2026 – 104 titles read (by Marissa)
(F – fiction, NF – nonfiction, AB – audiobook, GN – graphic novel, K – Kindle, E – Edelweiss)
Adams, Taylor. Her Last Breath. F, K.
Aikens, Sue. North of Ordinary. NF, E.
Albom, Mitch. Twice. F, AB.
Anders, Adriana. Dom Com. F, K.
Andrews, Alexandra. The Fine Art of Lying. F, K.
Aoyama, Michiko. What You Are Looking For Is In the Library. F.
Arnott, Elizabeth. The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives. F, K.
Bartz, Andrea. Last Ferry Out. F, AB.
Benoit, Sophie. The Very Definition of Love. F, AB.
Block, Stefan Merrill. Homeschooled.
Bohjalian, Chris. The Amateur. F, K.
Broad, Kate. Greenwich. F, AB.
Brocket, Jane. Turkish Delight & Treasure Hunts. NF.
Brower, Beth. The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 1. F, AB.
Burden, Belle. Strangers. NF, AB.
Burke, Caro Claire. Yesteryear. F, K.
Calder, Jem. I Want You to Be Happy. F, K.
Cash, Madeline. Lost Lambs. F, K.
Castellano, Elizabeth. Proof of Progress. F, K.
Cavanaugh, Steve. Witness 8. F, AB.
Center, Katherine. The Shippers. F, K.
Church, Meagan. The Mad Wife. F, E.
Clarke, Evelyn. The Ending Writes Itself. F, K.
Cleeson, Chanel. An Infinite Love Story. F, K.
Crum, Tiffany. This Story Might Save Your Life. F, K.
Damoff, Sarah. The Burning Side. F, AB.
Engel, Isabelle. Most Eligible. F, AB.
Ezuma, Tiffany. Major Gift. F, K.
Fallon, Rebecca. Family Drama. F, AB.
Farrant, MAC. Seventy-Two Seasons. NF, E.
Fay, Kim. Kate & Frida. F.
Fennelly, Beth Ann. The Irish Goodbye. NF, K.
Feret-Fleury, Christine. The Girl Who Reads on the Metro. F, AB.
Finlay, Alex. The Anniversary. F, AB.
Gage, Beverly. This Land Is Your Land. NF, K.
George, Jessica. Love By the Book. F, AB.
Ginder, Grant. So Old, So Young. F, K.
Glass, Seraphina Nova. Too Close to Home. F, AB.
Glatt, John. The Family Next Door. NF, K.
Grant, Stephen Starring. Mailman. NF, K.
Hall, Araminta. Unreliable Narrator. F, K.
Hana, Kim & Sunwoo, Hwang. Two Women Living Together. NF, E.
Harper, Jane. Last One Out. F, K.
Helle, Helle. They. F, K.
Hepworth, Sally. Mad Mabel. F, K.
Hibbert, Talia. A Girl Like Her. F, K.
Hochhauser, Rachel. Lady Tremaine. F, K.
Holsinger, Bruce. Culpability. F, AB.
Jackson, Jenny. The Shampoo Effect. F, K.
Jackson, Joshilyn. Missing Sister. F, E.
Jimenez, Abby. The Night We Met. F, K.
Jones, Dan. The Wars of the Roses. NF, K.
Jones, Tayari. Kin. F, K.
Keefe, Patrick Radden. London Falling. NF, K.
King, Kirsten. A Good Person. F, K.
Kline, Christina Baker. The Foursome. F, K.
Knoll, Jessica. Helpless. F, K.
Kubica, Mary. It’s Not Her. F, E.
Laurain, Antoine. The Reader’s Room. F, K.
Lauren, Christina. The Romance Revival. F, K.
Lawson, Jenny. How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay. NF, E.
Lee, Susan. Julia Song is Undateable. F, AB.
Littlewood, Fran. The Accidental Favorite. F, AB.
Mackintosh, Clare. The Butler. F, E.
Malicka, Phillipa. In Her Defense. F, K.
Mason, Meg. Sophie, Standing There. F, K.
Maum, Courtney. Alan Opts Out. F, K.
Maurer, Sara. A Good Animal. F, K.
McAllister, Gillian. Caller Unknown. F, AB.
McCann, Eli. Stitched. F, E.
McCreight, Kimberly. Someone Else’s Husband. F, K.
McFadden, Freida. Want to Know a Secret? F, AB.
Meyers, Laura Marie. The Mash Up. F, K.
Mills, Miranda. The Country Commonplace Book. NF.
Muenter, Olivia. Little One. F, K.
Murray, Jo. Dissection of a Murder. F, K.
Neyenesch, Cassandra. A Little Bit Bad. F, AB.
O’Leary, Beth. The Name Game. F, K.
Page, Libby. This Book Made Me Think of You. F, AB.
Patchett, Ann. Whistler. F, K.
Perrotta, Tom. Ghost Town. F, K.
Picoult, Jodi. Hollow Bones. F, K.
Poston, Ashley. Sounds Like Love. F, AB.
Quindlen, Anna. More Than Enough. F, AB.
Rees, Emlyn & Lloyd, Josie. You & Me and You & Me and You & Me. F, K.
Roe, Lisa. Big & Lily. F, E.
Scobie, Omid & Benway, Robin. Royal Spin. F, AB.
Sedaris, David. The Land and Its People. NF, K.
Sheinmel, Alyssa. Such Sheltered Lives. F, AB.
Shipman, Violet. The Page Turner. F, AB.
Stevens, Chevy. The Hitchhikers. F, AB.
Straub, Emma. American Fantasy. F, K.
Strout, Elizabeth. The Things We Never Say. F, K.
Sue, Natalie. You’ll Love It Here. F, K.
Sweeney, Cynthia D’Aprix. Lake Effect. F, K.
Torenberg, Lior. Just Watch Me. F, AB.
Tung, Debbie. Quiet Girl in a Noisy World & Everything is Okay. NF, GN.
Walsh, Catherine. How to Write a Love Story. F, AB.
Walsh, Rosie. The One Day You Were My Husband. F, K.
Wayne, Teddy. The Au Pair. F, E.
Whitaker, Chris. All the Colors of the Dark. F, AB.
Winstead, Ashley. The Future Saints. F, K.
Wilstead, Ashley. Hot Girl Murder Club. F, K.
Zhang, Jenny Tinghui. Superfan. F, AB.
(Just putting a wee gallery here of my fave reads so far of the year…)
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