Delicious New Releases in January 2024
Carmen Perez | December 28th, 2023
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, I earn an affiliate commission AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU.The new year is upon us and all I can think about is how many more books I can squeeze in. My latest tactic is reading short classics and so far it has helped me pad my numbers a bit more. As a part of me wishes I had more time in 2023 another can not wait for the new year to start so I can get my hands on new books!
With that in mind, the following books are some on my TBR and others that will be released in 2024. I am no gate-keeper. You can subscribe to new release updates from amazing websites like Shelf Awareness, Publisher’s Weekly, Your New Releases tab on Good Reads and search by books recommended for you or by genre. I use these sites to look ahead and add books to my never ending TBR.
HARD BY A GREAT FOREST BY LEO VARDIASHVILI
In Leo Vardiashvili’s debut novel, a family rebuilds their life and identity upon returning to former-Soviet Republic of Georgia decades after fleeing warfare. Saba and his brother search for their father while reconciling with the fate of their mother who stayed behind.
I can’t help but anticipate that this novel is going to give me the same feelings that Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini did. My background in geography draws me to books like these and I have happily added it to my TBR.
ONE IN A MILLENNIAL BY KATE KENNEDY
Confession time! I’m… a millennial! GASP! My generation is vilified and to be honest I find it pretty funny and I am glad Kate Kennedy, podcast host of Be There In Five has taken the topic on. She’s hilarious so if you haven’t given her podcast a try, here’s my recommendation to give it a listen.
Also, don’t you just the cover? I still have my burned CDs and they look just like that one on the cover. The use of “millennial pink” is a great touch too! Very clever, Kate.
MADNESS BY ANTONIA HYLTON
Hylton explores the founding and history of the Jim Crow era asylum, Crownville Hospital, specifically built to house Black men. The way our country divides people into who is valued and who is not is still a contentious topic. Seeing that play out through the scope of mental health, one can not help but ask when enough is enough. Sounds like a page turner!
WHAT MOVES THE DEAD BY T. KINGFISHER
This one actually is being published in paperback in late December so it qualifies a TBR read for me. I can’t get enough of this cover! I love dark and twisty stuff. I’m a big Edgar Allen Poe fan and this novel happens to be a retelling of his famous Fall of the House of Usher.
A retired soldier arrives at the ancestral home of his childhood friend Madeline Usher, near a eerie lake, teeming with untamed flora and wildlife in order to help her overcome whatever is afflicting her and her brother before it’s too late.
THE BULLET SWALLOWER BY ELIZABETH GONZALEZ JAMES
I’m not much of a western reader but when I learned that this book features the Texas-Mexico border, a 1890s train heist gone wrong, with a bandito named “Tragabalas” (Bullet Swallower) and some magical realism, I was IN. Set also in the 1960s, a famous singer-actor Jamie Sonora finds a book that uncovers his family history, a tale of revenge, and a cosmic debt. Timelines intertwine as the Sonora family secrets are revealed.
Which of these will you be reading first? If you’re looking for more recommendations, check out my book reviews from 2023.
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