This week’s theme from The Broke and the Bookish is “top ten debuts you’re looking forward to in 2015”. I didn’t actually know much about who had a debut coming out, so I ended up turning to Goodreads lists. These are mostly YA books, since I couldn’t find convenient lists of upcoming fantasy. Clearly I am not very plugged in to what’s coming out soon!
Since these are upcoming books, I’m gonna link the titles to the Goodreads page so other people can check them out in more detail.
- Red Queen, Victoria Aveyard. I’ve been looking at this one for a while, at least — I kept seeing it in other people’s StS posts and such. It sounds interesting, though I can’t say I really know much about it beyond the basic summary.
- The Girl at Midnight, Melissa Grey. I hadn’t heard of this one till I started making this list, actually; I’m intrigued by the idea, and I do always love the ‘there’s-a-city-below-the-city’ trope (Neverwhere, Un Lun Dun, King Rat, etc).
- Shutter, Courtney Almada. The cover looks really freaky, and it sounds fun. I’ve seen a couple of advance reviews already and my interest is definitely piqued.
- A Wicked Thing, Rhiannon Thomas. It’s a Sleeping Beauty rewrite, shut up and take my money.
- The Storyspinner, Becky Wallace. There’s a touch of the troubadour tradition about the idea of the Performers, so yeah, I’m in on this one.
- The Wrath and the Dawn, Renee Ahdieh. Definitely want this one — it’s a reworking of Scheherazade’s story, and it sounds like it has an interesting take on it.
- The Invisible Library, Genevieve Cogman. You had me at ‘library’. (Have bought it since I made the list!)
- An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir. Set in a Rome-like world, you say? Rebel Scholars, you say? Gimme!
- The Witch Hunter, Virginia Boecker. Seems like my kind of book, especially with the comparison to Graceling.
- The Unhappening of Genesis Lee, Shallee McArthur. I read a review of this and it intrigues me, though I’m sort of side-eyeing that new title trend of ‘the [x]ing of [name]’ (e.g. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer).
I’m obviously in need of more titles, so I’m definitely going to be paying attention to TTTs this week…
Red Queen seems to be a popular choice, but I still have barely any idea what it’s about. It does look good though. And I only discovered A Wicked Thing today, but it sounds awesome! I can’t wait to read it.
The cover is what really caught my attention, I think!
Excellent choices! A lot of these are on my list too – The Invisible Library had me at Doctor Who with librarian spies!
Yep! I’ve picked that one up already — must read it soon.
Great list! I think I’ve already read one (Genesis Lee), I snapped up The Invisible Library before Christmas and I have ARC’s of a couple of the others which I really need to start soon. Hope you get to read some of them soon 🙂
I got The Invisible Library just after Christmas, too! I’m looking forward to it.
AWESOME LIST! I’ll be sure to check them out.
MY TOP TEN TUESDAY
Thanks.
You crack me up – “A Wicked Thing, Rhiannon Thomas. It’s a Sleeping Beauty rewrite, shut up and take my money.” That’s totally my view as well.
The Invisible Library sounds AMAZING.
*grin*
I’m really looking forward to that one! I got it in the Kindle sales, I think…
What a fun list! I’ve not heard of any of the books, but I’m intrigued by the Sleeping Beauty one.;)
Me too, I love retellings!
We have similar lists, I forgot The Girl at Midnight on mine but I am excited for that one too!
Here’s hoping we both get our hands on them soon…