Top 10 Books of 2026 (They're Too Good)

I think it is absolutely beautiful, and it's something that I at some point will be sharing with my kids, and I will definitely be reading it again. Cannot recommend this highly enough.

This is a character reader's dream series and also a concept reader's dream series. The magic system of this merged with the sci-fi and technology aspects of the story is just brought into such a masterful balance.

I just think this is a delightful manga. There are only eight volumes, so it's very short, and this is something that I would recommend for somebody who isn't as familiar with manga.

This is a character reader's dream series and also a concept reader's dream series. The magic system of this merged with the sci-fi and technology aspects of the story is just brought into such a masterful balance.

Dragon's Path and King's Blood, books 1 and 2, were pretty close to equal in experience for me, but there's some specific scenes in this second book that pushes it ahead of the first just a little bit, especially towards the end.

This one really surprised me. I really enjoyed it. I thought that the world building and the characters were really fascinating and yeah, this was a good read.

And this collection of short stories really blew my mind. It was my first experience with this author and I can tell you that it made me way more excited to read the rest of his work.

I had also read there was a novella prequel novella to this called the scour that I also read and I enjoyed that fairly well especially because we get a little bit of a backstage look at Von Vault before this book starts as a younger judge which I enjoyed.

I did continue on with the series and read book two, the second book really hit a nose dive for me and I didn't love it nearly as much as book one.

Dragon's Path and King's Blood, books 1 and 2, were pretty close to equal in experience for me, but there's some specific scenes in this second book that pushes it ahead of the first just a little bit, especially towards the end. There is a character moment in book 2 that had me just full chills.

I highly recommend this. I think this is an incredible little fantasy book and I'm very impressed with the story that she's able to tell in the short amount of pages that she does.

This is a character reader's dream series and also a concept reader's dream series. The magic system of this merged with the sci-fi and technology aspects of the story is just brought into such a masterful balance.

I absolutely loved this book. It is so wholesome and so beautiful.