Here's everything I want to (somehow) attempt to tackle in 2026! These are books that have been on my mind for a long, long time (some for literal YEARS at this point), but knowing me, I probably won't have time to get to them all. Which ones should I look to read sooner than others (your "MUST reads")? Or, are there any titles you'd recommend I replace or add? I love fantasy/sci-fi, but I'm also wanting to explore more historical fiction/thought-provoking nonfiction or narrative reads. I'm most excited for The Count of Monte Cristo, Dark Age, The Stand, The Wager, and 11/22/63!
- The Count of Monte Cristo – Alexandre Dumas
- The Shining – Stephen King
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë (I reread this every year!)
- The Iliad – Homer (planning to use Emily Wilson's translation)
- Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
- Pride & Prejudice – Jane Austen (reread)
- The Nightingale – Kristin Hannah
- The Odyssey – Homer (again, looking to use Emily Wilson's translation)
- Dark Age + Lightbringer + Red God (whenever it comes out) – Pierce Brown
- The Wager – David Grann
- All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me – Patrick Bringley
- IT – Stephen King
- The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Suzanne Collins (reread)
- Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins
- The Stand – Stephen King
- A Feast for Crows – George R.R. Martin (slowly rereading the entire series)
- A Night in the Lonesome October – Roger Zelazny
- Needful Things – Stephen King
- 11/22/63 – Stephen King
- Bloodlands – Timothy Snyder
- The Brothers Karamazov – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (also reread yearly)
- A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
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