It’s Big Release Tuesday! It’s January 6th, 2026, and we’re deep in what’s usually the coldest stretch of the year – making it the perfect time to celebrate National Cuddle Up Day. Whether you’re curling up with a loved one or a beloved pet, cuddling comes with real health benefits — lowering stress, easing anxiety, and even supporting heart health. And if there’s no one handy to cuddle, a good massage can offer many of the same perks.
Of course, there’s another tried‑and‑true way to boost your well‑being: reading. And with more than 170 new books hitting shelves today, Big Release Tuesday is back in full force following the holidays. Let’s see what’s new in the world of literature.
The Odds of You by Kate Dramis
Kate Dramis, a bestselling romantasy author, is dipping her toe into contemporary fiction with The Odds of You. It’s a heartfelt love story perfect for readers who enjoy the charm and emotional pull of Ashley Poston and Yulin Kuang. And with author B. Celeste saying, “This book made me remember why I fell in love with reading,” the praise for this standalone novel is already running high.
Sage Collins is struggling to write her second novel when a chance encounter on a flight lands her in a fake relationship with rising actor Theo Sharpe. As she escapes to Scotland to find her footing, Theo reappears, forcing Sage to question whether the connection she’s been denying is the one thing she didn’t account for.
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave (Hannah Hall Series)
The Last Thing He Told Me was a runaway hit for Laura Dave — a #1 New York Times bestseller that went on to inspire an Apple TV+ series — so it’s only fitting that she continues the “Hannah Hall” story with a second mystery, The First Time I Saw Him. Picking up right where the first novel left off, The First Time I Saw Him promises another gripping, emotional, and utterly exhilarating ride.
Five years after her husband vanished, Hannah Hall has built a fragile peace with her stepdaughter – until he suddenly reappears and shatters it. Forced to run once more, Hannah will risk everything to keep Bailey safe and discover whether their past still holds a chance for hope.
Drive Me Crazy by Lizzy Dent
Ready to rev your engines for a racing‑themed romance? Lizzy Dent’s latest standalone novel, Drive Me Crazy, takes readers straight into the high‑speed world of Formula 1. It’s “fun, fast‑paced, and swoon‑worthy,” according to New York Times bestselling author Annabel Monaghan.
Chloe Coleman is determined to prove herself as a Formula 1 team principal, but her careful plans are shaken when a fallen star driver joins her team – and turns out to be her estranged childhood crush. As the season unfolds, Chloe and Matt must decide whether their growing connection will help them win races or cost them everything they’re trying to rebuild.
Here is a list of all of the new books releasing today:
New Book Releases for January 6th, 2026
| Manage | Author | Title | Series | | A.G. Wilde | Sarven's Oath | Barbarians of the Dust #3 |
| A.K. Koonce | The Secrets of Shifters | To Tame a Shifter #7 |
| A.T. Michaels and Michael Anderle | The Combat Cultivation | Quantum Cultivation #2 |
| Abigail Kay | Silence of Blood | Chapel Creek Chronicles #3 |
| Alexandria Bellefleur | Playing for Keeps | Standalone |
| Allison Montclair | Fire Must Burn | Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #9 |
| Alyndra Quinn | Savoring Surrender | Shattered Embrace #6 |
| Amanda Prowse | Life as Planned | Standalone |
| Amanda Sobotka | Ten Little Chicks | Magical Counting Storybooks #24 |
| Amil Niazi | Life After Ambition | Non-Fiction |
| Amit Chaudhuri | Incompleteness | Non-Fiction |
| Amy Pease | Wildwood | Northwoods #2 |
| Anastasia Dean | Wicked Valentine | Novella |
| Andrew Grey | To Protect | Carlisle K-9 #1 |
| Andromeda Romano-Lax | What Boys Learn | Standalone |
| Angel Nyx | Axel's Flame | Merciless Few MC Connecticut Chapter #7 |
| Anna James | Alice with a Why | Children's Book |
| Ashley Farley | Dark Current Rising | Sutherlin Files #1 |
| Audrey J. Cole | The Trip | Standalone |
| Ava Roberts | The Perfect Replacement | Thistler Thrillers #3 |
| Ava Sparrow | Countdown With You | Standalone |
| Barbara M. Britton | Across the Lake: Traveling with Jesus Around the Sea of Galilee | Collection |
| Barbara Witek | Frost Bitten | A Juli Butler Mystery #4 |
| Beatrix Steam | Bred by my Werewolf Professor 9 | Bred By My Werewolf Professor #9 |
| Beth Hale | Reaper's Reckoning | Storm Reavers MC #2 |
| Beth Wiseman | An Amish Second Chance | Standalone |
| Blake Pierce | Close To Evil | Kari Blackhorse Suspense Thriller #8 |
| Brad Meltzer | The Viper | Escape Artist/Zig & Nola #3 |
| Bradley P. Beaulieu | A God of Countless Guises | The Book of the Holt #2 |
| C. Wayne Winkle | A Town Called Mercy | Jack Hardesty/Kit Sloane Western Adventure #6 |
| Cala Riley | Wolf's Songbird | Mountain River MC #2 |
| Candace Robb | A Lion's Ransom | Owen Archer #17 |
| Caroline Richardson | Western Heat | Standalone |
| Carolyn Summer Quinn | The Red In The Wrong Profession | Standalone |
| Carrie Lomax | Rose | Virtue & Vice #7 |
| Cassi Hart | Bride for the Mobster | Lords of New York #1 |
| Charlie Cochet | Wilder In Love | Four Kings Security #7 |
| Chris Bailey | Intentional | Non-Fiction |
| Christine Feehan | Dark Joy | Dark #40 |
| Christy Barritt | Run While You Can | True Crime Junkies #11 |
| Cindy Ray Hale | Plotting Up My Next Chapter | Twin Waves #3 |
| Clara Pines | Soldier's Second Chance | Trinity Falls Sweet Romance - Home for Christmas #7 |
| Cory Ruth RDN | PCOS Is My Power | Non-Fiction |
| D.J. Kingman | Summer Breeze | New Dawn #1 |
| Dale Mayer | A Mother's Love | Psychic Visions #28 |
| Damien Boyd | Blast from the Past | DI Bob Willis #2 |
| Dana Hawkins | I Will Always Love You | Meet Cute in Minnesota #3 |
| Daniel Pelfrey | The Queen's Gambit | The Republic Rising #4 |
| Deidra Duncan | Until I Die | Standalone |
| Deva Blake | The Bratva’s Bought Bride | Levov Bratva #15 |
| Elise Kova | Dragon Cursed | Standalone |
| Elizabeth Eulberg | Cruel Summer | The Taylors Version #1 |
| Ella Beck | Heat Week | Sweetwater City Reverse Harem #3 |
| Eric Geiger | 50 Days to Embracing (and Enjoying) Who God Says You Are | Eric Geiger Religious Books #6 |
| Eric Lichtblau | American Reich | Non-Fiction |
| Erin FitzGerald | The Weight of Ashes | Colson Creek #4 |
| Erin Soderberg Downing | Kitten Delivery | Just Like Home #1 |
| Erin Soderberg Downing | Love Rolls In | Just Like Home #2 |
| Faith Johnson | Winter Hope on the Frontier | Winter Mail Order Brides #25 |
| FUNA | Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement 9 | Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement (Light Novel) #9 |
| G.J. Ogden | Future Forsaken | The Aternien Wars #11 |
| Gabriella Saab | The Star Society | Standalone |
| Gabrielle Meyer | To Love a Lady | Dollar Princess #1 |
| Gary Soto | Gone Viral | Children's Book |
| Geronimo Stilton | The Legend of Chocolate Hills | Geronimo Stilton #84 |
| Grace Meyers | The Christmas Inn Miracle: Book 6 | Stockbridge Christmas #6 |
| Gregory Gron | The Gaslighter Book 13 | Memoirs of a Telepath #13 |
| Haley Travis | Wolfish Eyes | Billionaires of Wolfe Mountain #5 |
| Hannah Haze | Lure of Lightning | The Firestone Academy #4 |
| Harlow Brígh | Master at Night | At Night #3 |
| Helene Matheson | The Wanton Widow | The Scandalous Sisters #3 |
| Herelee | Men of the Harem, Vol. 5 | Men of the Harem #5 |
| Hiba Noor Khan | A Golden Eid | Children's Book |
| J.N. Chaney and Terry Maggert | Blood Meteor | Gold Medal Marine #2 |
| J.R. Rain | Dinosaur Moon | Vampire For Hire #42 |
| Jack Mars | Extraction Point | Clint Hawke #1 |
| Jack Scorer | The Fight | Number 9 #4 |
| Jack Spry | Master Blacksmith 3 | Master Blacksmith #3 |
| Jacob Soboroff | Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster | Non-Fiction |
| James Grippando | The Right to Remain | Jack Swyteck #20 |
| James L'Etoile | Illusion of Truth | Detective Emily Hunter #3 |
| Jamess E. Lorraine | The Saint of Nothing | The Unholy Creed #1 |
| Janice Emmerson | The Easter Story | Janice Emmerson Religious Books #9 |
| Jasmine Warga | The Claiming | The Last Resort #2 |
| Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff | To Tread Obsidian Shores | The Bronze Legion #1 |
| Jayne Ann Krentz | The Shop on Hidden Lane | Standalone |
| Jean Grainger | The Last Post | The Knocknashee Story #7 |
| Jean-Baptiste Andrea | Watching Over Her / Veiller sur elle | Standalone |
| Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock | The Horror Theory Reader | Non-Fiction |
| Jennifer Moorman | The Charmed Library | Standalone |
| Jennifer Niven | Meet the Newmans | Standalone |
| Jess Michaels | When the Earl Was Wicked | The Comerford Courtesans #2 |
| Jougi Shiraishi | Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, Vol. 16 | Wandering Witch Light Novel #16 |
| Jude Deveraux | Order of Royals | Blue Swan #2 |
| Julia Bright | Thario | Standalone |
| Julia Quinn | Offer From a Gentleman | Collection |
| Karen Randau | The Trail You Left | Families and Heroes #3 |
| Kasie West | Room to Breathe | Standalone |
| Kat Steele | Ruthless Ashes | Barinov Bratva #1 |
| Kate Bold | The Killing Night | Alexa Chase #8 |
| Kate Dramis | The Odds of You | Standalone |
| Katherine McIntyre | Direct Nailing | Brannon Boys #4 |
| Katie Bernet | Beth Is Dead | Standalone |
| Katie Winters | Starlight at Midnight | Sutton Book Club #8 |
| Keiko Iwashita | Choking on Love Vol. 4 | Choking on Love #4 |
| Kelli Stanley | The Reckoning | Renata Drake #1 |
| Kendra Elliot | No One Knew | Noelle Marshall #2 |
| Kenneth R. Rosen | Polar War | Non-Fiction |
| Krista Graves | Fire and Shadows | Darkbirch Academy #3 |
| Kristen Callihan | Only on Gameday | Game On #5 |
| Kristin Mulligan | Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Holidays & Homicide #2 |
| Lance Rubin | 16 Forever | Standalone |
| LaQuette | Janae Sanders' Second Time Around | Savvy, Sexy, & Single Club #2 |
| Laura Beers | A Madcap Arrangement | Courting the Unconventional #4 |
| Laura Dave | The First Time I Saw Him | Hannah Hall #2 |
| Lee McCormick | Death's Kiss | A Twisted Fate #2 |
| Lee Sartori | Amigurumi Affirmations | Non-Fiction |
| Len Jessup | Create More | Non-Fiction |
| Leonie Kelsall | The Ironbark Promise | Standalone |
| Lexi C. Foss | Kodiak Sector | V-Clan #4 |
| Lilah Hart | Code Red | Side Hustle #2 |
| Liliana Hart | Renegade in Laurel Valley | Laurel Valley #7 |
| Lily Harper Hart | Like Mother, Like Monster | Return to Magic Cozy Mystery #11 |
| Linda Barrett | If We Love Again | Mandarin Bay #1 |
| Linda Ford | From this Day | Stagecoach to Golden Valley #1 |
| Lindsay Currie | X Marks the Haunt | Standalone |
| Lindsey Duga | Royal Liars | Royal Heirs Academy #2 |
| Lisa Yee | A Sea Monster Conundrum | The Misfits #3 |
| Liz Isaacson | The Cowboy Who Rode Hard | Cowboys of Three Rivers #10 |
| Lizzy Dent | Drive Me Crazy | Standalone |
| Lolu Sinclair | Bonded & Unleashed | Bonds of Silence #2 |
| Lori Rader-Day | Wreck Your Heart | Standalone |
| Louise Bay | Love Hard | Colorado Club Billionaires #3 |
| Marcus Sloss | Here Comes the Marshal | Standalone |
| Marilyn Sadler | Best Bunny Brother Ever | Children's Book |
| Mark Yarwood | When They Die | DCI Philip Radford Mystery #2 |
| Mary Balogh | Remember That Day | Ravenswood #5 |
| Mary Potter | Single Dad’s Wicked Crush | Single Dads of Sin City #10 |
| Max Allan Collins | Return of the Maltese Falcon | Detective Sam Spade #2 |
| Max Vale | Smith to the Small Gods 2 | Smith to the Small Gods #2 |
| Max Watman | Tomorrow, the War | Standalone |
| Melissa de la Cruz | Rings of Fate | Curses and Crowns #1 |
| Miles English | Benighted | Bog Standard Isekai #4 |
| Millie Hartwell | Dead Behind the Curtain | Murder Mystery #4 |
| Morgan Rice | Bloodbound: Cycle Four | Bloodbound #4 |
| Muneyuki Kaneshiro | Blue Lock 35 | Bluelock #35 |
| Mya More | All His Broken Rules | The Broken #3 |
| Nicholas George | You’ve Lost That Livin’ Feelin’ | Adam Parrall Mystery #1 |
| Nicholas Searcy | Shadow of the Hunter | Path of Dragons #3 |
| Nicole Glover | The Starseekers | Murder and Magic #4 |
| Norman Bridwell | Dream Big | Clifford the Big Red Dog #123 |
| Paul Doherty | The Meadows of Murder | The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #24 |
| Paula McLain | Skylark | Standalone |
| Philippa Leathley | Meticulous Jones and the Shadow Compass | Inkbound #2 |
| Phillip Strang | Locust Moon | Maya Thorne Australian Outback Thriller #15 |
| Phillipa Nefri Clark | Of Marriage and Murder | Travelling Celebrant Mystery #1 |
| Phillipa Nefri Clark | Of Funerals and Feuds | Travelling Celebrant Mystery #2 |
| Poppy Flynn | Maid to Obey | Primal Fantasies #2 |
| Qiu Xiaolong | The Secret Sharers | Inspector Chen #14 |
| Rachel Hauck and Carrie Padgett | Anyone But You | Home to Hearts Bend #1 |
| Rachel Hauck | When I'm With You | Home to Hearts Bend #2 |
| Rachel Hauck and Mandy Boerma | What If I Stay | Home to Hearts Bend #3 |
| Rachel Hawkins | The Storm | Standalone |
| Rebecca Connolly | Mayhem on the Marzipan Express | Claire Walker Mystery #2 |
| Reg Quist | Gwyneth Arriving | Frontier Dreaming #2 |
| Rinda Elliott | Ogre | Mystic Guardians #5 |
| Robert Jobson | The Windsor Legacy: A Royal Dynasty of Secrets, Scandal, and Survival | Non-Fiction |
| Robert Llewellyn | The Ghost Camera | Standalone |
| Robin Patchen | Fighting For You | The Wright Heroes of Maine #9 |
| Roksolana Lebid | Luna's Crossroads | Luna Diaries #2 |
| Roshani Chokshi | The Swan's Daughter | Standalone |
| Ross Montgomery | The Murder at World’s End | Stockingham & Pike #1 |
| Ruth Redford | The Smallpox Files | Marnie's Medical Mysteries #2 |
| S.F. Williamson | A War of Wyverns | A Language of Dragons #2 |
| S.J. Rozan | First Do No Harm | Lydia Chin & Bill Smith #16 |
| Saadia Faruqi | Ms. Marvel: Remnants of the Past | Standalone |
| Sadie Hunt | Claim the Dark | Blackwell Butchers #3 |
| Sadie Turner | Tidespeaker | Tidespeaker #1 |
| Sage Parker | The Someday List Book 2 | Sweet Stays Inn #2 |
| Sam Crescent | Lonely Wolf | No Wolves Road #3 |
| Sam Taplin | Dogs and Puppies Sound Book | Usborne Sound Books #33 |
| Sandra Boyle | Protected by a Small Town Grumpy Guard | Shoreline House #6 |
| Sarah Fox | Definitely Maybe Not a Detective | Wyatt Investigation Mysteries #1 |
| Sarah M. Eden | Blessing in Disguise | Novella |
| Saundra Mitchell | This Side of Gone | Vinnie Taylor Mysteries #1 |
| Sav R. Miller | Jealous Rage | Monsters Within #2 |
| Scarlett Moss | Charm & Harmed | Wisteria & Wildwood Apothecary Cozy Mysteries #2 |
| Seanan McGuire | Through Gates of Garnet and Gold | Wayward Children #14 |
| Shaun Hamill | Solomon Kane: Suffer The Witch | Standalone |
| singNsong | Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 9 | Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint #9 |
| Sophia-Rose Johnson | Temptation of a Haunted Heart | Once Upon a Midnight Dreary #3 |
| Stefan Merrill Block | Homeschooled | Non-Fiction |
| Summer James | Babies for my Ex's Dad | Billionaire Ex Appeal #1 |
| Susan May Warren | Track of Courage | Call of the Wild #1 |
| Susan Stoker | Protecting Bree | SEAL of Protection: Alliance #7 |
| Suzanne Jenkins | Winter | Angel Creek #4 |
| Sydney Addae | Austin Gray 007: Secret of the Red Stone | Novella |
| Taylor Hutton | Axe and Grind | Standalone |
| Teresa Burrell | The Advocate's Saboteur | The Advocate #19 |
| Teresa Driscoll | What Have I Done? | Standalone |
| The Loud House Creative Team | On with the Snow! | The Loud House #33 |
| Tim Ayliffe | Dark Desert Road | Standalone |
| Tom Kratman | For the Eternal Glory of Rome | Standalone |
| Touya | The Villainess's Guide to Falling in Love 05 | The Villainess's Guide to (Not) Falling in Love #5 |
| Tracie Hicks | Patches' Dreams & Nightmares | Dreams & Nightmares #2 |
| V. M. Couture | The Court Wizard | The Archetypes #1 |
| Vicki Delany | The Devil in the Details | Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery #11 |
| Victoria Holliday | Where Reckless Hearts Whisper | Dark Hearts #4 |
| Virginia Slachman | Blackmail in the Bluegrass | Bluegrass #4 |
| Visha Graves | The Hollow Parade | Carnival of the Damned #3 |
| Wendy Dolch | The River Will Take You | The Cursed Realm #1 |
| Willa Hollis | The Libra Legacy | The Starborn Saga #2 |
| Xiaolu Guo | Call Me Ishmaelle | Standalone |
| Yuri Vinokuroff and Oleg Sapphire | The Drone Lord 2 | The Drone Lord #2 |
| Yuto Suzuki | Sakamoto Days, Vol. 20 | Sakamoto Days #20 |
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