We’re sharing the fantasy & romance book releases we can’t wait to get our hands on in 2026, along with our personal reading goals for the year ahead! If you're planning your TBR for the new year like us, this episode is packed with plenty of recs for you to kick off 2026!

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🧡 January Book Club: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (releases on 1/27/26)

📖 Books Mentioned:

• ​In Your Dreams - Sarah Adams [Dec 30, 2025]
• ​What Next - M. J. Hughes [Feb 21]
• ​And Now, Back To You - B.K. Borison [Feb 24]
• ​In Her Own League - Liz Tomforde [March 3]
• ​The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez [March 31]
• ​Rites of the Starling - Denver Perry [April 7]
• ​Our Perfect Storm - Carley Fortune [May 5]
• ​Light Wielder - Rachel Schneider [June 9]
• ​A Darker Shore: Letters from Ketterdam - Leigh Bardugo [June 30]
• ​The Secret World of Briar Rose - Cindy Pham [June 2]
• ​The Romance Revival - Christina Lauren [July 14]
• ​Burn of the Everflame - Pen Cole [tbd]
• ​Adversary to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer [Aug 4]
• ​People Pleasing - Hannah Bonam-Young [Sept 10]
• ​Grim Tidings - B.K. Borison [Sept 15]
• ​The Fires of December - Brandon Sanderson [Dec]* Tempest - Victoria Aveyard [tbd]
• ​Red God - Pierce Brown [tbd]
• ​Horneater - Brandon Sanderson [tbd]

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 - our 2026 fantasy & romance tbr

00:50 - it's our 1 yr bday! 

03:35 - meet hannah

05:25 - january book releases

06:00 - february book releases

09:25 - march book releases

13:40 - april book releases

14:45 - may book releases

17:30 - june book releases

23:40 - july book releases

29:00 - september book releases

33:35 - december book releases

35:50 - TBD release dates

40:30 - our 2026 reading goals

48:20 - 2026 book bingo!

50:00 - CTB book club