The Millions has published their always useful Most Anticipated: The Great 2015 Book Preview -- "9,000 words strong and encompassing 91 titles"
I do wish, however, they'd stop claiming it was: "the only 2015 book preview you will ever need" -- true, who the hell needs a 2015 book preview anyway, but if you do like referring to them (I do) you would certainly hope for a more extensive (and ... adventurous ?) selection. It's a good but very basic starting point, nothing more. Please do be more abitious in seeking out new titles (and information about them ...).
(Also: more careful editing would also be welcome: yes, we're all thrilled to see Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano's Suspended Sentences, and, yes, it was originally slated to be a 2015 release -- but with his Nobel win Yale University Press got it out admirably fast and it's been available for some two months already.)
As is, it's still necessary to consult a variety of upcoming-books-lists to get a decent overview; as I've noted, The Guardian's Books in 2015: the essential literary calendar is a decent starter-guide, and the past few years Scott Esposito has put up a solid list of 'Interesting New Books' (see, for example, his Interesting New Books -- 2014), so here's hoping that he gets around to doing that this year as well.
Meanwhile, just among books I have copies of that aren't on The Millions list, might I suggest:
I do wish, however, they'd stop claiming it was: "the only 2015 book preview you will ever need" -- true, who the hell needs a 2015 book preview anyway, but if you do like referring to them (I do) you would certainly hope for a more extensive (and ... adventurous ?) selection. It's a good but very basic starting point, nothing more. Please do be more abitious in seeking out new titles (and information about them ...).
(Also: more careful editing would also be welcome: yes, we're all thrilled to see Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano's Suspended Sentences, and, yes, it was originally slated to be a 2015 release -- but with his Nobel win Yale University Press got it out admirably fast and it's been available for some two months already.)
As is, it's still necessary to consult a variety of upcoming-books-lists to get a decent overview; as I've noted, The Guardian's Books in 2015: the essential literary calendar is a decent starter-guide, and the past few years Scott Esposito has put up a solid list of 'Interesting New Books' (see, for example, his Interesting New Books -- 2014), so here's hoping that he gets around to doing that this year as well.
Meanwhile, just among books I have copies of that aren't on The Millions list, might I suggest:
- Georgi Gospodinov's The Physics of Sorrow, coming from Open Letter (and surely a most-anticipated book (as in: possible book-of-the-year contender) -- certainly hereabouts); pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- Gail Hareven's Lies, First Person, coming from Open Letter (yeah, I guess The Millions didn't get that catalogue ...); see their publicity page. or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- Adam Thirlwell's Lurid & Cute; see the publicity pages from Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Jonathan Cape. or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
- Mario Vargas Llosa's The Discreet Hero; see the Farrar, Straus and Giroux publicity page. or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk