Most Anticipated Releases of 2023: October to December
And with that, it’s time to look ahead to the Science Fiction and Fantasy reads I’m most excited for in the final quarter of 2023. I actually shook my head as I typed that, it’s insane to think about how quickly this year flew by. But even as the days grow colder, the book releases are heating up for fall and beyond. I find that it helps me to make these lists by focusing my attention to the highly anticipated titles I’d like to check out and keep me on track to read. While I’m under no illusions that I’ll be able to read them all, hopefully I can get to most of them (and in fact I did pretty well with my TBR last quarter!) as well as also put some new books on people’s radars.
Do you have any of these books on your list? What’s missing that I should be checking out? Are there any titles you’re anticipating for the next few months? And maybe I should just spend the rest of the year reading October 3rd releases?
October
October 3 – The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey, Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson, Edenville by Sam Rebelein, Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson, Shield Maiden by Sharon Emmerichs, The Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand, After the Forest by Kell Woods, The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub, Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey
October 10 – An Inheritance of Magic by Benedict Jacka, The Art of Destiny by Wesley Chu, Red River Seven by A.J. Ryan, Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
October 17 – The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
October 24 – The Queen of Days by Greta Kelly
October 31 – Nestlings by Nat Cassidy, The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
November
November 7 – Bookshops & Bonedusst by Travis Baldree, The Hunting moon by Susan Dennard, The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher
November 14 – Calamity by Constance Fay, Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry, The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper, The Star and the Strange Moon by Constance Sayers, System Collapse by Martha Wells
November 21 – Defiant by Brandon Sanderson, The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan
November 28 – The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
December
December 1 – Night Owl by Andrew Mayne
December 5 – Grievar’s Blood by Alexander Darwin
The BiblioSanctum 
Among such bounty of great book, the new MurderBot adventure is indeed something to look forward to with greater enthusiasm! 🙂
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For sure, I’m going to savor it 🙂
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October 3 is actual insanity! I’m already behind and it isn’t even October yet 😂 Also, is that a brand new Andrew Mayne series I spy in December?
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Truly, looking at Oct 3 releases is stressing me out! And yes, it’s a new Andrew Mayne which I know nothing about, I’m excited to find out more!
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I’m putting together my list for next week, and I also have very few books for December (oddly all are different from yours!) And yep, publishers must have gotten together and decided to release all the books on October 3rd😬
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Yeah, October 3 is actual insanity!
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So many great books to come out in the next few months. Interestingly, Shield Maiden has been out in the UK for a while now as I picked up from the library a few months ago. It was a good read. I’m definitely looking forward to the Olympian Affair.
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Yeah, some books here had earlier release dates in the UK, seems to happen a lot too with Harper Voyager or Hachette titles 🙂
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In October I’m most curious about Starling House and Red River Seven. I loved the Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Pariah. For November it’s System Collapse all the way, though I’d like the read the first book in Baldree’s and Prose’ series. And for November any mention of Mayne will at least perk my interest a little, though it’s been a while since I’ve read anything of his.
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Yes my December is going to be quiet and I’m hoping to do a lot of catch up that month. But I’m glad to have a new Andrew Mayne to look forward to as well 🙂
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Lists like this are great because it’s so hard t okeep up with all the new releases! The new Andrew Mayne and System Collapse will go on my list.
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It really is hard and believe it or not this is already my narrowed down list 😅
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Yes I have a few of these on my review list – looking forward to them all. Such a lot of goodies – but what gives with the 3rd?
Lynn 😀
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Seriously, the October 3 release list is giving me anxiety 😂
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I still need to try the Latte book,
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Yes you do! You’ll love it, it’s fun.
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I can’t wait for Starling House as I’ve adored both of the authors other full length books (I still need to read the novellas). I’m hoping to finally read Luminaries sometime this month too so that I know whether it’s worth preordering the sequel. A couple of these are new to me so I’ll have to check them out. Hope the final quarter of 2023 goes well for you.
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So after reading Starling House, I definitely think her previous novels were better, but I hope you’ll enjoy it! And the Luminaries was a bit messy in terms of plot, but I did enjoy it! I’m really looking forward to Hunting Moon.
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Aww that’s a shame to hear but thank you. I hope that you enjoy Hunting Moon even more then 🤞
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