Predicting Our 2026 Favorite Books with Gare and Steph

This week, Gare and Steph and I attempt to predict which books will be some of our favorite books in 2026!Kate’s BooksDead Beat Alex Stern Leigh BardugoHot Girl Murder Club by Ashley WinsteadThe Caretaker Marcus KliewerHoney by Imani ThompsonQueen of FacesGare’s BooksThe Secret Lives of Murderers Wives by Elizabeth ArnottThis Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany CrumHelpless by Jessica KnollHeather by Caitlin MullenHeart of Glass Jennifer HillierSteph’s BooksIt Could Have Been Her by Lisa JewellCleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai NguyenForget You Saw Her by Noelle W. IhliGood Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki BrammerLet’s Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry All the Bookwild Links:Check Out the Bookwild SubstackSubscribe to Bookwild on YouTubeGet Bookwild MerchFollow @imbookwild on InstagramCheck Out Author Social Media Packages Follow Co-hosts On Instagram:Gare Billings @gareindeedreadsSteph Lauer @books.in.badgerlandHalley Sutton @halleysutton25Brian Watson @readingwithbrianMacKenzie Green @missusa2mbaErin Ashley @bellametaphor