Anticipated Book Releases | Graphic by Kayli Thompson | The Wright State Guardian
The year is nearly over and many are already looking ahead to see what new and exciting books are getting published next year. It was hard to narrow down, but here are some book releases set to be published in the first half of 2021 to keep an eye out for.
“One Last Stop” by Casey McQuiston
The highly anticipated second book by the author of “Red, White, and Royal Blue” comes this sapphic romance that follows 23-year-old August. She notices Jane, a punk-rock girl on the train in New York City.
Only, she does not only look like a punk rocker but she actually time-traveled from the 1970s and August has to face her own past so she can help Jane go back to hers.
“While Justice Sleeps” by Stacey Abrams
Abrams became a highly talked about political figure the past two years, and her recent accomplishments working one-on-one with organizations in Georgia solidified her already active role as an activist.
In this new thriller, Abrams writes about Avery Kean, a fresh-faced law clerk, who recently discovers that she is the legal guardian and power of attorney to a Justice in the Supreme Court who has more secrets than she could have ever hoped to discover. Be sure to check out the romance books Abrams has written while you wait for this to come out!
“The Chosen and the Beautiful” by Nghi Vo
With “The Great Gatsby” entering the public domain in 2021, the first wave of reimaginings will hit the shelves. In Vo’s new historical fiction, we follow Jordan Baker, a queer Asian woman in the 1920s who is, despite her wealth, still ostracized by her fellow peers in high society.
Thrust into Gatsby’s magnum opus, Jordan offers insight on not only the time period, homophobia and xenophobia of the times, but Vo also gives us more insight on some of the most iconic literary characters in history, including Nick, Daisy and Jay Gatsby himself.
“Honey Girl” by Morgan Rogers
In this debut romance, we follow 28-year-old Grace Porter who recently completed her Ph.D. in astronomy and wakes up in Vegas married to a woman she does not know. Pressured by the expectations of her father, Grace travels to spend the summer in New York City with her new wife–which turns out to be the best decision she could have ever made for herself.
“The Project” by Courtney Summers
Author of the hit book “Sadie” comes a new YA thriller about a community outreach program in Lo Denham’s neighborhood who took her sister in and never gave her back.
Her suspicions are justified when someone approaches her to investigate the weird things happening there, and she goes on a mission to find out exactly what is going on here and what happened to her sister.
