Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016.
Organized by release month, here are the books I’ll be dying for in the first six months of 2016… some of which I already have on preorder!
January:
1) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders: A new sci-fi novel by one of my favorite writers and recappers at io9.
February:
2) Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys: About a WWII-era tragedy. Sounds amazing.
3) All the Winters After by Seré Prince Halverson: Fiction set in Alaska! I’m in.
March:
4) Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs: The new Mercy Thompson book!!! I love this series so much.
5) The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters: After reading three of her novels in 2015, I’ve officially moved Cat Winters onto my “must read no matter what” list of authors.
April:
6) Fellside by M. R. Carey: I loved The Girl With All the Gifts. This new book sounds deliciously creepy.
7) Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld: The newest volume in The Austen Project is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, and for me, it’s a must!
May:
8) The Fireman by Joe Hill. Yes. Just yes.
9) At the Edge of Summer by Jessica Brockmole: I loved the author’s previous novel, Letters From Skye!
10) Peace Talks by Jim Butcher: the 16th book in the always amazing Dresden Files series!
No cover yet for Peace Talks, but here’s a classic Dresden image.
What books are you most eager to read in 2016? Please share your links!
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Great list Lisa 🙂 I’ve just added All The Birds In The Sky to my TBR!
Oh good! I really can’t wait to read it. I hope you enjoy it!
I’m eyeing The Fireman. The blurb was something.
Doesn’t it sound great? I’ve never been let down by a Joe Hill book!
Any of his works I should check out? I haven’t read any of his books.
NOS4A2 is amazing. I also loved his graphic novel series Locke & Key. All very scary and disturbing, but awesome.
Thanks for the suggestions! His works look intriguing.
Great list! I’m hoping to read my first Patricia Briggs book next year! Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files may happen too 🙂
The Mercy Thompson series is so fantastic! I love the whole world she’s created. The Dresden books are amazing too. Enjoy!
The Steep and Thorny Way looks like my cup of tea… I’ learning so many new books this week!
My Top Ten picks this week
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Have you read any Cat Winters? I just discovered her this past year, and think she’s amazing! Thanks for the links.:)
I’m currently reading Jewel’s memoir, she’s from Alaska, and it has me curious to know more about living in Alaska, so I’m glad I saw your post today. I’m adding All The Winters After to my “t-read” shelf. And who doesn’t love a good Pride and Prejudice retelling!?
I’m really excited for the P&P book! Maybe I should check out Jewel’s memoir too — thanks for the tip. 🙂
They way she describes Alaska is so beautiful, it makes me want to visit and I hate the cold!
And of course I see a few here that I forgot to list in my own – first and foremost that new Joe Hill! Excellent picks all around 🙂
Thanks! I’m so excited for a new Joe Hill book!
Ooh, Fellside might be good! My TTT
Did you read The Girl with All the Gifts? So good… makes me really excited for his new book!
Well, to be entirely accurate I listened to it, but yes 🙂
All the birds in the Sky sounds pretty interesting and it has a beautiful cover! Great list 🙂
Thanks!
I’m looking forward to the new Jessica Brockmole too!
Letters From Skye was so good! I’ve been hoping she’d release another book ever since reading that one.
Ruta Sepetys is one of my favourite authors 😀
That’s great to hear! I’ve only read one book by her so far (Out of the Easy), but I’d definitely like to read more!
Ooo, great list, Lisa! All the Birds in the Sky made my list this week too, and Ruta Sepys and Cat Winters are both authors I want to read. I’d like to read the Mercy Thompson series, too. 🙂
Maybe we’ll have a bunch of books in common in 2016!
Salt To The Sea was on my list this week too!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/29/top-ten-tuesday-37/
Can’t wait to read it!
I can’t wait for the new Ruta Sepytas – loved her other stuff and there is going to be a movie of her other historical fiction, its in filming now, i think
Ooh, really? Which one? I still need to read Between Shades of Grey.
Between Shades of Grey – i’ve been following the status updates on her facebook; I wasn’t so much a fan of her new orleans one – it was good, but not great
The Dresden Files is on of my favorites! Cat Winters quickly made the same list in my mind! 🙂
Check out my TTT and my current giveaway.
Awesome! We definitely have some favorites in common. 🙂