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
Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I read in 2025
6 January 2026
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Tags: Best Books I read in 2025, book-blog, Bookish Highlights for 2025, Books, My Top Ten books for 2025, reading, TBR, 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:
Best Books I read in 2025
This is my first Top Ten Tuesday for 2026 so although I’ve actually already covered this topic (here) and also looked at my highlights for 2025 (here), I thought I might take a look at both posts and see if I could see which books coincide or not and maybe choose another ten books from my highlights. Here goes:
Grave Empire by Richard Swan
A Far Better Thing by HG Parry
My Ex, the AntiChrist by Craig DiLouie
Senseless by Ronald Malfi
It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest
No Women Were Harmed by Heather Mottershead
Paladins Grace by T Kingfisher
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Paved With Good Intentions by Peter McLean
The Last Witch by CJ Cooke
Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Winter 2025-2026 to-Read List
16 December 2025
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Tags: Books on my Winter 2025-2026 to-read list, TBR, That Artsy Reader Girl, Top Ten Tuesday, Wishlist

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:
Books On My Winter 2025-2026 to-Read List
I’ve split this into two groups. Books that are on my shelves and books that are on my wishlist:
Books on my Shelves:
Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St James
Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill
A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter
Temple Fall by RL Boyle
Books on my Wishlist:
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward
The Wolf and the Crown of Blood by Elizabeth May
Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set in Snowy Places
9 December 2025
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Tags: A Haunting in the Arctic, Books Set in Snowy Places, Shiver, That Artsy Reader Girl, The Bear and the Nightingale, The Gathering, The Glass Hotel, The Hunting Party, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Shining, The Snow Child, The Wolf in the Whale, 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:
Books Set in Snowy Places
1. The Shining by Stephen King
2. The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
3. The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel
4. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
5. The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy) by Katherine Arden
6. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
7. The Gathering by CJ Tudor
8. A Haunting in the Arctic by CJ Cooke
9. Shiver by Allie Reynolds
10. The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
I have to say there are some excellent books above and I had quite a few more that I could have shared. I highly recommend all of these.
What about you? Do you have any other books that you would add to this list?




















































