2026 Reading List

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Imperium
by Robert Harris
4,253 members
132 reviews
3.9
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Witch Is When It All Began
by Adele Abbott
218 members
14 reviews
3.2
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The Contest
by Gordon Korman
1,497 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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Girls with Bright Futures
by Tracy Dobmeier
137 members
7 reviews
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Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
2,908 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
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Dead Men Don't Decorate (Old Town Antique Mystery, An)
by Cordy Abbott
20 members
4 reviews
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
by Catherynne M. Valente
4,233 members
275 reviews
4.1
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Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII
by Giles Tremlett
415 members
12 reviews
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The Western Wind
by Samantha Harvey
480 members
17 reviews
½ 3.4
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Kernel Of Truth
by Kristi Abbott
95 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Accident
by C. L. Taylor
257 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
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The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 4th Edition
by Alice Sturgis
177 members
1 review
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Typhoon
by Joseph Conrad
943 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
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Cruel Candy
by Mildred Abbott
76 members
8 reviews
½ 3.5
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Anathem
by Neal Stephenson
9,181 members
315 reviews
4.2
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The Rough Patch
by Brian Lies
317 members
30 reviews
½ 4.3
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The Fortune Men
by Nadifa Mohamed
349 members
18 reviews
3.9
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The Christie Curse
by Victoria Abbott
379 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Imperial Uncle
by Da Feng Gua Guo
52 members
2 reviews
4
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The Guest Room
by Chris Bohjalian
894 members
75 reviews
3.8
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Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry
1,743 members
29 reviews
3.9
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Mycroft Holmes
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
808 members
54 reviews
½ 3.5
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Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
24,010 members
594 reviews
4
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The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals
by Peter Heller
168 members
7 reviews
½ 4.3
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A Town Called Solace
by Mary Lawson
643 members
39 reviews
4.1
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Paw and Order
by Chris Abernathy
22 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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Harry and the Guinea Pig
by Gene Zion
36 members
1 review
3.2
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Vietnam: A History
by Stanley Karnow
2,584 members
21 reviews
4
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What's Left of Me is Yours
by Stephanie Scott
197 members
6 reviews
4.1
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The Corpse with the Silver Tongue
by Cathy Ace
79 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
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Sucked In! Treasure Island
by Aloura M. Charles
2 members
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The Storyteller
by Jodi Picoult
4,353 members
172 reviews
4.1
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The City and the City
by China Miéville
7,161 members
394 reviews
4
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Chocolate Can Kill (Emily Harris Mysteries)
by Annie Acorn
13 members
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The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
107,081 members
1,294 reviews
½ 4.3
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Exposure
by Robert Bilott
11 members
5
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The Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
1,955 members
111 reviews
4.1
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Murder At Wicklow Mensa (Mensa Mystery series)
by Clare O'Beara
3 members
1 review
4
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Herc
by Phoenicia Rogerson
340 members
5 reviews
3.8
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Scatterlings: A Novel
by Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe
92 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
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Dead Water
by Ngaio Marsh
799 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels
by Janice Hallett
736 members
36 reviews
3.9
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The Younger Wife
by Sally Hepworth
1,054 members
71 reviews
½ 3.7
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Witch in Progress (Blair Wilkes Mysteries Book 1)
by Elle Adams
27 members
2 reviews
½ 3.7
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May the Best Man Win
by Mira Lyn Kelly
52 members
1 review
3.9
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
46,946 members
747 reviews
4
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Death by Dark Roast: An English Cozy Mystery (The Charleton House Mysteries Book 1)
by Kate P. Adams
50 members
2 reviews
4.2
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
20,573 members
530 reviews
4
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Franny and Zooey
by J. D. Salinger
16,109 members
195 reviews
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