Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2023


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All of these books sound like they’ll be good reads this winter and spring.

 

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) by Heather Fawcett

Why I’m Curious About It: Faeries are eternally interesting, especially when contemporary characters seek them out.

 

 

The Black Queen  by Jumata Emill

Release Date: January 31

Why I’m Curious About It: Stuff like homecoming and prom were unappealing to me when in high school, but I am fascinated by people who are into these things.

 

 

Central Places by Delia Cai

Release Date: January 31

Why I’m Curious About It: There can be all sorts of long-term effects, both positive and negative, of moving far away from the small town one grew up in and not following the life script that those who stayed behind stuck with. I love the fact this is being addressed here.

 

 

She Is a Haunting  by Trang Thanh Tran

Release Date: February 28

Why I’m Curious About It: What’s better than a haunted house story at the end of winter when everything feels kind of dead and spooky anyway?

 

 

The Crane Husband  by Kelly Barnhill

Release Date: February 28

Why I’m Curious About It: The Crane Wife is one of those fairy tales just obscure enough that I haven’t seen any other retellings of it. Here’s hoping this one encourages others to rewrite it, too.

 

 

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

Release Date: February 28

Why I’m Curious About It: As you’ve noticed, I love haunted house stories. It’s hard to say no to just one more of them.

 

 

Lies We Sing to the Sea  by Sarah Underwood

Release Date: March 7

Why I’m Curious About It: The Odyssey is one of those classics I’ve never read. Maybe this retelling of a small part of it will encourage me to finally read the original?

 

 

Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell

Release Date:  March 14

Why I’m Curious About It: I like the cottagecore aesthetic but have yet to see a contemporary book based on it.

 

 

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

Release Date: March 21

Why I’m Curious About It: I’ve talked about my love of retellings in previous Top Ten Tuesday posts, so this queer Rapunzel retelling was at the top of my list for this post.

 

 

Spin  by Rebecca Caprara

Release Date: March 28

Why I’m Curious About It: For the same reason I’d like to read Lies We Sing to the Sea. The myth of Arachne isn’t something I know a lot about either.

Comments

  1. I’m looking forward to The Crane Husband. I’ve seen a few retellings before, Patrick Ness did one that I didn’t care for, but I loved We Were Dragons, so I hope Kelly Barnhill does a good job with it.

  2. These look good especially She is a Haunting.

  3. These all look great. I hope they’re fun reads.

  4. Hope you find some new favorites with these!

  5. Kaitlin @ pickwickthedodo says

    She Is a Haunting looks so cool! Great list!

  6. Hope you enjoy ALL of these! I don’t think I’ve seen any of them around and some of them look a little too dark for my reading preferences. 😉 Happy reading and hope your 2023 is full of amazing new books! Appreciate you visiting my website this week.

  7. All totally new to me, isn’t it amazing just how many various books publish in the first half of the year. Hope yours are great, love how you added in why you. are interested in each. Great idea.

  8. I loved the cover for The Witch and The Vampire so much, and then I also found out it’s a queer Rapunzel retelling? MUST READ! Hope you’ll love all of these!

  9. I have Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) on my TBR! I hope you enjoy all these books!

  10. I’ve been seeing Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries on a lot of lists today!

  11. Looks like you’ve got some fun reading ahead of you. Enjoy!

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  12. This is a great list! Emily Wilde’s book has been all over the place and I’m so curious! I hope you enjoy all of these!

  13. Ooh nice ones! I’m excited for Emily Wilde…too! I have the UK copy already and the US in in transit because I forgot to cancel that one! But they are both so pretty I may keep it in the end! Lol! She is a Haunting is another one I’m keeping an eye on which will likely result in me buying it anyway!

    Thanks for visiting my TTT!

  14. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries was FANTASTIC! And I’ve got a copy of The Witch and the Vampire sitting on the shelf, and it looks so, so good. Actually, the rest of your list looks really amazing, and now I’m going to be forced to add them to my TBR! Happy reading!

  15. SHE IS HAUNTING looks so disturbing. I hope you enjoy your choices from among these.

  16. Oh, I almost requested Delicious Monsters. I hope you enjoy all these books and have a fabulous week.

  17. So many books on here I haven’t heard of before! And some I’ll definitely be adding to my TBR 🙂

  18. The encyclopedia of faeries has been recommended by a few bloggers, it looks interesting.

  19. Most of these look terrifying but probably would make good winter reads!

  20. I’ve seen Delicious Monsters and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries around a couple of times this week. They both sound like they could be interesting. I hope you enjoy your reading!

  21. I hope all of these are great reads for you!

  22. Lies We Sing to the Sea looks great! The Odyssey was one of those I had to read for school that I wound up loving. Hope you enjoy it!

  23. I am really looking forward to reading Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries too. I featured it on my blog previously so didn’t include it this week, but it’s one of my top wish list books. The more I hear about She is Haunting, the more I want to read it. The Witch and the Vampire has also caught my eye. These all sound good! I hope you enjoy them!

  24. I’ve been seeing the cover of She is a Haunting everywhere and it creeps me out. 😃 I hope you enjoy these when you get to them!

  25. What a great looking list. I especially love the look and sound of The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores. I definitely love retellings as well.

  26. Wow, great books! I guess in winter you enjoy fairytale or supernatural books! Hope they are great!

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