My Most Anticipated Book Releases for the Rest of 2024

There are a lot of books coming out in late summer and fall of 2024, as we head into the holiday season and the end of the year. Here are some upcoming book releases I am most excited for. Expand for more information. 👇

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Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst

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[jonnie]

Supposedly Funners are getting fed this summer. You are killing it with the content. 🩷🩷🩷 Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

[lomazowr]

Love Mother Love Mother drew me in from the first pages a multilayered family saga a five star read for me.Really enjoy your videos.

[jodilyn]

This Is Happiness was just beautiful; I’m so happy to get to revisit Faha! And, of course, I’ve been anticipating Somewhere Beyond the Sea since 15 seconds after finishing Cerulean. ❤

[touche]

This is so helpful! Looking forward to the next video too.

[emiliotarsa]

Thank you for doing this -- you've conveniently laid out book releases for the rest of the year. Now I know what to look out for. I'm most interested in the Hamya novel. I'm a lit prof, but like to read a few contemporary novels throughout the year, to keep me connected to our contemporary moment.

[wavaleebranch]

THIS IS HAPPINESS is slow for the first half; the last half is fantastic!

[bobbykeniston]

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors is absolutely brilliant in my opinion. A triumph of first person narrative. I haven't read the second one, yet.

[MsPixieD]

So many interesting books! The one I'm most excited for based on your description here is Giant Love. I'll definitely be checking the dvd out from the library to pair with it when it comes out 💙

[luvsumbooks]

I’m most interested in Time of the Child, Love Can’t Feed You and Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Love my long TBR list!

[emmavd]

Thanks, Greg!🌷Susanna Clarke’s The Wood at Midwinter sounds (and looks 😍) indeed like the perfect Christmas gift! I’m now looking forward to seeing the illustrations. The stunning cover reminds me of The Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams (I’ve just treated myself to it as one of the comfort reads for this summer). I liked very much The Sparsholt Affaire by Alan Hollinghurst and would like to read more by him. I am looking forward to the audiobook of Tell me Everything by Elizabeth Strout. I love the Lucy Barton novels, and will be listening to Olive Kitteridge and Olive Again in the coming weeks. Lucy by the Sea was one of my favourites of 2022.

[AvAlanchian]

Love love love Kevin Barry’s writing. Very exciting that he’s got a new one. Ditto for Erdrich, Kushner and Shafak

[jordana]

Wow, that’s a lot of books! Happy 4th up there! I miss the States on these holidays.

[philstrand]

Kevin Barry's The Heart in Winter is up there with Percival Everett's James and Carys Davies' Clear as the best 2024 releases I've read this year. Not sure if it would be your cup of tea, but I can't recommend it highly enough. Especially if the concept of a winter western by an Irish wordsmith sounds appealing.

[camiloflores]

I read Mammoth this year (in Spanish) and it certainly holds up to the other two books of this thematic trilogy.

Although my least favourite (Permafrost may be my favourite) it still a really good and short read

[tammyripp]

Very excited to read TBA's new book because I loved Fleishman is in Trouble (the book and FX's TV adaptation with Claire Danes & Jesse Eisenberg)!

[christinemiller]

I am interested in the Elizabeth Strout book, the Susanna Clarke book, and the Elif Shafak book. I am a big fan of all those writers, especially Clarke and Strout. Can’t wait to get my hands on copies of these books!

[katrianamacmillan]

I’m very excited for (and have preordered) There are Rivers In The Sky and another book you didn’t mention called And So I Roar which is a sequel to The Girl With The Louding Voice. I forgot all about TJ Klune’s new book until this video though. I loved House In The Cerulean Sea and will likely preorder the sequel now that it’s back on my radar!

[AdyGrafovna]

I have a few of these preordered already. I have heard a lot about Long Island Compromise, but I really disliked Fleishman is in trouble. I know I’m in the minority with that, but it was a one star for me so it’s hard for me to get excited for the new book. I will wait for some reviews and see though.

[mradcaqbdb]

53 minutes of Greg on a cloudy Thursday when I’m feeling a bit blaah. Fabulous!

The Hypocrite, The Message, and This is Happiness went right onto my list. I will be listening to This is Happiness very soon. I’m also interested in the new Rumaan Alam, Entitlement, because of how freaked out (in a very good way) I was by Leave the World Behind.

I also found out that there is a new Attica Locke coming in the fall, which I think is the conclusion of her Highway 59 series, so that’s now on my list. Claudia Pineiro’s Time of the Flies is coming in August and is already preordered at my local. Have you looked at the Waterstone’s Debut Fiction Prize shortlist? It looks really solid. I just ordered The Silence In Between by Josie Ferguson which sounds terrific. Waterstone’s description of Martyr sort of turned me around on that book and I think I will be getting to it soon. I recently found out about a horror/noir book called William by Mason Coile that sounds delicious and went right on my list. And Babylonia, by Costanza Casati, who wrote my second favorite book from last year, Clytemnestra, just came out today in the UK. I am so excited to get that! There are others too, of course.

One book that I think maybe you’ll be interested in just came out today in the UK. It’s called The Betrayal of Thomas True by AJ West and is historical fiction about molly houses in 1715 London. It’s flagged as a thriller, which I know isn’t your jam, but I thought the subject matter might intrigue you. My copy is on the way and I can’t wait to get it!

So you are cool with magical children but not with ghosts? 🤔

[deborahwager]

I've only read one Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees, but that one has a deaf character in it. I wonder if she has a connection to the Deaf community or someone in her family who's deaf.