Spring 2026 Book Roundup: Slasher Rom-Coms, Cozy Fantasy & BookTok's Hottest Series Right Now

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates is a slasher rom-com that might be Meaghan's favorite book of the year — and that's only one of the Q1 2026 reading favorites Meaghan and Shirin are unpacking in this spring roundup episode. Dungeon Crawler Carl, Murder Bimbo, Colleen Hoover adaptations, Emily Henry's first film, Wuthering Heights discourse, and body horror about Ozempic. Yeah.

────────────────────────────── 📚 BOOKS DISCUSSED ──────────────────────────────

• To Cage a Wild Bird (HarperCollins ARC) — dystopian fiction, Hunger Games vibes • How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days — cozy fantasy enemies-to-lovers

• Murder Bimbo (ARC) — the most unreliable narrator of 2026

• How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates — Shailee Thompson | slasher rom-com |

⭐ Shirin's top pick • Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive — horror short stories | feminist themes

• How to Write a Love Story — Catherine Walsh | Irish coast romance

• Morgan LeFay Trilogy — Sophie Keetch| feminist Arthurian retelling

• Nothing Tastes As Good — Luc Dumas | body horror | GLP-1/Ozempic vibes (in progress)

• Dungeon Crawler Carl — Matt Dinniman | LitRPG | BookTok phenomenon (in progress)

• Bless Your Heart — Lindy Ryan | audiobook | vampire horror comedy | southern gothi

────────────────────────────── 🎬 ADAPTATIONS & STREAMING ──────────────────────────────

• People We Meet on Vacation — Emily Henry | first film adaptation

• Wuthering Heights (2025) — Jacob Elordi | Shereen has notes

• His and Hers — Netflix | twisty thriller | highly recommende

• Reminders of Him — Colleen Hoover | movie ranked

• It Ends With Us — CoHo adaptations breakdown

• Project Hail Mary — film vs. audiobook (Ray Porter) — the audiobook wins

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