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Anticipated 2017 releases

2016 was SUCH a good year for books. A lot of new series were launched, and there were some pretty good sequels too.

And 2017 looks like it's going to be just as amazing.

Here are the top books I can't wait to get my hands on in 2017!


JANUARY

Wayfarer - Alexandra Bracken
Release: 3 January
Sequel to Passenger, which was full of time-traveling, exotic places, and romance.


Windwitch - Susan Dennard
Release: 10 January
Sequel to Truthwitch, which I thought was great and left on an excellent and agonizing cliffhanger.


Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth
Release: 17 January
I've heard a lot of hype about this one. I thought Divergent was good, so I'm excited to see what Roth does with a new story.


Caraval - Stephanie Garber
Release: 31 January
Another book that has been receiving a LOT of hype. Magic and mystery at a night carnival.


FEBRUARY

Norse Mythology - Neil Gaimen
Release: 7 February
I mean, it's Neil Gaimen. Retelling Norse mythology. How could you not want to read this?


A Conjuring of Light - V. E. Schwab
Release: 21 February
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE! I have LOVED Schwab's Shades of Magic series, and I am so excited to read the third and final volume in this trilogy. I expect all the feels.


The Ship Beyond Time - Heidi Heilig
Release: 28 February
Sequel to The Girl from Everywhere, which I read this year and really liked.


MARCH

Traitor to the Throne - Alwyn Hamilton
Release: 7 March
Sequel to Rebel of the Sands, one of my top books of the year.


A Closed and Common Orbit - Becky Chambers
Release: 14 March
Sequel to A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. Gives me my sci-fi/space opera fix


A Crown of Wishes - Roshani Chokshi
Release: 28 March
A companion book to The Star-Touched Queen. It features one of the characters that was present in the first book, but tells a different story.


APRIL

Skullsworn - Brian Staveley
Release: 25 April
Okay, so Staveley's Unhewn Throne series has been so high on my TBR pile for like a year, and I still haven't gotten around to it despite hearing how good of a series it is. This is a new book by him and the premise seems super interesting: A priestess on her journey to join the ranks of the God of Death.


MAY

City of Miracles - Robert Jackson Bennett
Release: 2 May
Third book of the Divine Cities, what could loosely be called a series, even though each book is a self-contained story. This novel focuses on one of the more elusive and bad-ass characters, Sigrud. Jackson's writing and story-telling are superb, so I'm excited to see how this one plays out.


A Court of Wings and Ruin - Sarah J. Maas
Release: 2 May
Third in the series. I loved the second book, and it left off on a pretty big cliffhanger. Maas is amazing at character building, and I really want to see how her characters (who went through a LOT of crap the first two books and managed to just get back on their feet) fare and what damage they can do.


JUNE

Our Dark Duet - Victoria Schwab
Release: 13 June
Sequel to This Savage Song. And Schwab has become one of the authors where I'll automatically read anything she puts out because she is AMAZING.



NO SET DATE

Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson
Release: Possibly November
Third installment of the Stormlight Archive. I already know this will be one of my favorites. Words of Radiance absolutely blew me away, and I have no doubt that this one will exceed expectations too. Plus, I'm stoked for the reread leading up to this release.


Ember in the Ashes #3 (Currently Untitled) - Sabaa Tahir


Gold Seer Trilogy #3 (Currently Untitled) - Rae Carson



I know as the year progresses there will be more great books released. What books are you most excited for this year? Let me know in the comments!



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