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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic is Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2026. My list is a combination of 2026 releases on my NetGalley shelf and books on my wishlist. And, yes, most of them are historical fiction. Links from each title will take you to the book description on Goodreads.
- Room 706 by Ellie Levenson (Headline, 20th January)
- The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall (The Borough Press, 12th February)
- The House of Fallen Sisters by Louise Hare (HQ, 12th February)
- Female, Nude by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett (Tinder Press, 12th February)
- Paper Sisters by Rachel Canwell (Northodox Press, 12th February)
- A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia (Picador, 19th February)
- Love Lane by Patrick Gale (Tinder Press, 26th March)
- The News From Dublin: Stories by Colm Toibin (Picador, 26th March)
- Dark is the Morning by Rupert Thomson (Apollo, 7th May)
- Rose & Renzo by Carolyn O’Brien (Northodox Press, 14th May)
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