S09.04: Fall 2026 Preview

It’s discoverabilibuddy time! We're dropping our Fall 2026 reads, in which we talk about an outrageous number of romance novels coming out in October, November and December. As a reminder, we have not necessarily read all these books, but they are on our TBRs — time to pour yourself a cup of something warm, get into a cozy sweater, and start adding to yours! If you’d like to come over and talk about your most anticipated fall romances, please join us on the Fated Mates Discord, where you’ll find a few thousand other listeners who love talking about these books we love. You also get one extra episode a month from us! Fated States, our democratic phonebanking initiative continues this week! We’ll be calling Ohio (Jen’s hometown) to get out the vote for Sherrod Brown and democrats up and down the ticket! There will be games, prizes and special guests! Learn more and register to phone bank with us at fatedmates.net/fatedstates. Books September Releases Jenny Will Eat You Now by Gillian Daniels The Invisible Roommate by Timothy Janovsky October Releases To Vivian With Love Anthology False Flag by Rachel Grant The Lost Guardian by Natalia Hernandez Vengefully Matched by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff The Encore Effect by Cara Dion Gilded Rose by Joanna Shupe Engineering a Love Story by Kathleen Reidy Succubus by Kate Fox The Fall Fix Up by Karmen Lee Brown-Eyed Earl by Jenny Holiday Hexes Go Well with Tequila by LeAnna Ehrsam Bad Words by Ríoghnach Robinson Written in Starlight by Sloan Brooks Once in a Timeline by Iman Hariri-Kia The Ruby Ghost by June Calvin What Happens at Nightfall by Lauren Willig November Releases The Love Operation by Melissa Collins Cut to the Ending by Maria Millage How to Hate a Prince by Jozette Allah-Mensah Sunflower Season by Danica Nava The Monster Hunter’s Librarian by Lauren Connelly You, Me, and the Conspiracy by Emma Barry Thunderstuck by Lissa Layland How to Court a Countess by Emma-Claire Sunday The Drakon King by Terry J Benton-Walker Engaged to the Enemy by Lucy Smoke Two Can Play that Game by Zakiya Jamal For the Love of K-Dramas by Lyla Lee Match of Fate by Annabelle Stehl Crash Into You by Simone Soltani The Best Revenge by Amy Carol Reeves My Neighbor, The Assassin by Michelle Heard December Releases A Shy Heiress to Redeem Him by Parker J Cole Lovestruck by Andi Epimoni Falling for Evil by Celia Aaron Just In Time by Emily Wibberly and Austin Siegemund-Broka Cold Redemption by Nalini Singh Triple Threat by Katie Chandler Til Quest Do Us Part by Ivelisee Houseman Greek’s Dirty Little Secret by Dani Collins Off Season by Frankie Caracciolo Villain Edit by Rosie Danan Zahra, Unapologetic by Mina Zafri Lightning and Thunder by Sara Raach Almost Perfect by Nicole Snow The Lost Ones by Mia Sheridan One Step Closer by Laura Pavlov Vows and Vendettas by Trilini Pucci Sponsors Little, Brown & Company, publishers of Elin Hilderbrand & Shelby Cunningham’s The Thoroughbreds, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, or wherever you get your books. Madison Score, author of Wild About You, available in print, ebook or audiobook at Amazon. Emily W. Andersen, author of The Midnight Book Club series. Available in print or ebook at at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or wherever you get your books. The Rest For even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2026/9/27/0904-2026-fall-preview If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It’s so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates. Beyond your favorite podcast app, you can find us on Instagram, Threads, Blue Sky, Tumblr, and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode, there's no better time than now. 06:36.500 September Revisited 10:40.000 AD: THE THOROUGHBREDS 12:16.500 October Releases 25:45.500 AD: THE MIDNIGHT BOOK CLUB 28:00.000 More October Releases 36:02.500 November Releases 01:03:18.500 December Releases 01:04:57.000 AD: WILD ABOUT YOU 01:06:50.000 More December Releases 01:29:23.500 Wrapping Up 01:36:40.500 Horny!