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 in August!
To find these series, we rounded up the top August 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?
Genre: Fantasy
First book: Kings of the Wyld
First line: "You'd have guessed from the size of his shadow that Clay Cooper was a bigger man than he was."
Bloody Rose, book #2 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 28.
Genre: YA science fiction
First book: The Thousandth Floor
First line: "The sounds of laughter and music were dying down on the thousandth floor, the party breaking up by bits and pieces as even the rowdiest guests finally stumbled into the elevators and down to their homes."
The Towering Sky, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 28.
Genre: Mystery
First book: Accused
First line: "Congratulations! read the banner, but Mary DiNunzio still couldn't believe she'd made partner, even at her own party."
Feared, book #6 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 14
Genre: Urban fantasy
First book: Magic Bites
First line: "I sat at a table in my shadowy kitchen, staring down a bottle of Boone's Farm Hard Lemonade, when a magic fluctuation hit."
Magic Triumphs, book #10 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 28.
Genre: YA fantasy
First book: Frostblood
First line: "I offered my hand to the fire."
Nightblood, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 21.
Genre: Contemporary romance
First book: Connected
First line: "I have visited this place many times, but today it's different."
Flawed, book #5 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 1.
Genre: Fantasy
First book: The Shadow of What Was Lost
First line: "Lightning. For a moment the waters of Eryth Mmorg were lit, roiling and churning as though a great knife had plunged deep into the pool's murky heart."
The Light of All That Falls, book #3 in the series, hits bookshelves on August 7.
What big sequels are you looking forward to? Come talk books with us in the comments!
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