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PBN’s Most Anticipated Books of 2024

Posted on: January 18, 2024

Emma and Joe are back for their first recorded episode of 2024 and it’s a BIG one. They share their most anticipated books of the year (as they know it so far). Grab a drink, a snack, and get your reading tracker of choice ready to write down some amazing releases coming out this year.

Emma’s picks: 

  1. Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
  2. Funny Story by Emily Henry
  3. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
  4. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
  5. The Book of Love by Kelly Link
  6. So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
  7. The Hunter by Tana French
  8. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
  9. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
  10. Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter
  11. An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
  12. Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
  13. Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
  14. Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
  15. We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft

Joe’s picks:  

  1. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
  2. Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
  3. House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega
  4. The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
  5. The Mythical Cookbook by Josh Scherer
  6. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
  7. Youthjuice by EK Sathue
  8. Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
  9. Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
  10. Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
  11. A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
  12. The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry
  13. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
  14. Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner
  15. Knife by Salman Rushdie

Other titles mentioned:

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.


Emma and Joe are back for their first recorded episode of 2024 and it’s a BIG one. They share their most anticipated books of the year (as they know it so far). Grab a drink, a snack, and get your reading tracker of choice ready to write down some amazing releases coming out this year.

Emma’s picks: 

  1. Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
  2. Funny Story by Emily Henry
  3. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
  4. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas
  5. The Book of Love by Kelly Link
  6. So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
  7. The Hunter by Tana French
  8. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli
  9. Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
  10. Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter
  11. An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
  12. Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid
  13. Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana
  14. Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell
  15. We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft

Joe’s picks:  

  1. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
  2. Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
  3. House of Elephants by Claribel A. Ortega
  4. The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
  5. The Mythical Cookbook by Josh Scherer
  6. I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
  7. Youthjuice by EK Sathue
  8. Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
  9. Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
  10. Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
  11. A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
  12. The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry
  13. Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
  14. Only Say Good Things by Crystal Hefner
  15. Knife by Salman Rushdie

Other titles mentioned:

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today’s episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

We hope you enjoy this episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast. Be sure to rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen! You can follow the Professional Book Nerds on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok @ProBookNerds. Want to reach out? Send an email to professionalbooknerds@overdrive.com.

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