Catch Up with These 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 jump into a beloved series that has a new installment coming out next month!



To find these series, we rounded up the top May 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?

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series


by Sarah J. Maas

Genre: YA fantasy

First book: A Court of Thorns and Roses

First line: "The forest had become a labyrinth of snow and ice."


A Court of Frost and Starlight, the next book in the series, hits bookshelves on May 1.

The Jane Hawk Series


by Dean Koontz

Genre: Mystery

First book: The Silent Corner

First line: "Jane Hawk woke in the cold dark and for a moment could not remember when she had gone to sleep, only that as always she was in a queen- or king-sized bed and that her pistol lay under the pillow on which the head of a companion would have rested had she not been traveling alone."


The Crooked Staircase, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 8.

The Thelmis Files Series


by Sylvain Neuvel

Genre: Science fiction

First book: Sleeping Giants

First line: "It was my eleventh birthday."


Only Human, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 1.

The Beach House Series


by Mary Alice Monroe

Genre: Contemporary romance

First book: The Beach House

First line: "It was twilight and a brilliant red sun lazy made its hazy descent off the South Carolina coast."


Beach House Reunion, book #5 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 22.

The Red Queen Series


by Victoria Aveyard

Genre: YA fantasy

First book: Red Queen

First line: "I hate First Friday."


War Storm, book #4 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 15.

The Collector Series


by Dot Hutchison

Genre: Horror

First book: The Butterfly Garden

First line: "The techs tell him the girl on the other side of the glass hasn't said a word since they brought her in."


The Summer Children, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 22.

The Gods of Blood and Powder Series


by Brian McClellan

Genre: Fantasy

First book: Sins of Empire

First line: "Privileged Robison paused with one foot on the muddy highway and the other on the step of his carriage, his hawkish nose pointed into the hot wind of the Fatrastan countryside."


Wrath of Empire, book #2 in the series, hits bookshelves on May 15.

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



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