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Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Winter 2026 Book Preview with Catherine Gilmore | Ep. 214

Sarah's Bookshelves Live

Sarah Dickinson

Arts, Books

4.7 • 785 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Welcome to the Winter 2026 Book Preview with Catherine of Gilmore Guide to Books!  

Today, Catherine and Sarah share 16 of their most anticipated books releasing from January through March.  

This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!).

CLICK HERE for the full episode Show Notes on the blog.

Announcement

  • The 2026 Reading Tracker is out! This year brings upgraded features across the board — including NEW average star rating and 5-star book tracking for every stat on the Dashboard — plus an updated Lite Tracker for those who prefer a streamlined version. Both Trackers are ONLY available to paid Patreon or Substack subscribers ($7/month) and is no longer sold separately. To avoid Apple's 30% fee, be sure to join directly from the Patreon website (mobile or desktop). Join our Patreon Community (here) OR become a Substack Paid Member (here)!

 

  • One of the many benefits to supporting the podcast through either our Patreon Community or our Substack Community (both for just $7/mo) is that you get access to several bonus podcast episode series, including Book Preview Extras! In these episodes, Catherine and Sarah share at least 4 bonus books we are excited about that we did not share in the big show preview episode. Get more details about all the goodies available and sign up here for Patreon and here for Substack!

Highlights

  • A lightning round of some big releases coming this winter that we're not featuring in today's preview.
  • Catherine chose books by authors she knows and trusts.
  • This year, Sarah dug deep into the publisher's catalog for potential hidden gems.
  • Sarah's books cover literary suspense, literary fiction, brain candy, nonfiction, and a thriller from 2 debut authors and 3 repeat authors.
  • Sarah has already read one of her picks — and it was 4.5 stars!
  • Plus, their #1 picks for winter.

Big Winter Releases

Other Books Mentioned

Winter 2026 Book Preview [6:57]

January

Catherine's Picks

Other Books Mentioned

February

Sarah's Picks

Catherine's Picks

Other Books Mentioned

March

Sarah's Picks

Catherine's Picks

Other Books Mentioned

Other Links

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Sarah's Bookshelves Live. I'm your host, Sarah Dickinson. Join me every other week as we get real, and sometimes a bit snarky about books and reading. Let's get rolling.

0:20.8

Welcome to the 2026 winter book preview.

0:24.4

As usual for these quarterly previews, Catherine is joining me. Hi, Catherine. Hi, happy to hear you.

0:31.6

Yes, well, everybody, you're just lucky to have me here in any way, shape, or form because I have been really sick and it has affected my voice, as you can probably tell.

0:43.9

So we have pushed this recording back, I don't know, four times now.

0:49.4

I think so.

0:50.6

And my voice is not perfect.

0:52.9

It still sounds a little squeaky, but it is much better than it has been. And we just got to get this thing going.

0:59.1

Before it's spring. Correct. You know what? Good enough. One quick reminder now that the calendar has turned to 2026. Our 2026 reading trackers, both the big version and the light version, are available

1:14.3

for paying members on Patreon and Substack. And I use the big tracker. It's in Excel. The light tracker is

1:21.1

in Google Sheets for those who are newer to tracking or just don't want all of the volume of stats that makes the big tracker more

1:29.8

complicated. But I would say the biggest benefit I get from the reading tracker is really being

1:35.0

able to hone in on my reading taste, what's working for me, what's not working for me.

1:40.0

That has really enhanced my reading life. And it's helped my, like, book picker.

1:45.4

Same here.

1:46.4

I feel like I have such a better understanding of my reading taste than I ever did before I started looking at all these stats.

1:53.9

So if you're interested in the reading trackers, there is a link in the show notes and in my

1:59.4

Instagram bio to join either our Patreon

2:02.1

community or our substack community for $7 a month. All right, winter preview. We are highlighting

2:09.5

the books that we are excited about that are coming out between January and March. Before we get to

2:15.7

our own personal picks, we're going to share a couple big time releases

2:20.7

that we know a lot of people will be interested in, but they're not our personal picks for today.

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