The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2014 Book Preview
July 7, 2014 11:16 AM Subscribe
A well-curated list of 84 upcoming books organized by month.
Tiny blurbs about soon-to-be-released books by authors including Emily Gould, Haruki Murakami, Tana French, Miranda July, Amy Poehler, Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Denis Johnson, Lena Dunham, Alice Munro, and many others.
Tiny blurbs about soon-to-be-released books by authors including Emily Gould, Haruki Murakami, Tana French, Miranda July, Amy Poehler, Margaret Atwood, William Gibson, Denis Johnson, Lena Dunham, Alice Munro, and many others.
Frankly it's rude of these people to continue writing books before I'm done reading all the ones they're already written.
posted by theodolite at 11:20 AM on July 7, 2014 [12 favorites]
posted by theodolite at 11:20 AM on July 7, 2014 [12 favorites]
I have a literal countdown clock to the release of Tana French's The Secret Place (Sept 2! 57 days!).
posted by troika at 11:23 AM on July 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by troika at 11:23 AM on July 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
It's not on that list but, people of America, you should buy A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing when it comes out there. It is brilliant.
posted by dng at 11:28 AM on July 7, 2014
posted by dng at 11:28 AM on July 7, 2014
Also, I didn't realise Miranda July had a novel coming out (I loved her short story collection, and both her films are brilliant and beautiful), and now January seems a long, long way away.
posted by dng at 11:30 AM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by dng at 11:30 AM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
Omigod another Lydia Davis translation.
posted by shakespeherian at 11:41 AM on July 7, 2014
posted by shakespeherian at 11:41 AM on July 7, 2014
Yay, a new book of Meghan Daum essays! Thanks for letting me know. My Misspent Youth is a strange and wonderful book but it's almost 15 years old now.
posted by escabeche at 11:43 AM on July 7, 2014
posted by escabeche at 11:43 AM on July 7, 2014
I'm halfway through both Station Eleven and We Are Not Ourselves, neither of which I would have read on my own without encouragement, but I'm so, so glad I am. Both are hard to put down - so far! Pleasedon'tturnbadpleasedon'tturnbad.
Hardly anyone would notice if I read a few more pages here at work. Right?
posted by lyssabee at 11:53 AM on July 7, 2014
Hardly anyone would notice if I read a few more pages here at work. Right?
posted by lyssabee at 11:53 AM on July 7, 2014
Takes notes, expands wish list ... Stone Mattress was already on it but I hadn't yet heard about most of the others.
(In terms of books not on the list, I am personally quivering with anticipation for Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genvieve Valentine, which may already be out by now, Ancillary Sword by Anne Leckie, and Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray.)
posted by kyrademon at 11:56 AM on July 7, 2014
(In terms of books not on the list, I am personally quivering with anticipation for Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genvieve Valentine, which may already be out by now, Ancillary Sword by Anne Leckie, and Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray.)
posted by kyrademon at 11:56 AM on July 7, 2014
I have to spend ~9,000 bucks on books in the next 6 months (18k by end of newly started fiscal year). It's a lot harder than you think, especially when you get the books at half price to begin with, so you're actually needing to spend ~18k to stay on track.
So what I'm saying is thanks for this.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:21 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
So what I'm saying is thanks for this.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:21 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
I could probably try to help you out with your burden.
posted by shakespeherian at 12:23 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by shakespeherian at 12:23 PM on July 7, 2014
your "burden"
posted by tofu_crouton at 12:26 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by tofu_crouton at 12:26 PM on July 7, 2014
It's a monkey's paw thing. When you open a box filled with James Pattersons, you'll understand.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:29 PM on July 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by robocop is bleeding at 12:29 PM on July 7, 2014 [3 favorites]
New McEwan and Mantel? Miriam Toews?? Amy Poehler??? I'm wagging the tail I do not have so hard!
posted by peripathetic at 1:11 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by peripathetic at 1:11 PM on July 7, 2014
I'm most excited for "The Magician's Land" by Lev Grossman. The last of his Magician's trilogy, I'm a huge fan of the first two books ("The Magicians" and "The Magician King") and - honestly - am really just waiting to see how he works foxes into this last one.
posted by phong3d at 2:03 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by phong3d at 2:03 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Not on the list, but I'm looking forward to The Causal Angel next week.
posted by eyeballkid at 2:46 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by eyeballkid at 2:46 PM on July 7, 2014
My Goodreads "Want to Read" list is about to get a lot longer!
posted by chatongriffes at 5:21 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by chatongriffes at 5:21 PM on July 7, 2014
I'm most excited for "The Magician's Land" by Lev Grossman.
Already read it! /showoff
posted by escabeche at 5:40 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
Already read it! /showoff
posted by escabeche at 5:40 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
I am so, so looking forward to Tana French's The Secret Place. I just love her books!
posted by SisterHavana at 5:45 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by SisterHavana at 5:45 PM on July 7, 2014
NYRB Classics imprint is best imprint.
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:26 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by turbid dahlia at 6:26 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
I think I must be the only genre fiction fan who did not like Lev Grossman's Magician books.
Counting the days until The Bone Clocks, tho.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 2:04 PM on July 8, 2014
Counting the days until The Bone Clocks, tho.
posted by Ben Trismegistus at 2:04 PM on July 8, 2014
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