Prompt 5: A book published in 2021
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What books are being published in 2021?
Oh, so so many! How do you choose? With over 1 billion books published per year just in the US alone, it’s nearly impossible to choose! Yet, there are endless opportunities too. Personally, I have figured out that I unintentionally tend to wait until the end of the year to read books published in the same year. This is usually because some of the hype has alleviated.
Here are some of my favorite ways to find out upcoming releases:
Indie Bound - Indie Next List, which is also available via a print brochure at your local indie bookstore
Bookshop.Org - Get Your Pre-Order On
SheReads - Most Anticipated
Time Magazine - The 21 Most Anticipated Books of 2021
Buzzfeed News - 75 Books To Add To Your 2021 TBR List
Literary Hub - Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021
There are a handful of books being published this year that I’m looking forward to reading. As I was going through my Goodreads to-read list, I realized that there are a lot more books than I remembered adding! Here is a short-list:
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelley; historical fiction
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green; non-fiction, true crime, LGBTQ
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant; non-fiction, pyschology, self-help, personal development
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas; young adult, historical fiction
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins; mystery-thriller
This Close To Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith; fiction, mental health, literary fiction
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah; historical ficion
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers; romance, LGBT, LGBT - queer, adult fiction,
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen; historical fiction, literary fiction, Asian Lit
The Rose Code by Kate Quinn; historical fiction
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue; historical fiction, African Lit - Cameroon, literary fiction, adult fiction
Of Women And Salt by Gabriela Garcia; historical fiction, literary fiction
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos by Judy Batalion; non-fiction, WWII - Holocaust, historical, feminism, autobiography - memoir
I hope that these resources and suggestions are a good starting place for you. Of course, you can always do a quick Google search and find so many more lists and ideas for books, or check out this list of Most Popular Books Published in 2021 from Goodreads. Thank you for using my blog as one of your resources!
What books are you looking forward to being released?
Comment below!
