Books Read in 2026

1

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

3,823 members

113 reviews

4.2

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

2

Carl's Doomsday Scenario

by Matt Dinniman

1,879 members

51 reviews

½ 4.3

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

3

What We Can Know

by Ian McEwan

1,084 members

35 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Parker51, rowenah, Opinionated, aethercowboy

4

The Butcher's Masquerade

by Matt Dinniman

1,280 members

26 reviews

½ 4.4

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

5

That Quail, Robert

by Margaret Stanger

614 members

19 reviews

4

3 Members: rowenah, Peace2, Dannamateo

6

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

2,767 members

123 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: edparks, PaulCranswick, 37143Birnbaum

7

The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

by Matt Dinniman

1,631 members

40 reviews

4.2

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

8

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

12,574 members

556 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: trantor, ManWithAnAgenda, ngoomie, HarlequinHavok

9

Brain Damage

by Freida McFadden

377 members

7 reviews

3.9

4 Members: cabyrum, ahef1963, lauraeldred, HarlequinHavok

10

Alchemised

by SenLinYu

3,169 members

14 reviews

4.2

3 Members: peterveen, CMSharkey, HarlequinHavok

11

The Gate of the Feral Gods

by Matt Dinniman

1,423 members

30 reviews

½ 4.3

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

12

A Drop of Corruption

by Robert Jackson Bennett

932 members

57 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: aethercowboy, ahef1963, HarlequinHavok

13

The Everlasting

by Alix E. Harrow

1,016 members

32 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, jsburbidge

14

Platform Decay

by Martha Wells

762 members

44 reviews

4

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, rretzler, Peace2

15

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama

2,300 members

103 reviews

4

2 Members: barbharper, Onj

16

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

by Matt Dinniman

1,270 members

24 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: Rtrace, midnightblues, ManWithAnAgenda, jdavidhacker

17

The Spellshop

by Sarah Beth Durst

3,466 members

78 reviews

4

3 Members: Peace2, libthing_sm, HarlequinHavok

18

Something in the Woods Loves You

by Jarod K. Anderson

143 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lauraeldred, wildflower-reads

19

A Parade of Horribles

by Matt Dinniman

545 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Rtrace, midnightblues, cabyrum, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Young Mungo

by Douglas Stuart

1,314 members

43 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, edparks, lauraeldred

21

All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

2,531 members

97 reviews

4.1

3 Members: peterveen, ahef1963, HarlequinHavok

22

Beloved

by Toni Morrison

26,463 members

447 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, acousticmoose

23

The Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman

1,371 members

59 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

316 members

17 reviews

3.2

3 Members: revbean, jdavidhacker, HarlequinHavok

25

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

by Sophie Elmhirst

672 members

27 reviews

3.9

2 Members: PaulCranswick, 37143Birnbaum

26

Red Rising

by Pierce Brown

11,727 members

492 reviews

4

3 Members: Rtrace, trantor, HarlequinHavok

27

How to Defeat a Demon King in Ten Easy Steps

by Andrew Rowe

277 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: libthing_sm, HarlequinHavok

28

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

by Martha Wells

354 members

20 reviews

3.8

4 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Bookwomble, Peace2

29

The Bright Sword

by Lev Grossman

1,132 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: bookwoman84, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Pursuit of Love

by Nancy Mitford

2,133 members

84 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, Laura1124

31

Thief of Time

by Terry Pratchett

10,832 members

128 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, briarhills, ManWithAnAgenda

32

This Inevitable Ruin

by Matt Dinniman

1,020 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

74 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Opinionated, PaulCranswick

35

Operation Bounce House

by Matt Dinniman

569 members

9 reviews

3.9

3 Members: midnightblues, cabyrum, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Elena Knows

by Claudia Piñeiro

576 members

32 reviews

4.1

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

37

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

15,886 members

279 reviews

4.2

2 Members: briarhills, SirThomas

38

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

by Heather Fawcett

689 members

22 reviews

3.9

3 Members: jsburbidge, merrystar, cabyrum

39

Wild Dark Shore

by Charlotte McConaghy

2,261 members

96 reviews

4.1

2 Members: peterveen, ahef1963

40

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

by George R. R. Martin

4,034 members

86 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rtrace, trantor

41

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons

7,517 members

134 reviews

4.1

2 Members: midnightblues, mattries37315

42

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

by Martha Wells

928 members

49 reviews

3.9

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Peace2

43

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

by Victor Hugo

16,402 members

206 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aethercowboy, PaulCranswick

44

System Collapse

by Martha Wells

2,337 members

112 reviews

4.1

3 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, merrystar, Bookwomble

45

The Novice's Tale

by Margaret Frazer

663 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: DisassemblyOfReason, mattries37315

46

The Gathering

by Anne Enright

4,359 members

215 reviews

3.1

2 Members: aprille, EmmCee20244

47

Harrow the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

3,366 members

110 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Edward, rretzler

48

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

25,940 members

418 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ngoomie, Gnomeball

49

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,189 members

421 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, aethercowboy

50

Nowhere Burning

by Catriona Ward

145 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

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

51

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones

1,325 members

38 reviews

4

2 Members: bookwoman84, revbean

52

Leviathan Wakes

by James S. A. Corey

9,702 members

414 reviews

4.1

2 Members: rretzler, Gnomeball

53

Things in Nature Merely Grow

by Yiyun Li

248 members

11 reviews

4.1

2 Members: edparks, PaulCranswick

54

Death Deserved

by Jørn Lier Horst

158 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, EmmCee20244

55

Antarctica

by Claire Keegan

634 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: booksinbed, PaulCranswick

56

Stone Yard Devotional

by Charlotte Wood

897 members

41 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aprille, peterveen

57

The End of the World as We Know It

by Christopher Golden

416 members

15 reviews

3.8

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

58

Broken Country

by Clare Leslie Hall

1,625 members

67 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, cabyrum

59

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

26,137 members

522 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: dara85, briarhills

60

Theo of Golden

by Allen Levi

1,807 members

55 reviews

4.1

2 Members: edparks, MDGentleReader

61

King Sorrow

by Joe Hill

696 members

21 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, peterveen

62

Transcription

by Ben Lerner

219 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: Parker51, edparks

63

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,323 members

597 reviews

4.1

Member: ngoomie

64

The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,844 members

455 reviews

4.1

Member: captainsunbeam

65

A Court of Mist and Fury

by Sarah J. Maas

17,774 members

368 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: greeneyed_ives

66

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

by Alexander McCall Smith

15,246 members

426 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Alexandro69

67

Pale Fire

by Vladimir Nabokov

8,991 members

159 reviews

4.2

Member: acousticmoose

68

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker

6,370 members

386 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

69

James

by Percival Everett

5,891 members

228 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: sturlington

70

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

4,676 members

36 reviews

3.9

Member: mattries37315

71

The God of the Woods

by Liz Moore

4,590 members

158 reviews

4

Member: bookwoman84

72

Seeing

by José Saramago

3,156 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aprille

73

Spring Snow

by Yukio Mishima

2,913 members

44 reviews

4.1

Member: EmmCee20244

74

Our Wives Under the Sea

by Julia Armfield

1,782 members

80 reviews

3.8

Member: baaic

75

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

by Ursula K. Le Guin

925 members

40 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mahsdad

76

The Kingdom

by Jo Nesbø

803 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: zottel

77

Cuba: An American History

by Ada Ferrer

538 members

7 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: AnotherAge

78

The Director

by Daniel Kehlmann

497 members

23 reviews

4

Member: Parker51

79

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

by Gianni Rodari

459 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: fundevogel

80

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

by Koyoharu Gotouge

442 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: aethercowboy

81

The House Saphir

by Marissa Meyer

382 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cabyrum, Peace2

82

Crossroads of Ravens

by Andrzej Sapkowski

293 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: Gnomeball

83

Chrysalis

by Lincoln Child

273 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mazecto

84

Riftborne

by Bree Grenwich

171 members

2 reviews

4

Member: suelovesatx

85

Balboa: Swordsman and Conquistador

by Felix Riesenberg Jr.

170 members

3

Member: EGBERTINA

86

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

by Tom Mole

157 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: briarhills

87

The Theory of Light and Matter

by Andrew Porter

138 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: edparks

88

White Like Her

by Gail Lukasik

130 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

89

Human Rites

by Juno Dawson

120 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: trantor

90

Street Magic

by Michael Reaves

110 members

3 reviews

3.2

Member: jdavidhacker

91

From Cradle to Grave

by Rhys Bowen

104 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: MDGentleReader

92

The Immortal Conquistador

by Carrie Vaughn

91 members

3 reviews

4

Member: DisassemblyOfReason

93

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.

94

Heap Earth Upon It

by Chloe Michelle Howarth

48 members

4

Member: elkiedee
Explanations: elkiedee: Finished 01.01.26; Kindle

95

Butter Witch

by Tess Lake

46 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: cabyrum

96

Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

by R. W. Chambers

43 members

5

Member: jsburbidge

97

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

by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

37 members

5

Member: hollythepenguin

98

Drome

by Jesse Lonergan

37 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: revbean

99

Red Star Hustle / Apprehension

by Sam J. Miller

35 members

4.2

Member: Rtrace

100

Elogio de las manos

by Jesús Carrasco

34 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: peterveen

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