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My fellow thriller readers are going to be disappointed in my Book of the Month February 2024 predictions.
I actually have more thriller predictions for Aardvark Book Club in February 2024 (you’ll have to go read that list to see why!).
Related: Aardvark Book Club February 2024 Predictions
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If you don’t like any of the picks, you can choose to skip and save your credit for the next month, which is honestly the best part of this service to me. I don’t like subscription boxes that only offer one book selection that you don’t know ahead of time. If you are interested in trying BOTM, you can use my link to get your first book for only $5!
As usual, these are just my opinions and my predictions. It is fine if you disagree or think the predictions are terrible-we all have different reading tastes. Please remember to be kind in comments or messages because we are all readers with different tastes!
Thriller/Mystery Predictions
The Fortune Seller by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Release Date: February 13, 2024
Yellowjackets meets The Cloisters in this beguiling coming-of-age story about class, reinvention, and destiny, set against the backdrop of two mysterious deaths.
The Wedding Party by L.R. Jones
Release Date: February 20, 2024
For a bride-to-be and her fiancé, secrets and lies make this a killer celebration in this psychological suspense.
Romance Predications
How You Get the Girl by Anita Kelly
Release date: February 13, 2024
Repeat Author, possible add-on
Chemistry sizzles in this workplace rom-com set in the world of high school basketball as the author of Love & Other Disasters delivers a sapphic romance full of humor and heart.
The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond
Release date: February 13, 2024
A magically gifted con artist must gather her estranged mother’s old crew for a once-in-a-lifetime heist.
Literary Fiction Predictions
A Fire So Wild by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman
Release date: February 20, 2024
debut author
With the emotional echoes of Little Fires Everywhere and the lush atmosphere of Disappearing Earth, a riveting debut novel in which a wildfire creeps toward Berkeley, California, igniting tensions as characters from all walks of life confront the injustices lying beneath the city’s surface.
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Release Date: February 27, 2024
The Pulitzer Prize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There (“Pure soaring beauty.” The New York Times Book Review) delivers a masterful follow-up to his already classic first novel. Extending his constellation of narratives into the past and future, Tommy Orange traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family in a story that is by turns shattering and wondrous.
The Adversary by Michael Crummey
Release Date: February 6, 2024
From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents, a dark, enthralling novel about love and its limitations, the corruption of power and the power of corruption.
Acts of Forgiveness by Maura Cheeks
Release Date: February 13, 2024
Debut Author
How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation’s first federal reparations program?
Contemporary Fiction Predictions
Nowhere Like Home by Sarah Shepard
Release Date: February 20, 2024
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard’s next adult novel follows a group of mothers living in a mysterious “mommune,” each of whom is running from something.
Historical Fiction Predictions
The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Release date: February 13, 2024
Repeat Author
New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection. Epic in scope and full of singular, unforgettable characters, The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
A Wild and Heavenly Place by Robin Oliveira
Release date: February 13, 2024
From the New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Mary Sutter comes a sweeping story of star-crossed lovers and the birth of Seattle.
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Release date: February 6, 2024
Repeat Author, possible add-on
From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.
Fantasy/Magical Realism Prediction
Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares
Release date: February 20, 2024
Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there’s a new vigilante in town serving justice. This reimagining of Zorro—featuring a heroic warrior sorceress—weaves Mesoamerican mythology and Mexican history two decades after the Spanish conquest into a swashbuckling, historical debut fantasy with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance.
Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction Prediction
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Release date: February 27, 2024
Debut author
For fans of David Mitchell, Ruth Ozeki, and Kazuo Ishiguro, an elegant and exhilarating literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future, and a young girl who spots two elderly visitors from across the border: the grieving parents of the boy she loves.
Honorable Mentions
So this was another one of those months with a ton of book releases, so I do have some extra books to mention.
These books are worth mentioning because so many readers are tired of the same picks from Book of the Month. But I don’t see them being picks (although I’m frequently wrong about these things!).
The Neighbor Wager by Crystal Kaswell
When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Do you agree with my predictions? What are some of your February 2024 Book of the Month predictions or hopefuls? Let me know in the comments!
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I’m pretty sure Bride by Ali Hazelwood will be a February pick.
I think Aardvark got it for March!