Weโre back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is: Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026
I always admire book lovers who keep track of when in the year books release but I’m not one of those people. I mean, I do pay some attention to when new books are coming out in a year, but whether they’re in the first-half or second-half of the year is anyone’s guess! So it took me a little time to scour my 2026 list on Goodreads and figure out what’s still to be released. Here are the 10 I’m really keen on! These are listed by order of release.
The Dragon Has Some Complaints by John Wiswell
Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner
Espรญritu by Aiden Thomas
Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang
Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
Victorious by V.E. Schwab
Call Me Traitor by Everina Maxwell
To Dream in Darkness by Ann Liang
What releases are you looking forward to in the latter half of this year? Are any of these on your list or do think they’d be interesting for you?
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A few I’m looking forward to and have on order.
Valley of Ravens by Barbara Erskine
Fury in Death by JD Robb
Frost and Venom by Christine Feehan
Twisted Road by Christine Feehan
Depth by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Infinite Love Story by Chanel Cleeton
False Flag by Rachel Grant
Birth of the Witch by Nora Roberts
Last Tenant by Eva Bjorg Aegisdottir
Alfa by Lilja Sigurdardottir
Bad Company by Sara Paretsky
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Ooh… I hadn’t seen that cover for The Dragon Has Some Complaints!
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Exit Party has been on several lists this week. Iโm sure curious about it.
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To Dream in Darkness has such a pretty cover.
Here is our <a href=”https://www.longandshortreviews.com/miscellaneous-musings/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2026/“>Top Ten Tuesday. </a>ย
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Exit Party is my most anticipated book of the whole year! Lovely list, I hope you get to read all of these๐
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You have several tempting titles, thanks for sharing your #TTT
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Espiritu and Victorious are on my list too!
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The dragon has some complaint has an hilarious name & gorgeous cover !
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I hope you enjoy these all! I know many love books by V.E. Schwab so I’m sure that will be a popular favorite. ๐
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As you commented, we both have Evit Party on our lists. I’ve only read two or three St. John Mandel books but Station Eleven is so good. I think about it all the time.
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I’m excited to read To Dream in Darkness and A Snake Among Swans looks good too! I hope you enjoy all of these.
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It looks like you have a lot of fun books to look forward to. I hope you enjoy reading all of these when you get the chance.
Here’s my TTT for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/late-2026-most-anticipated-canadian-releases/
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I kind of completely missed that Victorious was releasing this year, but I’m definitely super excited for that one too!
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There are several on here that I want to read! Fishbone Cinderella, A Trade of Blood (I think on my summer TBR), and A Snake Among Swans! I am also excited for Victorious and trying to decide if I want to drive an hour to see her talk! I hope you enjoy all the ones you get to! โค
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Oops, I forgot to include the new Hannah Kaner book in mine! To be perfectly transparent, I didnโt used to do monthly lists of anticipated releases. But Iโve found they give a nice viewership bump from SEO. And it helps me stay a teensy bit organized/in the know!
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This is my second post and the second time I saw Kuang on the list. I hope all of these are hits for you!
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I thought about including Taipei Story because I think it sounds interesting…..but R.F. Kuang has kind of been hit or miss for me and I’m not sure which category this one will fall into, haha.
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I didn’t know about To Dream in Darkness, but quickly adding it to my TBR. Hope you get a chance to pick up all of these!
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I am looking forward to Exit Party as well! I haven’t picked up the Villains series but am a big fan of V.E. Schwab so need to check them out! Thanks for the intro!
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I buy Elizabeth Lim’s books for my little sister nearly every Christmas/Birthday and Fishbone Cinderella sounds like it will be really interesting, so I’ll probably be buying that one for her too.
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