"It gets colder with each passing moment, which can only mean one thing: Winter is upon us. For pretty much everyone we know, this change in season means curling up with a cozy blanket and a good book in the warmth of our home until the sun decides to show its face again. Luckily, there’s a slew of new books on the horizon to keep us more than busy enough until spring. Whatever genre of books you favor, there’s a new release for you in the list below. Ready your reading nook and open your Goodreads app to add to your ever-growing TBR pile—winter’s new releases are coming. Bonus: all the titles below come highly recommended from Goodreads users, so you know they’re going to be good.
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In the fifth book in Raven Kennedy’s Plated Prisoner series, the epic story inspired by King Midas, fae, and fated romance continues. With dark romance elements and a journey into Annywn, the faerie world, motivated by the entrancing Slade, this is sure to be a favorite for romance and fantasy lovers alike.
Publishing December 5th.
Gemma Wilde was recently dumped by her long-term boyfriend, so she does anything a rational 28-year-old would do: She gets drunk with her fun aunt and her best friend, Dax, and performs a love-cleansing spell to forget her ex. Unfortunately for Gemma, when she wakes up the next morning, her entire world is upside down. In this alternate reality, she never dated her ex, Dax has no idea who she is, and her whole life looks completely different. In order to reverse the spell, Gemma must re-befriend Dax…but in the process, she starts to wonder whether she really wants things to go back to normal after all.
Publishing December 5th.
New mom Tash is desperate to revitalize her journalism career, so when a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances in her neighborhood, she’s sure that she’s hit her next big break. Tash also needs to find a playgroup for her son, and suddenly finds herself interacting with many of the mothers from the nearby wealthy neighborhood, filled with lavish houses and wealthy playdates. When another young woman is found dead, Tash can’t help but notice that the trail is leading her right back to the mothers in the playgroup.
Publishing December 5th.
Fans of Alice Oseman’s award-winning graphic novel series will be overjoyed with its return in the fifth volume. Nick and Charlie are very in love, having finally said those three little words to each other. However, with Nick headed off to university next year, the boys must reckon with their futures and each other.
Publishing December 19th.
From the bestselling author of Divine Rivals comes the sequel Ruthless Vows, which follows Iris Winnow after she has returned home to the city of Oath from the war front. When Iris and Attie have the opportunity to travel westward once more, they do so in spite of the danger, in order to protect the fracture of the city they love. On the other side of the realm, Roman awakes with no memory of Iris or his past, and must attempt to find his way back to the truth through a mysterious pen pal.
Publishing December 26th.
Divine Might is a follow-up to author Natalie Haynes’ first book on ancient Greek myth, Pandora’s Jar. This book examines the goddesses of Greek mythology, whose prowess, passions, and desires rival those of their male counterparts. A fresh take on many of the tales that we know and love, Divine Might exposes how the Greek goddesses were shaped by a male gaze in mythology.
Publishing January 2nd.
Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex-movie star who used to be one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her closest friends to her idyllic private Greek island as an escape from the English weather during the Easter holiday. However, one year, the trip is interrupted by a murder. As the group of old (and very famous) friends are trapped on the island overnight, they become embroiled in a vengeful game of cat-and-mouse.
Publishing January 16th.
Margot meets the magnetic Lucy Sharpe at the end of her freshman year at a small liberal arts college in South Carolina. Shy and careful Margot finds that she can’t say no when Lucy asks her to room with her and two other girls during their sophomore year. In their off-campus house, the four friends form intense bonds. But in the middle of the year, one of the boys in the fraternity house is murdered, and Lucy Sharpe is gone without a trace. This tantalizing thriller about the nature of friendship and belonging is one you won’t be able to put down.
Publishing January 16th.
True crime writer Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by examining the case of the Alperton Angels, the cult that brainwashed a young teenage girl into believing that her baby was the Antichrist, leading to a mass suicide and a mysterious disappearance. However, Amanda’s main competitor, Oliver Menzies, is also on the case. The two are forced to collaborate as they search for the missing baby and mother—only to realize that the case is much darker than they could have ever imagined.
Publishing January 23rd.
In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men, but his family is struggling. A terrible drought has settled over the town of Dorado, Mexico, so when Antonio hears of a train laden with gold, he sets off to Houston to rob it with his younger brother, Hugo. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio is launched into a quest for revenge. Years later, in 1964, Jaime Sonoro is the country’s most famous singer and actor. When he discovers an old book that suggests that his family line stretches back to Cain and Abel, he goes on a quest to uncover the crimes of his ancestors, including those of his grandfather, Antonio.
Publishing January 23rd.
The third book in Sarah J. Maas’ hit Crescent City series follows Bryce Quinlan after she has left the world of Midgard, only to wish she could go right back. Stranded in a strange new world, Bryce has no idea who to trust. Across the universe, Hunt Athalar has found himself back in the Asteri’s dungeons, stripped of his freedom and desperate to get back to Bryce. With the world resting on their shoulders, will Bryce and Hunt find their way back to each other once again?
Publishing January 30th.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes the story of a woman gone to war in 1965. Frances “Frankie” McGrath was raised to be a good girl by her conservative parents, but the 1960s bring a changing world, and when Frankie’s brother goes to fight in Vietnam, she joins him by joining the Army Nurse Corps. She finds herself changed by the chaos and destruction of war as well as the unexpected trauma of returning home to a changed and politically divided America. The Women is a fictional attempt to shine a light on the sacrifice and commitment of women who serve their country.
Publishing February 6th.
Ricki Wilde is different from the rest of her family. While her socialite sisters float through the wealthy Atlanta scene, Ricki longs for a different life. So when a nonagenarian offers to rent the bottom floor of her Harlem apartment to Ricki, she leaps at the opportunity to leave her wealth and life behind in favor of realizing her dream of opening a flower shop. One evening in February, Ricki encounters a stranger who throws her life off balance forever. Set between present Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance, this book is a story of two passionate artists drawn together by magic and romance.
Publishing February 6th.
Laura, Daniel, and Mo wake up one night under the fluorescent lights of a high school classroom, a year after they disappeared from their hometown. In the room with them is their old music teacher, who seems to know something about their disappearance that they don’t. Desperate to reclaim their lives, they agree to undertake a series of magical tasks that their music teacher sets for them so that they can once again return to their families.
Publishing February 13th.
Set in San Francisco in 1906, The Phoenix Crown follows four women from very different backgrounds who unexpectedly collide. A resourceful Chinatown embroideress, a soprano singer, a mysterious artist, and an independent female botanist all have questions about their lives and the world around them, as they seek everything from lost lovers to rare flowers. In their quest, the one man who may know the answers to all of their questions is the charming railroad magnate Henry Thornton, whose collection of Chinese antiques includes the legendary Phoenix Crown.
Publishing February 13th.
January 1918. Laura Iven’s brother, Freddie, is at war. When Laura learns of his death, she receives his personal effects, but something doesn’t add up. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium, hearing new stories of haunted trenches.
November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped with a wounded enemy soldier. Desperate to leave the battlefield, Freddie and the soldier form an unexpected alliance and escape to refuge with a mysterious man who seems to have the power to make the war zone disappear.
Publishing February 13th.
Born to Mexican immigrants in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips, entering high school at the top of her class—until the U.S. government stripped her of the right to a family when her parents’ visas expired and they were forced to return to Mexico. Armed with only her passport and sheer determination, Elizabeth became one of thousands of underage victims of broken immigration laws in the United States. My Side of the River explores separation, generational trauma, and the cost of the American dream.
Publishing February 13th.
In this disarmingly witty and poignant memoir, Sloan Crosley recounts the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide. As she looks for answers in friends, philosophy, and art, she seeks a framework that is kinder and more understanding than the unavoidable stages of grief. The Cult Classic author’s trademark wit and knack for observing human behavior shines in her newest book.
Publishing February 27th.
Colorado, 1864. Star is a young survivor of the devastating Sand Creek Massacre and has been brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity at the hands of an evangelical prisoner guard. What follows is an examination of the lives of Star’s descendants, from his son who is brutalized by Star’s former jailer to his great-grandchildren. In Oakland in 2018, Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield is barely holding her family together after her nephew narrowly survives a school shooting. Tommy Orange’s novel is a masterful indictment of America’s ongoing war on its own people.
Publishing March 5th.
In July of 1995, April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They find themselves picking up a lone hitchhiker on a deserted road in the middle of nowhere. But when they realize that the hitchhiker is bleeding and there’s a truck barreling down the road towards them, April and Eddie find themselves embroiled in a decades-old mystery. Unexplained murders have been occurring on this road for years, and as the only two witnesses, April and Eddie are suddenly the only suspects in what may actually be a supernatural crime.
Publishing March 5th.
Leith of Grey thought that coming to the Kingdon of Arrow and volunteering to fight in the gladiator arena would earn him enough gold to save his dying sister. Leith was wrong, because the gladiator tournaments turn out to be violent, bloodthirsty battles that rob him of his humanity. When Leith meets an elven princess named Maeve who is everything that he should hate, she offers him a chance to win the coveted title of Bloodguard—and his freedom.
Publishing March 5th.
This retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set to be a major publishing event in 2024. When the enslaved Jim hears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, he decides to hide on Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan that will allow him to stay with his wife and daughter. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his abusive father. What follows is a reimagining of the American classic from Jim’s perspective, with all of the same narrative set pieces and an entirely different perspective, showing the novel in a radically new light.
Publishing March 19th.
Annie Bot is a sentient AI, created to fulfill every emotional and physical need of her human owner, Doug. She has dinner ready for him every night, wears the outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to his moods. Doug loves that Annie’s AI gives her human characteristics, so Annie, eager to please, explores feelings of curiosity, secrecy, and longing. As Annie becomes increasingly sentient, she realizes that she may not actually love catering to Doug’s requests as much as she thought she did.
Publishing March 19th.
Fans of Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club will love this fun mystery about a woman who spends her whole life trying to prevent her foretold murder, only to be found dead exactly sixty years later in her country estate. Now, her great-niece, Annie Adams, is determined to solve her Aunt Francis’ killing. Set between the present day and 1965, the book follows two young women as they attempt to solve the same crime: Francis attempting to solve her own murder that hasn’t happened yet, and Annie trying to figure out who murdered her aunt.
Publishing March 26th.
From the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America comes an insightful cultural criticism of the golden era of basketball in the 1990s. Hanif Abdurraqib grew up in Colombus, Ohio, looking to role models like LeBron James for inspiration and developing a lifelong love of the game. In this book, Abdurraqib explores what it means to “make it,” who we think deserves success in this country, and the tensions between excellence and expectation.
Publishing March 26th.