This is a list of the upcoming 2021 Most Anticipated Literary Fiction Books, limited to hardcover new releases. I’ll be updating this list as more titles are announced, so stay tuned for more!
If there’s a book you think belongs on this list, please do drop me a line!
For more books coming soon, see the list of Upcoming New Release Books.
Hamlet Retelling (Hogarth Shakespeare)
What It's About: Coming in 2021. Gillian Flynn, author of the bestseller Gone Girl, is to write a new twist on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Flynn is the latest author to be commissioned by the Hogarth Shakespeare project to rewrite the Bard's works. The series launches in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.Publication Date: Not Available
What It's About: Coming in 2021. Gillian Flynn, author of the bestseller Gone Girl, is to write a new twist on Shakespeare's Hamlet. Flynn is the latest author to be commissioned by the Hogarth Shakespeare project to rewrite the Bard's works. The series launches in 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.Publication Date: Not Available
Harlem Shuffle
What It's About: Not a lot is known about this upcoming release yet, but it's tentatively planned for Fall 2021. Whitehead has described it as a 'lively heist' novel that a bit lighter in tone. It's set in Harlem in the 1960's.Publication Date: Not Available
What It's About: Not a lot is known about this upcoming release yet, but it's tentatively planned for Fall 2021. Whitehead has described it as a 'lively heist' novel that a bit lighter in tone. It's set in Harlem in the 1960's.Publication Date: Not Available
I am so excited for Klara and the Sun! I have not seen this cover before – intriguing!
me too! it’s on my shortlist of must reads for when it comes out! :)
I recently requested The Upstairs House on NetGalley and am dying to start reading :) Great list!
ooo happy reading, and thank you! :)
Omg thank you so much for this list. I have been waiting forever for Imbolo to write another book. I loved Behold the Dreamers. You just made my day 😀
That’s great to hear, thank you for dropping by! :)
Very excited to get to Klara and the Sun!