2026 Publishing Trends

This week, we chatted with literary agent Alyssa Morris and East City Bookshop Buyer Emilie Sommer about 2026 publishing trends! We pick their brains about customer shopping behavior, what editors are looking for, how they know something is going to hit, and their big bets for the year. Alyssa's 2026 Picks In Stormy Weather by Chelsea Curto The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson One & Only Maurene Goo Games by Anna Maria Volkova Emilie's 2026 Picks Leave Your Mess at Home by Tolani Akinola Five by Ilona Bannister London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe Under Story by Chloe Benjamin The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson American Fantasy by Emma Straub April's Book Club Pick - Good People by Patmeena Sabit What we read this week Olivia - The Fountain by Casey Scieska , In Her Defense by Phillipa Malicka , Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor , The Sirens by Emilia Hart Becca - Once And Again by Rebecca Serle ; American Fantasy by Emma Straub Obsession Becca - Garlic Slicer Olivia - New notes app system Sponsors Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use code BOP for an exclusive 20% off Ritual - save 25% on your first month of ritual at Ritual.com/BADONPEPER . Wayfair - Take up to 80% off with fast and FREE shipping on everything at Wayfair.com from April 25 - 27th to shop Way Day. Caraway home - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP for an additional 10% off your next purchase. Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! Buy our Merch ! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One , and Such a Bad Influence !

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2026 Publishing Trends is an episode from Bad On Paper by Becca Freeman.

This episode is 01:13:03 long.

This episode was published on Apr 8, 2026.

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