Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
It’s a top twenty from me this week as I just couldn’t narrow my list down. There are so many new releases to tempt me, as always. I look forward to rummaging through everyone’s else’s lists and see what I’ve forgotten or didn’t know about!
Special mentions to the 2023 releases I’ve read already, A Day of Fallen Night, World Running Down, and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Links go to Goodreads and * indicates I’ve received a review copy from the publisher.
January
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
This one needs no explanation. My copy is currently winging its way to me…
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
It’s out in ebook already but I am patiently waiting for the hardback since this is one of the few series I actually have a matching set of.
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
OK, I admit it, I pre-ordered this for the pretty cover. All I know is it’s a fantasy debut.
February
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi*
This is top of my NetGalley pile, I loved her Gilded Wolves series, I like gothic stories, what’s not to love?
March
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
AAAAARGHHHH! New Shannon Chakraborty series! I think it’s loosely based on the tales of Sinbad the Sailor.
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
I need the laughs.
Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A Hedgehog Whodunnit by Tom Moorhouse
An investigation into the decline of the much-loved hedgehog, framed as a murder mystery? Yes please!
April
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
A gender-switched retelling of The Crane Wife. After falling in love with When Women Were Dragons this became a must-read.
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
Teenage cannibals at a festival! I added this to my TBR before I realised it was the same author as My Dearest Darkest, so it being a weird premise by an author I enjoyed, upgraded it to a pre-order.
Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater
Bookish thriller for the win. I don’t know if it’s based on the classic of the same name, but it is written by a former Waterstones bookseller.
The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller
I loved Our Endless Numbered Days, so I was so happy to see Claire writing another book that sounds more like speculative fiction. This sounds like it’s set during a lockdown and explores memories.
May
Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman*
French Revolution vampires from the author of The Invisible Library!
Dragonfall by Laura Lam
Laura’s returning to fantasy with this dragon-based trilogy.
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
I love a deadly mermaid story.
More Perfect by Temi Oh
I’ve been keeping an eye out for another book from Temi after Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
I still haven’t read any of Rebecca’s fantasy (I’m getting to Babel, promise) but I love a story about the dark side of publishing.
Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
I loved Firekeeper’s Daughter, so of course I’ll be reading this companion novel.
June
The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson
Need to know what happens next!
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Yeah, I said I’d overdosed on her books a bit this year, but they are still cute and easy reads so I will probably be buying this.
The Night in Question by Kathleen Glasgow + Liz Lawson
I was a bit disappointed that the Agatha Christie link was weak in the first book but it was still a solid YA mystery and I have hopes that they’ll be more Agatha-y in the second one…
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Yay for top 20! 🙂 I see several of my anticipated books as well including Hell Bent and Lost in the Moment and Found for this month.
Scarlet looks so interesting! I’ve not read Genevieve Cogman, but I see her library series all the time.
Well, you know I’m definitely adding a few more to my TBR after making the rounds to today’s lists. I’ll be adding Warrior Girl Unearthed from this list but I’m also looking forward to Godkiller! I can’t wait to get my copy 😊 I hope you enjoy all the books on this list!
Death of a Bookseller and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers sound really good. Great list!
God Killer has such a cool cover. I hope you enjoy that one.
Thanks for stopping by earlier.
I want to read Hazelwood’s book, too. It also made my list. I hope you love all of these.
This Delicious Death is my kind of book (and I love that cover!).
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
Top 20 just means an extra 10 books to love. 😀 how have I never heard of Godkiller? I don’t blame you in the least bit. I considered preordering it for the cover, too, soon as I saw it. Oh my gosh, it’s so freaking pretty! I absolutely LOVE the cover for Dragonfall, too, and I can’t wait to read that one!
Hope you enjoy these! Here is my post-https://paigesofnovels.com/2023/01/10/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-first-half-of-2023/.
Most of these are unfamiliar to me. But I have seen Ali’s on some lists and Kathleen’s first book was one I did read about; it sounded fun, so I’ll have to look into this follow up, too. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting my website this week.
You’re right, so many amazing books! I saw Yellowface and then didn’t even finish out May bc it’s such a huge month for releases and I didn’t have room. haha
I keep telling myself to cut down on new books and read more of the ones I already have, but publishers don’t make it easy.
I know, it’s so hard. It’s just an impossible dream to look away and read our own books all the time. haha
I hadn’t heard about a lot of these, so thank you for sharing them! I hope you get to read all of them (or at least a lot of them!) I’ve added Dragonfall to my TBR list. And Seanan McGuire’s latest would have been on my list, but I’m still at the beginning of the series.
my TTT list
The exact same reason why I’ll be reading Warrior Unearthed, as a New Zealander I was totally fascinated by Firekeeper’s Daughter and loved it.
Hell Bent ad Love Theoretically made my list too 🙂 Hope you’ll love all of these!
I am excited for Warrior Girl Unearthed. I hope you enjoy all of these when you get the opportunity to read them.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/early-2023-most-anticipated-canadian-releases/
Ali is a new favorite author, her books are so funny and lighthearted
There are a lot of really good looking books on this list…And I love your short descriptions. “French Revolution vampires” really got me.
Haha that’s pretty much all the information I need.
Thank you for sharing all of these, Ellie. I’m especially interested in Yellowface.
I also went over on my list this week, it’s definitely difficult to keep most anticipated releases to 10. We share quite a few of these, I also had Hell Bent, The Last Tale of The Flower Bride, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi and Death of A Bookseller on my list this week too.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/top-ten-tuesday-402/
The Sutanto book sounds like fun! I’ll have to take a closer look at that one. I hope you enjoy all these.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Ooh I almost added the new S.A. Chakraborty but I was already at 10. I’m definitely keen to read it though.
I am looking forward to Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers and Scarlet especially, but so many of the other books on your list have me practically drooling. So much temptation!
Dragonfall does sound pretty good. And seeing Hell Bent everywhere makes me realize I really need to pick up Ninth House soon, haha. You have a great list here. I hope you’re able to get to all of these and enjoy them all!
There are lots of really exciting fantasy books coming out this year!
I didn’t put it on my list, mainly because I have to go back and re-read Ninth House first, but I’m definitely excited for Hell Bent!
I still need to read Ninth House and Love on the Brain, but then I’ll move on to Hell Bent and Love, Theoretically. Someday. 😃 I hope you enjoy all of these!