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.

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

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

Works where hell is heavily involved in the plot.

Books that take place in New England.

All hail our Lorax style mouthpiece Mr. Noah Kahan.

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.

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

We love pretty birds on the cover in this house

All the books in this list are being released in 2026!! Let me know if I missed any! Jesus loves you!!✝️

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Books set to be released in 2026 or 2027. All genres welcomed. Books will be removed at end of release month.

--RELEASE DATES-- Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Death Card | RELEASED Mia | RELEASED The Responsible Party: A Novel | RELEASED Bound By Fury | RELEASED First Summer | RELEASED The Secret Dinner: A Novel | RELEASED Hellbound | RELEASED I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell | RELEASED Before We Burn | 9/9/2026 Daughter of the Dark (Daughters of Auquis, 1 | 9/15/2026 Dead Beat | 9/15/2026 Fallow | 9/15/2026 The Age of Blood and Magic: A Novel | 9/15/2026 The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Twisted Vows: An Immortal Consequences Story | 10/6/2026 Victorious (Villains, #3) | 10/6/2026 Ultan Academy | 10/6/2026 The Gods of Blood and Honey | 10/30/2026 This Wretched Alchemy | 11/10/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Tylor Whitlock Just Won't Die | 1/5/2027 The Divinity Thieves | 1/26/2027 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Milkiverse | 2/2/2027 Gutterwitch | 3/2/2027 To Burn a Kingdom | 4/6/2027 Dreams of Ruin | 6/24/2027

Trilogies. Trilogies! A list full of trilogies. This has a collection of titles I'm interested in and some I've simply come across. To save you the trouble, I made sure to put all books in a trilogy in this list. Enjoy! 💐

Libraries, lecture halls, ancient traditions, and people willing to sacrifice everything for knowledge.

Keeping track because I started entirely too many series in this year :,)

Most anticipated new releases