Top Five 2024 Releases I’m Excited For

It’s Wednesday! A long time ago, I used to participate in “Top 5 Wednesday” posts on my blog. I don’t know if anyone is still doing that or not, but if you’ve been here a while, you’ll know that I love a top five list. So, I decided to bring back my own top five lists for this Countdown to Winter Solstice Blogmas. And what better day to do that than on Wednesdays?

Today, I thought I’d share the top five new releases I’m looking forward to in 2024. I haven’t really gone looking at ALL the books that are going to be released next year, so this top five list is based mostly on new books by authors whose books I’ve already read and liked.

Books:

• Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett — The first book in this series was one of my FairyLoot hardcovers from 2023, and I loved it. I’m hoping they offer a special edition of this book as well, but if they don’t I’ll definitely be buying a hardcover edition to add to my shelf.
• Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson — I loved this author’s first book (The Space Between Worlds) and am SO EXCITED that we are getting another book set in this world.
• A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna — The first book in this series (The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches) was the very first book I finished reading in 2023, and I loved it so much that it is probably going to end up on my top five books read in 2023 list. Basically, what I’m saying is, I am definitely here for more in this series/world.
• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark — There’s not much of a blurb for this one, but I don’t really care. I trust the author and the premise sounds excellent, so I’m in.
• The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst — I really like Sarah Beth Durst’s fantasy books, but her recent releases have all been either horror or middle grade. I don’t usually read those genres, so I skipped those. When I saw that she was releasing a fantasy romance book for Tor’s new romantasy imprint, Bramble, I nearly jumped out of my chair with joy.

What new release(s) are you most excited to read in 2024? Any that you think I should add to my list?