{"id":13188,"date":"2025-01-07T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13188"},"modified":"2025-01-07T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:48:09","slug":"top-ten-new-books-for-the-first-half-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=13188","title":{"rendered":"top ten new books for the first half of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s Top Ten Tuesday<\/a> from That Artsy Reader Girl invites us to share the ten books coming out in the first six months of the year that we’re looking forward to most. Here are mine:<\/p>\n

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  1. Back After This<\/em> by Linda Holmes<\/li>\n
  2. Deanna Raybourn’s Kills Well with Others<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Vanya and the Wild Hunt<\/em> by Sangu Mandanna<\/li>\n
  4. Sonali Dev’s There’s Something about Mira<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Fun for the Whole Family<\/em> by Jennifer E. Smith<\/li>\n
  6. Grace Lin’s The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. The Emperor of Gladness<\/em> by Ocean Vuong<\/li>\n
  8. The Queens of Crime<\/em> by Marie Benedict<\/li>\n
  9. Water Moon<\/em> by Samantha Sotto Yambao<\/li>\n
  10. Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s’ Change the Recipe<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How about you? Are there books coming out between now and July that you’re particularly excited to get your hands on?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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