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:

• The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
• The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi
• The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi

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.

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