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Can you believe that it’s already Winter Preview time? Ready or not, it is and that means it’s time to take a break from the chaos of the Holiday Season, and turn our attention to the New Year. Come January things will be slower, calmer. The weather will often force us to cancel plans and stay inside for days at a time. Doesn’t that sound perfect right about now? You know what will make it even more perfect? Great books to read! Lucky for all of us that winter is also one of the times of year when great new books are being published at a furious rate. So, sit back, grab a warm beverage of your choice, and take a look at the sixteen winter books I’m featuring in my Winter Preview 2020. May you find many you can’t wait to read!
January Releases
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (debut)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (12/31)
Length: 320 pages
The Draw
– Employer/employee relationship.
– 25-year old, aimless and uncertain.
– Exploration of racism in unexpected forms.
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Publisher: The Dial Press (1/7)
Length: 352 pages
The Draw
– 12-year old lone survivor of a plane crash.
– Moving on amidst profound grief.
– A story of strong friendship, coming-of-age.
The Better Liar by Tanen Jones (debut)
Publisher: Ballantine Books (1/14)
Length: 320 pages
The Draw
– Woman hiding her sister’s death.
– A joint inheritance at stake.
– Perfect time of year for a twisty mystery.
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
Publisher: MCD (1/14)
Length: 288 pages
The Draw
– Memoir of working in the tech industry.
– Silicon Valley in its heyday.
– A glimpse into the risky, wealthy, high-flying start-up culture.
We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan
Publisher: Riverhead Books (1/14)
Length: 320 pages
The Draw
– I always love a campus story.
– MFA students exacting revenge on a rogue professor.
– Told in the collective voice.
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (debut)
Publisher: Flatiron Books (1/21)
Length: 400 pages
The Draw
– This book is praised EVERYWHERE.
– Early readers say the hype is real.
– Early buzz on the audiobook says it’s amazing!
The Truants by Kate Weinberg (debut)
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons (1/28)
Length: 320 pages
The Draw
– Promoted as literary suspense.
– Comparisons to The Secret History.
– Deceit, first-love & obsession, all used as descriptors!
February Releases
A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (2/4)
Length: 279 pages
The Draw
– Loved Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald.
– Curious about Fowler’s shift away from historical fiction.
– Tensions around class, race and love.
Dead to Her
by Sarah Pinborough
Publisher: William Morrow (2/11)
Length: 400 pages
The Draw
– I’ve never read Pinborough before and am excited to try her.
– A twisty psychological thriller.
– The rich behaving badly is always fun!
Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (debut)
Publisher: Celadon Books (2/18)
Length: 352 pages
The Draw
– A sister’s lurid unsolved murder, decades old.
– The search for answer’s about what happened.
– It’s a debut!
The Lost Diary of M by Paul Wolfe (debut)
Publisher: Harper (2/25)
Length: 3o4 pages
The Draw
– The imagined diary of a VERY interesting woman.
– Secret affair with JFK.
– Her death, an unsolved murder.
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Publisher: Flatiron Books (2/25)
Length: 352 pages
The Draw
– New Year’s Eve, 1982 and 19-years old.
– Wakes up in 2014, 51-years old.
– Great premise: life lived well, but out of order.
Early March Releases
Actress by Anne Enright
Publisher: W.W. Norton Company (3/3)
Length: 272 pages
The Draw
– Mother, a legendary actress with a dwindling career.
– A bizarre crime committed.
– A daughter’s quest to understand.
The Companions by Katie M. Flynn (debut)
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press (3/3)
Length: 272 pages
The Draw
– This: Station Eleven meets Never Let Me Go.
– California under quarantine.
– Sounds like a crazy, wild dystopian sort of vibe.
The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner (debut)
Publisher: Picador (3/3)
Length: 304 pages
The Draw
– WWII historical fiction.
– Whispered stories to help a daughter stay hidden.
– A mother’s brave choice to save her child.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (debut)
Publisher: William Morrow (3/10)
Length: 384 pages
The Draw
– Dark relationship between student and teacher.
– Years later allegations arise against the teacher.
– Told in dual timelines, 2000 and 2017.
Which winter releases are you most looking forward to?
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I have most of these books on my list too! So many great titles coming up.
It will be fun to compare notes this winter.
YESS! I love this round up. I immediately requested Uncanny Valley from Netgalley- haven’t heard if it but that sounds so in my wheelhouse! I’m also counting Such a Fun Age as a 2020 release.
12/31/19 is kind of a weird release date. I wasn’t sure what to do with it.
Some interesting titles! I just put the Pinborough on hold. Loved Behind Her Eyes. Second one just OK.
I don’t love debuts a much as you do. My list from 2019 shows I have much more success with tried and true authors.
Will enjoy hearing what you have to say about many of these!
I was surprised how many of these turned out to be debuts. I really don’t go hunting for them.
I’ll keep my eyes open for these. It sounds like a lot of interesting books coming our way in 2020.
Nice looking assortment of upcoming books. I’m working on my January review books and have already enjoyed a couple of them. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
I’ve read The Better Liar- SO.DARN.GOOD!
I think that’s going to be my next read. Happy to hear you liked it.
A lot of these sound really good. I’ll be looking into them! Thanks!
You’re most wlecome. I hope you find a few you enjoy.
Thanks for the list! I’m sure I’ll be adding some of them to my TBR
Wishing you a great reading week
I was lucky enough to win a copy of Dear Edward, so I’m looking forward to starting that soon!
I finished that one several days ago and really liked it.
Love your list. This is what we need! I’d picked out Kiley Reid’s book for my December Preview so I hope to get to it. Of your other picks I gotta go with American Dirt! I didn’t realize all the hype but now after seeing all the remarks: I got to get my hands on it.
Good luck with that. I’ve tried everything and have yet to secure a copy of American Dirt. At this point I think I’m going to wait for the audiobook. I love Cassandra Campbell’s narration.
We don’t have much overlap, which is great because it means you can vet all these books for me!
I’m looking forward to: Weather, House of Trelawney, and Writers and Lovers because they’re all from authors I love.
I actually have e-galleys of Weather and Writers and Lovers, too. I had too many books to mention them all!
Ooh, The Companions sounds good!
My TTT .
I have A Good Neighborhood on my list as well!
Happy Reading! My TTT