While I already have an on-going list of 2018 book releases, today’s Top Five Wednesday is more-so a wish list featuring the types of books that I’d like to see more of in the New Year.My 2018 Wishlist is mostly inspired by books that I’ve read in 2017 that my heart and TBR crave.
Books featuring positive female friendships – I feel like 2017 had a bunch of awesome books featuring positive female friendships— friendships where in the beginning, girls are not pitied against one another, competing over a guy, etc.—and I would love to see this trend thrive on in 2018. Some 2017 releases that come to my mind include Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo, Something Like Happy by Eva Woods, and When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon.
Summery contemporaries – Contemporary is my favorite genre to begin with, but add summer AND I’LL BE THERE BEFORE YOU CAN GRAB YOUR BEACH CHAIR AND SUNGLASSES! I think I enjoy contemporaries that take place in the summer so much because not only is summer my favorite season, but I also tend to love the situations or settings most characters get to experience in the season, from being a camp counselor to escaping to the family beach house. My favorite summer contemporary released in 2017 is hands-down The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord.
Books about college students– This wish mainly comes from the fact that I am currently a college student myself, and I admit that I am starting to get a bit tired of the more high school dilemmas set in some contemporary YA books. I think I won’t find this category in YA as much as I might find it in new adult or adult reads. My favorite 2017 release where our main characters were college students is We Are Okay by Nina LaCour.
YA Books featuring feminism – This wish is 100% inspired by Jennifer Mathieu’s Moxie. Moxie focuses on a feminist revolution in a small-town, Texas high school and was such an empowering read (and it also featured positive female friendships). I think Moxie has really set the bar for more books about feminism to be released in the young-adult market.
Series Finales– Okay, so this might be cheating the prompt just a bit, but there are so many series conclusions coming out in 2018 that my TBR has been waiting for–I’m taking about you, Throne of Glass #7. Aside from Sarah J. Maas’s last ToG book, I’m highly anticipating the sequel to Marie Lu’s Warcross and Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. My favorite series finale in 2017 was of course, Jenny Han’s Always and Forever, Lara Jean.
Top 5 Wednesday is a collaborative group of book bloggers from various platforms who love sharing lists on Wednesdays. The T5W group can be found here on Goodreads.
Fangirl Fury 
Yes all of these!!! And I am dying for the last Throne of Glass book! I can’t wait for the title and cover reveal… and I don’t know how I’m going to make it all the way to September without some answers!
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Same! I’m praying that the book actually comes out this year, but I am also really looking forward to the ACOTAR novella (even though I’m a bit nervous about the direction of the series) and Catwoman!
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Yes!!! I actually haven’t read the ACOTAR yet, so I’ll have that to fill up the time for me 🙂
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Hahaha the last one! I have yet to read Empire of Storms because I know I have time before the last book actually comes out XD
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I still need to read Tower of Dawn but I’m making myself restart/reread the series with Throne of Glass first!
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Yes to positive female friendships!!!
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Omg you had so many good ones on your lists. I’m so scared for so many of the series finales coming out, but nevertheless excited. Especially for the final Throne of Glass novel and Obsidio! As for college students in YA novels, it doesn’t happen often since YA features teenage characters. if you want to read about college-aged characters, I would highly suggest looking into NA novels!
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Thanks for the recommendation, I actually have read a few NA novels, the most recent being London Belongs to Me by Jacqueline Middleton. A lot of people recommend Colleen Hoover, but unfortunately I’m not the biggest fan of her work.
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Yes yes yes to all of these! If I had to pick my fave, it would have to be more YA books focusing on feminism. I’m actually planning on reading some feminist books in January because all of the ones I wanted to read either have female characters, feminist themes or I think will end up being feminist reads. 🙂
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That’s awesome! Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on those books!
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So there for college student books! I feel like every 20-something in fiction tends to always be like “I just finished college” and I’m like, “but I’m still there! Can’t college be also a adventure?”
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Yes great point!!! I also hate how most of the NA novels I’ve read (granted a lot of them are Colleen Hoover) have such an emphasis on romance and sex.
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