2026 Book Releases We Can't Wait to Read with MacKenzie Green
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This week, MacKenzie Green is back, and we talk about 2026 releases we are excited about!
Books MacKenzie Talked About
2026 Releases
Half His Age – Jennette McCurdy
Fear and Fury – Heather Ann Thompson
There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood – Rasheed Newson
Vigil – George Saunders
American Fantasy – Emma Straub
Lady Tremaine – Gretchen McNeil
Other Books
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Blood in the Water – Heather Ann Thompson
The Gods of New York – Jonathan Mahler
Challenger – Adam Higginbotham
Midnight in Chernobyl – Adam Higginbotham
Frostbite – Nicola Twilley
Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
My Government Means to Kill Me – Rasheed Newson
Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
Girl Dinner – Olivie Blake
Books Kate Talked About
2026 Releases
Yesteryear – Caro Claire Burke
Sublimation – Isabel J. Kim
Screen People – Megan Garber
Language as Liberation – Toni Morrison
Japanese Gothic – Kylie Lee Baker
Other Books
Separation of Church and Hate – John Fugelsang
The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
Beloved – Toni Morrison
Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
The Martian – Andy Weir
Scream With Me – Eleanor Johnson
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