Most Anticipated Releases of 2021: January to March
Happy 2021! As we get ready to begin another year, it’s time to look ahead to the Science Fiction and Fantasy reads I’m most excited about. 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. Every quarter I’ll be putting together a post of my “must reads”, 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)!
So here are the books I’m really excited for in early 2021. What are some of yours?
January
January 5 – Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule, Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
January 12 – Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert, Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt
January 19 – The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick, The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson, Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long, In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce
January 26 – Brother Red by Adrian Selby
February
February 2 – A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel, Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell, A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong, Star Wars: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray
February 9 – The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor, The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec, The Power Couple by Alex Berenson, The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
February 16 – The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey, Black Coral by Andrew Mayne, The Black Coast by Mike Brooks
February 23 – The Russian Cage by Charlaine Harris
March
March 2 – The Councillor by E.J. Beaton, Dead Space by Kali Wallace, Forget Me Not by Alexandra Oliva
March 9 – Heartbreak Bay by Rachel Caine, The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
March 23 – The Unbroken by C.L. Clark, The Ladies of the Secret Circus by Constance Sayers, The Two-Faced Queen by Nick Martell, Red Widow by Alma Katsu, Girls with Rebel Souls by Suzanne Young, The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
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I’m very curious to The Unbroken!
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That one could be good!
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I‘d like to add the excellent „The Forever Sea“, published at 19.1.2021 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53285570
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I actually have it listed! But forgot the graphic. Thanks for mentioning it though, or I wouldn’t have caught it. I’ll add the cover in the morning 🙂
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That cover alone is worth it 😊
Did you read it already?
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Haven’t yet! But yes, it’s a beautiful cover 🙂
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Many intriguing ones 😀
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Indeed, 2021 will be a great year for books!
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Great list Mogsy! I have a suspicion that Winter’s Orbit will be in one of my book boxes.
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I hope it comes true! 😀
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Such a lot of good books to look forward to. I like the look of the Lost Village – hadn’t noticed that one already so will keep my eye out for that one.
Lynn 😀
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Yep, 2021 in books is off to an exciting start!
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Dead Space looks very promising: I loved Salvation Day and I hope the author will deliver another engrossing story with this new one 🙂
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I really enjoyed Salvation Day as well, which makes me quite excited for Dead space!
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Looks like the year is starting off well with plenty of potential reading enjoyment. Looking forward to seeing which you read and how you like them.
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Oh yes and I have a lot of these ARCs already! So much choice already and it’s barely a week into the near year, lol!
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So I’ve 2 of the January ones, and 2 of the February and one in March. Can’t wait to read the Becky Chambers one, I’m definitely most excited about that one! There’s a Tchaikovsky novella in March I’d add but otherwise your list is very thorough 🙂
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I am SO psyched for the new Becky Chambers too! And I think I know which is the Tchaikovsky one – I think I left it off though because it might be UK publisher only, but I gotta double check!
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It’s crazy how many books are coming out that I want to read, I’m pretty much on board with all of these!
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I know, one week into 2021 and my reading schedule is packed and I’m already behind – go figure 😀
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I’m looking forward to All the Tides of Fate, A Vow So Bold and Deadly, and several others 🙂
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Lots of great ones! I hope we’ll both enjoy them 😀
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Thanks!
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Although I didn’t like Hazel Wood, I am curious about Tales from the Hinterland. When I read Hazel Wood, I was more interested in the fairytales in it.
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I liked Hazel Wood but confess I was probably more interested in the fairy tales in it too, lol! That’s why I’m really excited about this collection!
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I’m looking forward to many of these books! 😀 I just finished Doors of Sleep and it was a ton of fun!
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I’m hoping to start that one soon! I’m hearing loads of good stuff about it already!
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So many good books! It’s hard not to get overwhelmed looking at such a fantastic list. I’m excited for a lot of these. Hope you get the chance to enjoy some of these books. I think I’m most looking forward to The Mask of Mirrors, which I’ll hopefully be reading soon. 🙂
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I know, I love these lists because it gets me so excited to see all these high anticipated releases all laid out like that, but also can’t deny a feeling of panic and being overwhelmed as well, haha! And Mask of Mirrors is what I’m hoping to pick up next, as soon as I finish my current read 😀
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I might try for The Mask of Mirrors next week too, I guess it depends what I’m feeling in the mood for though LOL. Enjoy!
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Ah so many amazing sounding books, I hope you love them all!! I so can’t wait to get myself a copy of Tales From The Hinterland as I knew I wanted to read those stories as soon as I read the first book (I still need to read the second 🙈). I’m also super excited for Hall of Smoke, Echo Wife, Bone Maker (OMG that sounds incredible) and Witch’s Heart. Although I think I have to wait a little longer than you for those last two as I believe the UK dates are slightly later.
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