Looking for the best books to read in 2026? This list includes viral tiktok favorites, romantic fantasy reads and emotional novels. This list is perfect for readers who love powerful love stories, insane plot twists and unforgettable characters.
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romance
fantasy
horror/ thriller
romance
spicy, emotional and slow burn romance novels filled with powerful love stories and dramatic twists
there is no way you will be able to put this book down. once you open it you'll be flipping through the pages.
Twisted Love
a relatable novel that will keep you thinking about it for awhile
The Wedding People: A Novel
the kind of book that will keep you blushing
King of Wrath (Kings of Sin, 1)
your first choice for a summer romance novel.
This Summer Will Be Different
this is the perfect small town romance novel
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout)
beautifully written, an emotional story about friendship and the many complicated ways you can love someone!
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
the kind of rom-com you can read on your break! fast, funny, and sweet.
Worst Wingman Ever: Improbable Meet-Cute
forbidden bodyguard romance filled with tension, power dynamics, and slow-burn obsession. Addictive, dramatic, and impossible to put down.
Twisted Games
A classic enemies-to-lovers office romance with sharp banter, swoony chemistry, and laugh-out-loud moments.
The Hating Game: A Novel
A small-town opposites-attract romance that’s fun, flirty, and surprisingly emotional perfect beach read energy.
It Happened One Summer: A Novel
A bold age-gap forbidden romance with intense chemistry and slow-burn tension that keeps readers hooked.
Birthday Girl
fantasy
addictive romantasy and fantasy books with epic storylines and characters
the #1 viral dragon fantasy romance everyone is obsessed with
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
romantic, mysterious, addictive and will pull you into a world you wont want to escape.
Caraval
once you read a page there is no going back and there is no way you'll put the book down
Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
this book will help you escape reality and enter its fantasy world
Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, 1)
dark and addictive enemy to lovers book
Zodiac Academy 1: The Awakening
dragons, war, betrayal and heart stopping romance/ fantasy
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, 2)
Dark academia fantasy filled with powerful magic, secret societies, and morally-grey characters. Mysterious, addictive, and intellectually captivating.
Atlas Six (Atlas Series)
A sweeping romantasy with fae courts, forbidden love, danger, and slow-burn tension the ultimate gateway into fantasy romance.
A Court of Thorns and Roses
A steamy, action-packed romantasy with secrets, destiny, and a heroine who questions everything she’s been taught.
From Blood and Ash
A deliciously dark fantasy about ambition, seduction, and a heroine who plans to marry the king… then kill him.
The Shadows Between Us
A beautifully written mythological romance that’s emotional, poetic, and heartbreakingly unforgettable.
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
horror/ thriller
dripping psychological thrillers, dark mysteries, creepy page turners and books you wont be able to put down.
a haunting psychological thriller filled with secrets and twists
The Silent Patient
fast, addictive, full of twists and of course a page turner!
The Housemaid: Addictive Psychological Thriller
this book has one of the most surprising plot twist that will keep you shocked for days!
We Were Liars
a book that will keep you thinking of its scary plot for months!!!
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, 1)
the perfect book for fall! this book will take you deep into its creepy story
Gallant: Gothic Fantasy Novel of Secrets
this book has insane shocking thriller twists
Hidden Pictures
A jaw-dropping psychological thriller packed with secrets, manipulation, and shocking twists that keep you glued to every page.
The Housemaid's Secret
A chilling, fast-paced thriller about lies, hidden rooms, and dark secrets that unravel with every chapter.
Never Lie
A disturbing psychological thriller set inside a locked mental health ward intense, creepy, and impossible to stop reading.
Ward D
A twist-heavy prison thriller filled with secrets, revenge, and shocking revelations.
The Inmate
A haunting classic that blends eerie atmosphere with psychological horror perfect for slow-burn, spine-tingling scares.
