New books releasing in April 2026
The highlights coming to bookshops in April 2026.
How is it already April? Somehow, we’re a quarter of the way through 2026 already, and the book releases are coming thick and fast. While there’s perhaps not quite as many as March, April is a packed month for books, and there are so many to look forward to, regardless of your genre. It’s a great month for paperback releases too, with some of my favourite books of last year getting a new format.
Below, I’ve highlighted the best book releases in April. It’s a non-exhaustive list, focusing on books I’m personally interested, in the genres I cover. Sorry, fantasy fans!
April 2026 book releases: Highlights
Despite being mostly a thriller gal, I cannot wait for The Name Game by Beth O’Leary. She’s one of my favourite rom-com authors, and all of her books have been day-one reads for me so far. I absolutely adored last year’s Swept Away (rivalling The Flatshare for me), so I’m excited to see how this one compares.
In terms of thrillers, The Ending Writes Itself definitely deserves a mention. The secrecy around Evelyn Clarke (V. E. Schwab and Cat Clarke) was one of the biggest talking points on Bookstagram last year, so it’s going to be interesting to see if the viral marketing has paid off for HQ. I’m also excited for Caller Unknown, the latest from Gillian McAllister. I’m halfway through an eARC, and can highly recommend it so far. Finally, Susan Lewis’ Who Can You Trust is another must-read this month; it’s the fourth book in the Cristy Ward series, and while I didn’t love book three, I’m still very excited to see where the series goes next.
As for paperbacks? You need to pick up A Novel Murder and The Surf House, two of my favourite reads of last year, and both out in everyone’s favourite floppy format on 9th April.
2nd April
- The Keeper by Tana French (hardback, ebook, audio)
7th April
- The Name Game by Beth O’Leary (hardback, ebook, audio)
- The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Bodies of Work by Clay McLeod Chapman (hardback, ebook, audio)
9th April
- A Novel Murder by E. C. Nevin (paperback)
- Dead Line by Steph McGovern (paperback)
- A Degree of Murder by Maz Evans (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Whatever Happened to Madeline Stone? by Louise O’Neill (hardback, ebook, audio)
- I Think We Should Kill Other People by L.M. Chilton (paperback, ebook, audio)
- She Didn’t See it Coming by Sharli Lapena (paperback)
- The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives by Elizabeth Arnott (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Dear Darling by Ella King (hardback, ebook, audio)
- The Surf House by Lucy Clarke (paperback)
- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (paperback)
- Into the Wreck by Susannah Dickey (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Who Can You Trust by Susan Lewis (hardback, ebook, audio)
16th April
- Cherry Baby by Rainbow Rowell (hardback, ebook, audio)
- The Eyewitness by Naomi Williams (ebook)
17th April
- The Waitress by K.L. Slater (ebook)
23rd April
- We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter (paperback)
- A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz (hardback, ebook, audio)
- The Stranger on the Stairs by Ruth Mancini (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Nothing Left Behind by Hannah Brennan (paperback, ebook, audio)
- Audition by Katie Kitamura (paperback)
- The Surf House by Lucy Clarke (paperback)
- Room for Rent by Noelle W. Ihli (paperback)
- Fruit Fly by Josh Silver (hardback, ebook)
- Last One Out by Jane Harper (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon (paperback)
- Don’t Fall in Love With Me by Paige Toon (paperback, ebook, audio)
- I Did a Bad Thing by Louise Jensen (paperback, ebook, audio)
- Turn the Dial for Death by Jeremy Vine (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Walking on Sunshine by Heidi Swain (paperback, ebook, audio)
- The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (hardback, ebook, audio)
- The Rush by Beth Lewis (paperback)
- Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan (paperback)
28th April
- How to Cheat Your Own Death by Kristen Perrin (hardback, ebook, audio)
30th April
- Molka by Monika Kim (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Murder at the Hotel Orient by Alessandra Ranelli (hardback, ebook, audio)
- Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (hardback, ebook, audio)
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