Upcoming Releases We're Excited About for the Remainder of 2026!

We are looking ahead to the releases they’re most excited about for the rest of 2026, and your TBR is about to get longer!From unsettling horror and sweeping historical fiction to spicy holiday romances and highly anticipated fantasy, there’s something for every kind of reader.Along the way, we share our current reads, debate whether rereading can change your opinion of a book, and discuss the pressure on authors to deliver the next installment. Expect Shakespeare enthusiasm, romantasy FOMO, and a spirited disagreement about Christmas creeping into spooky season. Which upcoming releases are on your radar?BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEKaiju: Battlefield Surgeon — Matt DinnimanDungeon Crawler Carl — Matt DinnimanDominion of Blades — Matt DinnimanTrailer Park Fairy Tales — Matt DinnimanThe Knight and the Moth — Rachel GilligThe Knave and the Moon — Rachel GilligOne Dark Window — Rachel GilligTwo Twisted Crowns — Rachel GilligBad Tourists — Caro CarverMazywood — Tananarive DueThe Reformatory — Tananarive DueThreshing Day — Rebecca YarrosFourth Wing / Empyrean series — Rebecca YarrosA Court of Thorns and Roses / ACOTAR series — Sarah J. MaasThe Disappearers — Marlon JamesScorpion Deep — C. G. DrewsDon’t Let the Forest In — C. G. DrewsYou Did Nothing Wrong — C. G. DrewsIt’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder — Ally CarterThe Most Wonderful Crime of the Year — Ally CarterExit Party — Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven — Emily St. John MandelSea of Tranquility — Emily St. John MandelPin Feathers — Christina HenryThe Girl in Red — Christina HenryBunny — Mona AwadChristmas Staycation — Meghan QuinnHow My Neighbor Stole Christmas — Meghan QuinnMerry Christmas, You Filthy Animal — Meghan QuinnThe Nightmare Before Kissmas — Sara RaaschAmerican Hagwon — Min Jin LeePachinko — Min Jin LeeOff the Reservation — Stephen Graham JonesThe Only Good Indians — Stephen Graham JonesThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter — Stephen Graham JonesCardinal Rule — Liz TomfordeWindy City series — Liz TomfordeThe Two Wills — Blair FellA Court of Splintered Harmony — Sarah J. MaasThe Last King of Faerie — Cassandra ClareShadowhunters series — Cassandra ClareThe Mortal Instruments series — Cassandra ClareThe Infernal Devices series — Cassandra ClareThe Dark Artifices series — Cassandra ClareThe Wicked Powers series — Cassandra ClareThe Wolves of War — John GwynneThe Shadow of the Gods — John GwynneThe Faithful and the Fallen series — John GwynneValor — John Gwynne