This list was EXTREMELY hard to narrow down (my 2019 Goodreads shelf has 166 books on it if that gives you any indication) but I stuck to 15 books! I may have cheated a teeny tiny bit.
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (Jan 29th)
Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits by Anna Meriano (Feb 5th)
Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian (Feb 5th)
The Risk by Elle Kennedy (Feb 19th)
Transformed: The Perils of the Frog Prince by Megan Morrison (March 26th)
The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman (April 2nd)
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett (April 16th)
Nocturna by Maya Motayne (May 7th)
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (May 7th)
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (May 7th)
Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno (May 14th)
Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (May 14th)
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi (June 11th)
Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen (June 18th)
Maybe This Time by Kasie West (July 9th)
Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud (July 30th)
*Bonus*Β Famous In A Small Town by Emma Mills (Jan 15th) would have made my list… but I’ve already read it π Look for my review next week!
What books are you most looking forward to this year? Are you a fan of preordering and/or placing library holds, or do you tend to wait until publication? Let me know if we have any anticipated books in common!
Serious Moonlight and Maybe This Time are two I definitely am excited for. Fake It Till You Break it looks cute too !
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Me too!! There are so many excellent sounding contemporaries coming out this year, it’s great!
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All these covers are so beautiful! I already had Serious Moonlight, King of Scars and Rosa Santos on my radar, but omg how cute does Truly Madly Royally look!!
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The cover gods have been benevolent in 2019! Lol! Doesn’t it look super cute!! I’m dying to read Rosa Santos and Serious Moonlight especially.
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OMG! So, so many amazing authors are releasing this year. I am so excited for many of them, mostly The Risk. I cannot wait to read that one!
Nice list!
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I know, isn’t it amazing!! I don’t know how I’ll fit them all in but I’ll try haha. I am super excited for The Risk too, can’t resist that series π
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So many of these are def on my radar too! I am pumped for THE RISK π
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I bet they are π I love how many contemporaries are coming out! Me tooooooo.
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Not surprised to see a Megan Morrison book on your list! :p
Aurora Rising is on my list too, and I’ll definitely be reading Serious Moonlight and Maybe This Time. One day I’ll make it to King of Scars … about to start Siege and Storm soon!
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Hahaha I can’t help myself. Nice, there are so many good contemporaries coming out this year, I can’t wait. Ohhh awesome, I really liked Siege and Storm!
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I have been waiting so long for king of scars I can’t even wait! Serious Moonlight is on my most anticipated list too!! I love Jenn Bennett! I am going to check out your 2019 shelf bc I only have like 80? Ish on mine and clearly I need to see what else is coming out that I may be missing out on! (Bc my TBR just needs to get longer of course).
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I kind of wish I read something Grisha more recently but I’ll get my bearings I’m sure and love King of Scars haha! Yessss Jenn Bennett is the best! I think SM is set in Seattle too. Hahah who doesn’t love an unwieldy, growing TBR?!
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