Muslim Shelf Space Books Releasing in 2021 I’m Excited For

2020 has been one hell of a year but somehow we’re almost to the end of this year. While this year has sucked in many ways I have read some absolutely incredible books and there are some amazing books coming out next year that I am so excited for! So here is my list of books by Muslim authors that I am so excited for!

City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda January 12^th

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal January 19^th

The Khan by Saima Mir March 4^th

Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani March 4^th

The Muslim Problem: Why we’re wrong about Islam and why it matters by Tawseef Khan March 4th

Rumaysa by Radiya Hafiza April 1^st

Amina’s Song by Hena Khan April 15^th

Counting down with you by Tashie Bhuiyan May 4^th

Misfit in Love by S.K. Ali May 25^th

Diana and the Underworld Odyssey by Aisha Saeed May 25^th

Hani and Ishu’s guide to fake dating by Adiba Jaigirdar May 27^th

Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin June 3^rd

Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide June 10^th

The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad August 3^rd

Journey to the Heart of the Abyss by London Shah October

Daevabad Short Stories by S.A. Chakraborty fall

If you know of any others do let me know! I obviously need to add books to my tbr.

My Beat the Backlist 2020 TBR

I decided to take part in beat the backlist as I have so many unread books on my shelf and ebooks which I have been meaning to read for a long time! I have over 100 books on my tbr so I have a lot of books to get through but I’m going to choose a few that I really want to read soon!

Here is the link if you would also like to take part.

So here is my TBR of books which I definitely want to read:

The Forbidden Wish

Empress of a Thousand Skies

Defy the Stars

Everland

A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet

Uprooted

Poison Study

Alif the Unseen

The Kite Runner

The Bird and the Blade

Invictus

Scorpio Races

Let’s hope I can get through lots more than these!

Books I Find Intimidating

Is there any books on your shelves that you’re putting off reading because they’re just so intimidating? Some because of their size, some because you’re not ready for the distress you will go through reading about your favourite characters suffering. Or because you’re afraid that they won’t live up to the hype. So many reasons to be put off from reading books you actually really want to read!

So I thought I would share a few that I really do need to read soon, hopefully sharing it on here will help…maybe…

So anyways here are some books that intimidate me:

1 Lord of the Rings – I absolutely adore the films and I’m worried they won’t be as good or I won’t enjoy it as much as I just don’t want to be disappointed.

2 Iron Gold – I suffered while reading the Red Rising trilogy and this book is massive so there is plenty of time for me to suffer and I’m just not ready. It also does not help that the book is so heavy and I have no idea how I can hold it to read.

3 The Book of Dust – Another book that I want to read but also I’m worried that I won’t enjoy it as much as the original trilogy

4 Priory of the Orange Tree – I did actually start reading but I got quite confused as there was a lot of information but the story was really interesting so I do want to continue reading this!

5 A Reaper at the Gates – Look I just need to know when the last book will be published because I already died waiting for this book and I can’t go through that pain again

So here is some books I’ve been putting off reading! Let me know if there’s any books you’ve been putting off reading!

Friday Favourites – Classic Books

This is hosted by Something of the Book who created this tag out of a love for lists. There are different topics for us all to be able to take part and you can find the prompts here. There isn’t a specific number of favourites so it’s entirely up to you how many you share. You can share your most or least favourites too!

This week are classics that I read years ago and absolutely loved but haven’t read them since. So these are books that I want to reread this year!

1 Black Beauty – I first read this book when I was 10 years old and fell in love! I reread this book at least 5 more times that year but I haven’t read it in so many years and I really want to read it again

2 The Secret Garden – another book I loved as a kid but haven’t read since and really would love to read it again

3 Little Women – I watched the recent three part tv show and fell in love all over again and now I really want to reread the book

4 The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe – this is my favourite book in the series but I haven’t read it in years

5 Pride and Prejudice – this is the only book I have actually reread a couple years ago but with the retellings being published I really want to read it again

So here are some of my favourite classics I want to reread!
Do you like reading classics? Which are your favourites?

Friday Favourites – Diverse Books

This is hosted by Something of the Book who created this tag out of a love for lists. There are different topics for us all to be able to take part and you can find the prompts here.  There isn’t a specific number of favourites so it’s entirely up to you how many you share. You can share your most or least favourites too!

This week I’m going to share diverse books I want to read soon. I love that more diverse books are being released and by diverse authors and I hope that they continue to be released because I can finally see myself in books and I know lots of people feel the same.

So these are books I’m hoping to read soon:

1 We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal – I absolutely cannot wait to read this book! I have been eagerly awaiting for it to release ever since I heard about it last year.

2 On the Come Up by Angie Thomas – I adored The Hate U Give so I really want to read this too. I have been meaning to read it since it released.

3 The Descendant of the Crane by Joan He – another book that I have been excited about for a very long time! I got it in a recent Illumicrate box so I’m hoping to get to it soon!

4 The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad – as soon as I saw the cover I fell in love and then I heard it has a Muslim main character and jinns and I knew I had to read this!

5 Pride by Ibi Zoboi – a pride and prejudice retelling and as I adore this classic I need to read all retellings! This one sounds so good!

6 Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri – a Mughal inspired world so of course I had to add it to my tbr!

7 Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali – a Muslim love story? Sign me up!

8 Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi – this is inspired by Hindu mythology and sounds so interesting!

9 Empress of all Seasons by Emiko Jean – Another book I received in book box and have heard great things about so I am looking forward to read it!

10 A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh & Elsie Chapman – this is an anthology with short stories and written completely by diverse authors which of course I need to read!

So these are some of the diverse books I really want to read soon!

What diverse books are on your tbr? Or what diverse books have you read recently and loved?