01 - A book that's published in 2020

[Sara]

Any hot tips on great books scheduled for release next year?

Listopia is here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Mairéad]

The new Hunger games book! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

These are the 2020 releases on my TBR:

Snug: A Collection of Comics about Dating Your Best Friend
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Can You See Me?
Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything
Adore: A Simple Practice for Experiencing God in the Middle Minutes of Your Day
The Seven Sisters

There's also the serendipity/budget option for Amazon Prime members of just waiting to see what new release they can get free each month with Kindle First Reads (usually something obscure, but I've really enjoyed a few of the ones I've gotten that way).

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Oh, and especially for anyone trying to read in order, signing up for NetGalley so you can read an ARC before the release date (in exchange for an honest review) could be really helpful.

[Jenn]

New books from Hilary Mantel and SA Chakraborty come out next year!

[Meg]

When You See Me by Lisa Gardner
My Life as a Villainess by Laura Lippman
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

[Tania]

Raquel wrote: "There's also the serendipity/budget option for Amazon Prime members of just waiting to see what new release they can get free each month with Kindle First Reads (usually something obscure, but I've really enjoyed a few of the ones I've gotten that way). ..."

The minute I saw this prompt, that's what I thought too. I'll just wait for the January First Reads, and whatever I pick is it.

[Zoe]

I'm going to read If It Bleeds by Stephen King. It will be published 5/5/20.

[Stina]

I'm eagerly awaiting C.L. Polk's Stormsong.

[Dani]

The Hazel Wood’s sequel, The Night Country, coming out in 2020. That’ll probably be my pick.

Also a prequel to the hunger games The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will be out in 2020

[Jean]

I'm going to use The Sun Down Motel for this one because I know I'm going to read it as soon as I can get my hands on it!

[Charlsa]

Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon. I had the privilege of reading an ARC of this book at the Inaugural Modern Mrs. Darcy Book Club Retreat. It is something special. Nancy Wake was an Australian-born journalist who moved to the UK and then met and married a French businessman. She was also the UK's most decorated female in WWII. She worked as part of the French Resistance leading troops of men and being credited with saving the lives of thousands. Hélène was one of her four code names. It is a fascinating look at her and her relationship with her husband Henri.

Since I've already read it, I'll be reading Emily St. John Mandel's newest book, The Glass Hotel.

[Samantha]

You Are Not Alone - Greer Hendricks
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager
Behind Every Lie - Christina McDonald

[Rebecka]

I'm going for Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi or Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon. Thanks Charlsa for the recommendation!

[Sarah]

Here are the ones I’ve got slated for 2020 so far:

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen
If It Bleeds by Stephen King
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
The Deep by Alma Katsu
The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Ooh, just found out yesterday a book by an internet friend is coming out January 1st! Looking forward to reading this one.

Loved by the Beast: A Historical Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

[Eujean2]

Btw, Children of Virtue and Vengeance is actually scheduled to be released in December of 2019, so it shouldn't be on the listopia. (Good news, it *does* qualify for the advanced prompts 1: a book written by an author in their 20's & 7: a book with more than 20 letters in the title.)

[K.L.]

I'm looking forward to upcoming book releases by several of my favorite authors, but the one I'm most excited about is Network Effect, by Martha Wells. I love the Murderbot Diaries!

[Jayasoorya]

I am eagerly waiting for Truly Devious #3 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... .

[Rachel]

I have a few options, and I have ARCs of them right now that I will save till January.
Ruthless Gods
The Silvered Serpents

I also want to read this sometime next year!
Chain of Gold

[poshpenny]

My list right now:

The Last Emperox - John Scalzi- Final Interdependency book
Rick - Alex Gino - Companion to George
The Relentless Moon - Mary Robinette Kowal - The third Lady Astronaut book!

[Brandon]

The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson is a slam-dunk choice for me.

[Rachael]

I genuinely thought that I'd dreamt about the announcement of a new Hunger Games book, thanks all for letting me know that I haven't completely lost it yet!

[Amanda]

I hope that Curtis Sittenfeld's new book, Rodham, will be released in 2020; it reimagines Hillary Clinton's life if she had never married Bill Clinton. https://ew.com/books/2017/05/08/curti...

[Karin]

Mairéad wrote: "The new Hunger games book! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"

Wow, this book will make the rounds in our house. I hadn't even heard of this before.

[Darci]

Of course this one might change, but right now The King at the Edge of the World looks really interesting.

Also on my radar:
Maya and the Rising Dark
The Sea of Lost Girls: A Novel

[Mel]

I'm most likely going to use Come Tumbling Down for this prompt. If not that, then one of these two:
Girl, Serpent, Thorn
10 Things I Hate About Pinky

[poshpenny]

Tor has a nice list of SFF releases. I'm excited about at least two of them

https://www.tor.com/2019/11/26/the-25...

[Hannah]

I think mine will be All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig.

[♞ Pat]

I'm waiting on
to show up at my library. I'm first on the waiting list!

[Megan]

I think Hilary Mantel is slated to release the third book in the Cromwell series so I'll probably read that.

[L Y N N]

Hannah wrote: "I think mine will be All the Ways We Said Goodbye by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig."

This is one I will definitely want to read in 2020 as well! It sounds amazing!

[Rachael]

Delighted to see that One of Us Is Next is on that list, didn't even realise there was a sequel coming out to One of Us Is Lying! Really enjoyed the first one, liked the twist, I will admit I did figure it out but let's put that down to years spent reading and watching mysteries, and also reading all the bit of the book up to the murder, and then spending six hours making beds with nothing to occupy my brain. It's probably a compliment that the book occupied my thoughts so much for six hours after only reading the first seven chapters. Hopefully the sequel is just as good

[Rachael]

Oh, interestingly, for anyone who fancies trying out One of Us Is Lying before the sequel is published, Karen M. McManus has a Masters degree in Journalism, so may fit for the journalism prompt

[Cassie]

Ali McNamara has a new book coming out in the summer, Kate and Clara's Curious Cornish Craft Shopso that's a good one for my list :)

[Richelle]

Mairéad wrote: "The new Hunger games book! The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes"

I never knew this was coming out! It looks good!

[Danielle]

♞ Pat wrote: "I'm waiting on
to show up at my library. I'm first on the waiting list!"

Yes!! Me too

[Danielle]

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez!

[Bridget]

Danielle wrote: "♞ Pat wrote: "I'm waiting on
to show up at my library. I'm first on the waiting list!"

Yes!! Me too"

I received an ARC of this book (my first advanced-read-copy ever). It is so good. I'm sure everyone will enjoy reading it.

[Dea]

Brandon Sanderson recently announced that The Stormlight Archive #4 is being released November 17, so my choice has been made for me! LOL (The tenative title is still "The Rhythm of War", for the cosmernauts.)

I will have to make a couple of my choices short to make up for the behemoth that is a Stormlight Archive novel! Especially since they're too heavy to take on the bus...

[poshpenny]

It's that time of year when Booktubers are posting their anticipated release videos, which are like Miracle-Gro for my TBR.

Anticipated Science Fiction in 2020
from SFF 180. Link below

These I'm either excited for or piqued my interest the most:
The Relentless Moon - Lady Astronaut 3!

Network Effect - Murderbot novel!

Finna - (basically Ikea) staff travel the multiverse to find an elderly customer who fell through a portal in the store

Sixteenth Watch - Retiring Coast Guard Captain Jane Oliver is the only woman who can prevent the first lunar war in history

The Seep - Trans protagonist

The Last Human - This seems fun

Providence - AI and social media seem to be involved

Vagabonds - A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds

Goldilocks - It says Station Eleven meets The Martian


Maybe these will pique yours:
The Vanished Birds
Riot Baby
The Light Years
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
The Companions
Docile
88 Names: A Novel
Anthropocene Rag
Bonds of Brass
Automatic Reload
Harrow the Ninth
Red Noise
Hella
Unconquerable Sun - gender-swapped Alexander the Great in space
Seven Devils - First in a feminist space opera duology
Failed State: A Novel
Architects of Memory
The Phlebotomist
The Rush's Edge


The video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Mw8...

[Ira]

I think I may go for a sequel for this one. Age of Death by Michael J. Sullivan comes out in February 2020. The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan have an expected publication in 2020 but no set date, so I will have to wait and see.

[Ketutar]

When I found out Neil Gaiman's sequel to Neverwhere was going to come out 2020, this was a no brainer :-D
The Seven Sisters

Other interesting books I'll probably also read:

Susanna Clarke's Piranesi

I am interested in Gideon the Ninth, and if I like it, I'll read Harrow the Ninth as well

Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Zoraida Cordova is supposed to publish two books this year. I liked her first Bruja book. Incendiary Wayward Witch

The City We Became is almost as certain as Neil Gaiman :-D

There's supposed to be the third book of the Daevabad trilogy The Empire of Gold, and
Queen's Thief series is getting the last book Return of the Thief... now I might read the whole series in one sitting :-D

Rothfuss' third Doors of Stone is supposed to get published 2020 also, but it was supposed to be published already 2010, so no high hopes there.

The Unspoken Name sounds interesting

Dark and Deepest Red sounds interesting as well. It's a retelling of Red Shoes. Why some people say "Snow White" is confusing to me, but perhaps they mix sources.

A Witch in Time sounds intriguing.

Also The Wolf of Oren-Yaro.

The Gilded Ones sounds interesting, likewise Where Dreams Descend.

The Memory of Babel translation should come 2020 too!

[Crumb]

♞ Pat wrote: "I'm waiting on
to show up at my library. I'm first on the waiting list!"

Yup! This is the one I was going to mention if you hadn't!

[Crumb]

I'll just add a couple more:

The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
Sin Eater by Megan Campisi
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

These ALL look AMAZING!

[Elke]

Newsweek has a list of the 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020.

[Katie]

I'm hoping to read Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. It comes out on January 14th! I'll also be using it to fulfill the "Read a book in any genre by a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author" prompt from the Read Harder Challenge.

[poshpenny]

Elke wrote: "Newsweek has a list of the 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2020."

New Erik Larson!!

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

[Daisy]

I am very much looking forward to
the Hunger Games Prequel,
the second book by Hank Green called A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
and if the book gods are nice Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander #9)

[Robyn]

My plan is to read
Can You See Me? by Libby Scott

And They Called It Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thornton

The Girl in White Gloves by Kerri Maher

Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Happy Reading!