This month is a very exciting month for book releases and here are five of them that I'm the most excited about!
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
10th
This is the highly anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale and Atwood has revealed on her Twitter that it's set 15 years after Offred's final scene, this is narrated by three female characters. This is probably my most anticipated release of the whole of 2019, I'm so excited!!!
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
24th
I've previously read a nonfiction book by this author and loved it, so I'm excited to see him come out with his first novel. This is historical fiction with a bit of magical realism and it's about a young boy born into bondage who when his mother is sold away, he is given a mysterious power.
After the Flood by Kassandra Montag
3rd
First of all, I love the colors of this cover! This is a dystopian, post-apocalyptic set in a world where the oceans have risen so much that there is no land left except the very tops of our mountains and it follows a woman and her daughter who are grieving their oldest daughter and sister and when they get word that she might be alive near the Artic circle, they set off to try and find her.
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
24th
Another beautiful cover! This is literary historical fiction beginning at the end of the Second World War and it's about a man who starts building a huge real estate empire and it's basically the story of his family. It's set over five decades as well, which sounds interesting!
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
17th
Yet another historical fiction novel, this is the story of two families from different social classes who are brought together by an unexpected pregnancy. I've heard great things about this author's writing but I've never read anything by her yet so I really must!
