Forthcoming Books: 2009 edition

gyrehead · Post by **gyrehead** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 5:48 pm

I hope no one minds. But this is a thread that we usually try to maintain on other reading boards I frequent. It is a nice way to remind each other what is coming out and when in the genre.

It doesn't necessary have to be a book you are looking forward to so much as simply something you think should be thrown out onto the radar so to speak.

Here are a few that I either have already received in arc form or just have my eye on as a must have or even just a 'hmmmm' maybe.

Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn
3rd in her series
release date: March 1st

The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin
3rd in his Inspector Yashim series
release date: March 3rd

Drood by Dan Simmons
novel about Charles Dickens and murder and mayhem in Victorian England
release date: February 9th

Conspirata by Robert Harris
I believe this is the sequel to Imperium but I could be wrong.
release date: October 1st

The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
massive in scope fictional memoir of a former Nazi officer; has won many awards and is a huge book in Europe.
Release date: March 3rd

The White Raven by Robert Low
3rd in series following The Whale Road and The Wolf Sea; Vikings journey and battle from the Baltic to the Black Sea
release date: March 9th

Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
turn of the century mystery; big book that looks like it could be good
release date: May 5th

Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
good take on this famous battle
release date: January 20th (out already in the UK)

The Seige by Ismail Kadere
story about clash between Ottomans and Christians for a citadel in Albania
release date: February 3rd

Genghis: Bones of the Hill by Conn Iggulden
3rd in series; I believe out already in the UK
release date: March 24th

Secretum by Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti
second in series following Imprimatur
release date (UK only): April 1st

Feel free to add to the list!

Carine · Post by **Carine** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 5:55 pm

Very interesting thread Gyrehead. I'm always curious to know what books are coming

The place I go looking for forthcoming books every now and then is this one :
http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/f ... g-2009.htm

I just hope I didn't spoil the fun of this thread now by putting this here !!

diamondlil · Post by **diamondlil** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 7:26 pm

A couple of other books I am looking forward to:

For the King by Catherine Delors

The Swan Maiden by Jules Watson.

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 8:54 pm

I received an ARC of The Kindly Ones yesterday. It's not just "massive in scope", its massive in size too! Its just shy of 1000 pages.

Rowan · Post by **Rowan** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 9:16 pm

[quote=""Carine""]I just hope I didn't spoil the fun of this thread now by putting this here !!

[/quote]

Yeah but I'd rather come here for this info.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Tue December 16th, 2008, 10:24 pm

I totally want to read The Swan Maiden by Jules Watson and I hope its not a bust!

Kasthu · Post by **Kasthu** » Wed December 17th, 2008, 12:28 am

You beat me to some of the books I'm looking foward to!

The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y.K. Lee (WWII and 1950s Hong Kong)

Mistress Shakespeare, by Karen Harper (late 16th century England)

Bleeding Heart Square, by Andrew Taylor (1940s London; sounds a bit like the novels of Patrick Hamilton, though of course his books weren't "historical" per se).

The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Edwardian England)

The Glassblower of Murano, by Marina Fiorato (Venice in the 18th centiry and today).

The last three are being released for the first time in the US in 2009, though they've been out in the UK for a while now. The US is always last on the bandwaggon when it comes to good historical fiction.

Kasthu · Post by **Kasthu** » Wed December 17th, 2008, 12:41 am

Oh, and:

A Dangerous Affair, by Caro Peacock (Victorian England; mystery; in Jan.)

The Seance, by John Harwood (Victorian ghost story; recently read an ARC of the US edition and it's very good; in Feb.)

The Rose of Sebastopol, by Katherine McMahon (US edition; set in the Crimea; in March)

Figures in Silk, by Vanora Bennett (in March)

East of the Sun, by Julia Gregson (US edition; 1920s India; in June)

A Moment of Silence, by Anna Dean (US edition; mystery set in Regency England; in June)

The Devil's Queen, by Jeanne Kalogridis (Catherine de Medici; spring/ summer)

Michelle Moran's new book

Ash · Post by **Ash** » Wed December 17th, 2008, 1:14 am

Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
turn of the century mystery; big book that looks like it could be good
release date: May 5th

Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell
good take on this famous battle
release date: January 20th (out already in the UK)

Those are definitely on my list! I haven't seen a Pears book in a while and was wondering when he'd come out with something. Im not a big mystery reader, but I love his books.

boswellbaxter · Post by **boswellbaxter** » Wed December 17th, 2008, 1:33 am

I'm looking forward to Anne Easter Smith's The King's Grace and to the US release of Vanora Bennett's Figures in Silk. There's a lot of nonfiction I'm looking forward to as well, like John Guy's bio of Meg Roper, Leanda de Lisle's book about the Grey sisters, David Loades' book about the Tudor queens.