12 new books to read for 2024

MANILA, Philippines — Heads up, bookworms!

2024 is shaping up to be a year of standout, memorable and provocative reads.

Here is a sneak peek of new books to read — from an intriguing new novel by a New York Times best-selling author, a worldwide release from a breakout sensation from South Korea, the latest book from a popular romance author to debut titles from up-and-coming writers.

It’s a happy new year indeed for bookworms! Browse these literary delights coming this January to March 2024:

From the genre-bending author of "Cursed Bunny" comes a new collection of creepy and thought-provoking short stories translated from Korean.

There’s a low-level employee who works for “The Center of Immortality Research,” an AI-elevator who falls in love with a tenant in an apartment complex and an imagining of the planet's destruction caused by GMO companies.

Trust Bora Chung to deliver inescapable terrors that stay with the readers long after they've closed the last page. 

"I Hope This Doesn’t Find You" follows Sadie Wen, a young Chinese-Australian model student who keeps things together by channeling all her frustrations and unfiltered thoughts in email drafts, especially against her co-captain and forever rival, Julius.

When her emails get accidentally sent, Sadie’s life turns upside down but she finds the support she needs from the person she least expects.

This snarky and unforgettable rivals-to-lovers romance will make readers laugh, cry and become an Ann Liang fan.

Twenty years since the movie hit the big screens, people still can’t stop quoting "Mean Girls." Why this fanaticism and obsession?

Journalist Jennifer Keishin Armstrong takes readers into a deep dive behind "Mean Girls," including how it happened, how it defined a generation, and its impact on pop culture, filled with interviews with the director, cast and crew in this totally fetch book.

Discover the difference between the things we want and the things we think we want in this clever and emotionally intense book about a bride-to-be’s hungry and searing journey of self revelation after she discovers her fiance’s betrayal two weeks before their wedding. 

Set against a high-society Shanghai wedding, this