26 Must Read Books to Read in 2026!

I read Daughter of the Forest at the beginning of 2024, and it blew me away. It was one of the fastest five stars I've given a book in a long time, and I bought pretty much all of her books after reading it, and I still haven't gotten to any of her other work, which is a tragedy, and I feel so upset with myself that I haven't read any more of her books since then, but we're going to rectify that in 2026 with Heart's Blood, which is a standalone, and this is her take on the Beauty and the Beast retelling, which I cannot wait for because I'm just so curious to see what she's going to do with that particular fairy tale, and in her very intelligent way, she's going to make it really interesting, and she's going to explore some things within that I think are going to be really thought-provoking, which I'm looking forward to.

I had a fantastic time with Northanger Abbey last year, which was my first official Jane Austen read and it surprised me how much I enjoyed it and her wit and just the way she so deeply understood the people of her time was really fun to read and I have heard amazing things about persuasion.

I know I you know, I really was so frustrated with the Stormlight Archive's direction during the end of Oathbringer and into Rhythm of War, and I had read so much of Brandon Sanderson's work that I just needed a big old break.

I know I you know, I really was so frustrated with the Stormlight Archive's direction during the end of Oathbringer and into Rhythm of War, and I had read so much of Brandon Sanderson's work that I just needed a big old break.

It's set in his own world, , but it doesn't have a strong or any magical presence in especially the book that I just read this last year, The Company, which I absolutely loved.

I liked his storytelling style pretty well. I just didn't love the story and how it was handled, some of the character choices that were made. It just didn't land very well for me.