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2026 BOOK RECS

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Listen, I’m a forever mood reader. So these are some of my favorite reads from 2025 + anticipated reads for 20206 🫶🏼 I love independent Authors as well so I'll be including them in my lists. I read 53 books last year! Hoping to hit the same goal fo...
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Cozy Reads ✨

I'm a cozy romance reader, a fluffy book just gives me all the emotions. It's light and easy to read. Here are some of my favorites!

 
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S.J. Tilly is one of my absolute FAVE authors who deserves all the love ❤️
S.J. Tilly
 
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The COZIEST winter read ❤️
Good Spirits (Ghosted, #1) by B.K. Borison
 
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I’m on a B.K. Borrison kick! This series so so cute & cozy ✨
Lovelight Farms (Lovelight, #1) by B.K. Borison
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I listened to this book on Audible and fell in love! The second book comes out in 2026, and I'm SO excited.
First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1) by B.K. Borison
 
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Can’t WAIT for another Abby Jimenez book 😭 Her books always make me feel warm and fuzzy.
The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition): Jimenez, Abby

Romantasy 🐉

The best book genre in the game! Who doesn't like a bad as FMC who falls in love with the enemy? 

 
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I’ve had this on my TBR for MONTHSS. I’m so excited to get to it this year.
The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy, #1)
 
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Carissa Broadbent is my faveee romantasy author at the moment. Her Serpent and the Wings of night book was amazing!
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent
 
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Loved Quicksilver! Brimstone was such an anticipated reach for 2025, had to bring it into my 2026 list.
Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2) by Callie Hart

Darker Romance

I'm more of a Paranormal Romance reader than a “dark” romance reader. So please do your own research on the books, because if a demon daddy wasn't what you anticipated…. sorry. 

 
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10/10 plz read. Very dystopian but worth the read. Based off of a fan fic she/they wrote while post partum. I forced my dad to read this book.
Alchemised by SenLinYu
 
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10/10 OBSESSED. If you want a paranormal romance ✨
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) by Kaylie Smith

Thriller

 
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Holly Jackson wrote “A goog girls guide to murder”, which I LOVED. I'm so excited to read this.
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson
 
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I use to live here and saw this pop up on Goodreads. I'm SO curious about this book!
Whidbey by T Kira Madden
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Sports Romancy

Are we all in our “Heated Rivalry” era? I mean.. I have been for quiet some time (years, but whose counting) 

 
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CHEFS KISSS, love this book.
Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) by Rachel Reid | eBook
 
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LOVE me some Tessa Bailey!
Catch Her If You Can (Big Shots, #5) by Tessa Bailey