Episode 166 - Winter/Spring 2026 Book Preview

from Well-Read · host Ann Cox and Halle Carlson

It’s a new year and we’re so excited about the roster of books coming out in 2026! Find out what we can’t wait to dive into this winter and spring. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Jane Austen books Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat Amity by Nathan Harris Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover Heart the Lover by Lily King An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz I, Medusa by Ayana Gray Ann’s picks: This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman (releases February 10) – Isola by Allegra Goodman – Sam by Allegra Goodman The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (releases February 17) – The Empress of Rome series by Kate Quinn Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (releases February 17) – Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi (releases March 17) The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall (releases March 17) The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (releases April 7) – Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (releases April 7) – V.E. Schwab books – Cat Clarke books – Anthony Horowitz books Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (releases April 21) – Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Halle’s picks: This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (releases February 3) Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson (releases February 10) – The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder (releases February 10) – People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder – People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Kin by Tayari Jones (releases March 17) – An American Marriage by Tayari Jones – The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman (releases March 3) – The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Whidbey by T. Kira Madden (releases March 10) – Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (releases April 7) – Diabolical Lies (podcast) – Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer Unbound by Peyton Corinne (releases April 7) – Unsteady by Peyton Corinne – Unloved by Peyton Corinne What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis – Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature – The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Halle: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower – Gilmore Girls (TV) – Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery – Bridgerton (TV) – Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Well-Read on Facebook Well-Read on Twitter Well-Read on Instagram Well-Read on Bookshop

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It’s a new year and we’re so excited about the roster of books coming out in 2026! Find out what we can’t wait to dive into this winter and spring. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Jane Austen booksGood Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin NosratAmity by Nathan HarrisBuckeye by Patrick RyanThe Wilderness by Angela FlournoyThe Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’CloverHeart the Lover by Lily KingAn Academic Affair by Jodi McAlisterViolet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily KrempholtzI, Medusa by Ayana Gray Ann’s picks: This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman (releases February 10)– Isola by Allegra Goodman– Sam by Allegra Goodman The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (releases February 17)– The Empress of Rome series by Kate Quinn Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (releases February 17)– Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi (releases March 17) The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall (releases March 17) The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (releases April 7)– Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid– The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (releases April 7)– V.E. Schwab books– Cat Clarke books– Anthony Horowitz books Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (releases April 21)– Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Halle’s picks: This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (releases February 3) Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson (releases February 10)– The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder (releases February 10)– People We Hate at the Wedding by Grant Ginder– People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Kin by Tayari Jones (releases March 17)– An American Marriage by Tayari Jones– The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman (releases March 3)– The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Whidbey by T. Kira Madden (releases March 10)– Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (releases April 7)– Diabolical Lies (podcast)– Trad Wife by Saratoga Schaefer Unbound by Peyton Corinne (releases April 7)– Unsteady by Peyton Corinne– Unloved by Peyton Corinne What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis– Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature– The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Halle: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth Brower– Gilmore Girls (TV)– Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery– Bridgerton (TV)– Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on InstagramWell-Read on Bookshop

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