Reading Glasses - Books We're Excited About for the End of 2023!
Brea and Mallory choose their most anticipated books for the end of 2023! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!
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Exciting Books Coming Out -
October:
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Stressed parents, NYC, apartment horror, Rosemary’s Baby comp
An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand
Indigenous horror, haunting, evils of colonization
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Horror, haunted house
The Dead Take the A Train by Richard Kadrey and Cassandra Khaw
Weird fiction, NYC, urban dark fantasy, magic, demons and gods
The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson
Queer horror, YA, dark academia, New England, boarding school
Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin
Gay memoir, Detroit, Chinese American kid growing up in the 1980s
Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu
Horror short stories
Organ Meats by K Ming Chang
Literary fiction, female friendship, surreal, werewolves, ghosts
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
Literary fiction, mother-daughter story, coming of age, tense drama
She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall
Satirical dystopian cli fi thriller
The Revenge Game by Jordyn Taylor
YA, funny, feminist, mystery, boarding school
The Rosewood Hunt by Mackenzie Reed
YA thriller, friends to lovers, dangerous treasure hunt
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
Sci fi thriller, disappearance, curse, mysterious door
The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok
Family drama, mystery, motherhood
Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
YA supernatural thriller, murder, cursed forest
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
Weird fiction, corporate world
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Historical literary fiction
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
Dark, funny, literary fiction, surreal, desert, grief
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele
Black horror anthology
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
Sci fi horror, doppelgangers
Witch You Weren’t Here by Emma Jackson
Witchy romantasy
A Season of Monstrous Conceptions by Lina Rather
Historical horror fantasy, 17th century, London, monsters
The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk
YA sci fi, time travel
The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen
Historical fantasy, witches
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
Sci fi, empires, space opera, female protagonists
November:
The Diver by Samsun Knight
Horror, grief, occult, death, relationships and intimacy
Something About Her by Clementine Taylor
Lesbian literary fiction, Ireland, Scotland, London, first love
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Queer YA, medieval romcom
For Never and Always by Helena Greer
Queer second chance romance, cooking
Pritty by Keith F. Miller Jr
YA gay thriller
Just Lizzie by Karen Wilfrid
Literary middle grade, asexual protagonist
Emmett by L.C. Rosen
Modern day gay Emma retelling
Today Tonight Forever by Madeline Sneed
Queer literary fiction, family drama
Cross Stitch by Jazmina Barrera
Literary, coming of age, female friendship
The Tatami Time Machine Blues by Tomihiko Morimi
Literary sci fi, translated, time travel
Same Bed, Different Dreams by Ed Park
Literary, family saga, Korea, funny
Last Girl Breathing by Court Stevens
YA thriller, small town with secret
Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James
Historical old Hollywood mystery
Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
YA thriller, K-pop
Twilight Falls by Juneau Black
New Shady Hollow cozy mystery
Keep Your Friends Close by Lucina Barry
Modern Hollywood thriller, murder, secrets
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Literary, attempted utopia, drama
There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
Thriller, New Zealand, creepy mansion, murder
There Other Half by Charlotte Vassell
Mystery, English countryside, whodunnit
The Beautiful and the Wild by Peggy Townsend
Thriller, Alaska, survival
After Dark by Minka Kent
Thriller, secrets, murder, dark pasts
Dolls of Our Lives by Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks
Memoir and history of American Girl Dolls
Nuts and Bolts by Roma Agrawal
Micro history of 7 simple tools that changed history
Like Thunder by Nnedi Okorafor
Sequel to Shadow Speaker
Shadow Baron by Davinia Evans
Historical fantasy, magic, mythical creatures, book 2 in a series
System Collapse by Martha Wells
New Murderbot
Chaos Terminal by Mur Lafferty
Sci fi, space detective
Bookshops and Bone Dust by Travis Baldree
Cozy fantasy
The Princess of Thornwood Drive by Khalia Moreau
Fantasy, sisters, parallel worlds
We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull
Sequel to Gods and Monsters
December:
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
Queen literary sci fi, found family
Flores and Miss Paula by Melissa Rivero
Literary, mom and daughter story
Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes
Historical thriller, Polar Gothic, Victorian
The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong
Historical Gothic mystery, curses, creepy house
Death in the Dark Woods by Annelise Ryan
Mystery, Bigfoot, murder
The Weekend Retreat by Tara Laskowski
Family drama, thriller
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Literary sci fi, astronauts, space travel
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiensner
Second chance romantasy
Songs on Endless Repeat by Anthony Veasnaso
Essay collections, funny, queer, pop culture
Our Cursed Love by Julie Abe
YA romantasy, Japan, magic
Caught in a Bad Fauxmance by Elle Gonzalez Rose
YA rom com, queer, fake dating
The Fairytale Life of Dorothy Gale by Virginia Kantra
Literary, modern retelling of Wizard of Oz
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
Romance, rival archaeologists, Aztec ruins
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