Sunday Conversation Topic 4/13

[Jason]

Sorry for being late today.

What books are you looking forward to that have been or will be released in 2025?

Do you follow particular authors and watch for their new releases?

[Karin]

I don't follow authors but do have some books I would like to read that are being released this year, but so far haven't read any of them yet, even if they have already been released. That said, I do have on in my pile for this month that was released this year but only because I finally started the series this year even though the first two books came out in 2024. - because the cover and type of book fit a challenge and I just read two of them for thrillers last month.

What are the odds that I was the first to respond two weeks in a row? I'm guessing that it happened today because we're both on here later than usual :).

[Booknblues]

I have a number of books, I'm waiting to be released:
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

An Enemy in the Village

Murder on the Marlow Belle

Lion Hearts

Murder at Somerset House


In addition there are a few authors which I follow and read when their books are released-
Jason Vail, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Qiu Xiaolong and their may be others I can't think of immediately.

[Robin P]

Who Will Remember - conclusion of Sebastian St Cyr mystery series, which has an overarching thread about his family as well as the various mysteries

Marble Hall Murders - Anthony Horowitz

Written on the Dark - Guy Gavriel Kay

The Hallmarked Man - Robert Galbraith

[NancyJ]

The books I anticipated the most

Wild Dark Shore- (a rare preorder) - March - I read it right away. 4.5 stars

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales- I had an early hold but I just couldn’t get into it.

My Friends by Fredrik Backman. - May

Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow - June

The Original by Nell Stevens - July

Others by authors I liked in the past:

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang - august

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

Black Woods Blue Sky - I just won the giveaway

Lisa Genova
Tracey Lange
Nnedi Okorafor

[Algernon (Darth Anyan)]

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, April 1st 2025.
I liked both his Foundryside and his Divine cities series, but I held off on this new one because I like to read finished series. The good reviews for The Tainted Cup will probably make me reconsider once I have book two in my hands

I don't have a site to check upcoming books, so I will come back to this topic, hoping to find out what is of interest to me, like the Guy Gavriel Kay and the Fredrik Backman titles I didn't know about

[Holly R W]

@Algernon, here on Goodreads, you can find out about upcoming releases. If you click "Browse" at the top of the site, you will get a drop-down menu. One of the choices is "New Releases." Click on that. Goodreads tells you about upcoming releases by the month that they're coming out. You can also click on either "My Authors" or "Genre" to further select what you want.

[Holly R W]

Here are some of the books I'm waiting to read:

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - I am always interested in Allende's books.

* "Tough Love" by Sandra Dallas - It's a western and I'm on the lookout for good westerns.

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson - His books are unique as he sees things in a different way.

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - I'm on a long wait list at the library for this one. There have been many 5 star reviews for it.

The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce - I'm a Rachel Joyce fan.

I have so many favorite authors that I follow. I won't bore you with their names.

[Joanne]

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
An Inside Job: A Novel Daniel Silva
Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

[Algernon (Darth Anyan)]

Holly R W wrote: "@Algernon, here on Goodreads, you can find out about upcoming releases. If you click "Browse" at the top of the site, you will get a drop-down menu. One of the choices is "New Releases." Click on t..."

good to know. thank. I will update my wishlist for this year, then

[Arielle]

I don't have a particular book I'm waiting for... but I do follow Haruki Murakami for his releases. :)

[Book Concierge]

There are a number of favorite authors whom I follow - sort of. For some I subscribe to their email newsletter. Others I get notices from the publisher, whose newsletters I also subscribe to. At least one I follow on facebook.

Among my favorites:
Stephen King
Isabel Allende
Elizabeth Strout
James McBride

I could go on and on.

I did just get a signed first edition of Elinor Lipman's latest book: Every Tom, Dick & Harry

[Jason]

I have many authors I keep track of their new books. Books I have tracked their release date and look forward to reading.

Red God - Pierce Brown - but it looks like it is being pushed back to 2026

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection - John Green - Released this March

Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins - Released this March

My Friends - Fredrik Backman - May

Mark Twain - Ron Chernow - May

Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid - June

The Secret of Secrets - Dan Brown - September

The Widow - John Grisham - October

[Joy D]

Some books either not yet released or recently released that I'm looking forward to reading:
Audition - Katie Kitamura
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 - Rick Atkinson
Mark Twain - Ron Chernow
Parallel Lines - Edward St. Aubyn
My Name Is Emilia del Valle - Isabel Allende
The Book of Records - Madeleine Thien
The Pretender - Jo Harkin
Is a River Alive? - Robert Macfarlane
What We Can Know - Ian McEwan
Air - John Boyne

I also look forward to the Booker Prize longlist, and try to read all the nominees, which will be books released between Oct 2024 and Sept 2025.

I have a fairly long list of favorite authors, and try to read their newest releases. Here are a few I've already read:
Dream Count - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Dream Hotel - Laila Lalami
Twist - Colum McCann
Universality - Natasha Brown
The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich

[Theresa]

I used to follow a lot of authors of all genres and immediately pick up their newest book, but stopped that some years ago when I wasn't able to keep up on the reading due to both work and many other interests. Now I might watch for and acquire one or two books a year as soon as they come out, but still don't get around to reading them all that quickly.

There are a couple of exceptions --- and they are authors where there is a wait, sometime long, sometimes eternal, before a new book comes out:

George RR Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire series - those get preordered (when there is an actual publication date) and read immediately.

Amor Towles

Rick Atkinson - his American Revolution series. Second in series is out soon.

Harry Potter series was probably the last one I literally plotted to and bought on publication day and immediately read. No preorder - going to the midnight sales.

[Amy]

I got on to almost 50 messages! I am going with:

Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjahlin.

[Robin P]

I find out about new releases from GR, as well as from book newsletters, the NY Times Book Review, and the magazine Book Pages, which is free at the library. You can sign up for emails from GR based on genres you like, for instance Fantasy/Sci-Fi, Romance, etc.

I had my name down at the library for Wild Dark Shore before it came out and amazingly I got it the first week it was out. I think that if a particular branch happens to get it in, a person who reserved it at that branch gets it before someone who was ahead in the queue but is at a different branch.