Top Ten Tuesday: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
13 January 2026
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Tags: Most Anticipated Books releasing in 2026, That Artsy Reader Girl, the broke and bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic. Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here. This week’s prompt is:
Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026
This week is so easy. I have so many books that I’m looking forward to that the only problem now is reining myself in. I may have already demonstrated my excitement for some of these books but a little more can’t hurt can it and I cannot tell a lie – this is a banging list!
Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neil
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Wolf Worm by T Kingfisher
Steel Gods by Richard Swan
Daughter of Crows by Mark Lawrence
The Children by Melissa Albert
The Summer Fun Massacre by Craig DiLouie
The Tinder Box by MR Carey (cover to be revealed)
The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Tapestry of Fate by Shannon Chakraborty
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Lovely list, and I love all your picks. I’m super excited for the Craig DiLouie and M.R. Carey, and also The Children! And the first three, goes without saying😁
There are so many good books coming out this year. Lucky us.
Lynn 😀
Nice list! I am looking forward to Wolf Worm as well. Not sure about Nightshade & Oak yet, although Green Teeth was very good…
I can’t wait for the Kingfisher. And Nightshade and Oak, well I did love Greenteeth and that cover totally wowed me. I had a serious case of grabby hands.
Lynn 😀
Yeah, I might have to add Nightshade and Oak back to my list.
If I had done this TTT post I think my list would have looked very similar! So many good choices!
So many good books coming out in 2026. I love it.
Lynn 😀
We definitely have a lot of crossover – four made my main list, two others made the second part and I’m definitely getting the first Amina book read ready for that sequel having adored the authors other series. 2026 looks like its going to be an incredible bookish year. I hope all of these end up being the hits they sound like.
I know, so happy about all these great books to look forward to.
Lynn 😀
We have shared titles on our lists for 2026!
Let’s hope we both love them.
Lynn 😀
Holy crap, what a list! Yes to ALL OF IT!
so many good books in 26!
Lynn 😀
[…] news, I’ve had quite a good week in terms of reading and blogging. This week I posted a TTT which was all about anticipated books in 2026, I’ve posted a couple of reviews Rings of Fate […]
Hey Lynn, I hope you will enjoy these upcoming books. I like the sound of Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett. Blessings, Jessica 💌