Special Edition Books – May 2024
Special Editions - May 2024
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This page includes special edition books that were published in May 2024.
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Gleam (Plated Prisoner) - Raven Kennedy
Release date: May 28, 2024
“King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His.“
Special Edition. US hardback, with gold sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Twelfth Knight - Alexene Farol Follmuth
Release date: May 28, 2024
“A YA romantic comedy and coming of age story about taking up space in the world and learning what it means to let others in – a retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.“
Special Edition. US hardback, with endpaper art by Little Chmura, a foiled case stamp, and decorative printed page edges reading “Game On”.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with and alternate cover, exclusive bonus content, endpaper art by Little Chmura, a foiled case stamp, and decorative printed page edges. reading “Game On”.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Evocation - S. T. Gibson
Release date: May 28, 2024
“Gothic, passionate and darkly irresistible, Evocation spins a entrancing tale of curses, magic and deals with the devil.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with decorative stenciled page edges, and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis
Release date: May 28, 2024
“It’s bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard’s workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something. It’s a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is… you.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback, with decorative stenciled page edges, and gold foil embossing on the cover.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Half-Blood (Covenant #1) - Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release date: May 28, 2024
“You will kill the ones you love. It is in your blood, in your fate.”
Limited edition. US paperback with purple sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Fire and Blood (Game of Thrones) - George R. R. Martin
Release date: May 23, 2024
“Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon flame and saw the Seven Kingdoms turned to ash. So began the Targaryens’ bloody rule, with fire and blood. Setting brother against brother, mother against daughter, and dragon against dragon.“
Collector’s Edition. UK hardback.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Slipcase Edition. UK hardback with gold foil design across the slipcase and cover board and endpaper artwork.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Blue Sisters - Coco Mellows
Release date: May 23, 2024
“The Blue sisters have always been exceptional – and exceptionally different.”
Independent Bookstore Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with decorative stenciled page edges, reading ‘Avery Bonnie Nicky Lucky’.
➤ Find it at your local Indie, try The Portobello Bookshop
Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea - Pari Thomson, illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
Release date: May 23, 2024
“Daisy and the Five O’Clock Club embark on a perilous quest to locate the legendary Iffenwild in the enthralling and wildly imaginative sequel to the bestselling Greenwild.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback with sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
B&N Exclusive. US hardback with a special case design, full-color map endpapers, and an exclusive short story.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull, illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Release date: May 22, 2024
“‘Drink the milk’ if you dare, but prepare yourself, as new enemies encroach upon the magical preserve in book two of the series.”
LitJoy Special Edition. US hardback, with letter from the author, navy leatherette cover with debossed cover artwork, gilded page edges, illustrated endpapers, original interior illustrations and a reader’s guide.
Note: the other books in the series are also being released in matching format, see also Fablehaven (March 2024)
➤ Buy from LitJoy
You Like It Darker - Stephen King
Release date: May 21, 2024
“Twelve delightfully dark miniatures from the master storyteller.“
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with foiled endpapers and an exclusive Q&A with Stephen King. It also looks like there will be three hidden cover design options foiled on the boards under the dust jacket (I suspect this may apply to all first printings, not just Waterstones)
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Heavenbreaker - Sara Wolf
Release date: May 21, 2024
“They take what they want. They kill who they want. Now she’s going to end them all…“
Deluxe Limited Edition (US First Print Run). US hardback, with stenciled artwork sprayed on the page edges, exclusive decorative endpapers, and other design features.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Ruckus - L. J. Shen
Release date: May 21, 2024
“Rosie” ‘…I live for you. I breathe for you. I will die for you. It. Has. Always. Been. You.”‘
US First Printings. US paperback first printings will have green sprayed page edges and a collectible spine design.
➤ Find it at Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Five Broken Blades - Mai Corland
Release date: May 21, 2024
“It’s the season for treason… The king of Yusan must die.”
Deluxe Limited Edition (US First Print Run). US hardback, with stenciled artwork on red sprayed page edges, exclusive decorative endpapers, and other design features.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Lonely Planet Kids America's National Parks 2nd Ed - Alexa Ward, illustrated by Mike Lowery
Release date: May 21, 2024
“Get ready to roam America’s amazing wild spaces and discover wow-factor facts, epic photography, and surprising secrets about all 63 US National Parks. “
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
One Perfect Couple - Ruth Ware
Release date: May 21, 2024
“This high-tension and ingenious thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with bonus Q & A with Ruth Ware where she dives into what inspired her to explore the true nature of “reality” television.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed exclusive from B&N while stocks last
The House that Horror Built - Christina Henry
Release date: May 14, 2024
“A woman working in the house of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback, with signed bookplate and black sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
The Dixon Rule - Elle Kennedy
Release date: May 14, 2024
“The second in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback, with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Paradise Problem - Christina Lauren
Release date: May 14, 2024
“A delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.“
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with an epilogue of the magazine coverage detailing the characters vow renewal.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Blood on the Tide - Katee Robert
Release date: May 14, 2024
“Set sail for adventure and love in the next spicy fantasy romance from Katee Robert.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback, with exclusive in-text annotations from Katee Robert about scenes in the book.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The Silence Factory - Bridget Collins
Release date: May 9, 2024
“The whole world disappears when you enter the silence factory – an enthralling story about complicity, desire and corruption.”
UK first printings. UK hardcover first printing will feature a cobweb foiled on the boards under the dust jacket and illustrated endpapers.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Yellowface - Rebecca F. Kuang
Release date: May 9, 2024
“The bestselling author of Babel harnesses her satirical powers in this tantalising and deliciously humorous literary thriller that investigates ambition, greed and white privilege with deadly precision.”
Independent bookshop exclusive. UK paperback with black sprayed page edges.
Sainsbury’s exclusive. UK paperback with yellow sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from your local Indie
Release date: May 9, 2024
Waterstones/Blackwells Exclusive. UK paperback with bonus chapter of R. F. Kuang’s new novel.
➤ Buy from Waterstones | Blackwells
The Book of Japanese Folklore - Thersa Matsuura, illustrated by Michelle Wang
Release date: May 9, 2024
“Discover everything you’ve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan.”
First printings. Hardbacks will have sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
The Puzzle Wood - Rosie Andrews
Release date: May 9, 2024
“A young governess arrives at her posting on the Welsh-English border determined to arrive at the truth about the tragic fate of her predecessor.”
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, with decorative sprayed pages.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) - Tahereh Mafi
Release date: May 9, 2024
“Discover the romantic, addictive and thrilling world of Tahereh Mafi’s fantasy Shatter Me with this second book in the series.”
UK Collector’s Edition. UK hardback, with exclusive cover design and gold reading ribbon.
➤ Buy from Amazon | Waterstones | Blackwells
Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons - Abi Elphinstone, illustrated by Kristina Kister
Release date: May 9, 2024
“A magical new story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world of daring dragons and magical maladies.”
Independent Bookshop Exclusive. UK paperback, signed by the author with decorative sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from your local UK Indie, try Ivybridge
The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman, illusrated by Nik Henderson
Release date: May 8, 2024
“When a middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral, he unlocks forgotten memories of a time when he was seven and met the most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock. Nostalgia draws him to the farm at the end of the lane where Lettie lived. Sitting by the pond (that Lettie called an ocean), the past comes flooding back in unimaginable ways.”
Litjoy Special Edition. US hardback, with custom sprayed page edges, illustrated endpapers, illustrated tip-in artwork and additional in-text illustrations throughout the book. Collector’s editions include a decorative slipcase and some are signed by the author
➤ Buy from LitJoy
The Deer and the Dragon - Piper CJ
Release date: May 7, 2024
“The deities you call aren’t always the ones who answer.”
Sprayed edge edition. US paperback, with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells
Sweet Nightmare - Tracy Wolff
Release date: May 7, 2024
“The scariest school on earth is about to experience real fear…”
Deluxe Limited Edition (US First Printings). US hardback, with red sprayed page edges and other features TBC.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Waterstones | Blackwells
Always Anthony - Terri Libenson
Release date: May 7, 2024
“The eighth book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternating POVs of popular Anthony and timid Leah as they grapple with a bullying incident at school.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback, with a “Fun Fill-Ins” poster.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Beyond the Isle of the Lost - Melissa de la Cruz
Release date: May 7, 2024
“A new entry in the New York Times bestselling Descendants series by Melissa de la Cruz—and a prequel to the forthcoming Disney Channel Original Movie.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with a unique cover and a never-before-seen chapter featuring Mal and Ben in Camelot.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
The One and Only Family - Katherine Applegate
Release date: May 7, 2024
“Powerhouse author Katherine Applegate invites readers back into Ivan’s world for one last adventure—his most exciting yet.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea - Rebecca Thorne
Release date: May 7, 2024
“A cozy fantasy steeped in sapphic romance about one of the Queen’s private guards and a powerful mage who want to open a bookshop and live happily ever after…if only the world would let them.”
US Special Edition. US paperback, with jade sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Amazon | B&N | Blackwells | Abes | eBay
Waterstones Exclusive. UK hardback, signed by the author with stencilled page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
Born of Blood and Ash (Flesh & Fire #4) - Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release date: May 7, 2024
“The thrilling conclusion to Armentrout’s beloved Flesh and Fire series.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with a custom variant cover, along with character profiles from the author. Cover TBC.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
➤ Buy signed edition from Barnes & Noble while stocks last
The Dare - Natasha Preston
Release date: May 7, 2024
“As senior year comes to an end, senior pranks are just beginning. It all starts innocently enough. But when Jesse accepts a dare to drive danger alley, a ten-mile stretch of winding road that’s notorious for car wrecks, with no headlights, things take a turn for the worst.”
B&N Exclusive. US paperback, with a unique blue-tinted cover and exclusive bonus content.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Lore Olympus, Volume 6 - Rachel Smythe
Release date: May 7, 2024
“Chaos reigns in Olympus as Zeus publicly declares Persephone a traitor and issues a warrant for her arrest. But Hades defies his brother’s decree, sheltering Persephone in the Underworld—and as the pair spend more time together, they are able to speak openly about their pasts.”
B&N Exclusive. US hardback, with original cover artwork on the hardcover by author and illustrator Rachel Smythe.
➤ Buy from Barnes & Noble
Alex Vs Axel: The Impossible Quests - Sam Copeland
Release date: May 7, 2024
“Hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy from the author of Charlie Changes into a Chicken as a studious schoolboy swaps places with a monster-slaying hero.
Waterstones Exclusive. UK paperback, with blue sprayed page edges.
➤ Buy from Waterstones
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