December Talking Meme: Day 1

[jaggedwolf]

From here, snickfic asked me about 1-3 books coming out next year that I'm excited about.

Honestly, I'm surprised I even have an answer. I rarely pay attention to new books coming out unless prompted to by a friend. But hey, A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine, the sequel to A Memory Called Empire, is coming out next year and I'm psyched about that. Mahit on Lsel Station! More Yskandr and Three Seagrass! Heard it features some extremely unwise kissing 👀. I've let any other details about the book slip out of my mind. I do prefer approaching upcoming works with minimal knowledge once I'm already incentivized to consume them.

Any other 2021 books folks are excited about?

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[belacqua]

Titles I'm excited about, most of which are sitting on my computer waiting to be read:

- Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi (you might like this one actually, gays on a train with a historical/literary vibe)
- Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses (I've read this one, it's really fun)
- Final Girl Support Group (exactly what it sounds like—I love everything Grady Hendrix writes)
- Rainbow Milk (haven't read this author before, but this one got a lot of hype at sales conference)
- Harlem Shuffle (Colson Whitehead has never written a bad book in his life)
- The Project by Courtney Summers (cult thriller centered around two sisters)
- The Other Black Girl (this has been getting a ton of hype—fiction about being black in publishing, written by a black woman who worked in the industry)
- One Last Stop, as someone already mentioned (this sounds more up my alley than Red White & Royal Blue was)

[jaggedwolf]

Oooh, nice, thank you for this list. The first two have grabbed my attention with just "train" and "lycanthropy" alone.