Top Ten Tuesday~ Most Anticipated January-June 2026
I’ll be joining Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday again this year.
This week’s topic is: Most Anticipated Reads for the first half of 2026. I could easily fill this post with more than 100 books I want to read coming out between January and June, but I decided to keep it somewhat in check with 10 per month.
January
The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi
Playing for Keeps by Alexandria Bellefleur
Two Left Feet by Kallie Emblidge
Next in Line by Amy Daws
Sunk in Love by Heather McBreen
The Lust Crusade by Jo Sigura
Only on Gameday by Kristin Callihan
Last First Kiss by Julian Winters
Thirty, Flirty and Forever Alone by Christine Riccio
The Re-Do List by Denise Williams
February
And Now, Back to You by B.K. Borison
Game, Set, Match by Jennifer Iacopelli
Get Over It, April Evans by Ashley Herring Blake
Books & Bewitchment by Isla Jewell
The Halifax Hellions by Alexandra Vasti
Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow
Racing Hearts by Ann Adams
If Only You Knew by Ellie K Wilde
A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds
Skate It Till You Make It by Rufaro Faith Mazarura
March
The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
How to Write a Love Story by Catherine Walsh
Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall
How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson
The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White
One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram
Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
No Place Like You by Jillian Meadows
The Book Tour by Emily Ohanjanians
Meet Me Under the Lights by Cassie Miller
April
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer
Happy Ending by Chloe Liese
Stranger Things Have Happened by Kasie West
While You Were Seething by Charlotte Stein
How to Fake it in Society by K.J. Charles
Pomona Afton Can Totally Catch a Killer by Bellamy Rose
Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon
The Name Game by Beth O’Leary
The Summer I Found You by Jennifer O’Brien
Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai
May
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty
The Final Target by Nora Roberts
Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth
Soon by You by Dahlia Adler
Bad Boy Era by Amy Daws
The Summer of Second Chances by K.L. Walther
First and Forever by Lynn Painter
Take Me With You by Steven Rowley
Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel by Arushi Avachat
Before I Knew I Loved You by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
June
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham
Father Material by Alexis Hall
The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
The Great Outdoors by Kayla Olson
Winner Takes All by Emily Martin
Abby Offsides by Anna McCallie
Bump, Set, Sparks by Jennifer Moffatt
Dearly Departed by Chip Pons
The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher
This is a comprehensive list! Thanks!
Two Left Feet looks like a good read.
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
So many great looking books! It might be an expensive year 😉
Thanks for sharing your #TTT
Sadly, I won’t be buying anything unless my circumstances dramatically change. But my library will be getting a lot of use!
The Fox and the Devil sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing!
I’m so impressed by how many answers you came up with!
I am starting an ARC of Until the Clock Strikes Midnight this week and I am very excited. The Someday Garden is on my list as well.
I’m looking forward to The Swan’s Daughter too!
If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/top-ten-tuesday-the-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-first-half-of-2026/
So many great looking releases! I’m especially looking forward to First Time Caller, A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon, The Someday Garden and Father Material.
Jimenez and O’Leary are both authors who automatically get added to my TBR as soon as I learn about a new book. I hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the time.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/my-most-anticipated-canadian-2026-releases-january-june/
Still, 60 books is a lot!
I’m still not sure how I feel about Marissa Meyer writing contemporary, I love her fantasy novels though.
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2026/01/13/top-ten-tuesday-backlist-books-i-hope-to-read-in-2026/
That’s a lot of great-looking books to look forward to! I hope you enjoy the ones you end up reading.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
There are so many good books coming out this year! I’ve heard amazing things about The Swan’s Daughter. I have The Lust Crusade and I’m hoping I enjoy it more than Raiders of the Lost Heart. I definitely want to read more Borison this year! Books & Bewitchment looks super cute and I love the cover for The Fox and the Devil. I’m never going to get to all of these!
Neither will I! But I want to.
How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson just sounds like a book I could use right now. Fun list! Happy Reading! My list is here if interested. https://theparteveryoneskips.com/posts/20260107-top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-beginning-2026/