Top Ten Tuesday is a feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is: Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases For The First Half of 2016
Let’s get real: This post should probably be called “list all the books”, because isn’t that what is going to happen? Nod along, because yes, it is. Also, this is going to be January-May, which isn’t quite half the year, but I feel like the summer and late fall are slow, so it only makes sense to cut this one off at May.
As for the idea of “Ten”? That went out the window rather quickly. There are ummm around 73 books here. Sorry. (No, not sorry.) The worst part. These. Are only. Through. MAY.
The Standalones/Series Starters:
Just an FYI- I will never stop using that Forbidden Wish cover because it is freaking glorious and I miss it.
The Sequels I Crave:
My grabby hands know no bounds.
The Ones I Have For Review (and cannot wait for, obviously):
Just narrowing it down was hard. I miss the ones I had to leave behind.
The Ones I have Read and Loved (and so should you):
In fairness, I haven’t finished The Girl From Everywhere, but I am digging it so far. But Nora & Kettle and TLTSTW are both easily 5 star reads. You’ve read my thoughts on Firsts, and Assassin’s Heart and Underwater were both at least 4 stars!
And here are all the 2016 books, both read and unread, for review, won, traded for, whatever, in all their lovely glory!!
Which 2016 books are you jonesing for??
P.S.- Things are going to be slow around here this week. I have decided that I am reviewing zero things until next week. But I am going to do some end of the year surveys and stuff!
Underwater and The Year We Fell Apart are on my tops too….as is The Love That Split the World. You have a super amazing list here…I am grabby hands for a ton of these!!! 🙂
Soooooo many books! Great ones I’ve enjoyed and more I can’t wait to get my hands on =)
The Shadow Queen sounds ah-ma-zing. 🙂
73 LOL. Awesome… I want Truthwitch and Court of Mist and Fury (even tho I haven’t read those) and Into the Dim… etc. And After the Woods just for the cover, maybe.
I think it’s going to be all YA all the time for me next year…
So Shannon, I don’t think you know what 10 means. Haha! I love it though! I love that you’re excited for all these titles. 🙂
I’m excited for most of these myself but mostly, The Star-Touched Queen (I can’t even begin to explain to you my intense NEED for this book!), Rebel of the Sands, Winner’s Kiss (I’m ready for the FEELS!), A Gathering of Shadows, Banished, The Shadow Queen! And you will LOVE The Impostor Queen. I hope you do at least!
Hopefully, all these books will blow you away! I’ll be looking forward to your thoughts on some of these. Are you Hangouts?? I need to bother you about The Girl From Everywhere because I have QUESTIONS!
I absolutely do not know what 10 means! Bwhahah. I am the worst at this! And yes, I can do hangouts! Bother away! I finished it and I would love to chat with someone about it!
P.S.- Banished is freaking amazing so far!!!! And The Imposter Queen should be here on Tuesday, YAY!
Oh, I see how it is, Shannon. You want to make our TBR grow uncontrollably so that they’ll crush and kill us and you can rule the world. 😛 But OH MY GOSH SO MANY GORGEOUS COVERS. I’m totally going to read A Gathering of Shadows, of course, and probably also The Rose and the Dagger. A lot of these look so cool!
I LOVE that you’ve added so many to your list. Ha. I just love your top ten posts. There are so many on here that I want to read.
Haha, I love how you went a *tad bit* overboard here. :DD From your standalones/series starters I want, basically, everything! I’m the most excited for The Forbidden Wish, Truthwitch and The First Time She Drowned and I hope with all my heart that they won’t disappoint.
I’m unbelievably excited for The Winner’s Kiss – and it BETTER involve lots of kissing between Kestrel and Arin because I NEED them to be together. Seriously, I’m not sure how I’ll overcome if they don’t end up together. I’m also looking forward to The Rose & the Dagger because I’m planning on binge reading the first two books ASAP.
Aww, what beautiful review copies you have. Where Future Ends, Flawed and Passenger are some of my most awaited title, and I hope you’ll love them. I’m glad you enjoyed Firsts because it sounds so different from every contemporary I’ve ever read and I love different, so yay.
Finally, I can only say that I wish you tons of luck to be able to read AND love all these novels! <33
Terrific List!! And sometimes its good to take a break from reviewing and just enjoy what you’re reading!! Wishing you a Happy New Year!!
So, so many books! It’s going to be a great years of books. I can tell that by your post alone!
I have Flawed, The Shadow Queen and Assassin’s Heart! I started TSQ and so far so good 🙂 I have heard not good things of Sword and Verse which I also have so Im putting it down until it is time to review lol
I loved This Is Where It Ends!! So emotional and impacting.
I have many anticipated releases (I shared them last week) but A Torch Against The Night, The Love That Split the World, The Score and He Will Be My Ruin (I read and adored), Bad Boy are at my top! Love your list, Shannon! Especially those gorgeous covers.
There are SO MANY GOOD BOOKS COMING OUT in 2016!!! It’s awesome 😀
We definitely share A Gathering of Shadows, ACOMaF, The Rose & The Dagger, Passenger, Into the Dim, and The Star Touched Queen looks REALLY great! I need to check out a few of the other titles you listed here^^ GREAT picks!!
I have so many series from 201 to catch up on! We share a couple on our list though – can’t wait, there are so amny amazing book coming out next year!
My Top Ten picks this week
Also, check out a chance to win a book of your choice here – you can pick a 2016 preorder!
I *love* how your list morphed from 10 to 73! Love it. 🙂 And that cover for The Forbidden Wish truly is gorgeous. A Court of Mist and Fury tops my Most Anticipated list. ACOTAR was one of my big surprises of 2015. I’m not usually a fantasy reader but the synopsis (and that cover!) pulled me in. And I’m so glad it did because I loved it! Can’t believe I have to wait until May for ACOMAF. The struggle is real, my friend.
You crack me up, Shannon. I knew you couldn’t keep this list to ten, but 73? I think you need an award or something. 🙂
Once again you have outdone yourself with this weeks list. You put us all to shame and my reading list for 2016 is basically sorted with this post haha. I’ve finally got my hands on a copy of Air Awakens so I’m excited to binge read the first two books so I can get my hands on Earth’s End. Nora and Kettle is probably among the top of my most anticipated. I’ve never been a big fan of Peter Pan but this retelling sounds so wonderful and thought provoking. I can’t wait to get my copy. 😀
If it helps, Nora and Kettle is NOT super Peter Pan-y. I mean, there are subtle references, but not in an overbearing way AT all- it was one of my concerns too 😀
Ahh you’ve got a lot of the books I’m anticipating. Truthwitch, The Forbidden Wish, and Passenger are the ones I’m looking forward to the most! This list is so great. It looks like there will be some great books coming out next year.
I’m looking forward to Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine. Ink and Bone is definitely one of my tops YA reads this year and there are dragons on the cover of the new book.
Wow, that’s quite a list, Shannon! I think I may have to check out Assassin’s Heart – it sounds pretty cool!
Oh so many good sounding books and so many prety covers! I’ll have to check some of these out. Especially those standalones/ series starters look good. Passenger’s cover is so beautifull, but not sure if it’s a book for me, I still want it though. Great list!
AHH. SHANNON. THESE ALL SOUND AMAZING. I cannot wait for all of these. The premises of The Forbidden Wish and The Year We Fell Apart are absolutely incredible, and I’m crossing my fingers that their execution is as good as their concepts. And The Winner’s Kiss. OMG. How are we supposed to wait another three months for this?!?! Especially after that cliffhanger! Thanks for sharing Shannon and, as always, fantastic picks! ♥
So much awesome in this post. I wish I could read faster. (also, i wish i was auto-approved or on my mailing lists). I have a few of these, like ten or so. But my grabby hands want more too! Especially, Passenger, Where Futures End, Down With the Shine, The Serpent King, The Shadow Queen, Titans….I could go on and on.
HEY You already read Assassin’s Heart? IS IT GOOD? IT HAS MY NAME IN IT. EVEN THOUGH IT’S A GUY. I was hesitant to request it, but seeing as my name is in it, I figured “Why not”
Also, 73 books. Okay. Okay.
YES it is good! I approve of it!
OH and your namesake? HUGE douchenozzle.
I’ve just added so many books to my tbr…
I’m so jealous of the books you already have! 🙂
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Thanks. Thanks for completely shattering my resolve to buy less books in 2016. T_T I already had most of these books in my TBR but I discovered a lot more too. Not sure yet if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I’m MOST excited to get my hands on The Forbidden Wish, The Star-Touched Queen, Truthwitch, The Crown’s Game, The Winner’s Kiss, ACOMAF, and a few of the other titles on there that I have review copies of as well. 😀 I’ve already read The Year We Fell Apart and loved it!!
So many AMAZING books coming out next year! I need to immediately add the ones that you have read and loved to my TBR. I have no doubt I will love them too. I am so excited for both A Court of Mist and Fury and A Torch Against the Night. Great list!
Gah that is like ALL the books. Love it. I so cannot wait for The Love That Split the World and The Year We Fell Apart to come out. They are so high on my to read list. Great list!!
Wow, look at all those lovely books!
AHHH! So many glorious books! 2016 is going to be a great year. 🙂 Thanks for all the great recommendations.
Haha You’re such a REBEL! I love it! 🙂
73? I actually laughed out loud. Gosh, there’s so many it’s overwhelming!!! If I had a super power, it’d be to be able to read ALLL of them!
Great post!
YOU HAVE PASSENGER. I already preordered that one, and I’m hoping it’ll arrive within the next week. I’m also looking forward to Truthwitch because it sounds good, my number one book I’m looking forward to is probably A Gathering of Shadows!
SENSORY OVERLOAD OMG!!!! I’ve read a fair number of these and most are EXCELLENT. Sign of good taste and great minds. 😉 I hope you read many (all?) of these and enjoy them, Shannon!
Happy New Year! 🙂
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So pretty much all the books, right? Haha. I had trouble narrowing down my to 16!
I have such high hopes for Star-Touched Queen, The Shadow Queen, Winner’s Kiss, Banished….
Happy New Year, friend!
Wellll my TBR on Goodreads has almost 400 2016 books so… I guess this is better? 😉
2016 looks like an amazing year. I hope you love all of your new books in 2016. So many great reads. I have read Truthwitch, The Imposter Queen and really enjoyed them.
Grace
I need ALL of 2016 YA. That is all. 😉 OMG you have Passenger &&& The Girl From Everywhere??? I shall heavily and happily await your reviews! 😀 😀
Omg so many gorgeous covers here, and so many books I haven’t heard of so thanks for sharing!! I love posts like these because I always tend to miss out on new releases!
OMGGG I’M SO GLAD YOU LOVE NORA AND KETTLE!! That is so high on my utterly-need-or-I-will-pass-out list that I cannot even. *nods sagely* And is it just me or are the releases for 2016 looking SO much more promising than last year?!?! SQUEEEEEE. 😀 Least to say. This post is not good for my TBR and I love it.
Holy shit, you do not mess around!
I am so out of the loop with 2016 releases so I need to bookmark this page so I can look them up on GR. Glad to hear you liked Assassin’s Heart, I’m excited for that one.
Dang lady that’s a crapton of books. All of them so purty!! *wants* *grabby hands*