9 New Books Recommended by Readers This Week

Posted by Sharon on February 10, 2026
Need another excuse to treat yourself to a new book this week? We've got you covered with the buzziest new releases of the day, according to early data from your fellow readers.

To create our list, we focused on the books Goodreads members can't wait to read, which we measure by how many times a book has been added to Want to Read shelves. All these top titles are now available in the United States! Which ones catch your eye?
 

  Readers' top books of the week:

You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, World War II stories, multiple timelines, multiple POVs, Germany circa 1948, Maryland circa 1965, the postwar legacy of mixed-race children born to Black American soldiers and refugee German women, the power of love


You should read this book if you like: Science fiction, interesting conjectures on gamer culture and far-future foreign policy, desperate interplanetary colonists, drone warfare, dark humor, grim allegory, Dungeon Crawler Carl


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, horror, world mythology, vampire mischief in 19th-century Bulgaria, Slavic folklore, feminist fables, teenage orphans, sustained metaphors regarding collective action, debut novels


You should read this book if you like: Historical fiction, horror, intriguing new riffs on the classic Gothic novel, spooky old mansions in 1911 Shanghai, mysterious illnesses, cruel blackmail plots, paranormal activity, girl power, The Phoenix Crown


You should read this book if you like: Romantasy, dark academia, oppressive educational institutions, family curses, wronged magical scions, elaborate revenge plans, lethal love triangles, complicated feelings, the Deadside Reapers series


You should read this book if you like: Thrillers, mysteries, domestic suspense, three separate stories with intertwined narratives, three families bound by murder, big trouble in little suburbia, twisty twists, authors who are also practicing attorneys, The Favor


You should read this book if you like: Thrillers, suspense, former intelligence operatives turned discerning vigilantes, subsequent righting of wrongs, episodic justice, cathartic resolutions, authors who are also TV and comics writers, the Orphan X series


You should read this book if you like: Horror, domestic thrillers, online influencers selling phony homesteading narratives, nocturnal visitations, Faustian bargains, the enduring hassles of demonic paternity, books like Rosemary’s Baby and Nightbitch


You should read this book if you like: Romantasy, cheerfully literal interpretations of the demon lover story, book-loving heroines with awesome names like Lore Brimstone, eldritch tomes, powerful artifacts, perilous quests, the Princes of Sin series