2024 Book Releases

With only a few days until the new year begins, my eyes are already on the 2024 book releases. I know I’ve missed many and would love to hear what books you’re looking forward to this year.

“House of Flame and Shadow” by Sarah J. Maas - January 30

The third book in her Crescent City series, “House of Flame and Shadow” is a hotly anticipated book due to a cliffhanger in the last book, or so I’ve heard. I haven’t yet started the series, but I have a good feeling about it. I have adored all of Sarah J. Maas’ other books, so I doubt Crescent City will be any different. Cheyenne Roche actually got me the first two books in the series for Christmas, so I plan to read those before “House of Flame and Shadow” comes out.

“The Women” by Kristen Hannah - February 6

I’ve loved every book by Kristen Hannah so far, so I’m excited for her new book, The Women, to come out soon. “The Women” focuses on 20-year-old nursing student Frankie McGrath in 1965, when she follows her brother out to serve in Vietnam. She joins the Army Nurse Corps and we follow her experiences both in Vietnam and when she comes home.

“Bride” by Ali Hazelwood - February 6

Ali Hazelwood is known for her steminist novels, such as “The Love Hypothesis” and “Love, Theoretically.” However, her newest book “Bride” drifts into a brand new genre, focusing instead on a “dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf” which leads to love. I’m a big fan of the supernatural genre, so I’m excited to see how Hazelwood fits into this genre.

“The Warm Hands of Ghosts” by Katherine Arden - February 13

While I haven’t read anything by Katherine Arden before, her newest book sounds like it’s right up my alley. “During the Great War, a combat nurse searches for her brother, believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise, in this hauntingly beautiful historical novel with a speculative twist.”

“Funny Story” by Emily Henry - April 23

The last few years, Emily Henry has been on top of the rom-com book world. She’s won the romance category in the Goodreads choice awards for the last three years, and I wouldn’t doubt that “Funny Story” will make that list too. I loved Henry’s “Book Lovers,” though I haven’t had the chance to read any of her other works. Funny Story sounds interesting, wherein basically the two main characters’ ex-fiancees fall in love with each other.

“Kingdom of Spirit and Shadow” by Scarlett St. Claire - May 21

This book is the third in the Adrian X Isolde series by Scarlett St. Claire. When I originally picked up the series, I thought it was a duology, so you can imagine my horror at the end of the second book when I realized I’d have to wait until the middle of 2024 for the ending. “Kingdom of Spirit and Shadow” follows vampire king Adrian and his bride Isolde in the final book of their story.

“The Guncle Abroad” by Steven Rowley - May 21

The newest of Steven Rowley’s books, “The Guncle Abroad,” is the sequel of his 2021 best-seller, “The Guncle,” which followed Patrick O’Hara,” a once-famous sitcom star whose unexpected family tragedy leaves him with his niece and nephew.” The sequel follows O’Hara again, adjusting again to family changes and newfound fame.

“Leather and Lark” by Brynne Weaver - June 4

The sequel to the dark rom-com “Butcher and Blackbird,” “Leather and Lark” follows the love story of contract killer Lochlan Kane and his possible heroine, Lark Montague. I read the first in this series in Mount Ayr’s That’s What She Read book club and loved it. If you’re up for some dark humor and fake dating (or fake marriage), it sounds like “Leather and Lark” may be for you.

“Somewhere Beyond the Sea” by TJ Klune - September 10

The “House in the Cerulean Sea” is a beloved cozy fiction that TJ Klune published in 2020. I loved the way it ended, so I was surprised to hear that a sequel was coming out in September. “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” follows the found-family of Arthur Parnassus and the struggles he experiences to keep his magical family together.

“A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch” by Sarah Hawley - November 28

While I love supernatural romances, most are full of danger and mystery. Sarah Hawley’s supernatural romances take on a more cozy tone. “A Demon’s Guide to Wooing a Witch,” the sequel to “A Witch’s Guide to Fake-Dating a Demon,” follows the big baddie demon from the last book after losing his memory and falling in love.