2025 is looking really stacked with so many exciting new releases on the way! It was difficult for me to pick only 10, but here are the ones I am most looking forward to in the first half of the year.
Top 10 Tuesday was originally created by The Broke and the Bookish, but has now moved to That Artsy Reader Girl. If you’re interested in taking part click here.
Release dates are subject to change and these are based on the ones I could find for UK retailers so may differ for other countries.
Brewed With Love by Shelly Page – 14 January 2025
Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis – 20 February 2025
What Wakes The Bells by Elle Tesch – 11 March 2025
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins – 18 March 2025
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson – 24 April 2025
The Floating World by Axie Oh – 13 May 2025
The Falconer by Elizabeth May – 15 May 2025
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig – 20 May 2025
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab – 10 June 2025
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race – 10 June 2025
As a big fan of the Hunger Games books, I was of course incredibly excited to find out we would be getting a new book in 2025 – honestly Suzanne Collins could write anything set in this world and I would read it. I’m also looking forward to V. E. Schwab’s new book and to read Elizabeth May’s republished version of The Falconer. There are also many new authors I haven’t read before on this list so I’m hopeful to discover some new favourites this year.
What 2025 releases are you most excited for? Chat with me in the comments!


I’d missed the new Axie Oh! I loved The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea.
I haven’t read Axie Oh’s previous books but this one caught my eye and sounds great! I hope you enjoy it.
I’m so excited that we’re getting a new V.E. Schwab book!
I love her writing and she writes such an interesting mix of books!
The Floating World almost made it on to my list! What Wakes The Bells looks amazing. I hope you’ll enjoy all of these books when you get to read them :)
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
Thanks, there are so many exciting releases this year!
Wooing the Witch Queen sounds good!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
The premise sounds good, hopefully it will be a great read!
I hope you love all of them!
Thank you!
I randomly requested the ARC for Wooing the Witch Queen and hadn’t heard anyone talking about it. Now, this is the 4th post I’ve seen with it and I’m excited! I hope you enjoy all of these.
That’s great, I hope you enjoy it!
Thank you!
These are some beautiful covers! I hope you enjoy all these.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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They really are stunning!
I can’t wait for Brewed With Love and What Wakes the Bells!
My TTT
They both sound great, hope you enjoy them!