Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, featuring a different top 10 theme each week. This week’s topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026.
So many to look forward! Plus all the other books already on my shelves that I still need to read! How will I ever keep up?
Here are ten books scheduled for release from July through December that I’m looking forward to:
- The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian (8/4/2026)
- Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher (8/25/2026)
- Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison (9/1/2026)
- Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (9/15/2026)
- A Divided Duty (October Daye, #20) by Seanan McGuire (9/29/2026)
- Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger (10/6/2026)
- Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong (10/6/2026)
- As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers (10/13/2026)
- Eight Ways to Say I Love You by Amanda Elliot (10/27/2026)
- Murmuration by TJ Klune (11/17/2026)
What upcoming new releases are you most excited for? Please share your TTT links!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
Kiss, Slay, Replay and Exit Party are on my list too! The second half of the year is so packed with amazing sounding books😁
I can’t wait for both of these! I don’t quite know how I’m going to keep up — between these and my summer TBR (not to mention everything else on my shelves), I need about 10 more reading hours per day!
So many wonderful possibilities! 📚
Now I just need time to read them all!
Great list I hope you enjoy them. There’s so many exciting releases on the way
So much to look forward to!
Murmuration has such a great cover.
I agree! It’s a reissue of an older book, and the new cover is a vast improvement!
Daggerbound seems to be on lots of lists at the moment. It’s certainly one of my most anticipated reads coming up. I really want to read Exit Party too
I’m so glad that I happened to finally read Swordheart right before Daggerbound is set to release!
Eight Ways to Say I Love You looks like a cute holiday read. 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/
Thank you! I do enjoy a good Hanukkah romance 🙂
Eight Ways to Say I Love You and Life Out of Order sound good. I am actually going to look those up now to add to my TBR! I hope you enjoy all of them!
Thanks so much!
Woo for DAGGERBOUND!!! I just love the book cover art for this series.
I agree — the covers are amazing!!
Dive Bar (I have an ARC) and Murmuration are both on my list.
They both look so good! I love when favorite authors have new releases to look forward to!
I liked The Time Traveller’s Wife but haven’t paid attention to the author. Does she have a ton of other books or is this her second book after the famous one?
I’m trying to recall — but I think there was just one other novel (Her Fearful Symmetry) after TTW, plus some illustrated/picture books, maybe?
Exit Party and As You Wake, Break the Shell are some of my most anticipated reads as well!
I’m so excited for both!
I’m just hoping against hope that Life Out of Order isn’t a huge mistake!
I’m staying optimistic!!
I’ve seen As You Wake, Break the Shell on a lot of lists and I really like the cover so I will have to check it out!! I hope you love all of these ❤ Happy Reading!
Thanks so much! Have you read anything by Becky Chambers? I loved her Wayfarers series!
Ooh, I didn’t know that Klune was coming out with another book. It looks interesting! 👀 (and on the TBR it goes, lol). I’m also really keen for the new Becky Chambers. I hope you enjoy all of these books if/when you get to them!
The Klune book is actually a reissue –with a new cover that I just can’t resist!
I didn’t have a new Becky Chambers on my list, thanks for the heads up. Also happy to hear about the new Emily St. John Mandel.
I’m really looking forward to both of them! So many books to get excited about!
Great line-up! I’m definitely looking forward to Murmuration. I hope you will enjoy them all! xx
Thanks! Can’t wait for Murmuration — it looks great!
Some great books to look forward to hear. Very excited for a new Niffenegger too – I only picked up on that this week.
Happy reading
Lynn 😀
I’m hoping to squeeze in a reread of The Time Traveler’s Wife before the new book comes out!
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