Take a look ahead at all the upcoming book releases this year. Find out what the most-anticipated upcoming book releases are in the coming months.
What is it about a new book release that gets my heart pumping?
I may have a to-read list as tall as a mountain and a bookshelf already overflowing with books, but I still simply can’t resist upcoming book releases.
Instead of fighting my desire to read all the new books out, I’m embracing my penchant for finding the next great book.
If you love new book releases as much as I do, enjoy this list of all the upcoming book releases that have caught my eye. This upcoming book releases list is constantly updating, so be sure to come back and check again soon.
Every month, I update this list, removing books already published and adding upcoming book releases that catch my eye. Don’t worry, if you are looking for books published earlier this year, I’ve still got you covered.
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October 2021 Upcoming Book Releases
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Historical Fiction
October 5, 2021
In 1954, a young man recently released from a work farm plans to take his little brother West, but two friends from the work farm have other plans. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Contemporary Fiction
October 5, 2021
A lifelong friendship is tested when one woman’s husband is involved in a shooting of an unarmed Black teen and the other is assigned to report on it. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis
Romance
October 5, 2021
A surprise blizzard traps Noelle and Sam together for eight perfect hours. They part thinking they’ll never meet again, except fate has other plans. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger
Mystery & Thriller
October 5, 2021
After being ghosted by a guy she met through a dating app, a woman begins to obsessively look for answers to his identity. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Three Sisters by Heather Morris
Historical Fiction
October 5, 2021
Based on a true story of three Slovakian sisters who survived Auschwitz and moved to Israel hoping to find freedom. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Literary Fiction
October 5, 2021
In 1971, a family is at a crossroads as the parents contemplate divorce and each family member craves freedom that is threatened by the others. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
Mystery & Thriller
October 12, 2021
After a series of terrorist attacks, a novice Secretary of State under the administration of her rival must unravel a deadly global conspiracy. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Young Adult Fiction
October 12, 2021
During Ari and Dante’s senior year, a loss will force Ari to fight for the life he truly wants even if the world around him doesn’t understand. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Judge’s List by John Grisham
Mystery & Thriller
October 19, 2021
Florida Board of Judicial Conduct investigator Lacy Stoltz returns with an inquiry into a corrupt judge with a hit list. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
Historical Fiction
October 19, 2021
A physics student strikes up a friendship with author C. S. Lewis when her terminally ill brother asks her to find out where Narnia came from. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
Literary Fiction
October 19, 2021
Lucy Barton joins her ex-husband on a trip to explore a recently uncovered family secret that changes how they view those closest to them. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
Mystery & Thriller
October 26, 2021
A father and daughter living in isolation in the remote Appalachian mountains are forced to face the consequence of past decisions. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
On Girlhood by Glory Edim
Nonfiction
October 26, 2021
A collection of short stories from the founder of the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club about the power and precariousness of Black girlhood. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
More Books Publishing in 2021
Never by Ken Follett
Contemporary Fiction
November 9, 2021
The United States’s first female President tries to avoid war when an act of aggression escalates and the world’s greatest powers are caught up in a tangled web of alliances. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
Romance
November 9, 2021
On a trip to the Channel Islands, a woman accidentally switches suitcases with a stranger and falls in love with the unseen owner. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
Contemporary Fiction
November 9, 2021
After serving a long prison sentence, an Ojibwe woman gravitates toward an independent Minneapolis bookstore and becomes haunted by the ghost of one of its customers. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nonfiction
November 16, 2021
An account of American history with slavery at its center – from the first slave ship to arrive in 1619 to the present day with a focus on how our past shapes our present. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
YA Fantasy
November 16, 2021
Sequel to These Violent Delights. Thinking that Juliette murdered his cousin, Roma is on the warpath and Shanghai is on the brink. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
Fantasy
November 23, 2021
In the 9th Outlander book, a reunited Claire and Jamie face being torn asunder again as the American Revolution approaches their North Carolina home. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
Nonfiction
November 23, 2021
A collection of essays from writer Ann Patchett about what matters most – life, art, friendship, and the unexpected turns life takes. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
Contemporary Fiction
November 30, 2021
A woman finds herself quarantined on the Galapagos Islands during the pandemic and reexamines her choices in life while getting to know the locals. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. Mcmanus
Young Adult Fiction
November 30, 2021
Three students who used to be close end up skipping school and find themselves witness to another student’s murder, a student they all want to hide their connection to. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Poetry
December 7, 2021
A collection of poems from the youngest inaugural poet in United States History which includes the inaugural poem from President Biden’s inauguration. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
January 2022 Upcoming Book Releases
The Maid by Nita Prose
Mystery & Thriller
January 4, 2022
An orderly maid discovers a wealthy guest dead in his hotel bed and must investigate the murder to prove her own innocence. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
Mystery & Thriller
January 4, 2022
With a baby on the way, Helen gets thrown for a loop when she befriends a reckless single mother-to-be at a prenatal class whose erratic behavior threatens Helen’s idyllic life. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Mystery & Thriller
January 4, 2022
A woman and her boyfriend are hired to sail two women to a remote Pacific island, where the perfect vacation turns deadly. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Literary Fiction
January 11, 2022
Three stories spanning three centuries about different versions of the American experiment: an alternate version of 1893, 1993 AIDS epidemic in Manhattan, and a totalitarian regime in 2093. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Contemporary Fiction
January 11, 2022
When her husband dies, an architect is warned against the house they were building because of its haunted past, secrets tied to a neighbor who volunteered to register Black voters in 1965. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Mystery & Thriller
January 11, 2022
While a teen, Chloe’s dad was arrested as a serial killer. As her wedding approaches, Chloe fears the past is repeating when teen girls start vanishing. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Anthem by Noah Hawley
Literary Fiction
January 18, 2022
A group of unlikely heroes set out on a quest to rescue a woman being held captive by the Wizard in this modern-day fairy tale. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner
Mystery & Thriller
January 18, 2022
Missing persons investigator Frankie Elkin returns with a case of a young man missing in a national forest, which takes a twist when more people disappear. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Violeta by Isabel Allende
Historical Fiction
January 25, 2022
As she turns one hundred, Violeta Del Valle writes a letter to her true love telling how the upheavals of the last century have shaped her life. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
Historical Fiction
January 25, 2022
A private secretary to the socilate Helen Frick gets caught up into the family’s drama in the 1920s while a present-day English model finds clue’s in the former Frick mansion. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Her Hidden Genius by Marie Benedict
Historical Fiction
January 25, 2022
Based on the life of English chemist Rosalind Franklin, who used x-rays to help unlock the secrets of DNA along with her colleagues Watson, Crick and Wilkins. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
February 2022 Upcoming Book Releases
A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury
Nonfiction
February 1, 2022
An exploration of eleven deadly poisons, the science of how they affect the body and which infamous killers have used them. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
Contemporary Fiction
February 8, 2022
A star-crossed lovers story of two women, a bartender and a florist, met while working at an upscale L.A. restaurant. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
Mystery & Thriller
February 15, 2022
Looking for a fresh start, a woman moves into her half-brother’s Paris apartment to find him missing and realizes the neighbor’s know more than they are telling. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
House of Breath and Sky by Sarah J. Maas
Fantasy
February 15, 2022
Crescent City Book 2. Although Crescent City is saved, Bryce and Hunt must decide whether to keep quiet while others are oppressed or join the rebels fighting the Asteri. Amazon | Goodreads
One Night on the Island by Josie Silver
Romance
February 15, 2022
A double booking at a remote Irish cabin forces two solo vacationers with opposite personalities to mingle while they wait a week for the next ferry. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
March 2022 Upcoming Book Releases
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Contemporary Fiction
March 1, 2022
A young woman grieving her mother’s death spends a summer exploring the Amalfi coast and magically meets with a younger version of her mother. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Run Rose Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
Mystery & Thriller
March 7, 2022
Just as an up-and-coming singer-songwriter begins to find success in Nashville, the past she has been running from comes back to haunt her. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Mystery & Thriller
March 8, 2022
After cheating on her husband, Marisa Bishop tries to save her marriage by turning to a rogue therapist who claims to be able to fix anything in 10 sessions. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Mystery & Thriller
March 15, 2022
A true-crime blogger gets more than she expects when she interviews an eccentric woman who was acquitted of two cold case slayings in the 1970s. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser
Contemporary Fiction
March 22, 2022
An end-of-life doula helps an indie favorite singer-songwriter cope with a condition he thinks is worse than death – losing the ability to play the guitar. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Literary Fiction
March 22, 2022
An exploration of how interweaving bonds between the members of the Garrett family affect them throughout their lives, from their first (and last) vacation in 1959 to the present-day pandemic. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Resting Place by Camilla Sten
Mystery & Thriller
March 29, 2022
A woman with face blindness, who witnessed her grandmother’s murder but can’t identify the killer, inherits her grandmother’s estate and the dark secrets that come with it. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
April 2022 Upcoming Book Releases
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Genre
April 5, 2022
Two adult daughters are suspicious when their father wants to divorce their mother with dementia and marry a much younger woman. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Nowhere for Very Long by Brianna Madia
Nonfiction
April 5, 2022
The memoir of a woman who bought a beat-up orange van and set out to travel the deserts of the American West with two dogs and her husband. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
Mystery & Thriller
April 12, 2022
A successful working mother worries her crippling insomnia is making her lose her mind, just like her own mother did when she was a child. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Science Fiction
April 19, 2022
In 1912, a young man hears a violin playing in the Canadian woods and 300 years later, a detective uncovers an anomaly in the woods. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
Horror
April 26, 2022
In 1978, a psychiatrist brings home a feral child and her grandchildren teach her about monsters. In the present day, a podcaster investigates a child abduction and monster sighting in a small town. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Magical Realism
April 26, 2022
A reimagining of the life of Kaikeyi, the vilified jealous queen from the Indian epic the Ramayana, who transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
Historical Fantasy
April 26, 2022
A supernatural illness spreads through a WWII Japanese internment camp in Idaho linked to a demon from childhood stories. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
More Upcoming Book Releases 2022
Book of Night by Holly Black
Fantasy
May 3, 2022
A low-level con artist gets dragged into the magical underground market for shadow trading in this new modern dark fantasy series. Amazon | Goodreads
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Romance
May 3, 2022
On a sisters’ trip to North Carolina, cutthroat literary agent Nora Stephens keeps running into a brooding editor from back in the city. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston
Young Adult
May 3, 2022
On the eve of winning valedictorian, Chloe finds herself chasing down her rival, Shara Wheeler, and learns there is much more to her small Alabama town, and Shara, than she thought. Amazon | Goodreads | More Info
What upcoming book releases are you most excited to read?
