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What themes would you like to read about in 2026?
If you would like it paired with a specific month, please be sure to list it (it doesn't mean it will happen that way, but it will be considered). Otherwise, you can just list the themes you would like to see next year.
Please remember that not all suggestions can be in the final decision!

January: New Beginnings
February: Love/Valentine’s Day
October: Spooky/Thriller/Mystery
December: Christmas/Holidays

June - Roadtrip - Travel Abroad
July - Mystery on an island/vacation
August - Summery romance ?

January: Cozy
March: Revenge/Betrayal
April: Prank Wars/Low Stakes Rivalry/Humor
May: Space Travel/Sci-fi
August: Dark Academia
October: Gothic/Paranormal/Magic
December: Debut Author

How about featuring Indie books with high ratings.

January - Mystery
February - Romance
March - Debut Author
April - Crime
May - Academia
June - Dystopian
July - Famous Books
August - Young Adult Fiction
September - Historical Non-Fiction
October - Gothic / Horror
November - Cosy reads
December - Christmas

January-New start
February-Cute low key romance
May-Something about like school year ending and beginning of summer
June- Fun vacay
August- Cute fall book
October-Scary
November- Thankful
December- Christmas!

January - Winter themed mystery/thriller
February - Romance (of course)
March - No ideas :(
April - Low stakes adventures/humor
May - Fantasy - high fantasy or even just romantasy
June - Classics!
July - Treasure Hunting
August - Beachy reads/cozy summer vibes
September - Fall reads
October- Horror/Witchy/Halloween vibes
November - No ideas :(
December - Christmas/Holiday reads

January - mystery
February - romance
March - fantasy
April - something comedic
May - dystopian
June - something summery
July - thriller
August - cozy vacation read
September - anything related to fall
October - anything that has to do with halloween
November - a famous classic
December - christmas/wintery

Terry wrote: "How about featuring Indie books with high ratings."

Starting next year, we will have one indie book a month!

Taryn wrote: "January - Winter themed mystery/thriller
February - Romance (of course)
March - No ideas :(
April - Low stakes adventures/humor
May - Fantasy - high fantasy or even just romantasy
June - Classics! ..."

i love these suggestions!

I really like some of these ideas! A couple more (in no particular order) could be:
Back to school, or academic setting
Pirates!
Science Fiction
Written in a certain decade (1990s, 1980s, etc.)
Collection of Short Stories
Patriotism

August- summer romance (spicier)
september- fall/spooky ish
November: enemies to lovers brothers best friend or ex bf

January- New beginnings
February- Cozy
March - Mystery
April - Action
May - Suspense
June - Family based
July - Dystopia
August - Contemporary
September- Middle Grade YA
October- Spooky
November- Horror
December- Christmas based

1980s
YA with real life problems
Found family

April- mystery (rainy)
May- 🤷‍♀️
June- summer romance
July- debut author

January- Urban Fiction
February- thrillers
March- Romance
April-Poetry- Prose Month
May- Debut Authors
June- Journey to Self/ Coming of Age
July- Culture Themes

Romance for February!💕

January- Artic wasteland or fire and ice
February- banter, classic tropes, one bed/ friends to enemies/love triangles
March- power dynamics, dismantling the dictatorship
April- games and trials
May- fae courts, faerie worlds
June- surprise twists and turns
July- revolution/ independence
August- academy settings
September- witches/ warlocks
October-vampires
November- tandem read
December- cozy fantasy classics

Just some fun suggestions I hope people might enjoy ☺️

Rachel wrote: "January- Artic wasteland or fire and ice
February- banter, classic tropes, one bed/ friends to enemies/love triangles
March- power dynamics, dismantling the dictatorship
April- games and trials
Ma..."

This one's my favorite!

January - cozy winter fantasy
February - Friendships storys
March - cottagecore
April - hiest storys
May - pirates storys
june - retelings
july - beach reads
august - mystery/thriller
september - Panormal fiction
october - gothic horror
november - dark academia
december - classics

January - Winter
February - Classics
March - Thriller
April - Fantasy
May - Science fiction
June - LGBTQ+
July - Summer romance
August - Dystopian
September - Crime
October - Horror
November - Mystery
December - Christmas

I'd love to see a theme for mangas/graphic novels....

january-sweet rom-com
februry-hard deep love,enemies to lovers
march-sequel of a 2025 serie
April-new beginnings
may-HS story, end of senior year fr and lovers ,maybe?
june-summer chic
july-summer romance
august-University life after HS
september-dystopian
october-thriller romance
November-sci-fiction
december-holidays mircacle or fr to lovers romance
;)

January-cozy, tea in winter vibes
February-Romance
March-Retellings
April-new beginnings, coming-of-age (contemporary)
May-Dystopian
June-Mystery
July-Summer chic/summer romance
August-Action
September-academia/dark academia
October- Horror
November-Fantasy
December-Holiday!

January:Cozy
February:Romance
March:Dystopian
June:Young Adult
July:Summer Romance
August:Fantasy
September:Romantasy
October:Academia/Dark Academia
November:Fall Romance
December:Any Holiday Book