Prepare Your Shelves: Spring 2026 New ReleasesLike this list

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• Honey

  a Novel

  Thompson, Imani

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  (release date: April 23) A debut feminist horror about a PhD student who starts killing “bad men”?? I’m sold. I love women’s wrongs.

• The Ending Writes Itself

  Clarke, Evelyn

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  (release date: April 7) Six authors are at a writer’s retreat on a private island and where a renowned, reclusive mystery author turns up dead, his last novel still unfinished. Now these authors have 72 to compete to write the final chapter, whoever…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fat Swim

  Eisenberg, Emma Copley,

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  (release date: April 28) I mean, the cover alone makes this book worth checking out. This collection of stories by bestselling author Emma Eisenberg explores bodies, queerness, power and sex.

• You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

  a Modern Gothic Horror

  Tirado, Vincent,

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  (release date: March 10) The title alone makes me want to read this. But the Afrolatine, Knives Out, Cohen Brothers-esque premise is even more compelling. Definitely going to check this book out!

• Japanese Gothic: A Gothic Dual-Timeline Novel of Ghosts, Hauntings and Redemption (Original)

  Baker, Kylie Lee

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  (release date: April 14) A horror novel where two people–a college kid turned murderer(??) and a samurai in exile–who are living centuries apart find a door between their worlds. Color me intrigued!

• Hell's Heart

  Hall, Alexis J.,

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  (release date: March 10) Recommended for fans of Gideon the Ninth, this book is described as “Sapphic Moby Dick in space!”, so of course I’m interested.

• Small Boat

  Delecroix, Vincent

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  (release date: April 21) Sometimes you need a novel that feels like a punch in the gut. Small Boat, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, seems to be that novel for Spring of 2026. This book looks short but powerful, and the cover design…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Molka

  Kim, Monika

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  (release date: April 28) From the award-winning author of The Eyes Are the Best Part, praised by The New York Times Book Review as “violent, smart, gruesome and wildly original,” a provocative journey into a perilous world of voyeurism, scandal,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plastic, Prism, Void: Part One

  Allen, Violet

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  A time-skipping quick-quipping trans romantasy supernova! "An utterly essential, astounding new voice." —Charlie Jane Anders (release date: May 19) – The latest release from LittlePuss Press, this t4t magical girl, sci-fi, romantasy looks EPIC.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wife Shaped Bodies

  Cranehill, Laura

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  (release date: April 14) Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated newlywed—covered in mushroom growths like all the other wives in her community—strikes a precarious balance between following her husband’s strict…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wolf Worm

  Kingfisher, T.,

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  (release date: March 24) I’ve never read one of T. Kingfisher’s books but better to start late than never! This book looks weird, creepy and atmospheric…it’s giving A24’s Tusk meets Annihilation.

• Cabaret in Flames

  Pueyo, Hache

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  (release date: March 10) Puyeo’s But Not Too Bold was such a weird, queer, monstrous treat. I’m locked in for whatever they write next. This neo-noir is set in Brazil with flesh-eating vampires, intriguing politics, glittering nightlife and a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spoiled Milk

  a Novel

  Curran, Avery,

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  (release date: March 10) Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran is a 2026 gothic horror novel set in a 1928 English girls' boarding school, Briarley, where a student's mysterious death triggers a series of supernatural events, exploring themes of repressed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enemies to Lovers

  Rai, Alisha,

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  (release date: April 7) A tropey, BIPOC romcom that looks cute and fun?? I’m so in. This sounds like the perfect palette cleanser for in between all the dark horror I usually read. This book has enemies-to-lovers (it’s the title), forced proximity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dad

  Robinson, Christian

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  (release date: May 12) This looks so cute!! New book for storytime maybe? There are many ways to be a dad, and this book is described as a tribute to them all.

• Pot Shot

  Lee, Laura Piper

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  (release date: May 19) Enemies-to-lovers romcom about a disabled, valedictorian pothead and her nemesis, an asshole doctor with a clinic next door.

• The Fourth Wife

  Hamilton, Linda (Novelist),

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  (release date: March 31) And we’re back to the horror books! Here we’ve got a historical horror set in 1882 Utah, about a young woman haunted by a malevolent presence in the decrepit Salt Lake City mansion she shares with her husband and his other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hooked

  a Novel of Obsession

  Yuzuki, Asako, 1981-

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  (release date: March 17) This is a psychological fiction novel about obsession and looks perfect for fans of Big Swiss, Boy Parts, and other novels about off-putting, obsessive, unreliable women narrators (I have a whole list of books in this genre…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What We Are Seeking

  Reed, Cameron,

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  (release date: April 7) Another unique sci-fi/space exploration novel from Tor Publishing, from award-winning trans author Cameron Reed.

• The Drop

  a Novel

  Masters, S. R.

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  (release date: April 21) The premise of this book sounds WILD. Four reunited college friends get stuck at the top of a stalled rollercoaster, 650 feet above ground, in a theme park in the middle of the desert. This sounds like a bad movie that I…Read moreRead more of this annotation