Book-wise, the year is off to a really interesting start. There are exciting releases coming out in just about every genre, and some very popular and acclaimed authors are finishing out trilogies or otherwise adding to their oeuvre.
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This week’s new releases in particular include a new mystery/thriller from mega bestseller Rachel Hawkins (The Storm), and a mystery from debut author Kathleen Boland that has buried treasure and a cautious daughter/eccentric mother duo (Scavengers). For more literary releases, there’s Sara Levine’s unhinged and comedic The Hitch and the kaleidoscopic Brazilian novel There’s No Point in Dying by Francisco Maciel, translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato from the Portuguese.
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Switching gears a bit, Brenna Thummler’s new middle grade mystery, Gumshoe, is desert-set, while Sharon G. Flake’s latest middle grade novel takes place in an elite boarding school in Philly. For the romantasy and comic lovers, there’s the physical iteration of the YA Webtoon hit Love Me to Death: Volume One, and Roshani Chokshi’s novel The Swan’s Daughter: A Possibly Doomed Love Story. For an adult romantasy, there’s Raquel Vasquez Gilliland’s The Magic of Untamed Hearts, the third in her Wild Magic series.
And, just to mix things up a bit and dip out of all the fiction I’ve listed, there’s the nonfiction essay collection Someone Like Me: An Anthology of Non-Fiction by Autistic Writers, edited by Clem Bastow and Jo Case, which dispels stereotypes about Autistic people.
As for the books below, there’s a 17th-century Black queer pirate, forbidden magic, funky little speculative short stories, a South African freedom fighter’s unravelling, and more.
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Source: 6 of the Best New Book Releases Out January 13, 2025
