January

  • Wives Like Us by Plum Sykes | ★★★★☆
  • Persephone's Curse by Katrina Leno | ★★★☆☆
  • Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez | ★★★★★
  • Heart the Lover by Lily King | ★★★★★
  • Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera | ★★★★☆
  • The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd Robinson | ★★★★☆
  • The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett | ★★★☆☆
  • Bog Queen by Anna North | ★★★★☆
  • Diavola by Jennifer Thorne | ★★★★☆
  • The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake by Rachel Linden | ★★☆☆☆
  • Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards | ★★★★★
  • The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean | ★★★☆☆
  • Discontent by Beatriz Serrano | ★★★☆☆

February

  • The Fox Wife by Yangszee Choo | ★★★☆☆
  • Intemperence by Sonora Jha | ★★★★★
  • One Thousand and One Nights by Hanan Al-Shaykh | ★★★★☆
  • The Compound by Aisling Rawle | ★★★★☆
  • Fire Sword and Sea by Vanessa Riley | ★★★☆☆
  • Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin | ★★★★☆
  • Vigil by George Saunders | ★★★☆☆
  • A Game of Cones by Abbey Collette | ★★★☆☆
  • Kindred by Octavia Butler | ★★★★★
  • Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad (bookclub read) | ★★★★☆
  • The Murder at World's End by Ross Montgomery | ★★★★★
  • The Catch by Yrsa Daley-Ward | ★★★★☆
  • When the Museum is Closed by Emi Yagi | ★★★☆☆
  • Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston | ★★★☆☆
  • The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad | ★★★★★
  • The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson | ★★★★☆
  • Three Days In June by Anne Tyler | ★★★☆☆
  • The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho | ★★★★☆

March

  • The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş | ★★★★★
  • Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov | ★★★★★
  • Under the Stars by Beatriz Williams | ★★★☆☆
  • Sister, Sinner by Claire Hoffman | ★★★★☆
  • Possession by A.S. Byatt | ★★★★★
  • Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash | ★★★★★
  • The Red Tent by Anita Diamant | ★★★★☆
  • Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy | ★★★☆☆
  • The Dark Sisters by Kristi DeMeester | ★★★☆☆
  • The Hypocrite by Jo Hamya | ★★★☆☆
  • Katharine of Aragon, Spanish Princess by Heather R. Darsie | ★★★★☆
  • Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by Alison Weir | ★☆☆☆☆
  • A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang | ★★★★★

April

  • The Beheading Game by Rebecca Lehmann | ★★★★☆
  • Clutch by Emily Nemens | ★★★☆☆
  • Rouge by Mona Awad | ★★★★☆
  • Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg | ★★★☆☆
  • I Love You Don't Die by Jade Song | ★★★★☆
  • The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk | ★★★★☆
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova | ★★★★★
  • Zeal by Morgan Jenkins | ★★★★★
  • Brawler by Lauren Groff | ★★★★★
  • Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher | ★★★★☆
  • Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith | ★★★☆☆
  • Westward Women by Alice Martin | ★★★☆☆

May

  • The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke | ★★★☆☆
  • The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden | ★★☆☆☆
  • The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow | ★★★☆☆
  • She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan | ★★★★☆
  • Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding | ★★☆☆☆
  • The Fountain by Casey Scieszka | ★★★★☆
  • Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke | ★★★★★
  • Bad Cree by Jessica Johns | ★★★★☆

—tbr

jan 27 2026 ∞
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