Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme that currently resides at The Artsy Reader Girl and features bloggers sharing lists on various book topics.  The official Top Ten Tuesday topic for this week requires participants to talk about books that they had very strong emotions about.  While this is an interesting topic, and one that I may come back to in the future, I am instead going to look at some upcoming books.  That is because today is the first Tuesday of June, and I thought this would be a good opportunity to do my quarterly post about the best upcoming books to read in Winter (Summer for folks in the Northern Hemisphere).  This is a regular post I do at the start of each season, and I always love to highlight some of the most impressive sounding novels coming out in the next three months.

For this list, I have come up with ten books coming out between 1 June 2024 and 31 August 2024 that I am most excited for. There are quite a few amazing novels set for release in the next few months, so it took me a while to finalise my final top ten list, including my usual honourable mentions section.  I have primarily used the Australian publication dates to reflect when I will be able to get these awesome novels, and these might be somewhat different to the rest of the world.  I have previously discussed a number of these books before in prior Waiting on Wednesday articles and I think all of them will turn out to be incredible reads.  I am extremely excited for these next three months and I feel that quite a few of these upcoming reads have the potential to be some of my favourite books of 2024.

Honourable Mentions:

Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson – 3 June 2024

An explosive thriller from two of the world’s most recognisable authors, I’m sure this is going to be awesome.

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Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart – 11 June 2024

Assassins trying to quit the killing game getting into all manner of trouble, what’s not to love?

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Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky – 30 July 2024

An intriguing and exciting science fiction read from a particularly talented author.

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The First Murder on Mars by Sam Wilson – 13 August 2024

The title says it all, with readers in for a fun science fiction murder mystery.

Top Ten List:

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky – 4 June 2024

After wowing me last year with books like City of Last Chances and House of Open Wounds, acclaimed author Adrian Tchaikovsky is on a real roll, delivering several intriguing novels in 2024.  The one I’m most excited for in the next three months is Service Model, which sees a robot gain murderous sentience and escape into a world were humans are dying out after relying on the robot underclass for too-long.  This book sounds both funny and clever and I cannot wait to check it out.

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Sentinel by Mark Greaney – 25 June 2024

Thriller author Mark Greaney follows up his action-packed thriller Armored with the intriguing read Sentinel.  This time the bodyguard protagonist finds himself, his wife and his protectees caught up in a deadly coup and must escape a warring country and the Chinese hit squad instigating events.

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The Wrong Man by Tim Ayliffe – 3 July 2024

One of my favourite Australian crime fiction series continues this year with The Wrong Man by Tim Ayliffe.  Following on from previous John Bailey novels, The Greater Good, State of Fear, The Enemy Within and Killer Traitor Spy, The Wrong Man sees the journalist protagonist investigate two murders separated by 10 years, which might point to the innocence of a convicted serial killer.  I have a lot of love for this series, and I cannot wait to see how Ayliffe continues it.

 

The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons – 9 July 2024

An intriguing fantasy novel that sees a girl and her dragon recruited into a heist gang that looks to loot a dangerous dragon city.  This should be a pretty epic read and I love the concept behind it.

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Deep Black by Miles Cameron – 1 August 2024

A complex and intense science fiction novel that will serve as a sequel to Cameron’s previous novel, Artifact Space, one of my favourite books of 2021.  This sequel will see the massive Greatship attempt to escape a plot to destroy humanity’s trade with a mysterious alien species.

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The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey – 6 August 2024

From the exceptional team that brought you The Expanse series comes a complex new novel in The Mercy of Gods.  This compelling new novel will see the best of humanity kidnapped by an ancient alien species to participate in a deadly game of intrigue and manipulation against an array of other captive races.  The Mercy of Gods sounds so damn epic and I have no doubt it is going to be one of the very best science fiction novels of 2024.

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Witness 8 by Steve Cavanagh – 13 August 2024

Steve Cavanagh continues his deeply entertaining Eddie Flynn legal thriller series with Witness 8.  I really enjoyed the last few entries in this series, including The Devil’s Advocate and The Accomplice, and this upcoming book will see the former con-man protagonist attempt to save an innocent man from a deranged witness with a murderous plan.

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The Last Shield by Cameron Johnston – 13 August 2024

A female led, Die Hard inspired dark fantasy series from the author who brought me The Traitor God, God of Broken Things and The Maleficent Seven, this is a must read for me and I know it is going to be one of the most exciting fantasy books of the year.

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The Dragon in Winter by Jonathan Maberry – 20 August 2024

One of my favourite authors returns with the third and final book in his Kagen the Damned series, The Dragon in Winter.  Following on from his dark and brutal novels, Kagen the Damned (one of my favourite books and audiobooks of 2022) and Son of the Poison Rose (one of my favourite books and audiobooks of 2023).  The Dragon in Winter will see the damaged protagonist finally face of against the deranged Witch-King who destroyed everything he loved.  I cannot wait to see how this series comes to an end.

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A Darkness Returns by Raymond E. Feist – 20 August 2024

The final upcoming book that I want to highlight is A Darkness Returns by Raymond E. Feist.  A book that brings together Feist’s iconic Riftwar Saga with his more recent Firemane books (King of Ashes, Queen of Storms and Master of Furies).  I look forward to seeing this new series from one of my favourite fantasy authors and I know I’m going to love it.

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Well, that is the end of my Top Ten list.  I think it turned out pretty well and it does a good job of capturing all my most anticipated books for the next three months.  Each of the above should be extremely epic, and I cannot wait to read each of them soon.  Let me know which of the above you are most excited for and stay tuned for reviews of them in the next few months.  In the meantime, it looks like I have quite a few books to get through soon and they should all be awesome.