LIST: most anticipated 2019 releases (pt. 1)

2018 was such a great year for books, but it looks like 2019 will be also! Here are some of my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2019! (Also this isn't a complete list!! So many amazing books are out there that I might have forgotten or will hear about after it gets published.)

bolded = sequels/continuation of a series
** = most anticipated
(books that are not young adult are marked as such)

• The Girl King by Mimi Yu → JAN. 8TH**
• The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black → JAN. 8TH (read my review here)**
• Match Me If You Can by Tiana Smith → JAN. 8TH
• The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi → JAN. 15TH**
• Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee → JAN. 15TH
• Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills → JAN. 15TH (read my review here)**
• The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson → JAN. 22ND**
• Song of the Dead (Reign of the Fallen #2) by Sarah Glenn Marsh → JAN. 22ND
• A Curse So Dark and Lovely by Brigid Kemmerer → JAN. 29TH
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo → JAN. 29TH**
• The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan → JAN. 29TH
• That's Not What I Heard by Stephanie Kate Strohm → JAN. 29TH

• Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway → FEB. 5TH (watch out for my review!)
• Enchantée by Gita Trelease → FEB. 5TH
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas → FEB. 5TH**
• The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli → FEB. 5TH (read my review here) (adult)
• The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf → FEB. 5TH
• Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto → FEB. 12TH**
• The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon → FEB. 26TH
• The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena → FEB. 26TH
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia → FEB. 26TH**
• Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte → FEB. 26TH

• The Fever King by Victoria Lee → MARCH 1ST
• Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith → MARCH 5TH
• The Shadow Glass (The Bone Witch #3) by Rin Chupeco → MARCH 5TH**
• Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid → MARCH 5TH (adult)
• You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman → MARCH 5TH
• Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith → MARCH 12TH
• The Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds → MARCH 12TH
• Ruse (WANT #2) by Cindy Pon → MARCH 12TH**
• Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza → MARCH 12TH
• Internment by Samira Ahmed → MARCH 19TH
• Return of the Thief (The Queen's Thief #6) by Megan Whalen Turner → MARCH 19TH** (moved to summer 2020)
• Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale → MARCH 19TH**
• Sky without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendelle → MARCH 26TH

• The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman → APRIL 2ND
• Far from Agrabah by Aisha Saeed → APRIL 2ND
• A Place for Wolves by Kosoko Jackson → APRIL 2ND
• The Place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta → APRIL 2ND** (adult)
• The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con #2) by Ashley Poston → APRIL 2ND
• Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan → APRIL 2ND
• You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn → APRIL 2ND (watch out for my review!)
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He → APRIL 9TH (watch out for my review!)**
• Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner→ APRIL 16TH
• Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett → APRIL 16TH**
• If I'm Being Honest by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka → APRIL 23RD (watch out for my review!)
• You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno → APRIL 23RD**
• Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava Quartet #2) by Roshani Chokshi → APRIL 30TH** (middle-grade)

• Again, but Better by Christine Riccio → MAY 7TH
• Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff → MAY 7TH**
• The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) by Helen Hoang → MAY 7TH**
• Her Royal Highness (Royals #2) by Rachel Hawkins → MAY 7TH**
• The Lovely and the Lost by Jennifer Lynn Barnes → MAY 7TH
• I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver → MAY 14TH
• Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston → MAY 14TH (adult)
• There's Something about Sweetie by Sandhya Menon → MAY 14TH**
• We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal → MAY 14TH
• Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough → MAY 21ST**
• Going Off-Script by Jen Wilde → MAY 21ST
• Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra → MAY 21ST
• I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn → MAY 28TH**
• Passion on Park Avenue by Lauren Layne → MAY 28TH (adult)
• Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen → MAY 28TH**

• Blood Heir by Amelie Wen Zhao → JUNE 4TH** (moved indefinitely)
• The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #2) by R.F. Kuang → JUNE 4TH** (adult) (out in August)
• Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare → JUNE 4TH**
• If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann → JUNE 4TH
• Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson → JUNE 4TH
• Fake It Till You Break It by Jenn P. Nguyen → JUNE 18TH** (moved to May)
• Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi → JUNE 18TH**
• Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer → JUNE 25TH
• Soul of the Sword (Shadow of the Fox #2) by Julie Kagawa → JUNE 25TH
• Wicked Fox by Kat Cho → JUNE 25TH