Here's a list of all the books read in 2026 with goals and links to my reviews.
FICTION (excluding crime fiction)
Goodreads goal for total read in 2026: 105.
Of these, 61-100 will be new books published in 2026 for the New Release Reading Challenge at The Chocolate Lady's Book Blog (marked with an asterisk)
A Private Man by Stephanie Sy-Quia, 4, *
Blade by Wendy Walker, 3.5, *
Crescendo by Jane Healey
Everyone is Still Alive by Cathy Retzenbrink, 3.5
Fallout by Eleanor Anstruther *
Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne
Room 706 by Ellie Levenson, 3,5, *
The Boleyn Secret by Alison Weir, 4*
The Dying Light by Ann Cleeves*
The Family Friend by Claire Douglas, 4 out of 5 *
The High Island by Lin Anderson*
The Hollow Boys by Tariq Ashkanani, 4 out of 5*
The Island Retreat by Cathy Kelly, 4, *
The League of Lonely War Women by Andie Newton, 4, *
The News from Dublin by Colm Tóibín, 5 stars *
The Truth about Ruby Cooper by Liz Nugent, 5 stars *
The Way Home by Amanda Prowse, 4 stars *
The Wise Witch of Orkney by Anna Caig, 4, *
Secrets Between Friends by Sheila O'Flanagan, 4 out of 5, *
Should Have Told you Sooner by Jane Ward, 4, *
Sisters of the Midnight Sun by Fiona Valpy*
Sky City by Jacqueline Crooks*
Taiwan Travelogue*
Tribe by Gary Shapero, 4 stars *
Crime Fiction
NON-FICTION
Goal: 12 books in the 2026 categories from Shelleyrae's challenge #ReadNonFicChal at Book'd Out.
Eight by Paul Gascoigne (memoir)
Hollywood Whispers by Eileen Cope
Hungry Eyes by Dawn O'Porter
MENOlicious by Belles Berry and Mariella Frostrup
The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2026 (nature)
The Anti-Inflammatory 30 Day Reset by Sophie Richards (diet/lifestyle)
The Baby Farm Murderer by Stephen Jakobi, 3 out of 5
The Waterlands by Stephen Rutt , 4 out of 5
The Wives of Henry VIII by Jessica Carey-Bunning (history), 4 out of 5
The Great Good Places by Margaret Drabble, 4
Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry, 5
The Age Rebellion: Supercharge the Second Half of Your Life by Lyndsey Simpson
Fibre Power by Emily Leeming
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