Take a look ahead at all the upcoming book releases this year. Find out what the most-anticipated upcoming book releases are in the coming months.
What is it about a new book release that gets my heart pumping?
I may have a to-read list as tall as a mountain and a bookshelf already overflowing with books, but I still simply can’t resist upcoming book releases.
Instead of fighting my desire to read all the new books out, I’m embracing my penchant for finding the next great book.
If you love new book releases as much as I do, enjoy this list of all the upcoming book releases that have caught my eye. This upcoming book releases list is constantly updating, so be sure to come back and check again soon.
Every month, I update this list, removing books already published and adding upcoming book releases that catch my eye. Don’t worry, if you are looking for books published earlier this year, I’ve still got you covered.
Find out what 2020 Book Releases are already out!
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August 2020 Upcoming Book Releases
The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne
Mystery & Thriller
August 4, 2020
After spending 15 years in a psychiatric facility, Rachel Cunningham begins to question if she really did murder her parents when she was a child. What if it was actually someone else? Maybe even her own sister. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Historical Fiction
August 4, 2020
In 1913, Laura Lyons struggles with her traditional role as a housewife until valuable books are stolen from the New York Public Library. In 1993, Laura’s granddaughter is curator of the Library when books start disappearing again. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Mystery & Thriller
August 4, 2020
A popular true crime podcast host gets more than she expected when she begins to investigate a rape trial in a small town. Could this be connected to the drowning of a woman twenty-five years ago? Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Behind the Red Door by Megan Collins
Mystery & Thriller
August 4, 2020
Fern Douglas has an overwhelming feeling of deja vu. The breaking news story is of the recent kidnapping of Astrid Sullivan, who had been kidnapped and eventually returned as a girl. Fern just can’t shake the sense that she somehow knows Astrid. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Young Adult Fiction
August 4, 2020
Twilight Book 5. Stephenie Meyer retells the love story of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from Edward’s perspective. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Contemporary Fiction
August 4, 2020
Starting with Vivek Oji’s death, Akwaeke Emezi unravels the story in reverse to explain why he died. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Contemporary Fiction
August 4, 2020
Franny Stone embarks on a journey to follow the last remaining flock of Arctic terns. With the eccentric crew of the Saghani, she sets off on a journey that is her one last chance of redemption. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks
Mystery & Thriller
August 18, 2020
After her maternity leave, Laura returns to work only to find herself sidelined by the new hire. A deadly fire reveals the tangled layer of lies. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughan
Mystery & Thriller
August 18, 2020
Pediatrician Liz Trenchard doesn’t know what to think when her friend shows up the ER with her injured baby girl and a story that doesn’t add up. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Contemporary Fiction
August 25, 2020
The story of a young Palestinian refugee pondering the events that sent her down a radical path and landed her in prison. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
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September 2020 Upcoming Book Releases
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Contemporary Fiction
September 8, 2020
A banker robber on the run locks himself in with a dysfunctional group of people only to let them all go. Now the police are interviewing each person trying to figure out what happened and where the robber went. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
One by One by Ruth Ware
Mystery & Thriller
Setempber 8, 2020
An exclusive Alpine ski resort. The offer of a billion-dollar sale of their tech company. Would one of the shareholders or directors be willing to resort to murder to get their way? Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Contemporary Fiction
September 8, 2020
In her fifth year studying neuroscience at Stanford, Gifty is determined to find the cause of suffering, studying depression and addiction in mice. The further she dives into the science, the more her childhood faith seems to call to her. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
Science Fiction
September 15, 2020
While surveying an uncolonized planet, xenobiologist Kira Navárez discovers a relic that thrusts her into first contact with an alien race and changes the course of history. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
How I Built This by Guy Raz
Nonfiction
September 15, 2020
Successful NPR podcaster Guy Raz’s new books offers insights and inspiration on how the world’s most successful entrepreneurs built their businesses. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
Historical Fiction
September 15, 2020
Prequel to The Pillars of the Earth. At the end of the Dark Ages, the lives of a boatbuilder, a noblewoman and a monk intertwine in unexpected ways. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
Mystery & Thriller
September 15, 2020
Cormoran Strike Book 5. While Robin is going through a messy divorce, Cormoran Strike takes a new case – a forty year old cold case of a mother who disappeared. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Mystery & Thriller
September 15, 2020
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Sydney Green is dismayed by the gentrifying of her neighborhood. Were the residents pushed out or is there something more sinister going on? Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Contemporary Fiction
September 22, 2020
When Dawn Edelstein is in a plane crash, her last thoughts are not of her husband, but of a man she hasn’t seen in fifteen years. When she miraculously survives, Dawn begins to rethink her life’s choices. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
Historical Fiction
September 22, 2020
In post World War II Japan, Nori, the illegitimate daughter of Japanese aristocrat and a black American GI, is hidden away on her grandfather’s estate to hide the family shame. When she meets her legitimate half-brother, Nori decides to stay silent no longer. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott
Young Adult Fiction
September 29, 2020
After a car crash that kills his girlfriend, Kyle feels completely lost. Until he meets Marley who is grieving her own loss. But Kyle can’t help feeling that disaster will strike again. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The End of the Day by Bill Clegg
Genre
September 29, 2020
A retired widow visited by a childhood friend. A man introducing his daughter to his estranged father. A taxi driver in Hawaii receiving an alarming phone call. Three unrelated storylines tie together in unexpected ways in this novel of family and friendship. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Young Adult Fiction
September 29, 2020
Sequel to Dear Martin. Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up together in Atlanta. While Justyce attends Yale, Quan is imprisoned in a juvenile detention center. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Fantasy
September 29, 2020
At the cutthroat school of magic, students are expected to graduate or die. When El begins to learn the school’s secrets, she realizes she might need to rewrite the rules of magic. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Science Fiction
September 29, 2020
In the Midnight Library there are two books – one book for the life you’ve lived and one for the one you could have lived. Nora Seed must decide which book to choose from. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
October 2020 Upcoming Book Releases
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Mystery & Thriller
October 6, 2020
In 1634, the world’s most famous detective is being transported to stand trial for murder. When strange things begin to happen aboard, his loyal bodyguard must solve the mystery. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Mystery & Thriller
October 6, 2020
On a stalled train, Selena confesses to a fellow passenger that she suspects her husband is cheating on her with the nanny. When the nanny disappears, Selena begins to wonder about the stranger from the train. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
Science Fiction & Fantasy
October 6, 2020
In 1714, Addie LaRue makes a bargain with the devil to live forever but be forgotten by everyone she meets. After 300 years, she meets a young man who remembers her name. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Searcher by Tana French
Mystery & Thriller
October 6, 2020
A retired Chicago police officer decides to settle down in a remote Irish town, only to be caught up in the investigation for a missing boy. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Romance
October 6, 2020
With her love life in shatters, Maelyn Jones is devastated to be spending her last Christmas at her family’s snowy Utah cabin. Until a car crash sends her into a time loop to relive the same Christmas vacation over and over again. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Contemporary Fiction
October 6, 2020
While vacationing in a home rental in the remotes Long Island, a couple shows up claiming to be the homeowners fleeing from mass blackout and disaster in New York City. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
Mystery & Thriller
October 13, 2020
Life is falling apart for Owen Pick, who’s sadly a 30-year-old virgin. When a young girl with a connection to his neighbor disappears, Owen finds himself the prime suspect, because he’s just the loser type to do such a thing. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
A Time For Mercy by John Grisham
Mystery & Thriller
October 13, 2020
Jake Brigance (A Time to Kill) is back defending a teenager accused of killing a local deputy in Clanton, Mississippi. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
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November 2020 Upcoming Book Releases
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
Nonfiction
November 10, 2020
Emmanuel Acho takes on the hard questions that many white Americans are afraid to ask about systemic racism in the United States. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Mystery & Thriller
November 10, 2020
Sequel to Magpie Murders. Retired publisher Susan Ryeland returns to London to investigate the story of a strange and mysterious death she heard about while running a hotel in Greece. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
Fantasy
November 17, 2020
Stormlight Archive Book 4. After forming a coalition against human resistance, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant face a stalemate in the war. Until a technological advance creates an arms race with terrible consequences. Amazon | Goodreads
Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory
Historical Fiction
November 24, 2020
Sequel to Tidelands. Sir James is determined to make things right with Alinor and Rob. But when Livia, a beautiful widow, arrives from Venice with ill tidings, she spins a web of deceit that will entangle them all. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
Young Adult Fiction
November 24, 2020
Book 4 in The Folk of the Air series. An illustrated account of Cardan looking at his life before, during, and after the trilogy. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Science Fiction
November 24, 2020
Sequel to Ready Player Two. Further details to come. Amazon | Goodreads
December 2020 Upcoming Book Releases
The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
Young Adult Fiction
December 1, 2020
Three cousins who’ve never met are invited to a remote island to meet their rich grandmother for the first time. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley
Young Adult Fiction
December 1, 2020
A dystopian tale of a girl who decides to flee her family’s compound in quest of her long lost mother. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Layla by Colleen Hoover
Romance
December 8, 2020
After recovering from an attack, Layla is not the same girl Leeds fell in love with. While vacationing at a B&B, Layla’s behavior becomes increasing odd and Leeds turns to a fellow guest for solace. Amazon | Goodreads
The Wrong Family by Tarryn fisher
Mystery & Thriller
December 29, 2020
Retired therapist Juno knows she shouldn’t become involved, but when she overhears a conversation between the seeming perfect Crouch husband and wife, she can’t help speaking up. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
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2021 Book Releases
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Mystery & Thriller
January 5, 2021
Dogwalker and petty thief Jane sees her next mark in Eddie, the mysterious man in her neighborhood. As they fall in love, Jane is haunted by the story of his deceased wife. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Nick by Michael Farris Smith
Historical Fiction
January 5, 2021
Unofficial prequel to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The tale of Nick Carraway’s life before moving to West Egg – his service in World War I and trips from Paris to New Orleans during the golden age. Amazon | Goodreads
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Young Adult Fiction
January 12, 2021
Sequel to The Hate U Give. When he finds out he is a father, Maverik Carter decides he wants to go straight, not an easy task for the son of a former gang legend. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie benedict
Historical Fiction
January 12, 2021
A novel based on the true story of mystery novelist Agatha’s Christie mysterious dissapearance, vanishing for 11 days before returning with amnesia. Amazon | Goodreads
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Fantasy
January 26, 2021
The fourth book in Maas’s bestselling series, A Court of Thorns and Roses. Further details to come. Amazon | Goodreads
The Survivors by Jane Harper
Mystery & Thriller
February 2, 2021
A body discovered on the beach of his hometown brings old memories and mistakes flooding back to Keiran Elliott. Amazon | Goodreads
The Project by Courtney Summers
Mystery & Thriller
February 2, 2021
After her sister joins The Unity Project, Lo Denham sets out to prove its a cult. Their charismatic leader proposes a deal: if she can prove any of it, she can expose them. Else she must leave them alone. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Historical Fiction
February 9, 2021
During the Great Depression as the dust bowl settles in, Elsa Martinelli must decide whether to stay and fight or head west to California. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Mystery & Thriller
February 16, 2021
Evelyn Caldwell’s husband has been having an affair … with Evelyn’s clone. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
Contemporary Fiction
March 9, 2021
In Kosawa, a small African village, an American oil company has ruined the farmland and polluted the drinking water. Now, the people of Kosawa are determined to fight back. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
Win by Harlan Coben
Mystery & Thriller
March 16, 2021
Further details to come. Amazon | Goodreads
A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser
Contemporary Fiction
March 23, 2021
Sela is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. She’s possibly found the perfect match; but how do you turn someone else’s life upside down by revealing that you are her previously unknown half-sister? Amazon | Goodreads
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
Contemporary Fiction
April 13, 2021
Librarian Fern Castle as a strictly regimented life. When she discovers her sister cannot get pregnant, she decides she can have the baby for her. Amazon | Goodreads | Read More
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Romance
August 3, 2021
In an effort to keep her engaged sister Camilla away from the attentions of a wealthy CEO, Anna Sun decides to seduce him instead. But Quan Diep isn’t quite what Anna was expecting, and her false intentions (and her OCD) might ruin her chances of true love. Amazon | Goodreads
What upcoming book releases are you most excited to read?
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