52 Books in 2026

(I’m going to add Amazon affiliate links to my list slowly over time.)

(Bold means finished) (*denotes a book on my “Recommended by Friends 2024” list)

1. Carbs and Cadavers by Ellery Adams
2. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
3. On Tyranny
4. We Will Not Cancel Us by adrienne marie brown
5. Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
6. The Women by Kristin Hannah
7. House of Earth & Blood, Part 1 by Sarah J. Maas
8. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
9. Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
10. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
11. I Won’t Shut Up by Ally Henny
12. Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspe
13. *Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
14. *The Giver by Lois Lowry
15. *Insomnia by Stephen King (in process)
16. *Classic Collection of Short Stories by John Steinbeck
17. *Summerland by Michael Chabon
18. *Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
19. *Believe Me by Eddie Izzard (in process)
20. *Star of Life by Rick Ellyn
21. *The Language of Bodies by Suzanne Dewitt Hall
22. *The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
23. *Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
24. *Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
25. *The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
26. *The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
27. *The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi
28. *The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood
29. *Transformations by Anne Sexton
30. *Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
31. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
32. Eleanor and Hick by Susan Quinn (in process)
33. Come as you are by Emily Nagoski
34. Unexpected Stories by Octavia Butler
35. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
36. The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
37. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
38. I will always write back by Caitlin Alifrenka
39. In the Lateness of the World by Carolyn Forche
40. Conflict is not abuse by Sarah Schulman
41. Let’s talk about hard things by Anna Sale
42. The Sacred Enneagram by Christopher L. Heuertz
43. The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna
44. Making a Living without a job by Barbara J. Winter
45. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
46. Divine Rebels by Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey
47. All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge by Nathan Monk
48. Russian Sleeper Cell by Nathan Monk
49. Your Children Are Very Greatly in Danger by Justin Murphy
50. Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
51. The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll
52. Hope by Marc Levy
53. The Code Breaker by Isaac Isaacson
54. Evicted by Matthew Desmond
55. Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
56. No Walls and the Recurring Dream by Ani DiFranco
57. Building a Story Brand by Donald Miller
58. Money Making Mom by Crystal Paine
59. Bone Music by Christopher Rice
60. The Flux by Ferrett Steinmetz
61. Rain Girl by Gabi Kreslehner
62. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
63. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
64. The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
65. How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge by Clay Scroggins
66. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van der Kolk
67. Becoming by Michelle Obama
68. Nonbinary. Memoirs of Gender and Identity
69. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
70. A Demon in my view by Ruth Rendell
71. Ordinary People by Judith Guest
72. 1776 by David McCullough
73. The Virgin of Prince Street by Sonja Livingston
74. The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
75. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
76. A Season in Hell by Rimbaud
77. The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
78. Killer Reunion by G.A. McKevett
79. The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
80. Sami Blood
81. The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl
82. Alfons Mucha 1860-1939 : master of art nouveau by Renate Ulmer
83. The little old lady who broke all the rules by Catherina Ingelman-Sundberg
84. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
85. More Myself by Alicia Keys
86. Beloved by Toni Morrison
87. American Dirt
88. The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
89. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
90. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
91. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
92. A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
93. How to argue with a racist by Adam Rutherford