This week, I’m sharing my most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2026. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

2026 is going to be a big year and there are so many books coming out. From contempoary romance to fantasy, there are so many that I cannot wait to read. Today I’m sharing the ones coming out in the first half of 2026. Some of these are the next books in series that I am loving and some of new books from authros that I’ve enjoyed before. I’m just so excited to read these. So let’s go, these are the books I cannot wait to read in the first half of 2026.

In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde. | Love Song by Elle Kennedy. | Across the Vanishing Sky (Starlight Grove, #1) by Catherine Cowles. | Of Ink and Alchemy (Black Rabbit #1) by Sloane St. James.

Whiskey Women (The Whiskey Women, #1) by Victoria Wilder. | Happy Ending by Chloe Liese. | The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Moonfall, #2) by Sarah A. Parker. | Fury Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #2) by Sable Sorensen.

Ryder (Lucky River Ranch #5) by Jessica Peterson. | Frozen by Stardust (Beasts of the Briar, #5) by Elizabeth Helen.

And that’s it! Those are just some of the books I’m looking forward to in the first half of 2026. What boosk made it onto your list? Do we share any that are the same? Let’s chaT!