So I know I already did a list of my Top Ten Most Anticipated Books for 2013 – but 10 is not enough! There are so many good books coming out next year that I had to make another post about them. So here they are – 12 more books!
- Amish Tripathi: Immortals of Meluha (Shiva #1). This is the first book in the Shiva trilogy, a fantasy series about hindu gods. How cool does that sound?
- Carlos Ruiz Zafon: The Watcher in the Shadows. I really liked The Shadow of the Wind and this book about a mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion surrounded by his magical beings sounds so amazing.
- Kate Atkinson: Life after Life. One night, Ursula Todd is born but dies before she can draw her first breath. On the same night, Ursula Todd is born and lives on to lead an unusual life. Doesn’t this sound extremely intriguing?
- Ma Jian: The Dark Road. The tagline of this novel reads ‘If a panda gets pregnant, the entire nation celebrates. But if a woman gets pregnant she’s treated like a criminal. What kind of country is this?’, how can I resist that?
- Matt Bell: In the House Upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods. A young couple is unable to have children so the husband takes it out on every animal living in the lake and the woods. The wife somehow learns to sing objects into being. It sounds like a fascinating book about what happens when you so badly want children but is unable to have them.
- Marjorie Celona: Y: A Novel. A book about an abandoned baby, the mother who left her and the man who found her. It sounds heartbreaking and beautiful.
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Joe Hill: NOS4A2. This book is an example of a book where the title alone sells it!
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Stephen King: Joyland. King has two books coming out this year and this is the first one. It’s about amusement park serial killers and I don’t t need to say more because if you like King, you will get this!
- Douglas Lain: Billy Moon: A transcendent Novel reimagining the Life of Christopher Robin Milne. This is one of the books I’m probably the most excited about. I think it’s some kind of twisted look at Christopher Milne’s childhood and on the Winnie the Pooh stories and I can’t wait!
- Andrew Pyper: The Demonologist. This sounds like some kind of Da Vinci Code book but taking Paradise Lost as it’s starting point. And that’s is it’s selling point to me.
- Cassandra Rose Clarke: The Mad Scientist’s Daughter. Cat’s tutor is a robot who is perfectly happy to just teach her. But then the government grants rights to the robot population and suddenly, Finn has to find his own place in the world. Another great sounding novel!
- Warren Ellis: Gun Machine. A detective finds an apartment filled with guns. Each gun leads to a different, previously unsolved murder. This book sounds just so cool.
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I’ve been so excited for 7, 8, and 12. I will now be checking out several other of these titles!
So many great books coming out this year! I need to win the lottery!
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter sounds really good! I’m also looking forward to Y but I predict it’s a tearjerker.
I think that’s so true. But a good tearjerker!
The Atkinson book is the most interesting for me. A really intriguing plot.
Very intriguing. Multiple realities and stuff. It’s hard to summarize it because everything depends on where she takes the various parts of the story. I think this could turn out to be one of my favorite reads this year – if I get around to reading it…