While I rarely read books in their debut year (my TBR is long and my wallet is empty), there are always dozens of books every year that get added to my want to read lists. This year is no different. Here is a list of just a small selection of the books I am looking forward to in 2024. (I’ve included covers where available)

January

All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
Say You’ll be Mine by Naina Kimar
The Getaway List by Emma Lord
Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer

February

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi
I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang
Till There Was You by Lindsay Hameroff

March

The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black
Happily Never After by Lynn Painter
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal by Gretchen Schreiber

April

Funny Story by Emily Henry
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
The Rule Book by Sarah Adams
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

May

Savor It by Tarah Dewitt
Mind Games by Nora Roberts
Attached at the Hip by Christine Riccio
The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

June

Daydream by Hannah Grace
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood
The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren

July

Business Casual by B.K. Borison
The Short List by Elena Armas
Heir, Apparently by Kara McDowell
The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness
The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman

August

The Break-Up Pact by Emma Lord
Skybriar by Talia Hibbert
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand
Ami by S. Jae Jones

September

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan
A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
When Haru was Here by Dustin Thao
Before We Forget Kindness by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

October

The Wedding Wish by Erin Sterling
Father Material by Alexis Hall
Deserving Maisy by Susan Stoker
Let it Glow by Marissa Meyer
Graveyard Dog by Darynda Jones

November

Rani Choudhury Must Die by Adiba Jaigirdar
When the Sky is Deepest Blue by Clare Osongco
The Mirror by Nora Roberts
The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
A Tropical Rebel’s Rules for Romance by Adriana Herrera

December

How to Get a Life in 10 Dates by Jenny L. Howe
Where the Creek Bends by Linda Lael Miller
I Might Be in Trouble by Daniel Aleman

Covers (and titles) link to Goodreads