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If you read my post last week, then you already know my favorite books of the year. You also know I've only read 20 books in 2026. This is going to be a short list because choosing 10 favorites is too generous for my cold, dead heart.
Here are my 5 favorites of 2026 (so far). I organized them countdown style for unnecessary drama.
Drumroll please . . . .
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The year is half over! Can you believe it? How's everybody holding up? Are you doing okay?
I've read 20 books so far this year, which is disappointing. I wish I had more time for reading. I still haven't figured out how people have jobs, children, pets, and read 100+ books a year. It's a mystery.
Let's talk about the best and worst of what I've read.
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Did I buy books just so I could write this blog post? Yes. I'll use any excuse for book shopping. Here's what I'll be reading in the next few months.
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I'm such a nerd that I keep a Pinterest board for the books I want to read. Recently, I realized that there were nearly 700 books on my board. That's overwhelming. Do you know how many years it would take me to read 700 books? I don't even want to do the math.
So, I reread the synopsis of all 700 books on my board. I deleted the books that no longer interest me, and the giant books I knew I'd never be motivated enough to finish. I managed to cut my board down to 300 books. That's still too many, but it's better than 700!
Here are ten random books I "rediscovered" while ruthlessly culling my to-be-read list.
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There's a list on Goodreads called Best Books Ever. Thousands of readers have voted for their favorite books. I decided to look at the top 100 best books and see which ones I haven't read.
Turns out, I've read 87 of the top 100. Here are the popular ones I missed for various reasons.
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Main characters are great, but sometimes the side characters steal the show. Here are ten books with secondary characters you'll never forget.
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Have you ever read a book and loved it so much that you added all the author's other books to your must-read list? That happens to me all the time! This was a very easy list to make because tons of authors immediately popped into my head. Here are the first ten I wrote down.
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The first quarter of the year is over! How'd it go for everybody? Have you accomplished anything awesome? Did you get a lot of reading done? I've read 13 books so far in 2026. Let's talk about the best and worst of them.
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I try to read a diverse array of books, but I can't deny that certain words in a book's synopsis or reviews grab my attention. Here are ten words I can't ignore, plus book recommendations for each word.
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Spring is the perfect time to make a new reading list! The majority of the books I read come from the library and have waitlists. I can't guarantee I'll read all the books in this post, but the odds are good I'll get a few of them.
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Green is one of my favorite colors. Books are one of my favorite objects. Of course I'm drawn to green book covers! (Yes, I judge books by their covers.) Here are a few of my favorite green (and green adjacent) book covers.
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Friends, I'm so bad at series. I'll read the first book and go, "That was awesome! I need the second book right now." Then I get distracted by other books and don't continue the series. It's a chronic problem.
Here are the seven series (trilogies? Duologies?) I badly want to continue.
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For mysterious reasons, I don't want to think about the USA right now. Here are 10 brilliant books that are set elsewhere.
In honor of Valentine's Day, I'm going to make a confession: I'm romance curious. Usually, I avoid romance novels like the plague STDs, but I can't help being curious about them. Romance is the highest selling book genre. I know lots of readers who only read romance. I want to know what inspires that kind of dedication.
Romance is a difficult genre for me because I'm dead inside. A book probably isn't going to hook me by provoking emotion. So, what would make me enjoy a romance? Let's figure that out together.
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I enjoy making New Year's resolutions, but I usually fail at them, and then I'm sad. I'm trying something new this year. Instead of resolutions, I'm choosing eleven subjects I want to learn about. If I learn one thing about each subject, then I have succeeded at my goal. I can learn one thing, right? RIGHT? I won't fail at this. (Please tell me I won't fail at this. It seems easy, but I fail at easy stuff all the time.)
Some of my subjects are lifelong interests. Others are things I'm currently curious about.
If you have book/TV/whatever recommendations, I want to hear them. I refuse to fail!
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Welcome to 2026, bookworms! Here are some weird and wonderful books that are coming out in the next six months.
Note: Publishing is notorious for changing the release date of books. Don't come for me if the dates in this post are wrong. I'm trying my best! I promise!
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Welcome to my favorite blog post of the year! These are the best books I read in 2025.
I seriously debated how many books I should put on the list. I only read 52 books this year. That's not a lot for me. I guess I can't complain. I crammed a lot of life (and a shocking amount of failure) into 2025. I think 2026 is going to be the same. Reading is on the back burner. I miss being able to rot in bed and read for hours. Now I fall asleep if I stand still.
Putting 10/52 books on a "Best" list seems too generous for a cold-hearted witch like me. But, it's been a difficult year. Let's be generous. These books are excellent. I recommend all of them.
Here are my favorite books of 2025. I arranged them countdown style for unnecessary drama.
Drumroll please . . .
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Merry Twixmas, bookworms! (Or merry Feral Week. If you have small children, that description seems more accurate.) I hope you're all having an excellent winter holiday time. Have you gotten any new books recently? I did! Here's what Santa left under the Christmas tree.
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This Christmas list is inspired by Butts. That's right. Butts. A few weeks ago, I read Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke. It's a history book about fashion and why different silhouettes go in and out of style. I found it surprisingly interesting. Now I want to read more quirky history books about niche topics.
Here are a few niche nonfiction stories I came across in my research. One of them stretches the "history" category, but I promise it has history in it. I checked.
I think these books would make great gifts for lovers of (weird) history.
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It's not the end of the year yet, but we're getting close, which means it's time to do The End Of The Year Book Tag. Hopefully these six questions will help me (and you) organize our reading lives before the year is over. It's time to get our butts in gear and smash our reading goals, people!
If you want to answer these questions on your blog, go for it. Consider yourself tagged. You still have a few weeks before the year is really over!
