Happy first weekend of the 2026. It’s good to have you along on this journey for another year of (hopefully) fantastic reads!
There are some pretty interesting covers this week, although pretty itself is always in the eye of the beholder. My personal picks for prettiness are The Chambermaid’s Key, Death in the Palace, In the Spirit of French Murder, and Japanese Gothic. I picked up It’s Hard to Be an Animal for the title, so now I’m curious about it, along with The Inklings Detective Agency. AND both Strange Beasts and Wayward Souls because the idea of Jonathan Harker’s and James Moriarty’s daughters teaming up looks like the kind of mystery and mayhem that I adored (and very much miss) in Theodora Goss’ Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club so I’m hoping for more!
The books I’m REALLY looking forward to reading are Radiant Star, Sorcerous Plates, Swords, Cider, and Other Distractions, as well as the previously mentioned Death in the Palace.
What about you? What’s catching your reading eye in your first stack of 2026?
For Review:
All These Worlds (Bobiverse #3) by Dennis E. Taylor
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden
Cash and Gravity (Chevy Cole #1) by Perrin Pring
The Chambermaid’s Key by Genevieve Graham
Death in the Palace (Silver Screen Historical Mystery #4) by Barbara Hambly
The Franchise by Thomas Elrod
Heaven’s River (Bobiverse #4) by Dennis E. Taylor
In the Spirit of French Murder (American in Paris #4) by Colleen Cambridge
The Inklings Detective Agency by John R. Kelly
It’s Hard to Be an Animal by Robert Isaacs
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker
Kill All Wizards (Barbaric Ledgers #1) by Jedediah Berry
Missing in Soho (Misty Divine #2) by Holly Stars
A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Radiant Star (Imperial Radch) by Ann Leckie
A Shop Girl’s Guide to Wooing a Lord (Heiress Hunters #1) by Shana Galen
The Summer Share by Jenn McKinlay
Wayward Souls (Harker & Moriarty #2) by Susan J. Morris
Purchased from Amazon/Audible/Etc.:
Sorcerous Plates (Hidden Dishes #4) by Tao Wong
Strange Beasts (Harker & Moriarty #1) by Susan J. Morris (book + audio)
Swords, Cider, and Other Distractions (Glass Immortals #0.6) by Brian McClellan (book + audio)
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Most of these are new to me but several sound great, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for commenting! I was kind of surprised to see how many of these won’t be out until AUGUST but they still look like fun! Your year-end wrap at Book’d Out is terrific!
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Happy New Year!
So many pretty books on your list. I hope you enjoy them.
Happy New Year to you, too!
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Happy New Year! 🙂
And right back at’cha!
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