Today’s theme from That Artsy Reader Girl‘s Top Ten Tuesday is “most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2025”, so let’s take a look…
- Murder as a Fine Art, by Carol Carnac (January). Technically this isn’t new, but where would I get my hands on it other than through the British Library Crime Classics reprint? Carol Carnac is slightly better known as E.C.R. Lorac, but sadly less known than she ought to be in all her guises. Her mysteries are some of my favourites, and I’m eager to read this one.
- A Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation, vol. 10, by Misaki, Momochi, Sando and Lamp Magonote (January). I haven’t quite read all the existing books yet, but I’m eager to keep following Lizel’s adventures, watching him charm everyone he meets, scheme like the best of ’em, and read the entire contents of a bookshop even faster than I would.
- But Not Too Bold, by Hache Pueyo (February). I’ve read this as an eARC already (review here), but I’m looking forward to seeing what others think. It’s a little bit gothic, a bit creepy, and yet it’s a romance too…
- The Ten Teacups, by Carter Dickson (February). Another one from the British Library Crime Classics collection. I’ve not always loved the work of Carter Dickson/John Dickson Carr, but I gained a bit more of an appreciation for it in the last year, and I’m curious about this one. There’s still the chance I’ll dislike it, but equally a chance it’ll be a five-star read for me.
- Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, by Heather Fawcett (February). I love this series, and I’m really happy to have received an eARC for this one as well. The formatting unfortunately leaves something to be desired (it’s an epub clearly generated straight from a PDF without cleanup), so I might hang on for the published version, alas. But I’m super excited to return to Emily’s world.
- The Tomb of Dragons, by Katherine Addison (March). I urgently need to get to my eARC of this, because I don’t want to wait for the release in March! And here’s firmly hoping that someone finally gives Thara Celehar a hug. (I can dream.)
- Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite (March). A fun SF mystery, which I’ve already read (review here). I know a couple of people who are going to love it, and I’m going to very much enjoy their enjoyment.
- Everything is Tuberculosis, by John Green (March). The number of people who immediately notified this was going to be a thing when the news of it broke was… gratifying, honestly. Y’all know me! Yes, it’s high on my list, and I’m very hopeful for a new book on tuberculosis that will (I hope) make the seriousness of the situation clear to laypeople. Given my current degree and my undergrad dissertation, it probably won’t teach me anything new per se, but I’m always interested in how different people frame the problems — and you never know what someone fresh to the topic may notice or pick out as important. Either way, I expect to have Opinions.
- A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett (April). I really liked The Tainted Cup, so I’m keen for the follow-up. I love genre mashes like fantasy and mystery, so this is catnip to me.
- The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, by Malka Older (June). Again, I had an eARC copy of this and enjoyed it (review forthcoming) — it might not be my favourite of the Mossa and Pleiti books in some ways, but it was still a fun time, and I’m looking forward to having more people to talk about it with.
And there we go! I’m sure there’s a lot missing, and I’m looking forward to browsing other people’s lists and learning just how much I missed out…
I honestly think of TB as a disease of the past, but evidently not!
Oh no, not at all! I’m hoping Everything is Tuberculosis can replace my go-to pop-sci book recommendation about it, because that’s getting a touch out of date now, but Catching Breath by Kathryn Lougheed is what nudged me into considering TB my research interest. It’s a big killer, and infections are still increasing year on year, particularly after disruption in treatments and case-finding during the first two years of the pandemic. Resistance is a massive problem too, with some strains resistant to all front-line antibiotics. It’s a fascinating organism!
I’m also very excited for Emily Wilde, A Drop of Corruption and Murder By Memory! Awesome list, good luck getting to all of them.
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I’m ever-hopeful, but chances are the year will end without me reading them all, ahaha.
I can’t wait to read Everything Is Tuberculosis. I agree that average people don’t realize how serious this situation is.
I put Murder by Memory on my list this week so good to know you enjoyed it! I clearly have the same eARC of Emily Wilde as you, but it’s only really the chapter headings that are a mess for me, so now I’ve got into the story it’s not too much bother.
Oh, that’s good to know! It looked like the copy I got had weird page numbers inserted as well, but maybe I’ll try anyway.
Hope you enjoy Murder by Memory, it was fun!
It’s so easy to forget, especially in countries like the UK where incidence is low and undernutrition (comparatively) rare, since that trends against anyone encountering it. But we’re really in trouble in some ways, and it’s unfortunate how little people realise that.
I’m hoping that I’m one of the people who will enjoy Murder By Memory! It sounds like a lot of fun. And I’m also looking forward to more Mossa & Pleiti books!
It definitely is! And Mossa and Pleiti are always a good time. This one’s quite long, too!
Murder By Memory sounds interesting! I hope you’ll love all these books 🙂
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Thanks! I’m looking forward to them.
I’m so sorry to hear that you’re finding your arc format of Emily Wilde frustrating. I got along alright with mine but the page headers were appearing in random places. Anyway I hope it ends up being worth the wait and that you enjoy it as much as I did.
I have a few of the others on my TBR too. I’m especially eager to start the Shadow Of The Leviathan series (I’ve seen so much hype for it) and want to get to the Goblin Emperor books for the same reason. A lot of the novellas sound so good too though. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the books you’ve already read and hope the rest are similiar hits.
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Yeah, mine seems to have page numbers at random, too. I might give it a shot anyway, but it’s a bit frustrating that they didn’t just do a proper epub version — they’ll need one for publication time, after all!
The Goblin Emperor and the Cemeteries of Amalo books are lovely (though the Celehar books are quite different to Maia’s book in tone and setting). I love them a lot!
John Green’s book sounds absolutely fascinating! I’m excited to read it too. I hope you enjoy all these.
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If only I had an ARC, I’d definitely be willing to hype it up if it was good, haha. XD