2026 in Books

April

22. Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami

21. The Persian Boy Mary Renault

20. The Bridge of San Luis Rey –Thornton Wilder

19. Unwritten Women

18. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir

March | International Women’s Month

Reading and Marching On

17. In Diamond Square Merce Rodoreda

16. The Nights are Quiet in Tehran Shida Bazyar

15. Regarding the Pain of Others Susan Sontag

14. House of Day, House of Night Olga Tokarczuk

13. The Afghans Asne Seierstad

12. Restoration Ave Barrera

February

February Between and Beyond Book Covers

11. A Horse at Night: On Writing Amina Cain

10. The Piano Cemetery Jose Luis Peixoto

9. Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell

8. Memoirs of an Art Forger Julian Tiongson, Jr.

7. A Mountain to the North, A Lake to the South, Paths to the West, A River to the East Laszlo Krasznahorkai

January

“‘No books!’ I exclaimed. ‘How do you contrive to live here without them? …take my books away, and I should be desperate!’” — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

6. The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri

5. A Calamity of Noble Houses Amira Ghenim

4. A View from the Ground Atom Araullo

3. In a Strange Room Damon Galgut