pick from my top 12 books from the first half of 2026!
What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
Loveless by Alice Oseman
Carrie by Stephen King
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
Gunk by Saba Sams
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
(in no particular order, first time reads only. also not counting some series I haven't finished yet because I like to rank those as a whole)









