Birdbrain(ed) Book Blog

I, like many other people, have an intense need to know what’s being released soon in the book world. Otherwise I might miss something, and that would be disastrous! So here’s a list of some interesting-looking books that are coming out next month. I hope y’all find it useful! And if I’ve missed something? Let me know in the comments!

(Partially inspired by The Story Siren’s New Reads feature, except I’m not ambitious enough to do it weekly.)

May 2011

May 3rd:

• Caleb’s Crossing: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks (historical fiction).
• Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 11) by Charlaine Harris (paranormal romance).
• Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne (urban fantasy).
• The Kane Chronicles, Book Two: Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan (YA fantasy).

May 10th:

• In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin by Erik Larson (non-fiction).

May 18th:

• America Pacifica: A Novel by Anna North (fiction).

May 24th:

• Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi (YA fiction).

For a bigger list of books coming out in the following months, check out the Out Soon page!

I, like many book lovers, have an intense need to know what’s being released soon in the book world. Otherwise I might miss something, and that would be disastrous! So here’s a list of some interesting-looking books that are coming out next month. I hope y’all find it useful! And if I’ve missed something? Let me know in the comments!

(Partially inspired by The Story Siren’s New Reads feature, except I’m not ambitious enough to do it weekly.)

Mar. 1st:

Big in China: My Unlikely Adventures Raising a Family, Playing the Blues, and Becoming a Star in Beijing by Alan Paul (memoir).
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (YA fantasy).
To a Mountain in Tibet by Colin Thubron (memoir).

Mar. 8th:

Human.4 by Mike A. Lancaster (YA sci-fi).
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde (mystery).

Mar. 15th:

Steel by Carrie Vaughn (YA adventure).

Mar. 24th:

The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington (fantasy).

For a bigger list of books that are coming out beyond next month, check out the Out Soon page!

I, like many other people, have an intense need to know what’s being released soon in the book world. Otherwise I might miss something, and that would be disastrous! So here’s a list of some interesting-looking books that are coming out next month. I hope y’all find it useful! And if I’ve missed something? Let me know in the comments!

(Partially inspired by The Story Siren’s New Reads feature, except I’m not ambitious enough to do it weekly.)

January 1:

The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shan.
Stolen World: A Tale of Reptiles, Smugglers, and Skulduggery by Jennie Erin Smith.

January 4:

Taking Off by Jenny Moss.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison.

January 11:

Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang.
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanan.
Warped by Maurissa Guibord.

January 18:

Inventing George Washington: America’s Founder, in Myth and Memory by Edward G. Lengel.
Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family by Tamara Chalabi.

January 25:

Bloodshot by Cherie Priest.
The False Princess by Eilis O’Neal.
Journey to the End of the World by Henning Mankell.
Throat by R. A. Nelson.

For a bigger list of books that are coming out beyond next month, check out the Out Soon page!

Just a new thing I’m trying, wherein I list a bunch of interesting-looking books that are coming out next month. This is not EVERY book coming out in November, only the ones I’m personally interested in. Partially inspired by The Story Siren’s New Reads feature, except I’m not ambitious enough to do it weekly.

You can also find this list on the sidebar, which is updated somewhat more frequently and includes months other than November!

You may also be interested in last month’s releases.

Out November 2nd:

Bartimaeus: Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud, fourth book in the Bartimaeus series.
The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, Book 1) by Clay & Susan Griffith.
Hero by Mike Lupica.
The Lies That Bind: A Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle.

Trolls in the Hamptons: A Willow Tate Novel by Celia Jerome.
Virals by Kathy Reichs.

Out November 9th:

The Boy from Ilysies (Libyrinth) by Pearl North.
Empress of Eternity by L. E. Modesitt.
Grounded by Kate Klise.
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith.

Out November 11th:

Around the World in 100 Days by Gary Blackwood.
The Foundling’s Tale, Part Three: Factotum by D.M. Cornish.
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint.

Out November 16th:

Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie.

Out November 23rd:

Miss Dimple Disappears: A Mystery by Mignon F. Ballard.
The Steps Across the Water by Adam Gopnik & Bruce McCall.

Which new books are you excited for?