I’ll be joining Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday again this year.

This week’s topic is: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026. As I did with the first half of the year, I’ve included my top ten anticipated releases for each month from July through December.

July

The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier
Extracurricular by Rachel Lynn Solomon
In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto
The Final Score by Lana Ferguson

Yes, Chef by Grace Reilly
The Roommate Rule by Georgia Stone
Not That Kind of Proposal by Victoria Lavine
Most Ardently Yours by Freya Sampson
Just a Highland Fling by Naima Kumar

August

Lost and Found by Tarah DeWitt
Embrace by Bal Khabra
Let’s Kiss and Tell by Joss Richard
Meet Me in the Garden by Nina LaCour
But I Hate Him by Page Powars

Bridget & Gabe are Not Okay by Lex Croucher
The Phone Swap by Lia Louis
Bonfire and Bliss Bookstore by Brittanee Nicole
A Witch in Notting Hill by Alexandra Paige
World’s Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade

September

Grim Tidings by B.K. Borison
Hollywood Ending by John Green
Trust Fall by Lynn Painter
Espiritu by Aiden Thomas
So it Grows by Andie Burke

Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia
Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
Spellstruck by Martha Waters
Well Versed by Jen DeLuca
Damned if I Do by Alexandria Bellefleur

October

Mortal Things by Marie Lu
Once, Again, Always by Amanda Gayle
The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth
As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
The Museum of Modern Love by Mariko Turk

Mistletoe All the Way by Lauren Blakely
A Married Little Christmas by Adriana Herrera
Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicholl
Now That We Don’t Talk by Rachel Pologe
Snow This is Love by Zoraida Cordova, et al

November

The Last King of Faerie by Cassandra Clare
Birth of the Witch by Nora Roberts
Captive Traitor King by Brigid Kemmerer
This Wild Wanting by Sophie Gonzales
Sunflower Season by Danica Nava

Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Isaac Blum
Two Can Play That Game by Zakiya N. Jamal
Prudence Marsh is Not a Nobody Anymore by Emily Krempholtz
Split Second by Janet Evanovich
Too Cold for Comfort by Nisha J. Tuli

December

Meet Me at Midnight by Sophie Sullivan
The Soul Mate by Lana Ferguson
Triple Threat by Katie Chandler
Red, White & Royal Blue: The Private Correspondence by Casey McQuiston
Just in Time by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

Drop Dead Handsome by Matthew Hubbard
What Light Breaks by Falon Ballard
Compulsively Yours by Allison Raskin
All Nighter by Julie Murphy
If These Walls Could Talk by Alexandria Bellefleur