Mid-Year 2026 Book Tag 📚 Favorite Books, Biggest Disappointments & Fictional Crushes

📚 MID-YEAR BOOK TAG 2026 📚 Best & Worst Books, Fictional Crushes, New Authors & Everything In Between! Welcome back to the Tired Witches podcast! It's mid-year and it's time for our favorite format the BOOK TAG! We did this back in January, so we're back to re-introduce ourselves with our 2026 tastes so far. This is the podcast where we talk about EVERYTHING: books, adaptations, BookTok drama, and apparently fictional men we're obsessed with! If you haven't subscribed: Please like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell! We have a LOT going on this summer — from House of the Dragon reactions to anime debut series to book tags like this! BOOKS MENTIONED: Red Rising by Pierce Brown Golden Son Morning Star Psychotic Obsession by Leigh Rivers Pretty Pink Poison by Shain Rose Burn by Gemma Weir Destructively Mine by Krista and Becca Ritchie Claimed Omega by Mary Magdalyn The Deal by Elle Kennedy Never Truth by Jill Ramsower In Her Own League by Liz Tomforde Quiet Ones by Penelope Douglas Empyrean 4 Rebecca Yarros ACOTAR 6 Sarah J Maas Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn Heart of Bluestone by Quinn Blackbird Johanna Lindsey Heartstring Duet by Liv Zander Knot Her Goal by Ari Wright Nightfall by Penelope Douglas Brutal Obsession by S Massery ⏰ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome & Subscribe Reminder 1:00 - Anime Reactions Surprise (Community Feedback) 2:00 - Book Tag Intro & Summer Content Preview 2:18 - Best Book of 2026 So Far 4:41 - Worst Book of 2026 So Far 7:16 - Best Sequel of 2026 So Far 8:48 - Worst Sequel of 2026 So Far 10:37 - New Release of 2026 You Haven't Read Yet but Want To 12:36 - Most Anticipated Release for 2nd Half of 2026 14:55 - Biggest Surprise of the Year 17:31 - Favorite New Author 20:38 - Newest Fictional Crush 23:28 - Book That Made You Cry 25:29 - Book That Made You Happy 27:32 - Most Beautiful Book You've Bought 29:10 - What Books Do You Need to Read 30:00 - Wrap Up SIMILAR CREATORS YOU'LL LOVE: 🎬 Blind Wave 🎬 YaBoyRoshi 🎬 Reads with Rachel 🎬 abookutopia 🎬 Merphy Napier 🎬 PaperbackDreams 🎬 JesseTheReader 🎬 Emma's Bookshelf FOR FANS OF: 📖 Fun book tags, reading goal discussions & authentic BookTube content 📖 If you love getting to know creators beyond book reviews! MORE TIRED WITCHES CONTENT: 🎙️ TikTok: [https://www.tiktok.com/@a_girlandherc...] [@archivesofashley] 📸 Instagram: [@tiredwitchespodcast] Discord:   / discord   🔔 Subscribe for more booktube content! HASHTAGS: #MidYearBookTag #BookTag2026 #GoldenSon #PiercebrownObsessed #Bridgerton #RedRising #BookTok #BookTube #Empyrean #RebeccaYarros #SarahJMaas #AvatarSix #BookRecommendations #FictionalCrushes #TiredWitches #BookstagrammersOfInstagram #DarrowLover #BookBlog #HonestReviews #BookCommunity KEYWORDS: Mid-year book tag, book tag 2026, best books 2026, Golden Son, Pierce Brown, Bridgerton books, Julia Quinn, Empyrean series, Rebecca Yarros, Avatar Six Sarah J. Maas, Red Rising, fictional crushes, book recommendations, book reviews, mid-year wrap-up, TBR list, new authors 2026, Quinn Blackbird, Johanna Lindsay, psychotic obsession, Leigh Rivers, book community, BookTok, honest reviews, reading wrap-up, favorite books, worst books, book haul, new releases 2026