Most Anticipated Releases of 2019: April to June
The snow is melting, the grass is growing, and the days are finally getting warmer. It’s time to look ahead to the Science Fiction and Fantasy reads I’m most excited about in the months of April to June. Not only is it fun to organize my reading and to make lists, they also have the added benefit of focusing my attention to the highly anticipated releases that I’d like to check out. This year, I decided to try something a little different by posting a list every quarter to make the TBR seem more manageable. There’s already an impressive tower of books on my to-read pile, and while I’m under no illusions that I’ll be able to read them all, hopefully I can get to most of them (and also put some new books on people’s radars)!
What are your most anticipated releases for the second quarter of 2019?
April
April 2 – Descendant of the Crane by Joan He, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, The Finder by Suzanne Palmer, Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
April 9 – Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
April 16 – Atlas Alone by Emma Newman, The Binding by Bridget Collins, A Time of Blood by John Gwynne, Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
April 23 – Wolfhunter River by Rachel Caine, Inspection by Josh Malerman, Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse, A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher
April 30 – The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso, Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
May
May 7 – Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs, Empire of Grass by Tad Williams
May 14 – A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay, Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Pariah by W. Michael Gear
May 21 – Queenslayer by Sebastien de Castell, The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda, Starship Repo by Patrick S. Tomlinson
June
June 4 – War of the Bastards by Andrew Shvarts, The Soul of Power by Callie Bates, Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal
June 11 – Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed, Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich, Recursion by Blake Crouch, The Fall by Tracy Townsend
June 18 – The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
June 25 – Wherever She Goes by Kelley Armstrong
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Ooohh nice! I’ve read Holy Sister, A Time of Blood, and A Boy & His Dog; I loved them all! I hope you’ll love them too, Mogsy! There are plenty of other books on this list that I hope I’ll be able to get to! So many books!!!
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It really is a lot, I don’t know that I’ll be able to read all these, but I will try, haha! April will be especially insane with all the good books 😀
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Holy Sister is definitely my most anticipated read. It’s actually the one I’m looking most forward to for the entirety of 2019. Wicked Saints and Aurora Rising are ones I’m quite excited to pick up as well.
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Ack reminds me, I should have started Holy Sister way before this, but it’s definitely in the queue for late March or early April! 😀
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So many upcoming exciting releases!
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I agree, 2019 is such a great year for books 😀
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Yes I’m ready for spring! So many of these look good, but I’m especially excited about and/ or hopeful for Little Darlings, the Favorite Daughter, and Recursion!
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Yep, this spring looks pretty good for thrillers!
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So. Many. Books!! And too little time! 😥 I completely forgot that Christina Henry has a new book coming out this year. Can’t wait for that one (and her covers are always awesome!)
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Agreed! I loved the cover to her book The Mermaid. And Lost Boy wasn’t bad either!
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Descendant of the Crane and Wicked Saints are two of my most anticipated releases of the year, so I’m really keen to read both of those asap! 🙂
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I’ve heard great stuff about both already and can’t wait to dive in either 🙂
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Yes, I’m hoping they’re both going to be fab!
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I wouldn’t even know where to start with these. I do see some familiar ones though!
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Tell me about it, looking at this list makes me excited and stresses me out at the same time, haha!
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Such a lot of good reading to look forward to. I have a few of these and can’t wait to tuck in.
Lynn 😀
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Yup, I’ll have to start planning my reading schedule, hoping to get most of these read in the next few months. 🙂
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I’ve got Master & Apprentice on my TBR. Can’t wait! I’ve enjoyed Gray’s writing in the SW universe.
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I LOVE Gray! She’s one of the best authors to join the Star Wars new canon, imo. Lost Stars blew me away and I also loved her Leia book. Can’t wait for M&A.
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Lost Stars. Me too!!! Honestly, I don’t see it enough, but I recommend it to others a lot.
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yay! Many things! I loved Holy Sister!
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Can’t wait to get to Holy Sister! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
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Damn, the next few months are crazy! I only got through April before I was drowning in my own anticipated releases list. I’m really looking forward to the new Star Wars books, and more Mercy Thompson! And Storm of Locusts!! And then all the sequels for series I haven’t started yet. 🙂
One note, Blood Heir actually got pulled from release after a big Twitter storm. I was looking forward to it to, but sadly it has no release date in site.
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Thanks for the heads up! Removing the book from the list for now. And what a shame. Just learning about this shit show for myself after your comment. I can’t believe the author/publisher caved to the Twitter mob.
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It was pretty brutal to watch, and I feel bad for the author, especially because she didn’t grow up in the US and wasn’t steeped in how certain scenes might be read (though an editor or publisher maybe should have flagged it). The scene was problematic at worst and likely didn’t warrant the entire book being pulled. Especially when 90% of the people decrying it hadn’t read the scene let alone the book.
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I just read a report on all that went down. It sounds completely absurd, to be honest. I can’t believe what has become of the YA community these days. I don’t even care what was in her book, to be honest; if it’s problematic, then it’s problematic and we can all discuss – but now that choice isn’t even available for anyone.
And actually, the more I read, the more I’m disappointed with the author too. She didn’t grow up in the US but it does seem like she’s pretty savvy with the western culture and outspoken in social media, on the “same side” as those who had called for her head – which is the ironic part. It seemed like she caved to save her image.
As someone who spent my childhood years in a communist fascist country where all media/speech is regulated by the government, I find one of the scariest/saddest things happening in America right now is when people actually, willingly choose to self-censor themselves.
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Jumping into your conversation, I was so pissed when I found out about this! Twitter can be such a bitch. I feel like it’s dangerous to write anything without someone jumping on you.
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Yeah, this Twitter rent-a-mob thing is out of control, imo. It’s horrible that anyone can just sabotage an author like this, if their attacks pick up steam.
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Just to name a few: A Time of Blood, The Unbound Empire, Pariah – these are at the top of my “wanted” list. And I’m reading A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World and totally LOVING it, even though at times it breaks my heart… 🙂
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I’m so excited to hear that about A Boy and His Dog! That is definitely on my list for April!
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So many of these are on my own most anticipated list! I’ve already gotten digital ARC’s of several of them thankfully, including Blood Heir, which I plan to post a review for on the original release date, regardless of the fact that it was pulled over some asinine interpretation of the content due to certain authors inability to look beyond the American version of slavery/history, which made the whole issue all the more ridiculous.
I read Wicked Saints back in January I think and it is one of my absolute favorite books. If you like dark fantasy then you will really enjoy it. I’m dying for book two!
One that I didn’t see on your list for June was Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey. I received a physical ARC from Tor last month and I’m almost finished with it. It’s a murder mystery with a magical twist and an emphasis on character relationships and development.
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That’s good to hear about your plans for Blood Heir! I am thinking of reading it too, just because it sounds great and I still want to read it. I got an eARC from NetGalley as well and it’s just a shame about what happened.
And eee, I’m so excited to hear you enjoyed Wicked Saints! Lots of folks are praising that one, so I am very optimistic that I will like it too.
And I am curious about Magic For Liars. Sarah Gailey hasn’t really worked for me in the past (didn’t enjoy her Hippo western series) but this one sounds sufficiently different enough that I might give her work another go 🙂
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Great list! I have heard of most of these 😀 (usually I am super behind on up and coming releases) I guess Aurora Rising had some controversy around the twittersphere this morning with people getting mad that they couldn’t get a special edition copy pre-ordered!
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Well, at least that was the extent of the Twitter controversy and not something worse – the YA community can be such a minefield these days, lol!
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This list is overwhelming! Mine doesn’t even hit June and wow, I can’t believe June is an amazing month too!
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Yeah, I used to do these lists in chunks of four months at a time, and now I’m doing it by quarters because otherwise the post will just get too long, haha.
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Aurora Rising is on my list too Mogsy! You already know that I liked The Wicked Saint.
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Yes, I loved your review for Wicked Saint and your praise and all the other positive things I’ve heard have got me even more excited! And let’s hope we’ll both love Aurora Rising, I have high hopes for that one! 😀
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A new John Gwynne and I have not read the previous one
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Storm of Locusts yaaaassssssss. So excited for that one! I really need to catch up on that Melissa Caruso series too, I’ve only read the first one. So many great books to look forward to!
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Awesome list! I loved holy sister and I’m highly anticipating aurora rising! 😀
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I need to start that Rachel Caine series. It sounds really good and I love the covers!
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I cannot wait for The Luminous Dead and Little Darlings!!
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