brother within."
Book #2, Brazen and the Beast, hits bookshelves on June 25.
Genre: Science fiction
First book: Red Rising
First line: "The first thing you should know about me is I am my father's son."
Book #5, Dark Age, hits bookshelves on July 9.
First book: Red Rising
First line: "The first thing you should know about me is I am my father's son."
Book #5, Dark Age, hits bookshelves on July 9.
Genre: Fantasy
First book: The Black Prism
First line: "The assassination began with the scent of cloves."
Book #5, The Burning White, hits bookshelves on August 27.
First book: The Black Prism
First line: "The assassination began with the scent of cloves."
Book #5, The Burning White, hits bookshelves on August 27.
What big sequels are you looking forward to? Come talk books with us in the comments!
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I can't wait for the sequel to Scythe and Thunderhead, which doesn't seem to have a publication date yet.
What I am waiting for:The Light of All That Falls
(The Licanius Trilogy #3)
by James Islington
Holy Sister
(Book of the Ancestor #3)
by Mark Lawrence
Queenslayer
(Spellslinger #5)
by Sebastien de Castell
The Thorn of Emberlain
(Gentleman Bastard #4)
by Scott Lynch
Kat wrote: "The Mercy Thompson book has been moved to May.Also, is the Sabaa Tahir book really coming out in April? That would be super if true (love that series), but I'm a little skeptical when it still do..."
It says that the book will come out in 2020. I think this is a mistake
AllyZ_ed wrote: "Still waiting for the Winds of Winter *sigh*"Me too *sigh*
The final book in the Ember and the Ashes quartet was pushed back to 2020 at the start of December
Joanne Fluke and Katherine Hall Page both have new books in 2019.
The next book in the GOT series by George R R Martin......Hope it is this year
I can't wait for Trials of Apollo #4 by Rick Riordan in fall!!!
I also am waiting for the next Outlander book.
The Expanse Book #8 - Tiamat's Wrath (James S.A. Corey)
The Imager Portfolio #12 - Endgames (by L.E. Modesitt Jr.)
Red Rising Saga #5 - Dark Age (by Pierce Brown)
The Saga of Recluce #21 - Mage Fire War (by L.E. Modesitt Jr.)
Mistborn: The Alloy Era Series #4 - The Lost Metal (by Brandon Sanderson)
Osten Ard #5 (TLKOA #2) - Empire of Grass (by Tad Williams)