Recs if you like Shy Girl...

A genre-inclusive and diverse list of horror releases coming in 2026. If I missed any or you have suggestions, please let me know. I will update periodically as new books are announced and release dates are solidified.

Source for a lot of the data for this list came from readjumpscares.com, which is a website you should absolutely check out. I’m sure data will come from other places along the way, as well.

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!!

Don't read these books. A list of books to remove from your TBRs for being AI Slop garbage.

An AI author can generate slop fictions so easily that 1 Ai author published over 200 AI generated books within a year. We need to be diligent in our reading choices.

This list will include the first books of series (which get churned out in days) added to from the good reads 'Ai slop' list, and other various sources I will include in the comments to this post. Please comment other books I have missed.

Books by people who use artificial intelligence in the writing and/or publishing process. Sources are linked in the comments.

for the people who seek out a little bit of cannibalism in their literature 💕 comment recs for me to add to this list/my tbr!!

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS IF CANNIBALISM IS THE PLOT TWIST!!

for those who don't conform to the norm.

a little bit of horror, some insanity, some delusions, some gore, some gothic. we don’t exclude over here

“When I needed temperance, I grew only teeth.”

• Inuu Comic by Dionne_Ong

A woman is a docile thing, tame and obedient. Man’s best friend becomes woman’s unlikely mirror. Yet they both bear fangs, and will bite when threatened.

These books explore the tension between domesticity expected of women, and the ways that the men in their lives abuse, demean, and belittle their labor while benefiting from it. And how the rage those women feel boils over until the dog remembers—it was once a wolf.

Weird Girl Horror

This is my niche

there’s a dog on the cover of this here book… whatever shall i do….

You got jokes

horror for the girlies

books where the main character is a woman whos probably in the wrong but you’re still rooting for her

Idk I think her actions were valid

Not all are horror.

I try to save my judging for book covers so here are a few of my favorites. Suggest yours below!

Cat sells horror books