Book Lounge by Libby: January - May 2026 Book Release Radar
Every month on Book Lounge by Libby, we look at the titles releasing next month and share what's being added to our TBR! Here's a round up of our January - May 2026 vibes
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth comes a twisty tale of justice, redemption, and one irrepressible woman who's not done breaking the rules just... Read more
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ∙ Best friends have one week in paradise to fix their friendship or fall apart in this heart-stopping, utterly romantic new novel from the #1 New York ... Read more
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller!From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Say You'll Remember Me comes a beautiful, compelling novel that revels in laughter, frie... Read more
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Matt Haig returns with another life-affirming novel . . . If you enjoy the “Midnight” experience, climb aboard.” —The New York Times Book R... Read more
A young author becomes the object of a fan's desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.He showed up at Arden Bowie's debut au... Read more
One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship.After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides... Read more
Instant New York Times Bestseller REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK IndieNext Pick LibraryReads Pick"With transporting prose and a galloping plot, this wholly original take on Cinderella recasts the wicked... Read more
A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • "An unputdownable adventure that was both heartwarming and thrilling! Everything I've come to expect from Gillian McAllister!" —Fr... Read more
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRITES OF THE STARLING is the epic, heart-pounding sequel to Devney Perry's #1 New York Times bestselling SHIELD OF SPARROWS. A princess journeys across a curs... Read more
“A thrilling tour de force of a novel. I’ll be recommending this book to everyone.”—ANN PATCHETT“[A] gorgeous and powerful debut.”—TOMMY ORANGE, The New Yo... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER•OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB • “For all those who crave a good page-turner, this is one wild ride of a story that carries equal parts wit and wisdom.... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E. SCHWABSix authors.One private island.Seventy-two hour... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes “a thorny examination of power, lust, shame and rage” (Los Angeles Tim... Read more
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow, an irresistible story about what happens when your teenage fantasy comes true after you’re alrea... Read more
A LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick!A Spotify and Apple Best Books of the Year So Far! Most anticipated from People Magazine, The Portalist, Nerd Daily, Page Six, Parade, Spokesman Review. Feat... Read more
Instant New York Times Bestseller Follow the Rites... Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake. From Marcus Kliewer, a new "titan of the macabre and unsettling" (Erin A. Craig, #1 ... Read more
"The most engrossing love story. A 2026 must-read."—Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of Love and Other Words AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER ∙ AN AMAZON BEST OF ROMA... Read more
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Funny, furious, and profane." —The New York Times “Not your typical celebrity memoir.” —Jimmy KimmelUnflinchingly honest an... Read more
From the New York Times bestselling author of In Five Years and Expiration Dates, a novel following a family of women with a singular gift: the opportunity to redo one moment in their lives.Lauren ... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the ... Read more
"Uplifting, charming, and wonderful, it will make you call your oldest friend to say 'I love you, I'm so glad you're alive, and also, please read this book.'" —Annie Hartnett, author of The R... Read more
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... Read more
A USA TODAY BESTSELLERA new "angsty, sexy, emotional" (Farrah Rochon, New York Times bestselling author) lyrical romance by Peyton Corinne that follows a college couple through first love, heartbre... Read more
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • In a dazzling ode to human inventiveness and the desire for meaning, four live... Read more
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A delightful celebration of rom-coms, slasher flicks, and the women who love them." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A humorous, swoony, and downright terrifyin... Read more
Two heroes. One brain cell.BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront th... Read more
A man and a woman with the same name are looking for a fresh start only to discover they have landed the same job in this charming new romance by bestselling author Beth O’Leary.Charlie could... Read more
The Escape Game
The Escape Game (Series)
Book 1
Marissa Meyer Author
Tamara Moss Author
(2026)
English
An unforgettable young adult murder mystery set in an escape-room themed game show filled with sabotage, betrayal, and puzzles to die for.“An absolute winner—sharp, suspenseful, and so ... Read more
This “darkly romantic and completely absorbing” (The New York Times) slow-burn gothic fantasy romance follows a young woman haunted by the ghosts of her past and a ruthless merchant kno... Read more
Girl, Interrupted meets The Handmaid's Tale in 1940s North Carolina, as a young woman is accused of "promiscuity" and unjustly incarcerated at The State Industrial Farm Colony for Women...Based on ... Read more
A Paperback OriginalNamed a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, and Publishers WeeklyFrom the author of the international bestseller Butter come... Read more
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A People Best Book of the Month • An Apple Best Book of the Month “Beautifully written and full of wonder and humanity.” — People “J... Read more
A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible B... Read more
From #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author Jennifer Niven, a novel about America's favorite TV family, whose perfect façade cracks"I LOVED Meet the Newmans!" —Judy Blume, #1 New York Times bes... Read more
A bookseller with a dream of running her beloved bookstore vs. the owner’s out-of-touch grandson who inherits everything. Game on. From the author of Not in My Book comes another irresistible... Read more
"Weird, wonderful...I loved this."—Matt Haig, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight LibraryINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are se... Read more
When you lose your way in life, the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your life’s purpose in this wistful, Ghibli-esque fantasy from the best... Read more
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! There once was a village so far north that most considered it the top of the world... and in that village, the Sun fell in love with her Starmaker. From the... Read more
Emily Austin, the bestselling "queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines" (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to ... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Mieko Kawakami, award-winning author of Breasts and Eggs, comes a bold novel of sacrifice and the tumultuous bonds of sisterhood, set in the gritty Tokyo of the 1990... Read more
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AN AMAZON BEST MEMOIR OF 2026In New York Times bestselling author Lindy West's ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unp... Read more
"Deviously intelligent...Irresistible." —The New York Times Book Review • "Murder Bimbo is Gone Girl for the Luigi Mangione era." —Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X The ex... Read more
Disgraced. Beheaded. And out for revenge . . .We all know what happened to Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. But what if she woke up the day after her execution and took it upon herself ... Read more
“[An] impressive debut.” —The New York Times“A wonderfully conceived and remarkably assured first novel, rich in emotion and with a truly compelling narrative drive. A brill... Read more
They were sent away to be forgotten. This is their story. In this electrifying historical novel about coming of age in tumultuous 1960s San Francisco, a pregnant teenager reckons with womanhood and... Read more
#1 New York Times bestseller Isabel Ibañez in her adult debut: a gorgeous, historical, and romantic fantasy that will leave readers breathless for more!She was never meant to be seen. Now she's a w... Read more
The Subtle Art of Folding Space is the exhilarating debut science fiction novel from Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author John Chu which channels unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comf... Read more
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNow optioned for film by Amazon MGM Studios!The moment you see a dragon is usually your last ... Since the dragons emerged—along with the scourge that r... Read more
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST AND LITHUB!“This gifted Mexican writer … delivers novels that are steeped in history and have a halluci... Read more
A bold, inventive, and fiercely original debut novel that begins with an uncle dead and his tween niece’s private confession to the reader—she and her sister killed him, and they blame ... Read more
If she builds it, they will come.A sex toy engineer with one big secret finally meets her match, and together they’ll put their own products to the test in this steamy romantic comedy.Scout P... Read more
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!USA TODAY bestsellerToday Show Best Feel Good ReadBookbub Best New FictionA Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by Zibby MediaUS Weekly Best RomanceFeatured on People.com, Newsweek.... Read more
NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, NPR, OPRAH DAILY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, DEBUTIFUL AND MORE!“In equal measure compelling and heart wrenching. ” —Claire Messud“Ov... Read more
A Belletrist Book Club PickA Good Housekeeping Book Club PickA Most Anticipated Book from the Boston Globe, Barnes & Noble, Literary Hub, BookRiot, Goodreads, and Town & Country "Casey Scie... Read more
From the author of the acclaimed The World Wasn't Ready for You comes a thrilling first novel, set in a near future where artificial intelligence runs the world, involving a young medical student w... Read more
On a deadly mission to kill the mythical beast that has been haunting her woods, a desperate mage finds her fate intertwined with the handsome, powerful man who saves her in this dark and sexy roma... Read more
From the award-winning author/illustrator of GENDER QUEER and a bright new talent, the story of a kid named Saachi, who is navigating friendship woes, sister issues, a new crush, and a resistance t... Read more
Chloe Michelle Howarth, author of the bestselling novel Sunburn, offers a new take on sapphic obsession, for fans of AllOur Wives Under the Sea, Mrs. S, Biography of X, and Organ Meats. With additi... Read more
For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July comes a whip-smart, irresistible novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pi... Read more
" The best kind of vampire story—one in which the real evil is us."—Peng Shepherd"Deliciously monstrous and demanding of our attention, Anna Kovatcheva crafts a feminist vampire story l... Read more
In this propulsive debut, a Buffalo Bills cheerleader will stop at nothing to solve the disappearance of her best friend and teammate, navigating the dark underbelly of a hardscrabble city, the gri... Read more
In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. “A triumph.”―Nat Cas... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLERA New York Times Book Review MOST ANTICIPATED Book"Between the Taylor Swift effect, BTS fever, and the rise (and rise) of Heated Rivalry, fandoms are having a moment—making... Read more
A Belletrist Book Club Pick Named a Best Book by The New York Times, Chicago Review of Books, Ms., Atla Journal and more A Most Anticipated Book of 2026 from TIME, Book Riot, and Chicago Review of ... Read more
A love letter to pop music, American Spirits charts an icon's fall—and an obsessive fangirl's rise. One of Vulture's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 "A titillating romp!" —Booklist (star... Read more
INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLERBarbie meets Scream with a 90s nostalgia twist in this horror romp from Bless Your Heart author Lindy Ryan. Horror author Jill has just moved to suburban New Jersey, hop... Read more
A gripping and incisive psychological game-show drama from one of the biggest stars in Korean fiction, author of million-copy bestseller The Dallergut Dream Department Store.Eight unsuspecting peop... Read more
An unforgettable debut, For Human Use is a twisted tale of modern love that bends every genre, sears itself into your brain, and presents a horrific romantic comedy unlike anything you&rs... Read more
This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stories of long-lived trees. The histories o... Read more
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER From rising horror star and award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, a... Read more
A Boston Globe Best Book of the Summer"A delectably fun murder mystery set against the sumptuous backdrop of Paris." —Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid seriesIn Par... Read more
A harrowing, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller about a queer homeless teen who, in a bid for safety, assumes the identity of a boy who went missing ten years ago...only to find that his new ... Read more
“A deliciously twisted thriller that blends culinary obsession with moral horror . . . This novel savors excess, class, and complicity . . . and leaves you squirming.”—Dua Lipa&rs... Read more
The Night Circus meets Water for Elephants in this enchanting, darkly glittering story of grief, obsession, revenge, and enduring love. "My favorite book of the year!" —Sarah Penner, New York... Read more
The Future of Another Timeline meets The Bone Clocks in this dazzling piece of time-travel climate fiction.Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecol... Read more
In this cozy, witchy romcom, a young woman works to turn a run-down small-town video store into the bookshop of her dreams, only to discover a powerful magic that’s been lying dormant—a... Read more
"A superlative novel by one of our most perceptive writers. Sarvat Hasin is an artist whose work demands to be read."—Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the SeaAn award-winning interna... Read more
A psychological thriller about a night of babysitting that turns fatal and a girl determined to figure out if the gas leak was an accident, perfect for fans of E. Lockhart's We Were Liars.“A ... Read more
"Deliciously vicious and unsettlingly hilarious, Cruelty Free is a nasty, thrilling Hollywood take-down for the ages." —JENNIFER THORNE, author of DiavolaA disgraced movie star returns to Hol... Read more
A feminist slasher novel fueled by female rage and haunted by gruesome murders, in this contemporary reimagining of Tess of the D'Urbervilles there can only be one Final Girl. Darcy and her hig... Read more
Three wishes. One prom queen celebrating at the Jersey Shore. And one monster who will keep killing until her wishes are paid for. From the virally popular author of Here Lies a Vengeful Bitch, a q... Read more
In Thrall, a young woman looking for a transformative college experience is bitten by a vampire and must team up with his other living victims to hunt him down. Twenty-three-year-old Lucy Easting h... Read more
Life is better when you live it as your true self.All his life, Chad Anderson was told he was broken. He believed with all his heart that being a good Mormon would make him straight, because that i... Read more
"Say Yes to the Dress meets Rosemary's Baby" (Margie Sarsfield) in this fresh, darkly funny horror novel in which a woman finally agrees to marry the man of her mother’s dreams.... Read more
A poignant coming-of-age graphic novel about an Egyptian American girl grappling with college, her family, and the political realities of her wider world.Anisa is following in her sister Reem&rsquo... Read more
“Witty, thrilling, and...SAVAGE."—Nat Cassidy, bestselling author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home"Miranda July meets Stephen King." —Lauren Beukes, New York Times bestselling author of T... Read more
“The debut by Pushcart-winning short story writer Kim Samek blends subversive humor with the absurd in a memorable collection of stories. . . . Recommended for fans of Ben Loory and Aimee Ben... Read more
STEMinist mecha fantasy meets reality television in this high-stakes novel from the author of A Magical Girl Retires—a wildly imaginative tale of sibling bonds, unexpected friendship, and an ... Read more
A runaway bestseller in Japan, The Neverending Book is both a standout illustrated fable and a love letter to books. An aged, near-blind, book-loving king sends two of his subjects out into the wor... Read more
“Clay McLeod Chapman is one of my favorite horror storytellers working today.” — Jordan Peele A murderous artist is haunted by the spirits of those he has killed in this surreal a... Read more
Set during a doom-fated vacation to the Oregon coast, The Disappointment follows a couple trying to hold close to one another while a bent reality—warped by personal losses and an ever-increa... Read more
Language as Liberation
Toni Morrison Author
Claudia Brodsky Author of introduction, etc.
(2026)
English
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Beloved Toni Morrison investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective un... Read more
