Hey all, Sam here.
I try to do this post twice a year, each time covering a six-month chunk of time, but a lot of books come out in that span of time and while I anticipate a whole bunch of books each year, the reality is that I don’t come close to reading all of the books that I want to read in that time. It doesn’t stop me from talking about all of them though.
I’m not going to make this post any longer than it needs to be. I’m simply going to go month by month from January until June and I’ll share the covers of the books I am most looking forward to each month. Under each month’s photo gallery, I will have the titles and release days listed (although I will note that this are the release days as listed now, at the end of December 2024; they could change at some point because of supply/demand/scheduling/etc).
All right…let’s get started.
January
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire (Jan 7), The Endless War by Danielle L. Jensen (Jan 7), Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu (Jan 14), Level: Unknown by David Dalglish (Jan 14), A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene (Jan 21), Carving Shadows Into Gold by Brigid Kemmerer (Jan 28)
February
Kingdom of Claw by Demi Winters (Feb 4), This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole (Feb 4), Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken (Feb 11), Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett (Feb 11), Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi (Feb 18), Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis (Feb 18), I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming (Feb 18)
March
Emberclaw by L.R. Lam (March 4), Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne (March 4), Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven (March 4), Vox Machina: Stories Untold (anthology collection) (March 4), The Winter Goddess by Megan Barnard (March 11), Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch (March 11), Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos (March 11), The Witch Who Trades With Death by C.M. Alongi (March 11)
April
Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen (April 1), A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (April 1), Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner (April 1), The Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez (April 8), Firebird by Juliette Cross (April 8), The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah (April 15), The Gentleman and His Vowsmith by Rebecca Ide (April 15), Saint Death’s Herald by C.S.E. Cooney (April 22)
May
Brighter Than Scale, Swifter Than Flame by Neon Yang (May 6), A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall (May 6) Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd by Delilah S. Dawson (May 13), The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig (May 20), A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride (May 27), The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis (May 27)
June
Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove (June 3), Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (June 10), House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron (June 17), This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman (June 17)
Whew…that’s quite a list…and I’ve already started adding books for the second half of the year to my release spreadsheet. I have a feeling I will be adding a lot more books to the list as we get farther into 2025, so that’s exciting. I love having so many books to look forward to, even if I know I won’t be able to read them all in their release year.
What books are you looking forward to in 2025? Let me know in the comments because I always love to hear about other books I should be on the lookout for. Well, that’s all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.
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