Hey everybody, it's me, Tracy Thomas, host of the Stacks, and this is another episode of the Stacks

Unabridged, our exclusive Patreon and Substack monthly bonus episode.

Today is one of everyone's favorite annual traditions.

I am joined by Cree Miles and Sarah Hildreth, two of my absolute favorite readers to share

our most anticipated books of

26 from the start of the year through June. If you are listening to this episode and it cuts off

after about 10 to 15 minutes, that means you are not a paid subscriber to the substack or the

Patreon. And if you want to listen to the rest of the episode, you've got to subscribe on a paid tier. In addition to getting this episode today, you will also get access to all of the backlist episodes. And depending on if you join the Patreon on the substack, you will get different perks. I like to think of it like this. Patreon is more of a place around community. So we do our monthly

virtual book club meetups. We have a very active Discord channel that is going all hours of day

and night. Then on the substack side, you're going to get more of my takes. It's more of me writing,

pop culture, book reviews, hot takes, things I love, things I hate. Both places do get access to my annual nonfiction

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Now it is time for the most anticipated books of 2026 with Sarah Hildreth and Cree Miles.

All right, everybody, I have completely lost control of my own podcast because all of you listening at home, Patreon and Substack subscribers, you won't get off my back about when is this episode

coming. I want to remind you, I make the show, okay? This is my podcast. And the episode is on

time where it's always supposed to be the second to last Friday of January. We are doing our most anticipated books of 2026, part one, featuring Good

Friends of the Pod, Cree Miles, and Sarah Hildreth. Ladies, welcome back. So excited. I'm so excited.

My people are just, they're so bossy to me. I'm like, listen, I invented bossy. You don't tell me what episodes you want. I tell you what episodes I want to give you. And I want to give you this episode. It's the best thing we do every year. And it's one of the first things we do. And then it's just really truly downhill until June when you guys come back and we reset.

Lies. Those are lies. Yeah, that's not true. People who don't know, I'm going to give you the

quick rundown. Kree is the curator of Penguin Random House is always black. She's an online book

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