New Books Tuesday: October 2
Many people know that Wednesday is New Comics day. Somewhat less known is the fact that Tuesday, in the US, is New Books day.
Weekly disclaimer: This weekly post highlights some of the books being published on any given week, usually in the science fiction and fantasy genres, both YA and books for adults. I am VERY likely to miss cool new books, so please feel free to tell me about them in the comments. Sometimes these will be books I've read a pre-publishing copy of, but most of the time, they will not. These are books I find notable, but I certainly don't read fast enough in English to be able to read all the cool books that come out every week.
This week has a huge pile of books, including some by some huge names. But this is my weekly post, so I'm going to highlight the books that I've been looking forward to.
This is the fourth and final novella in Wells' brilliant series. It just so happens that I just published the first one in Hebrew, so of course I'm all in on this one. I can't wait to see how Wells brings it all back around and to a satisfying conclusion, but I know she will.
This is Huang's debut novel, after several years of publishing well received - and very good - short fiction. But here's the thing, friends: It's a book about a woman whose superpower is math. Like, an actual superpower. Bullet dodging math, y'all.
This is the sequel to the much beloved The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by one of twitter's greatest authors. I should read these books. People love, love, love them.
Gods vs. wizards in a fantasy apocalypse.
The tagline for this one is "Gladiator meets Game of Thrones," but with a young princess in the Maximus role. I am intrigued!
A mermaid's brother is sickened by an oil spil, and she must journey to find a cure. That's a staggering combination of things, and this one has been very well reviewed.
I promised huge names, and this one fits the bill. This is a new series from the author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, and is sounds super fun! This is a magical wild west, where a young gunslinger is hired to by two Russian wizards. She's supposed to get them to Mexico, and she's never failed a client. But this one will be harder than she could have expected. Fun, right?
A fifteen year old is sent back 14 years in time to prevent a war, only to discover the ruler who sent him has already been assassinated, and now he's trapped in a dangerous past. Interesting!
This is a centuries spanning novel about a line of women born with vision and powers, and the youngest of the line, a girl called Alice who leaves her Scottish home for Colorado.
Political high fantasy, with a brave and forthright young hero and intrigue. And I'm sure it's for someone, but probably not for me.
I'm always a bit suspicious when children of famous authors start writing sequels to their parents' novels. The reviews of this one are more favorable than I would have expected, though.
This story of a mobster priest come home from war, only to find he has to rebuild his empire, is well reviewed. And somewhat intriguing to me.
This appears to be a reworking of Sleepy Hollow, and I've never been all that fascinated by the headless horseman.
And we're back to huge names, with an author who's work hasn't interested me in a long time. Basically, ever since she decided her genius words should not be touched by filthy, grubby editors.
So, if I'm suspicious about children of authors writing sequels, how do I feel about great nephews writing prequels that are also somehow about their famous great uncles? Not great, friends, not great. Bram Stoker, apparently, had his own vampire encounters, in this Dracula prequel.
We've got a shapeshifting alien and her human friend, in a book with a title that someone maybe should have reconsidered?
Army veteran is given powers by a crashlanding alien, and must now protect the earth. And weirdly, this is NOT about Green Lantern. Ooookay.
Time for another huge name, It seems. Military SF is not my jam. People who's jam it is seem to love these books, though.
This seems like an interesting take on the "damsel in distress" trope, though reviews are mixed and it looks like it hits every possible trigger. So be aware of that if you're thinking of reading it.
Despite the tropetastic title and fairly awful cover, this space colony novel seems intriguing, and is getting rave reviews.
This is the third novel in the series by super popular youtuber Graceffa. Writing that last sentence made me feel SO OLD.
This is the start of a new series of epic fantasy novels by the bestselling and prolific Kagawa, and I think it's her first where she draws on her Japanese heritage for major inspiration in the worldbuilding.
This is a modern re-telling of the Pied Piper, where the piper - now Pit Viper - is a DJ (again, I feel so old). It's called "a twisted re-telling," but honestly, how much more twisted than the original can it be? Dude took all of the town's kids!
This one is very interesting to me. It's a bit of horror, a bit of Heathers, with monsters and killing the patriarchy. Apart from the horror, I like all of these things!
This is the third novel in a series about A, who wakes up each day in a different person's body, and lives their life for that day.
I like Katie Locke a great deal, but I can't read this series. Too much WWII for me.
This is both a prequel and a worldguide to Matharu's Summoner series.
This one is another sequel, the second in Milford's Arcana series. It is extremely well reviewed, including 5 stars on Goodreads by my pal and brilliant author Fran Wilde.
Oh, did you think we've run out of huge names? We have not! I haven't read this super successful series, nor watched the film. But hey, people seem to like it.
In an America where folks are only allowed one child, two twin sisters pretend to be one person, until they are caught and banished. This novel was written by two twin sisters, and is being adapted by them to a TV series.
A young girl who used to be a beast, but was transformed to human shape by a witch, is suspected of the witch's murder. In Paris. This one is certainly interesting.
We've had a book by twin sisters, now here comes one by a father and son. The Shusterman's book is about a drought so bad, it's apocalyptic. So, basically, California in like five years.
Is Laini Taylor a huge name, or just a really big name? This is the sequel to her Strange The Dreamer.
Four mercenary girls fight monsters. I repeat: Four mercenary girls fight monsters. This may well be awesome.
This dark pastoral tale of a small village and its boundaries is probably too creepy for me.
This short novel is a story of an ex-detective sent to find a woman in a forest. And then... weird stuff happens, I guess? I don't even know.
And we end this list of big names and small with a book that contains both. It is edited by one of the greatest editors ever of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, and collects the finest stories from her yearly "Best of" horror anthologies. And for big names, how about Neil Gaiman? He's in there.
What are you looking forward to reading?
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@didic, how long did it take you to read that many books?
You really translated one into Hebrew?
Do you ever sleep??
Thanks for these!
I didn't read all of these! These are just the books that came out last week.
I've translated dozens of books into Hebrew. It's my day job.