Catch Up with These Hot Series Before the Next Book Comes Out

There's nothing like the pain of finishing a book with a cliffhanger…and needing to wait months (if not years) for the next book. Save yourself some misery and start a beloved series that has a new installment coming out next month!



To find these series, we rounded up the top April sequels your fellow Goodreads can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. Below, we've featured the first book in each of these series—as well as the first line to give you a taste. Which ones pique your curiosity?

The Iron Druid Chronicles


by Kevin Hearne

Genre: Urban fantasy

First book: Hounded

First line: "There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius."


Scourged, book #9 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 3.

The Carve the Mark Series


by Veronica Roth

Genre: YA science fiction

First book: Carve the Mark

First line: "Hushflowers always bloomed when the night was longest."


The Fates Divide, book #2 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 10.

The Amos Decker Series


by David Baldacci

Genre: Thriller

First book: Memory Man

First line: "Amos Decker would forever remember all three of their violent deaths in the most paralyzing shade of blue."


The Fallen, book #4 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 17.

The Dive Bar Series


by Kylie Scott

Genre: Contemporary romance

First book: Dirty

First line: "I stared at my cell phone, mouth slack in horror."


Dive Bar, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 19.

The Book of the Ancestor Series


by Mark Lawrence

Genre: Fantasy

First book: Red Sister

First line: "It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size."


Grey Sister, book #2 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 3.

The Alex & Eliza Series


by Melissa de la Cruz

Genre: YA historical fiction

First book: Alex & Eliza

First line: "Like a latter-day Greek temple, the Schuyler family mansion sat atop a softly rounded hill outside Albany."


Love & War, book #2 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 17.

The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series


by J.R. Ward

Genre: Paranormal romance

First book: Dark Lover

First line: "Darius looked around the club, taking in the teeming, half-naked bodies on the dance floor."


The Thief, book #16 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 10.

The Book Retreat Mysteries


by Ellery Adams

Genre: Cozy mystery

First book: Murder in the Mystery Suite

First line: "There were books everywhere."


Murder in the Locked Library, book #4 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 24.

The Talon Series


by Julie Kagawa

Genre: YA fantasy

First book: Talon

First line: "Ember when did your parents die, and what was the cause of death?"


Inferno, book #5 in the series, hits bookshelves on April 24.

What big sequels are you looking forward to? Come talk books with us in the comments!



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