Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025


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You all might remember that I struggle with these seasonal TBR posts because I’m a mood reader who relies on my local library for most of what I read. Therefore, there’s not a whole lot of planning ahead for me unless we’re talking about my all-time favourite authors or something.

So guess who came up with seven answers for this prompt? Maybe next time I’ll be able to come up with the full ten!

Book cover for All the Water in the World by Eiran Caffell. Image on cover shows skyscrapers poking out of the water in a city that’s been flooded by rising oceans in a warming world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the Water in the World by Eiran Caffell

Publication Date: Today!

Why I’m Interested: I loved Station Eleven and hope this is just as poignant and hopeful.

 

Book cover for The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein. There’s a going on with this cover. The background is dandelion yellow. There is a sea blue silhouette of someone’s head over it. There are three smaller black silhouettes of people - presumably women - wearing 1800s style dresses around the head. Inside of the head you see the winding branches of some sort of ivy or fern as well as various types of flowers in all of the usual flower colours: pink, blue, yellow, red, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein

Publication Date: February 25

Why I’m Interested: Little Women is such a classic, but I wondered how certain scenes would have looked from perspectives other than Jo’s as well as what was going on the other sisters’ lives that maybe she didn’t know about. Now we’ll get to find out.

 

Book cover for Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey. Image on cover shows black stylized swords and crosses and swirly lines against a blood-red background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once Was Willem by M.R. Carey

Publication Date: March 4

Why I’m Interested: Carey is on my short list of must-read authors. At first I thought the protagonist was a vampire, but he may be something else instead. Either way, count me in.

 

Book cover for Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Image on cover is a drawing of a flame that has a blue centre, a white middle, and then various shades of red and orange as one moves closer to the edges of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Publication Date: March 4

Why I’m Interested: Ngozi Adichie is also on my short list of must-read authors! I’m excited to read something new from her as I don’t think she’s written much fiction (if any?) before.

 

Book cover for Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green. Image on cover is a stylized drawing of tuberculosis germs swimming around on a slide that’s under the microscope. What’s interesting about this image is that you see the slide front and centre in all of it’s pink and yellow glory but the microscope is drawn so simply it’s easy to misunderstand it as something else entirely like just an abstract triangle. So the focus is on the disease here, not the doctor or scientist studying it or curing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

Publication Date: March 18

Why I’m Interested: Tuberculosis is a sad but intriguing subject. I like learning more about it, especially since it remains a threat to human health to this day. May we someday have much better medications to treat it.

 

Book cover for When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi. Image on cover shows an astronaut standing on the moon which, upon closer inspection, is made of yellow cheese instead of, you know, rocks and dust instead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Publication Date: March 25

Why I’m Interested: Scalzi has such creative ideas. Sometimes I love his work and other times they’re not quite what I’m looking for, but I do give him another shot with every new book either way.

 

Book cover for Don't Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo. Image on cover shows a drawing of a gigantic heart - possibly human? - floating over an equally white city below. Everything looks like it’s had the life drained out of it, and I feel sad when I see this image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo

Publication Date: April 8

Why I’m Interested: This is a bit of a risky pick for me because I loathed The Great Gatsby when it was assigned to us to read in a high school English class and have refused to read anything else from Fitzgerald in the years since then. Can a retelling change my mind, or will this be a rapid DNF? Only time will tell..

 

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72 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2025

  1. I’m was really looking forward to Once Was Willem. It sounds like it has a lot of potential.

  2. I’m interested in the Scalzi as well! The TB book is surprising me with its frequency today.

  3. I hope you’re able to get to all the books on your list. Happy reading!

  4. I’ve seen Dream Count on so many lists today. I hope you enjoy these!

  5. Ooh, I had no idea Vo was coming out with another book but I too am not a fan of Gatsby but I love Vo’s writing so much… I’m torn. I might have to add that to my TBR just to keep it on my radar anyway! 🤣 I saw All the Water in the World earlier today and forgot to add it to my TBR but I’m off to do that now. I hope you enjoy all of these reads, Lydia!

  6. Ooo! That March Sisters book is one I’ll have to read about! Seems like it could be a really interesting and compelling novel. 🙂 Hope you enjoy all of the 2025 titles you’re interested in – and thanks for visiting my list today!

  7. I think my life would be easier if I stopped looking up new books all the time and just read the ones I already have! I’ll probably be grabbing John Green’s Tuberculosis book on audio at some point. I enjoy his non-fiction more than his fiction, and I’m hoping he’s going to narrate it himself.

  8. I’m also looking forward to Scalzi’s newest! He has some really interesting ideas.

  9. Scalzi is on a lot of lists this week too, I hope it’s a good one!! Thanks for dropping by my post!

  10. I added The Other March Sisters and When The Moon Hits Your Eye to my TBR.

  11. I’m a mood reader, too, so I understand. You came up with a good list. I hope you get to read and enjoy your books.

  12. Marwah @ The Booklore Fairy

    The Other March Sisters sounds amazing! I’m adding it to my TBR, I love Little Women so much, so now I’ll have to read this one 🙂

    If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairy.blogspot.com/2025/01/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-first-half-of-2025.html

  13. I’ve never read Little Women (although I would like to one day) but I’ve seen three adaptations of it and enjoyed them all so I’m definitely going to have to look into The Other March Sisters. I haven’t read anything by M.R. Carey yet (I’m hoping to check out The Girl With All The Gifts soon) but I’m very intrigued by their upcoming book too. I think the fact that the blurb doesn’t reveal too much leaves you wanting to know more. This is an interesting list of books and I hope you enjoy all of them. Good luck with The Gatsby one too, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that it’ll pleasantly surprise you 🤞

  14. I do love the cover of Don’t Sleep with the Dead. Hope you’ll love all of these!

  15. I’ll keep an eye on the new Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book. I’ve read Amerikanah by this author and I was underwhelmed unfortunately. Maybe my expectations were too high and different.

  16. Nicky @ The Bibliophibian

    I’m a bit back and forth on Nghi Vo’s new book — I didn’t love The Chosen and the Beautiful, but maybe I should give that world another chance…

    Hope you enjoy all of these, anyway!

  17. Great list! I hope you enjoy them when you get to read them. Happy Tuesday!

  18. Very interesting choices. All but one are new-to-me. Enjoy

  19. My list is my favorite authors. It seemed like the easiest route. The Other March Sisters sounds really good.

  20. That new M.R. Carey one looks intriguing. I’ll have to check that one out.

  21. I also did only seven! But i was slightly left of topic. I’ll have to keep my eye out for your review of when the moon hits your eye, it sounds funny. i hope you enjoy all seven!
    https://getlostinlit.blogspot.com/2025/01/top-ten-most-anticipated-books.html

  22. Ash

    John Green has a new book coming!? How did I not know this?
    I also discovered The Other March Sisters the other day and looks so good.

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  23. John Green’s book sounds absolutely fascinating. It’s on my TBR list as well. I hope you enjoy all these!

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  24. I hope you enjoy them all when you get a chance to read them. Have a great week!

  25. Ah, I forgot about The Other March Sisters by Linda Epstein, thank you for reminding me! Happy reading!

  26. I think I will probably look at the new Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!

  27. I predict good reading ahead! I had a friend die from non infectious TB last year 💔

  28. Joanne @ Portobello Book Blog

    Love the sound of The Other March Sisters.

  29. Scalzi is a must for me, and I’ve been intrigued by the sound of All the Water in the World, although I haven’t added it to my TBR just yet. The Other March Sisters is one I hadn’t heard of before, but I think I’ll need to read that one too! I also hated Gatsby when I read it in school and avoid anything Gatsby-related… but if I hear enough good things about this one, well, maybe?

  30. THE OTHER MARCH SISTERS looks interesting! I’m a LITTLE WOMEN fan but haven’t read many spinoffs/retellings.

  31. Everything Is Tuberculosis sounds so interesting, is a awful disease, but even if it was fashionable,

  32. I am curious about The Other March Sisters. That sounds so interesting!

  33. Now I’m intrigued by Once Was Willem. Hope you enjoy these!

  34. vidya

    I know I will be adding The Other March Sisters to my reading list (love Little Women retellings)… and also the John Scalzi read

  35. The Other Marsh Sisters and Don’t Sleep With The Dead sound interesting! I’m not a fan of The Great Gatsby either, but I read it a long time ago and I’m curious to revisit to see what I think now.

  36. Wow, I always love how much diversity is in your list – there’s something for everyone on here. And you know I didn’t leave without adding a few to my TBR. I have to admit that I’m curious about The Great Gatsby retelling – I read a queer version and enjoyed that one a lot.

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