What books coming out in 2025 are on your must read list?

[Aftertheharvest]

'inspired' by the Waterstones 25% off preorders offer what books are you looking forward to this year? A new Sarah Moss (Ripeness) Hallie Rubenhold (Story of a murder) and Taylor Jenkins Reid (Atmosphere) are on my list so far...

Please tell me how to force myself to read a book if it is difficult for me

The new Slow Horses book and the Rubenhold.

Oh and a new Natasha Brown - have already preordered the last of the John Boyne elements quartet

You're reading the wrong book! Find a fun one (there are probably threads on this)

Agree with PP - unless you have to for a compulsory exam, don’t! Read what you like.

I'm waiting for
The new Robert Galbraith
The new Karen Pirie
The new Horowitz and Hawthorne
The new Jane Casey

Lol a theme of detective novels there!

So many! Yes to Sarah Moss and Hallie Rubenhold.

Also:
Lucy Mangan (another bibliomemoir)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Leila Mottley
Catherine Chidgey
Sarah Hall
JKR/Galbraith
Mick Herron
Calum McSorley
Anthony Horowitz
Joe Abercrombie
Guy Gavriel Kay

In translation:
Mieko Kawakami
Sayaka Murata
Emi Yagi
Won-pyung Sohn
Uno Chiyo
Choi Jin-young
Annika Norlin

I'm trying to minimise consumption of news and social media this year, in case you couldn't tell.

My annual Lee child and Stephen king already pre ordered on audible. I'll forget all about them and it will be a surprise when they pop up in my library.

Just received my copy of Anne Tyler's latest

The god of the woods

I got the new Anne Tyler as a Valentine present. It's called 3 Days in June but it is so short (and so instantly readable) that it was more like 3 Hours in February...
I loved it.

That's great to hear. I love Anne Tyler. I'll read it when the kids go back to school (maybe 3 hours in march haha)

Skandar book 5.

I would pretend it's just the DC who are desperate for it. But, being honest, I'm almost as invested.

Written on the Dark

Pick something YOU like, whether that is a novel about spies, thriller, a comedy.

Writers who use easy to understand language are good writers a lot of the time.

What interests you? Espionage? Moscow? Space? What's lacking in your life? Excitement? Travel? Where have you wanted to visit but never did? Pick a couple of books based on that criteria.

Catherine Cooper's new one called The Penthouse. Ive really enjoyed her other books as they are quick and easy entertaining reads. Plus the new Robert Galbraith and Lisa Jewell.

The biography of a famous and notorious suffragette who burned down a big house and slashed up priceless painting is my 'must read'.

I've ordered it and I'm waiting for it to be delivered.

The title of the book is the name of the suffragette: 'Mary Raleigh Richardson'.

I've just ordered the new Wally Lamb, The River Is Waiting. I'm excited for that.

At the start of the year I ordered Sinéad Gleeson's Hagstone which I'm looking forward to...I'd had a couple of glasses of wine and did a few additional late night pre-orders too thinking I'll have some nice surprises when they turn up.

I think I will read the new Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dream Count.

Waiting excitedly for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book.

Really looking forward to Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by LM Chilton, loved his first one!

I looking forward to Sunrise on the Reaping, the next hunger games novel coming out on march 18th.

I've massively cut down on book buying and upped my use of the library, but I've treated myself to a gorgeous signed edition of the new Taylor Jenkins Reid one due out in June: www.waterstones.com/book/atmosphere/taylor-jenkins-reid/2928377304942

I'm also looking forward to Vanishing World. I might have to wait until paperback or get it on my Audible subscription as the price is a bit steep for quite a short book:https://www.waterstones.com/book/vanishing-world/sayaka-murata/ginny-tapley-takemori/9781803513454

Robert Galbraith and now Lucy Mangan!

Currently reading Wifedom
about George Orwell’s wife. Really interesting book with lots to ponder on the role of women in society and more particularly within marriage.

Divide the chapters and do one a day preferably earlier in the day so it’s done and you can move on.
‘Read’ the audiobook you can find a lot of them free from your library or even on YouTube
Speed up the audiobook version helps get through it faster
Join or create a book club?