Episode 166 - Winter/Spring 2026 Book Preview

It’s a new year and we’re so excited about the roster of books coming out in 2026! Find out what we can’t wait to dive into this winter and spring.   Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Jane Austen books Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love by Samin Nosrat Amity by Nathan Harris Buckeye by Patrick Ryan The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover Heart the Lover by Lily King An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz I, Medusa by Ayana Gray Ann’s picks:  This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman (releases February 10) – Isola by Allegra Goodman – Sam by Allegra Goodman  The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (releases February 17) – The Empress of Rome series by Kate Quinn  Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (releases February 17) – Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett  My Grandfather, the Master Detective by Masateru Konishi (releases March 17)  The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall (releases March 17)  The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne (releases April 7) – Daisy Jones &amp; the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid – The Antiquity Affair by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne  The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (releases April 7) – V.E. Schwab books – Cat Clarke books – Anthony Horowitz books   Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (releases April 21) – Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker Halle’s picks:  This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (releases February 3)  Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson (releases February 10) – <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61273858-the-house-of-eve?ac=1&amp;f