Books Read in 2026

1

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

3,789 members

112 reviews

4.2

7 Members: Rtrace, trantor, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, CMSharkey, jdavidhacker, HarlequinHavok

2

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

by Matt Dinniman

1,862 members

50 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: Rtrace, trantor, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker, HarlequinHavok

3

What We Can Know

by Ian McEwan

1,073 members

35 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Parker51, rowenah, Opinionated, aethercowboy

4

The Butcher's Masquerade

by Matt Dinniman

1,272 members

26 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: kc_, Rtrace, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker

5

That Quail, Robert

by Margaret Stanger

612 members

19 reviews

4

3 Members: rowenah, Peace2, Dannamateo

6

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

2,726 members

122 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: edparks, PaulCranswick, 37143Birnbaum

7

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

by Matt Dinniman

1,617 members

38 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker

8

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

12,506 members

551 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: trantor, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie, HarlequinHavok

9

Brain Damage

by Freida McFadden

376 members

7 reviews

3.9

4 Members: cabyrum, ahef1963, lauraeldred, HarlequinHavok

10

Alchemised

by SenLinYu

3,149 members

13 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: peterveen, CMSharkey, HarlequinHavok

11

The Gate of the Feral Gods

by Matt Dinniman

1,412 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker

12

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett

927 members

58 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: aethercowboy, ahef1963, HarlequinHavok

13

The Everlasting

by Alix E. Harrow

1,005 members

31 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, jsburbidge

14

Platform Decay

by Martha Wells

754 members

44 reviews

4

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, rretzler, Peace2

15

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

2,293 members

102 reviews

4

2 Members: barbharper, Onj

16

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

by Matt Dinniman

1,258 members

23 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: Rtrace, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker

17

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst

3,449 members

78 reviews

4

3 Members: Peace2, libthing_sm, HarlequinHavok

18

Something in the Woods Loves You

by Jarod K. Anderson

140 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lauraeldred, wildflower-reads

19

A Parade of Horribles

by Matt Dinniman

534 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Rtrace, midnightblues, cabyrum, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart

1,312 members

43 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, edparks, lauraeldred

21

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

2,515 members

95 reviews

4.1

3 Members: peterveen, ahef1963, HarlequinHavok

22

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

26,439 members

447 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, acousticmoose

23

The Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman

1,363 members

60 reviews

4.1

3 Members: elkiedee, Peace2, HarlequinHavok
Explanations: elkiedee: Finished 11.01.26; Library hardback

24

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

by Clay Chapman

313 members

17 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: revbean, jdavidhacker, HarlequinHavok

25

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck

by Sophie Elmhirst

667 members

27 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, 37143Birnbaum

26

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown

11,695 members

491 reviews

4

3 Members: Rtrace, trantor, HarlequinHavok

27

How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

by Andrew Rowe

276 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libthing_sm, HarlequinHavok

28

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy {novelette}

by Martha Wells

361 members

20 reviews

3.8

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Bookwomble, Peace2

29

The Bright Sword

by Lev Grossman

1,130 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookwoman84, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford

2,131 members

84 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, Laura1124

31

Thief of Time

by Terry Pratchett

10,914 members

128 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

32

This Inevitable Ruin

by Matt Dinniman

1,015 members

22 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: Rtrace, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Love in a Cold Climate

by Nancy Mitford

1,858 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, Laura1124

34

She Who Remains

by Rene Karabash

70 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Opinionated, PaulCranswick

35

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman

564 members

9 reviews

3.9

3 Members: midnightblues, cabyrum, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Elena Knows

by Claudia Piñeiro

574 members

32 reviews

4.1

2 Members: elkiedee, EmmCee20244
Explanations: elkiedee: Finished 03.02.26; Library paperback

37

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

15,879 members

278 reviews

4.2

2 Members: briarhills, SirThomas

38

Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy

2,243 members

94 reviews

4.1

2 Members: peterveen, ahef1963

39

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

by George R. R. Martin

4,029 members

85 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, trantor

40

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

7,511 members

134 reviews

4.1

2 Members: midnightblues, mattries37315

41

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory - short story

by Martha Wells

927 members

49 reviews

3.9

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Peace2

42

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

by Victor Hugo

16,388 members

204 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aethercowboy, PaulCranswick

43

System Collapse

by Martha Wells

2,333 members

112 reviews

4.1

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Bookwomble

44

The Novice's Tale

by Margaret Frazer

662 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, mattries37315

45

The Gathering

by Anne Enright

4,358 members

215 reviews

3.1

2 Members: aprille, EmmCee20244

46

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

3,361 members

110 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, rretzler

47

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

25,923 members

417 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ngoomie, Gnomeball

48

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,182 members

421 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, aethercowboy

49

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward

145 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Bookmarque, sturlington
Explanations: Bookmarque: End of February (13)

50

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones

1,320 members

37 reviews

4

2 Members: bookwoman84, revbean

51

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

9,694 members

414 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, Gnomeball

52

Things in Nature Merely Grow

by Yiyun Li

248 members

11 reviews

4.1

2 Members: edparks, PaulCranswick

53

Death Deserved

by Jørn Lier Horst

158 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, EmmCee20244

54

Antarctica

by Claire Keegan

633 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: booksinbed, PaulCranswick

55

Stone Yard Devotional

by Charlotte Wood

895 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, peterveen

56

The End of the World as We Know It

by Christopher Golden

415 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Bookmarque, mahsdad
Explanations: Bookmarque: End of March (15)

57

Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall

1,601 members

67 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, cabyrum

58

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

26,118 members

522 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: dara85, briarhills

59

Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi

1,771 members

54 reviews

4.1

2 Members: edparks, MDGentleReader

60

King Sorrow

by Joe Hill

688 members

21 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, peterveen

61

Transcription

by Ben Lerner

213 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: Parker51, edparks

62

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,301 members

597 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

63

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,829 members

454 reviews

4.1

Member: captainsunbeam

64

A Court of Mist and Fury

by Sarah J. Maas

17,729 members

367 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: greeneyed_ives

65

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

15,237 members

426 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Alexandro69

66

Pale Fire

by Vladimir Nabokov

8,978 members

158 reviews

4.2

Member: acousticmoose

67

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

6,360 members

385 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

68

James

by Percival Everett

5,858 members

227 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: sturlington

69

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

4,672 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: mattries37315

70

The God of the Woods

by Liz Moore

4,652 members

157 reviews

4

Member: bookwoman84

71

Seeing

by José Saramago

3,154 members

67 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aprille

72

Spring Snow

by Yukio Mishima

2,915 members

43 reviews

4.1

Member: EmmCee20244

73

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield

1,777 members

80 reviews

3.8

Member: baaic

74

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

by Ursula K. Le Guin

923 members

40 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mahsdad

75

The Kingdom

by Jo Nesbø

803 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: zottel

76

Cuba: An American History

by Ada Ferrer

536 members

7 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: AnotherAge

77

The Director

by Daniel Kehlmann

494 members

22 reviews

4.1

Member: Parker51

78

The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories

by Gianni Rodari

459 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: fundevogel

79

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 21: Ancient Memories

by Koyoharu Gotouge

442 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: aethercowboy

80

The House Saphir

by Marissa Meyer

378 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cabyrum, Peace2

81

Crossroads of Ravens

by Andrzej Sapkowski

291 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: Gnomeball

82

Chrysalis

by Lincoln Child

273 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mazecto

83

Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador

by Felix Riesenberg Jr.

170 members

3

Member: EGBERTINA

84

Riftborne

by Bree Grenwich

167 members

2 reviews

4

Member: suelovesatx

85

The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words

by Tom Mole

158 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: briarhills

86

The Theory of Light and Matter

by Andrew Porter

138 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: edparks

87

White Like Her

by Gail Lukasik

130 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

88

Human Rites

by Juno Dawson

119 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: trantor

89

Street Magic

by Michael Reaves

110 members

3 reviews

3.2

Member: jdavidhacker

90

From Cradle to Grave

by Rhys Bowen

103 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: MDGentleReader

91

The Immortal Conquistador

by Carrie Vaughn

91 members

3 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

92

Frankenstein Dreams: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Science Fiction

by Michael Sims

75 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: being_blunt
Explanations: being_blunt: On the whole an enjoyable collection of early science fiction stories.

93

Heap Earth Upon It

by Chloe Michelle Howarth

48 members

4

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Finished 01.01.26; Kindle

94

Butter Witch

by Tess Lake

46 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: cabyrum

95

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Manhua) Vol. 13

by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

37 members

5

Member: hollythepenguin

96

Red Star Hustle / Apprehension

by Sam J. Miller

36 members

4.2

Member: Rtrace

97

Drome

by Jesse Lonergan

36 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: revbean

98

Elogio de las manos

by Jesús Carrasco

34 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: peterveen

99

Self Help

by Ben H. Winters

33 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

100

Philip Roth: Stung by Life

by Steven J. Zipperstein

18 members

3

Member: booksinbed

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