When times and life around people get rough, they do anything to get away from it, even for a few minutes. They desperately looked for escape, and they found it hidden within the pages of a book.  Readers got many new wonderful series next year, and others continued on. As people around the world turn the page and start up a new year, there is a new list of most anticipated books coming out that readers are desperate to get their hands on. Here are five of the most anticipated novels of 2017, the ones that are going to continue a series at least.

Kings Cage: Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen #3)

Readers across the country fell in love with Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, and come February the third book in her series is coming out. Taking place in a  world where one is either a Red or a Silver, readers follow Mare Barrow, a Red who is thrown into a world of politics, war, powers, and deceit as she struggles to hold her ground and help her people. King’s Cage is sure to continue this adventure and enthrall readers everywhere.

The End of Oz: Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die #4)

We’re off to see The Wizard! Except The Wizard is dead, and Oz is now being ruled over by a vicious tyrant named Dorothy Gale. After coming back to Oz she took over, and now it is up to Amy Gumm, a girl from Kansas to overthrow Dorothy. The End of Oz, coming out in March, brings a close to this series, showing the healing of Oz and how everything is not what it seems.

Lord of Shadows: Cassandra Clare (Dark Artifices #2)

Everyone has heard of The Mortal Instruments and the Infernal Devices, and now Cassandra Clare is back at it again.  Last year Lady Midnight hit stores and people fell in love, now Lord of Shadows is coming out in March and people are thrilled. Emma Carstairs searched for who murdered her parents, and now that the murderer has been discovered, but now she struggles more than ever, both with the faerie courts who are fighting against the Shadowhunters demands and her feelings for the one person she is forbidden from loving.

A Court of Wings and Ruins: Sarah J. Maas (Court of Thorns and Roses #3)

Lies, wars and fairies seem to be the name of the game this year. Anyone who has ever paid even a sliver of attention to the book community the last few years has heard of one of Sarah J. Maas’ books. Now she’s back and bringing the world the third book in her second huge series.  Feyre has been put through a lot since she killed that wolf, and now she has to invade the Spring Court to try and figure out where the king is going to move so she can save her people. As the most anticipated book of 2017, readers will be pulled on as much of an adventure as our main character.