25 (ish) of my most anticipated reads for 2018

The one thing that never changes in a readers life is the ever growing TBR pile. 2017 was a great year for books, I read some absolute gems and 2018 seems like it's going to be just as exciting. I vowed this year to read more of the books that have been sitting on my shelf, especially the ones that I've claimed to have read, but as well as smashing through those there are certain books I'm verrrrry excited for. This list I found as I was putting it together is not exhaustive and there are so many other books coming out, but then you'd be scrolling all day if I included everything (notable shoutout goes to the new V E Schwab, Ben Galley and Darren Dash books coming out)! So here's to 2018, let me know what you're looking forward to and we can grow our TBR piles together ;-)  (Disclaimer release dates are as accurate as I could find them...and we all know what publishing is like, so everything is subject to change :o )

Ok so I used the American cover, and those I liked the UK one, there's just something about this one that ticks all my boxes for a blurb that is giving me shivers. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is out Feb 8th from Penguin

This is a book i'm really looking forward to. Eve always going for the gut, taking on touch subjects, one which is going to have close personal connections for me out on March 1st from Scholastic. 

Mel's back, Mel's back, Mel's back...that's all you need to know.  Buy the book, read the book, make your March a little better, out March 1st from Scholastic

This is one book that I keep seeing again and again and there's a big buzz around it and I am here for that! Look at this beautiful cover, with its promise of magic and intrigue! Coming your way and mine Match 8th from Tomi Adeyemi and Macmillan.

This book needs little introduction! Mina Lima are GENIUS'S  and they can take all my money! If I could I'd buy out the pop up store... This time they;ve turned their attention not to ONE but a HOARD of classic Hans Christian Anderson stories including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina (one of my favourite childhood films) and The Snow Queen!..Need I say more! March 22nd Can't come quick enough HarperCollins, #justsaying

I came quite late to Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May series, but feel in love and have greatly enjoyed their adventures. This time it comes with a twist, and is taking us back to the 60s, and why this doesn't initially shout my vibe, I'm excited to see where it goes. Out March 22nd

I haven't read a lot of Irvine Welsh but whenever I have I've been gripped, and hearing him read from last year's The Blade Artist I am here for this, looking forward to seeing some familiar faces and get my scotts on... coming out March 29th

I've been really interested in this series, and Macbeth is one of the few Shakespeare I am very familiar with, possibly too much, so I'm excited to see where Nesbo takes this, coming April 5th

Even the cover is shimmering on the page....Just look at it! I've been seeing the buzz on twitter and its definitely got me excited. Juno Dawson's Clean is hitting shelves April 5th! 

This...Just this! The cover is beautiful...The premise is beautiful and I am here in every which was for Madeline Miller's classical Circe...April 19th seems a long way away Bloomsbury!!!

OK, so I've already read this! But that doesn't mean I can't be excited, excited for Tom, excited for me and excited for you to be able to read this!!!!!! This statement is not a lie! Coming your way June 7th from Walker Books

You can basically hear the ripple of excitement for Lousie O'Neill's feminist retelling of The Little Mermaid. this book. It seems like its going to be a year of the mermaid and this is g

oing to be a harrowing, gripping but exciting read..... May 3rd from Scholastic

After the trauma I experienced reading Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes I AM HERE FOR THIS. I don't even need to say anymore...I just want to read this book! Stupid May 17th! 

It's not a real year without a Stephen King book and whilst 2017 may have been the year he took over the film and TV world ( to whatever degree of success you want to tribute)The Outsider will bring back the the book blockbuster insiding its way to you May 22nd!

There was a plethora of exciting fantasy released this year, with sequel galore coming out this year, but this jumped out at me as the start of something new, something exciting, even this cover is getting to me and i'm excited for it Harper Voyager, you better believe it! Lets do this May 22nd

New Claire North! New Claire North! I still think often about The sudden disappearance of Hope, and i will if need be throw Claire's books at people to convince them to buy them so I AM EXCITED FOR NEW CLAIRE NORTH! coming our way May 24th from Orbit!  

The event I managed for Angie whilst at Waterstones Piccadilly was one of my favourites to work on, not least because of the amount of attention and support it got from readers! On The Come Up is sure to be just as important and successful. Walker is presenting a stroooong YA list this year and you best believe we're here for it.

The boys are back! I had the pleasure of delving deeper into Noah's story last year as part of Scholastic's cringe fest so I'm excited to see where Noah's adventures take him now, and as ever it;s great to have LGBT representation front and foremost this summer (June 7th to be precise) two banana's is better than one eh (i will definitely reuse this joke!)

I fell in love with Sabaa Tahir's Ember in the Ashes series and here we find ourselves with the third instalment...oh the drama that will ensue come June 14th! 

This book is interesting for a lot of reasons, following on the mermaid theme, mixing in the history of The Greatest Show, a film which has stormed the box office. After last years Lost Boys which radically changed my views on Peter Pan I'm excited to see where Christina Henry takes us.

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS BOOK! SKIN got me good so I am waiting on tender hooks for June 28th! Ilka Tampke has got me on this one I just knoooooow. 

Uprooted was one of my favourite books in 2015..damn that feels like a long time ago so I've been waiting for something new AND THEN I FOUND THIS WAS COMING. This is going to tick all kinds of boxes and I cannot wait for it... RUMPLE all the way...

Will this be the year of the Early Riser..who knows! Who really know...I'm looking at you Hodder. I have eternal hopes for August 2nd because I need a Fforde Fix and I need it soon.

The cover for ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART has not yet been reveled but its a new Katie, and Katie is an amazing person and this books is going to be an exciting one! Get your summer read on!

All I ask Patrick is that YOU DON'T MAKE ME CRY AGAIN!!!!! And The Ocean Was Our Sky sounds like its going to be a beautiful and beautifully Illustrated book swimming its way to us September 4th from Patrick Ness and Rovina Cai

OK, so let's all just agree that October is going to be a Harry Potter month with the assumed Illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is realsed and that is going to be a work of art and THENNNNNN the Chris Riddel Tales of Beedle the Bard. I have been mixed on the amount of artists working across the projects, but the fresh and different life that is being breathed into these works has won me over and this is going to be a big book!

The Wicked series will always have a place in my heart and so I look forward to a new Ggregory Maguire so see, similarly to Christina Henry, where he is going to take us on this journey through stories we already know and love. This feels like its going to be a perfect winter read and The Nutcracker is definitely a story he can really get in and under...

And there are still so many other titles I'm still wanting to include.....suffice to say, if I manage to read even half of these and all the other books I plan to it will have been a good reading year! What are you looking forward too????