Most Anticipated Books of 2024

 We are well into 2024 and the literary world has no rest! The new year is all well and good but the one thing every bookworm looks forward to when that clock strikes midnight is the tsunami of new book releases. Whether it be a sequential ongoing series or a brand new book from a fresh author, here are a few Top Anticipated Books of 2024

 

 The Women

Kristen Hannah

 Kristen Hannah, the author of the NY Times bestseller brings forth another awaited historical fiction novel. In ‘The Woman’, she delves into the lives of young American woman, who volunteered to serve in Vietnam and how their lives were shaped by the conflict. The narrative is centered around a nursing student- Frances who enlists in the Army Nursing Corps. Hannah's masterful storytelling combined with the depth of the narrative is bound to make this novel immensely enjoyable and has made the book one of the most anticipated novels of 2024.

 The Atlas Complex

Olive Blake

Olive Blakes's ‘The Atlas Six’ was a trilogy that took the internet by storm. The fantasy romance trilogy became an instant hit among young readers. The Atlas Complex is the last and heartbreaking addition to the trilogy and one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2024.

It’s a race for survival –  the six Society recruits are faced with the question of what and who they're willing to betray for power. Old alliances fade as they take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have failed to uphold. The outside world mobilizes to destroy them, while the Caretaker himself, Atlas Blakely, may yet succeed with a plan foreseen to have world-ending stakes.

 Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

 Poet Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel features a newly sober Iranian Immigrant Cyrus Shams, who starts a friendship with a terminally ill Painter living in a museum. His obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the past— an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed. The narrative is wholesome, funny, original, and most importantly realistic. This book marks the beginning of a much-needed new voice in contemporary fiction. This book has most definitely placed itself among the most-awaited reads of 2024.

Grief Is for People

 Sloane Crosley

From the author of the best-selling book Cult Classic (2022) arises this memoir about friendship, family, love, and death. Crosley’s immensely witty and touching memoir explores the themes of loss and grief, following the death of her best friend and mentor. This portrait of a singular friendship is beautifully crafted by Crosley. Crosley’s search for truth and answers in philosophy and art, the search for something more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief is darkly funny and filled with resounding empathy. This category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without it consuming you is definitely an awaited read of 2024.