I realize that it’s slightly ridiculous to publish this post when February is almost over at this point. On the other hand, I tend to be a completist and it feels wrong not to. And there are some books out in the last few months that look GREAT, so I want to highlight them anyway.
January
Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls by Tonya Bolden (juvenile nonfiction)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (adult historical fantasy)
The Silver Gate by Kristin Bailey (mg fantasy)
In the Great Green Room by Amy Gary (biography)
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (YA contemporary)
Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (mg contemporary)
Dreadnought: Nemesis by April Daniels (YA SF)
Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (adult fantasy)
Caraval by Stephanie Garber (YA fantasy)
The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu (YA fantasy)
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor (SF novella)
February
Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza (YA SF)
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly (adult historical fantasy)
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (YA fantasy)
Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey (adult fantasy)
The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro (YA mystery)
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour (YA contemporary)
The Wish Granter by CJ Redwine (YA fantasy)
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (YA contemporary)
American Street by Ibi Zoboi (YA magical realism )
Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas (YA fantasy)
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (adult fantasy)
