Books Read in 2026

 January

1. The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry (403)
*2. Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer (448) (a)
3. What Moves the Deady by T. Kingfisher (165) (a)
4. King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby (333)
*5. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (302)
6. Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (308) (a)

February

*7. The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta (328)

8. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds (59) (a)

9. Freyja by Margret Ann Thors (256) (e)

10. Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer (496) (a)

11. My Antonia by Willa Cather (272)

12. Unwind by Neal Shusterman (335)

March

13. The Unwritten Rules of Magic by Harper Ross (320) (a)

*14. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (458)

*15. Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave (418) (a)

16. The Lions' Run by Sara Pennypacker (288) (a)

*17. Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer (547) 

April 

18. Head Cases by John McMahon (341) (a)

19. The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave (271)

20. The Eight Mountains by Paolo Cognetti (224) (a)

DNF

The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali