All the Books! Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026: December 16, 2025
This week, Liberty and Emily discuss some of the upcoming 2026 book releases they're most excited about, including Is This a Cry for Help?, Molka, Half His Age, and more!
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Books Discussed On the Show:
Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily Austin (Atria, January 13)
Heartstopper: Volume 6 by Alice Oseman (Graphix, July 7)
Brawler: Stories by Lauren Groff (Riverhead Books, February 24)
Molka by Monika Kim (Erewhon Books, April 28)
All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun (37 Ink, March 10)
The Body by Bethany C. Morrow (Tor Nightfire, Feb 10)
Whidbey by T Kira Madden (Mariner Books, March 10)
The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham (Kokila, June 2)
Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square Press, April 21)
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Book, January 20)
The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean (Tor Books, May 5)
The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (1201 Books, April 21)
Canon by Paige Lewis (Viking, May 19)
Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon (Quill Tree Books, June 2)
Tata by Valérie Perrin, Hildegarde Serle (translator) (Europa, June 23)
Devil Inside by Clay McLeod Chapman (MIRA, August 11)
What We're Reading:
Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy) by Colson Whitehead
More Books Out This Week:
The Uninvited by Nancy Banks
The Snowman Code by Simon Stephenson, Reggie Brown
The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher
Dig Me a Grave: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Who Seduced the South by Richard A. Harpootlian, Shaun Assael
Love in Plane Sight by Lauren Connolly
The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty
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