Recs if you like Dead Beat...

Just a list of books coming out in 2026 that I’m really excited for :) it will be updated as the months go by! It will be a mix of: high fantasy, romance fantasy, sci-fi, gothic, horror, lit fic, historical fiction, retellings, poetry, romance, & more!!

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

The goal: to have the most comprehensive complete list of vampire books, fiction and otherwise, in the world. Then? I’ll read them all.

Please send recs <3

Hii, everyone ♡ I am a very big fan of the booktuber @caricanread so I thought I would make a list of all the books she has read this year! ✰

red tape but make it fantasy (in which the magic has rules, whether whimsical or bureaucratic)

All the 2026 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

A mix of different books that all centre around the “dark academia” genre ✨

very interested in books where the house/estate/setting becomes a character or major player in the plot and themes. not necessarily horror, but that seems the most common! I haven’t read very many tho so this is mostly tbr. suggestions welcome!!!!!

could you give him an exorcism, maybe?

whether it’s by ghosts, demons, or the devil himself, there is a boy and he is Possessed

Books that take place in New England.

All hail our Lorax style mouthpiece Mr. Noah Kahan.

Because we’re always ready for the next book—this list tracks all the sequels and series continuations dropping in 2026.

Works where hell is heavily involved in the plot.

Characters who go through a metamorphosis... Boddy horror too...

"And now I am changing, becoming something else, a creature of longing, tending only to myself."This list was Inspired by Perfume and Milk. A song by Florence and the machine. ❤️

Books with at least one excellent friendship that is core to the novel!

(I decided siblings and friends to lovers don’t count, unless the in the latter one the romance part is SO minor to the plot and the friendship is wayyy more significant.)

👻Books to cure your hangover.👻 Is anyone else going through a withdrawal? The world Leigh created is truly spectacular. I found these books that sound similar. Lots of academia, secret societies , magic and ghosts.✨️ Suggestions welcome 😃

A completely unbiased literary investigation into the prevalence of Alexes in fiction. Alexandra, Alex, Lexi, or any other variation. No deeper criteria, just me collecting fictional versions of myself across genres.

I wish I had amnesia so I could read these books for the first time again.

We love pretty birds on the cover in this house