As someone who reads over 200 books a year, these are the books that have knocked my socks off for 2026. If I didn't recommend these books to you, I would be a bad book Bestie.
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If I could hog tie you and force you to listen to me read these books aloud...I would consider it. They are seriously that good.
Spectacular Series
If I could hog tie you and force you to listen to me read these books aloud...I would consider it. They are seriously that good.
Top Read of the Year!!!!!
The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
Fantastic ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Must Read!!!! Heart wrenching!!!!
The Burning Side: A Novel - Damoff, Sarah: Books
An Adult Fantasy!!!! Sooooo good!!!!
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
RomCom and it is the perfect enemies to lovers!!!! The yearning!!!!!!
Pot Shot by Laura Piper Lee
The Found Family Fiction you didn’t know you needed!!!!
The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett
Super Unique Fantasy—-where enemies are truly enemies!!!! Like seriously…very schmurdery!!!! Obsessed!!! The Ending will knock your socks off…if you wear socks!
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
It’s Dark!!!!
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Dark dark fantasy!!!
Liz Bourke Reviews The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
Heart Breaking!!!!! Wow!!!!
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
Historical Fiction—Must Read. Dark, Eerie, Unsettling…perfect for a fall TBR!!!!
Book review – “Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips
This is a chokehold read. Prepare to be obsessed!!! Like UNPUTDOWNABLE!!!! Oh the tension is HOT!!!!
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
Spectacular Series
The perfect sequel!!!! So lusty!!!!
And Now, Back to You (Heartstrings, #2) by B.K. Borison
WOW!!! This has a 4.4 rating on Goodreads and it is the start of a spectacular series!!! Run!!! Don’t walk to pick this up!!!!
Shield of Sparrows #1 - Devney Perry
Unputdownable!!!!!
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol 1-8 by Beth Brower
