I think it’s safe to say that we’re all happy 2020 is finally over. We have a lot to look forward to in the new year… including plenty of new books! As we all begin our 2021 reading challenges, there are dozens of great books hitting shelves this month that will be worth adding to your TBR. These cold winter months will be a great time to get a head start on your reading goals, and these new books will certainly help!
For this list, I’ve aimed to include a variety of genres and authors. From thought-provoking literary fiction and eye-opening non-fiction to magical fantasies and bone-chilling thrillers, I hope something here will pique your interest! Here are 49 great new books set for publication in January 2021.
Published on January 5th:

Mateo Askarpour – Black Buck

Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite – One of the Good Ones

Robert Jones, Jr. – The Prophets

Rachel Hawkins – The Wife Upstairs

Ashley Audrain – The Push

Katrine Engberg – The Butterfly House

Rachel Ryan – The Woman Outside My Door

Stacie Murphy – A Deadly Fortune

Jennifer Robson – Our Darkest Night

Elise Bryant – Happily Ever Afters

Christina Pishiris – Love Songs for Skeptics

Molly Greeley – The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh

Alexandra Bracken – Lore

Koa Beck – White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influences and Who They Leave Behind
Published on January 12th:

Randi Pink – Angel of Greenwood

Angie Thomas – Concrete Rose

Sadeqa Johnson – Yellow Wife

Torrey Peters – Detransition, Baby

Emma Rous – The Perfect Guests

Julie Carrick Dalton – Waiting for the Night Song

Victoria Gosling – Before the Ruins

Olga Grushin – The Charmed Wife

Joanna Ruth Meyer – Into the Heartless Wood

Anita Abriel – Lanaās War

Cathy Bonidan – The Lost Manuscript

Julia Kelly – The Last Garden in England

Sam Tschida – Siri, Who Am I?

Ellery Lloyd – People Like Her

Luanne G. Smith – The Conjurer

Daniel Loedel – Hades, Argentina

Nadia Owusu – Aftershocks
Published on January 19th:

Jenny Ashcroft – Meet Me in Bombay

Angie Hockman – Shipped

Ellie Eaton – The Divines

Hafsah Faizal – We Free the Stars

H. M. Long – Hall of Smoke
Published on January 21st:

M. A. Carrick – The Mask of Mirrors

Laura Purcell – The Shape of Darkness
Published on January 26th:

Eman Quotah – Bride of the Sea

Rachel Lynn Solomon – The Ex Talk

Kirsten Miller – Donāt Tell a Soul

Haper St. George – The Heiress Gets a Duke

Isabel IbaƱez – Written in Starlight

J. Elle – Wings of Ebony

Katie Lowe – Possession

Sarah Jaffe – Work Wonāt Love You Back: How Devotion to Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone

Ethan Kross – Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters, and How to Harness It
Published on January 28th:

Hafsa Zayyan – We Are All Birds of Uganda

Salena Godden – Mrs Death Misses Death
And that’s a wrap on my list! What books shown here are you excited to read? What new January 2021 books did I miss? Let me know in the comments!