A few books I am looking forward to reading in 2026... At least the ones that I know about!
Every year for the last couple of years I have made one of these lists, but I can't remember ever actually reading my way through it. I read perhaps 50% of the one I made for 2025. Perhaps 2026 will be different - maybe 2026 will be the year that I blitz through all of my ambitious TBR projects... Probably not though, as I am really focussing on reading down my existing TBR instead of adding to it, and I am also exploring the backlists of a lot of women writers from the 20th century, so that's where my attention will be focussed.
That being said, I hope most of these get read!
Great new books are being announced all the time, but as of December 2025, here are the books coming out in the first part of 2026 that I am most excited to get to...
(There are probably heaps I have forgotten about or have yet to discover are coming too...)
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January
Meet the Newmans - Jennifer Niven
Is This a Cry for Help? - Emily Austin
February
Brawler - Lauren Groff
This Book Made Me Think of You - Libby Page
March
A Far-Flung Life - ML Stedman
The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives - Elizabeth Arnott
The Secret Society of Literary Marauders - Sasha Wasley
The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up - Kate Solly
The Chateau on Sunset - Natasha Lester
The Astral Library - Kate Quinn
Skylark - Paula McLain
The Secret Society of Librarians - Kate Thompson
Almost Life - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
A Tale of Two Publishing Houses - Linda Martin
The Names of the Hare - Bernice Barry
April
The Escape Game - Tamara Moss and Marissa Meyer
The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke
The Book Witch - Meg Shaffer
Murder by Memory - Olivia Waite
The Palace of Lost Virtue - Anthea Hodgson
American Fantasy - Emma Straub
Go Gentle - Maria Semple
Yeah the Boys - Holden Sheppard
The Hobart Hotel - Mary-Lou Stephens
May
The Shippers - Katherine Center
June
Land - Maggie O'Farrell
Whistler - Ann Patchett
A Flash in the Dust - Meg Caddy
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The Book of the After - Rebecca Higgie
Good Fortunes - Anna James
What books coming soon are you most excited about? Let me know what you'll be pre-ordering in 2026.