26 - a book that's published in 2019

[Ana Lucía]

Margaret Atwood has confirmed now that she's writing a sequel for The Handmaid's Tale so I'll be reading that. It's supposed to be released on September of next year and the tittle is The Testaments.

[Tracy]

Ana Lucía wrote: "Margaret Atwood has confirmed now that she's writing a sequel for The Handmaid's Tale so I'll be reading that. It's supposed to be released on September of next year and the tittle is The Testaments."

Oh wow, Really??!! It'll be interesting to see how that stands up to the first.

[Ellie]

Tracy wrote: "Ana Lucía wrote: "Margaret Atwood has confirmed now that she's writing a sequel for The Handmaid's Tale so I'll be reading that. It's supposed to be released on September of next year and the tittl..."

I understand it's going to be about a new set of characters in the same world. I will probably read it out of interest.

[Rachelnyc]

Ellie wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Ana Lucía wrote: "Margaret Atwood has confirmed now that she's writing a sequel for The Handmaid's Tale so I'll be reading that. It's supposed to be released on September of next year..."

I am simultaneously thrilled and skeptical but I will absolutely read it. I just hope this decision wasn't made simply due to the popularity of the TV series (which I really like) and that Atwood truly has something new to say about this world. I know it is set about 15 years after the events of the book and is being narrated by three female characters but has it been confirmed that one of them is not Offred?

[Sarah]

I think I am going to read the new Kasie West book, since I love her as an author and it crosses off one of the books I was anticipating for next year! Would recommend for anyone that loves YA Contemporary

[Rhoda]

JD Robb has two coming out in 2019 and I always read those. Connections in Death is due out in February. So I guess I can check this one off then.

[Rachel]

The Rosie Resultby Graeme Simsion - the third book in the Don Tilman series.

Previous titles are 1: The Rosie Project and 2: The Rosie Effect

[Hinda Rochel]

Julie wrote: "Katy wrote: "I'm going to totally wing this one, by going to the new shelf at the library and hope something strikes my fancy."

Great idea!!!"

I am going to have to plan this one out because I live in Israel and new books are expensive here. I'm hoping to order a few books via Book Depository.

[Sarah]

I plan on reading Storm Cursed, expected May 2019. It's the 11th book in the brilliant Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series by Patricia Briggs.

[Juliebean]

I know that this can change because it's so far in the future, but Amazon has a preorder for The Seven Sisters by Neil Gaiman and it's supposed to be released in September. It's a sequel to Neverwhere!!!!

My only concern is that I saw Neil do a panel in September of this year and he talked about how Good Omens (the new Amazon project) has been all-consuming, so I can't help wondering if that will affect the release of the new book. But my fingers are crossed!

[Renn]

Erin Morgenstern (author of The Night Circus) is coming out with a new book, The Starless Sea, this November

[Janet]

I have been listening to Pierce Brown's Red Rising series. Just saw that is set to release in July, so this will be my read for this category.

[Darci]

Wicked Saints looks interesting. I'll tentatively plan for this one, unless something else catches my eye.

[Ashlie]

Y'all - isn't this one supposed to be the book that takes place in a single day? Am I confused?

[Darci]

Ashlie wrote: "Y'all - isn't this one supposed to be the book that takes place in a single day? Am I confused?"

That's prompt 24.

[Shelby]

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Looks like this one comes out May 7 :)

[Ellie]

I'm sure no one's having difficulty finding new books to read :D but N.K. Jemisin has a new book coming out in October, The City We Became!

[Angelina]

Maybe Cari Mora by Thomas Harris out in March.

[Haley]

The Girl He Used to Know coming in April.

[Dee]

Waiting until June or July to fulfil this one with a purpose. If I come across one so be it. But just generally going with the-book-will-come-to-me vibe.

[jeannette ⋆ ੈ✩‧₊˚]

I will be reading An Anonymous Girl for this prompt :)

[Thomas]

Hi i believe there is a book coming out this year about Harper Lee writing a true crime book anyone know what its called?

[Rachelnyc]

Thomas wrote: "Hi i believe there is a book coming out this year about Harper Lee writing a true crime book anyone know what its called?"

Yes, it looks like the expected date is in May Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee and I just noticed this would fit for the author with same first and last initial as well.

[Thomas]

Rachelnyc wrote: "Thomas wrote: "Hi i believe there is a book coming out this year about Harper Lee writing a true crime book anyone know what its called?"

Yes, it looks like the expected date is in May [book:Furio..."

Thanks for the title really helpful

[Erie]

I don't follow book releases, and I'm always notoriously behind on 'the next big thing'. But I kind of stumbled upon Inspection by Josh Malerman (release 4/23/19) after reading Bird Box a few days ago. Bird Box blew me away. I absolutely loved it and am looking forward to reading more by this author.

Some other 2019 releases on my list:
The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington (out!)
An Anonymous Girl (out!)
The Same Deep Water as You (out!)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2/5/19)
The Familiars (2/7/19)
Queenie (3/19/19)
The Testaments (9/10/19)
The Beautiful (10/8/19)

Again, I know next to nothing about these. I added them to my list after falling down the rabbit hole and clicking on a 2019 release list.

[Paige]

Kissing Stars Over the Rising Sun came out January 2nd of this year!

[Rachel]

Lots would work for me, but right now this is the one I am going to use.

[Brittany]

I read The Kiss Quotient and really enjoyed it so I am planning on reading The Bride Test when it comes out.

[Alix]

This one might change by the end of the year since I'm not sure of ALL the releases coming out.. but right now I plan on doing Come Find Me

[SadieReadsAgain]

So, one of my favourite 2018 challenge reads was The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, and I was really excited to hear that she was bringing out a new book this year. And then I managed to score a Netgalley of it *dies*

But I was a bit nervous - I had loved her last book so much, what if I didn't like her new work? I shouldn't have worried, because Once Upon a River didn't disappoint.

Like her previous book, it has a gothic beauty and a haunting darkness in its rich and layered narrative. But it is very different in other ways that made me fall for it in its own right. This is the story of what happens when the body of an unknown child is recovered from the frozen waters of the Thames, to then come back from the dead and be claimed by three different people. I was enthralled by the characters, and really loved how the story slowly unfolded. The relationships and concealments were delicious to see unfold and I couldn't stop turning the pages. Setterfield is a masterful storyteller and a beautiful writer. I hope there is more to come.

[☕️Hélène⚜️]

I have her new book so will read eventually it’s in my pile of to read!

[Brighid]

Has anyone mentioned A Woman Is No Man?

[Tori]

I just finished The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker. It was ok. Didn't live up to the book jacket hype, but they so rarely do.

[Despina]

For me it's gonna be Call Down the Hawk for sure! I got so excited yesterday when I found out the release date! November 5 - only 9 months to go!!

[Margaret]

I was looking t the Amazon First Reads/ Kindle First books for this one. Some months there is nothing I want to read. This month there are three that look interesting.

Right now I'm looking for reads that don't have severe violence, cruelty, abuse, assault, etc. The book can be intense, but I'm not interested in learning the terrible dark secret of the character that involves one of the above.

Has anyone read one or more of these books? If so, 1) did you enjoy it, and 2) are any of my undesired topics central to the plot?

Thanks!

Where the Forest Meets the Stars

The Fever King

What the Wind Knows

[Drakeryn]

Despina wrote: "For me it's gonna be Call Down the Hawk for sure! I got so excited yesterday when I found out the release date! November 5 - only 9 months to go!!"

yessss all the hype

A couple more 2019 releases on my TBR (that are already out):
The Gutter Prayer
Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Also looking forward to Seanan McGuire's Middlegame in May.

[Sherri]

I read The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen. Publish 2/12/2019

[Elaine]

My book for this category is Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marloin James. It just came out in February.

Not sure if it could fit the folklore category as well.

I just started it yesterday.

I am sure I have a few others that will also fulfil this category as the year of reading progesses.

I've decided Where the Forest Meets the Stars is actually this category's book now, which I read in March, and Black Leopard, Red Wolf fits better in the book inspired by myth/ legend/ folklore category.

[intoxicating_reads]

Just finished The Tubman Command for this prompt. It's not due out till May (I won an ARC copy) but if you love historical fiction, definitely put this on your list.

[Ashley]

Alright, I'm going read my first book for this group. Going to try "Heroine" by Mindy McGinnis. Here goes nothing! <3

[Jackie]

I'm reading American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology

[Samantha]

For this one I read Shakespeare's Witch: Pages of Darkness Book One. Its really good but has a lot of sex in it including incest.

[Sherri]

I finished He Said, She Said Lessons,Stories & Mistakes from my Transgender Journey by Gigi Gorgeous. I read it for the BR read harder challenge a book by a Transgender or Non-binary author. It was published 4/2/2019. Also I saw Gigi promoting the Busy Philipps Show so I guess this could also count for a celebrity recommendation.

[Shelley]

The bookstore near my house has a lot of author signings and I was lucky enough to catch Deanna Rayburn for A Dangerous Collaboration. I loved it. I have a slight obsession with unrealistically independent Victorian era amateur female detectives and this nailed it.

[Christy]

I've currently got Last Night in Nuuk (a Greenlandic novel about LGBTQ issues) in this slot. It was originally published before this year, but the translation came out this year, so I've decided it counts. Honestly, I don't think it's a particularly good book, but I did find the parts about language and culture in Greenland interesting. I may replace it with The Old Drift, which came out last month so it very clearly fits the prompt. It's a magical realist look at the history of Zambia.

[Cyndy]

I read House Arrest by Mike Lawson. The best Joe DeMarco novel yet!

[Sue]

I have just read The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion - an easy and very enjoyable read

[Kelly]

I read The Familiars for the prompt, but Aurora Rising would also fit.

[Chai]

I read reticence by gail carriger for this one! And absolutely loved it.

[Lynette]

LOVED this book!!
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