January and February Books We Are Excited About with Gare and Steph

This week, Gare, Steph and I share our 2026 bookish goals, and January and February releases we are excited about! Steph also shares a few backlist she will be reading in January and February.Kate’s BooksKin by Tayari JonesSpies and Other Gods James WolffQueen of Faces by Petra LordOn Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield Unread: A Memoir of Learning (And Loving) to Read on TikTok  by Oliver JamesGare’s BooksA Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. JamesDead in the Water by John MarrsHere Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by Emma SimmermanThe Exes by Leodora DarlingtonLast Seen by Christopher CastellaniSteph’s BooksDark Sisters by Kristi DeMeesterThe Act of Disappearing by Nathan GowerIt’s Not Her by Mary KubicaBest Offer Wins by Marisa KashimoThe Correspondent by Virginia Evans Check Out Author Social Media PackagesCheck out the Bookwild Community on PatreonCheck Out My Stories Are My Religion SubstackGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramOther Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mba