Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
No cover reveals last week that I saw, so instead here are three books that I just found out about:
From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie.
Following her father’s death, Jane North-Robinson and her mom move from sunny California to the dreary, dilapidated old house in Maine where her mother grew up. All they want is a fresh start, but behind North Manor’s doors lurks a history that leaves them feeling more alone…and more tormented.
As the cold New England autumn arrives, and Jane settles in to her new home, she finds solace in old books and memories of her dad. She steadily begins making new friends, but also faces bullying from the resident “bad seed,” struggling to tamp down her own worst nature in response. Jane’s mom also seems to be spiraling with the return of her childhood home, but she won’t reveal why. Then Jane discovers that the “storage room” her mom has kept locked isn’t for storage at all–it’s a little girl’s bedroom, left untouched for years and not quite as empty of inhabitants as it appears….
Is it grief? Mental illness? Or something more…horrid?
Horrid by Katrina Leno. Releases in September 2020 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. It was this beautiful, creepy cover that caught my eye, and the comparisons to Stephen King and Agatha Christie sealed the deal.
A suspenseful debut that twists Big Little Lies with Practical Magic in a dark mystery of four women, a wicked secret–and an investigation that shakes their Connecticut town to the core.
Sanctuary is the perfect town . . . to hide a secret.
When young Daniel Whitman is killed at a high-school party, the community is ripped apart. The death of Sanctuary’s star quarterback seems to be a tragic accident, but everyone knows his ex-girlfriend Harper Fenn is the daughter of a witch–and she was there when he died.
VV James weaves a spellbinding tale of a town cracking into pieces and the devastating power of a mother’s love. Was Daniel’s death an accident, revenge–or something even more sinister?
As accusations fly, paranoia grips the town, culminating in a witch-hunt…and the town becomes no sanctuary at all.
Sanctuary by V.V. James. Releases in September 2020 from Sourcebooks Landmark. This book is already out in the UK and seems to have some really good reviews. I’m a sucker for stories in school settings, and when you compare a book to Practical Magic, there is no way I’m not reading it!
For readers of Station Eleven and Good Morning, Midnight comes an electric, heart-pounding novel of love and sacrifice that follows people around the world as they unite to prevent a global catastrophe.
When dark comet UD3 was spotted near Jupiter’s orbit, its existence was largely ignored. But to individuals who knew better — scientists like Benjamin Schwartz, manager of NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies — the threat this eight-kilometer comet posed to the survival of the human race was unthinkable. The 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when an asteroid impact generated more than a billion times the energy of an atomic bomb.
What would happen to Earth’s seven billion inhabitants if a similar event were allowed to occur?
Ben and his indomitable girlfriend Amy Kowalski fly to South America to assemble an international counteraction team, whose notable recruits include Love Mwangi, a UN interpreter and nomad scholar, and Zhen Liu, an extraordinary engineer from China’s national space agency. At the same time, on board a polar icebreaker life continues under the looming shadow of comet UD3. Jack Campbell, a photographer for National Geographic, works to capture the beauty of the Arctic before it is gone forever. Gustavo Wayãpi, a Nobel Laureate poet from Brazil, struggles to accept the recent murder of his beloved twin brother. And Maya Gutiérrez, an impassioned marine biologist is — quite unexpectedly — falling in love for the first time.
Together, these men and women must fight to survive in an unknown future with no rules and nothing to be taken for granted. They have two choices: neutralize the greatest threat the world has ever seen (preferably before mass hysteria hits or world leaders declare World War III) or come to terms with the annihilation of humanity itself.
Their mission is codenamed The Effort.
The Effort by Claire Holroyde. Releases in January 2021 from Grand Central Publishing. This isn’t a new idea by any means, but I’m drawn to these types of pre-apocalyptic stories, and anyone who mentions Station Eleven is going to get my attention.
So I assume the Effort is a novel about people coming to terms with the death of humanity. Cheery.
Right? We all need these types of cheery books right now;-)
I think Horrid has quite the original and interesting cover, creepy and fascinating.
It’s so creepy but I can’t look away:-)
They have all amazing cover!
Yes, I have to agree!
Horrid has quite a cover. Can’t turn away from it. I like the sound of The Effort. I recently finished Seveneves, and it wasn’t that long ago I read Lucifer’s Hammer, but I’m ready for another tale in a similar vein. And it sounds like this one might be more about preventing than what happens after the event.
Sevenes is one I’d like to read at some point, but I think the length is what initially scared me off.
I much preferred Lucifer’s Hammer over Seveneves, even given the age of it. There was just too much infodump in Seveneves for me. I think I would have enjoyed it much more if it hadn’t been so long. But I could see the right audience, one who loves large amounts of accurate technical detail, really enjoying it.
I doubt Seveneves would work for me, the “info dump” thing is sometimes tough.
I love the cover of Horrid, but it’s Sanctuary that captures my interest. Great picks!
Yeah, I have to admit I’m very excited to read Sanctuary:-)
They all sound interesting – but the cover for Horrid is so disturbing! I mean that in a good way… but I could see that haunting someone’s dreams if they spend too much time looking at it. 🙂
The cover of Horrid makes me sooo curious!
This is an interesting clutch of books, Tammy! And that cover for Horrid is extraordinary…
It is sort of an interesting mix of books this week:-)
Horrid is so good! I am definitely eager for that one. You can check out my Wednesday post in the link below.
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Yep, definitely going to try to read Horrid:-)
I’ve already featured Horrid so thank Heavens I don’t need to add that one and I also have an arc of Sanctuary. Yay! I’m safe this week.
I must have seen Horrid on your blog, but for some reason I didn’t add it to Goodreads at the time. Not sure why, it sounds amazing!
The cover of Horrid is definitemy something! And I think that book is gonna be amaaazing! With Sanctuary I like that it says the book twists Big Little Lies with Practical Magic. It better live up to that! And The Effort is probably the one I’m most likely to pick up myself because… SCIFI!
I feel like all three could be really good. I need more hours in the day to read!!
Horrid is going on my tbr right now – mostly going on that cover!
Me too, the cover sold me:-)
That cover for Horrid is everything! So gorgeous and weird!
I know! The black roses just add to the creep factor:-)
I like the sounds of Sanctuary. 🙂
It sounds good, right?
I had Horrid on my watchlist – the cover definitely lives up to the title, yikes it’s creepy!
It will be interesting to see if the story is just as good:-)
I have Sanctuary on my TBR list too. I’ve never seen that cover before but it’s lovely.
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I think it’s the new US cover:-)
Oh wow, great picks Tammy — in particular Horrid and Sanctuary. The cover of Horrid, coupled with the title, is definitely one of the most striking I’ve ever seen. And Sanctuary’s Big Little Lies and Practical Magic mention won me over rightaway.
I agree, the cover of Horrid is making me ask all kinds of questions!
I can’t stop staring at Horrid! What a cover! I also think Sanctuary is beautiful and it makes me want to see how it fits with the book.
I know, it’s hard to look away from Horrid!
That Horrid cover is something . . . I don’t know whether I like it or not. It’s certainly disturbing! Like the book perhaps? Hopefully! I’m all over Sanctuary. That sounds really good! Effort does as well! More to add to my wish list. 🙂
I want to read Horrid just so I can see what’s up with that cover:-)
That blurb describing it as Big Little Lies with Practical Magic has me sold on Sanctuary. That sounds amazing!
It’s an interesting combo, I hope it works!
I think Horrid and Sanctuary sound so good – definitely adding those to my wishlist.
Lynn 😀
I can’t wait for both:-)
I’m definitely going to have to check Horrid out, the cover is somehow both stunning and disturbing at the same time and the author comparisons have intrigued me too. Sanctuary is on my TBR too.
I think that’s why I’m so intrigued by Horrid, it’s stunning and scary!
WHAT. I need these! Especially Horrid.
I know right?
Oooh, Sanctuary sounds SO FREAKING GOOD. And that cover for Horrid is super creepy lol. I’d hate to own that. I’m not sure I could handle seeing it when I walked into my library. xD I’d have to hide it in a lock box somewhere, just in case it gets any ideas.