2026 Reading List

1

Imperium

by Robert Harris

4,256 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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3

The Contest

by Gordon Korman

1,498 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

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4

Girls with Bright Futures

by Tracy Dobmeier

138 members

7 reviews

4

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5

Henry IV, Part 2

by William Shakespeare

2,726 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

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6

Dead Men Don't Decorate (Old Town Antique Mystery, An)

by Cordy Abbott

20 members

4 reviews

4

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7

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

by Catherynne M. Valente

4,241 members

275 reviews

4.1

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8

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII

by Giles Tremlett

415 members

12 reviews

4

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The Western Wind

by Samantha Harvey

482 members

17 reviews

½ 3.4

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10

Kernel Of Truth

by Kristi Abbott

94 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

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11

The Accident

by C. L. Taylor

257 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

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12

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, 4th Edition

by Alice Sturgis

177 members

1 review

4

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Typhoon

by Joseph Conrad

945 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

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14

Cruel Candy

by Mildred Abbott

76 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

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15

Anathem

by Neal Stephenson

9,191 members

316 reviews

4.2

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16

The Rough Patch

by Brian Lies

317 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

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17

The Fortune Men

by Nadifa Mohamed

348 members

18 reviews

3.9

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18

The Christie Curse

by Victoria Abbott

381 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

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19

The Imperial Uncle

by Da Feng Gua Guo

52 members

2 reviews

4

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20

The Guest Room

by Chris Bohjalian

896 members

75 reviews

3.8

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21

Such a Long Journey

by Rohinton Mistry

1,745 members

28 reviews

3.9

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22

Mycroft Holmes

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

806 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

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23

Stardust

by Neil Gaiman

24,033 members

595 reviews

4

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24

The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals

by Peter Heller

169 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

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25

A Town Called Solace

by Mary Lawson

647 members

39 reviews

4.1

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26

Paw and Order

by Chris Abernathy

22 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

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27

Harry and the Guinea Pig

by Gene Zion

36 members

1 review

3.2

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28

Vietnam: A History

by Stanley Karnow

2,576 members

21 reviews

4

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29

What's Left of Me is Yours

by Stephanie Scott

197 members

6 reviews

4.1

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30

The Corpse with the Silver Tongue

by Cathy Ace

79 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

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31

Sucked In! Treasure Island

by Aloura M. Charles

2 members

4

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32

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult

4,369 members

172 reviews

4.1

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33

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,170 members

392 reviews

4

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34

Chocolate Can Kill (Emily Harris Mysteries)

by Annie Acorn

13 members

3

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35

The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,250 members

1,298 reviews

½ 4.3

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36

Exposure

by Robert Bilott

11 members

5

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37

The Pull of the Stars

by Emma Donoghue

1,963 members

111 reviews

4.1

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38

Murder At Wicklow Mensa (Mensa Mystery series)

by Clare O'Beara

3 members

1 review

4

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39

Herc

by Phoenicia Rogerson

342 members

5 reviews

3.8

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40

Scatterlings: A Novel

by Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe

92 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

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41

Dead Water

by Ngaio Marsh

799 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

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42

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

by Janice Hallett

728 members

35 reviews

3.8

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43

The Younger Wife

by Sally Hepworth

1,058 members

71 reviews

½ 3.7

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44

Witch in Progress (Blair Wilkes Mysteries Book 1)

by Elle Adams

27 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

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45

May the Best Man Win

by Mira Lyn Kelly

52 members

1 review

3.9

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46

Washed Away: How the Great Flood of 1913, America's Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever

by Geoff Williams

109 members

6 reviews

3.2

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47

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

46,992 members

748 reviews

4

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48

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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49

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

20,606 members

531 reviews

4

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50

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

16,123 members

196 reviews

4

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