Predicting Our 2026 Favorite Books with Gare and Steph

This week, Gare and Steph and I attempt to predict which books will be some of our favorite books in 2026!

Kate’s Books

Dead Beat Alex Stern Leigh Bardugo

Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead

The Caretaker Marcus Kliewer

Honey by Imani Thompson

Queen of Faces

Gare’s Books

The Secret Lives of Murderers Wives by Elizabeth Arnott

This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum

Helpless by Jessica Knoll

Heather by Caitlin Mullen

Heart of Glass Jennifer Hillier

Steph’s Books

It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell

Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen

Forget You Saw Her by Noelle W. Ihli

Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer

Let’s Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry

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