Book of the Month September 2026 Predictions

The Dating Game by Ally Zetterberg

Release Date: September 8, 2026

In this clever and surprising thriller about the perils of modern dating and the female rage it sometimes inspires, a board game designer starts playing by her own rules, and losers won’t be tolerated.

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The Truth About Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent

Release Date: September 1, 2026

A twisted suspense novel about two sisters and the scandal that changes their lives forever.

Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean

Release Date: September 1, 2026

Repeat Author, Book 2 of The Chelsey Calhoun series, Possible Add-on

Told in three interwoven voices, Before You Were Anne is a gripping suspense novel about the lies that bind families and the sins that echo across generations.

A Study in Sparkling by Jodi McAlister

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

A sizzling romance about a recently separated single mom who’s absolutely not looking for another relationship…only to fall for the younger owner of her favorite wine bar.

If Not You by Ellen O’Clover

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

Five years of history. Four weeks on the road. Two rival copywriters learning love is the hardest sell of all.

Thank You for Remembering by Emily Harding

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

A modern amnesia romance about fresh starts, unexpected love, and what happens when forgetting your past sends you stumbling straight into your future.

The Matchmaker’s Cottage by Kat Sloane

Release Date: August 11, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

A cozy fall romance wrapped in small-town charm reunites the owner of a bed-and-breakfast with her childhood sweetheart for a celebrity matchmaking scheme which has them both seeing stars.

The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Book 2 of the Academy Series, Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

Class is back in session! New York Times bestselling authors of The Academy Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham return with The Thoroughbreds: what has more high-stakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school?

Children of the Wolf by Abby Geni

Release Date: September 15, 2026

A woman notices a pattern of men disappearing in her small town, reawakening memories of her childhood raised by a father obsessed with his violent Viking heritage.

Body Language by Meg Howrey

Release Date: September 1, 2026

Three adult sisters are faced with their mother’s provocative last request in this clear-eyed and moving novel exploring choice, change, and power in the bodies and lives of four different women.

The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson

Release Date: August 4, 2026

For readers of Wild Dark Shore and The Time Traveler’s Wife, a fierce, haunting story of one woman caught between her first love and a mysterious stranger who upends everything—and the two worlds that won’t let her go.

The Birthing Tree by Amanda Peters

Release Date: September 1, 2026

From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel about a woman who must confront her family’s buried truths and memories of passionate young love when her grandmother’s death leaves her as the only guide to her community’s future

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon

Release Date: September 8, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-ON

A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia.

The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman

Release Date: September 8, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-ON

The brand-new series from the bestselling author of Practical Magic, following two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society.

Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen

Release Date: September 1, 2026

Part ghost story, part love story and steeped in magical realism, Paper Ghosts will transport you to a place where old secrets echo through the years and love finds a way of bringing us home.

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

Release Date: September 15, 2026

Book 3 of The Night House Series

The highly anticipated, explosive conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.

Eyes of King by Chloe Gong

Release Date: August 4, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on, Book 3 of Flesh & False Gods Trilogy

The action-packed finale to Chloe Gong’s New York Times bestselling Flesh & False Gods trilogy—inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra—brings readers the ultimate showdown for power among gods and men.

Siren Says by Jennifer Michelle Herrera

Release Date: August 18, 2026

A lush, spellbinding tale about a tenacious young woman who must harness her family’s dangerous magic to put a stop to the sacrifices they’ve been making for more than a century

Pictures of You by Josh Malerman

Release Date: September 8, 2026

A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.

Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison

Release Date: September 1, 2026

Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice.

Dreamland by Olivie Blake

Release Date: August 11, 2026

From New York Times bestselling author Olivie Blake comes a tantalizing story of power, seduction, and the omens you’ll ignore when everything you’ve dreamed of feels just within reach.

Under Story by Chloe Benjamin

Release Date: September 1, 2026

Under Story invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love, cementing Chloe Benjamin’s place among our best, and most lasting, storytellers.

Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel

Release Date: September 15, 2026

A breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman—a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State—searches for answers.

Time to Burn by Ellery Lloyd

Release Date: August 4, 2026

Repeat Author, Possible Add-on

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Club comes a gripping mystery about time travel tourism and the dangerous consequences which ensue when the privileged make the past their playground.