Books I read in 2026
Living document of all the books I enjoyed this year.
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid (D'uh!)
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (I love her writing and this family story is no exception. Quirky yet relatable characters and such great, concise descriptions.)
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein (Naomi Klein digs into the idea of doppelgängers after she keeps getting confused with Naomi Wolf. Part memoir, part analysis of recent history.)
The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller (Historical fiction about two couples in 1962/63 England during a particularly strong winter. Lots of smoking and the war's still on everyone's mind.)
The Sisters by Jonas Hassen Khemiri (A little long and convoluted but loved the way the author went back and forth with the different characters.)
The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith (I've read and enjoyed all the previous books in the series but I stopped halfway through with this one.)
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash (Very dark, very funny, quite absurd and so good.)
After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian (Beautiful historical fiction about New York in the late 60s at the height of the counterculture.)
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser (My favorite book of the year so far. Absolutely mind-blowing Cinderella story told from the view of the stepmother. Quite dark towards the end but not what you expect at all.)
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (A love story and family saga interweaving India and the US, old and young, rich and poor.)
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith (Non-fiction about animal consciousness, specifically in Octopuses.)
The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Soling (A tentatively uplifting read about the state of the world.)
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good (Absolutely devastating novel about the mission schools in Canada and the US. Gutting read but a very valuable history lesson.)
How to be a Renaissance Woman by Jill Burke (Well-researched book about femininity and feminism in Europe 1400-1600 AD.)
Currently reading: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans