I did pretty well with my October 2026 TBR. I finished half of my priority reads and all of my hopeful reads. However, I realized I’d run out of time to read the last book in the Throne of Glass series, so I threw everything else out the door to focus on that. I still have yet to finish it, but I’ve made great progress. So obviously that book is in my November 2026 TBR.

Priority Reads

KINGDOM OF ASH by Sarah J. Maas: I essentially have a whole “normal-length” book’s worth left to read here. At nearly 1,000 pages, it’s taking me two weeks to get through this. (Which isn’t surprising because it’s essentially three books’ length.) But honestly, I don’t mind and I’m savoring it. I can see why this is many folks’ favorite SJM series.

A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY by Sarah J. Maas: I plan to read this book immediately after I finish KoA. It is so hard to avoid spoilers on bookstagram and I already had to mute a person on there. Hopefully I at least remember some of what happened in the last ACOTAR book! (No spoilers, please. I also don’t even want to know if you liked or disliked it. I want to go in with no bias instilled into me from others.)

TAKE MY WORD FOR IT by LeVar Burton: I started this ARC last month and read ~30% of it, but put it down to focus on KoA. This book comes out next week, but since I have to read ACOSH next, I doubt I’ll finish this ARC by then. Since Patrick Stewart recently passed away, now I’m looking forward even more to when Burton discusses his time on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

THE FAERIE HANDMAID by Louisa Morgan: I have a handful of ARCs from Orbit that I haven’t read, yet they’ve been out for a while. I feel bad…sorry, Orbit! As I mentioned last month, I really enjoyed THE FAERIE MORGANA and hope I like Morgan’s latest just as much. “When the new king of Camelud is cursed, a magicless handmaid must embrace her own power and save the kingdom in this spellbinding coming-of-age tale from Louisa Morgan.“

Hopeful Reads

A VOICE LIKE MINE by Deb Haaland: I started reading this memoir last month. It’s not a priority read, but it’s what I have on deck via audiobook right now. I did a lot of chores yesterday, so I hit the 75% mark. “Former cabinet secretary, organizer, congresswoman, and New Mexico 2026 gubernatorial Democratic nominee Deb Haaland shares her story, offering a powerful and personal look at what it means to be “the first.””

I CHEERFULLY REFUSE by Leif Enger: A family member gifted me this book, and while I’d like to read it with my eyeballs, it’s not as high a priority for me as other books I have. So, audiobook it is, and it’s next on deck for me in Libby. “Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife.”

IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES by Katherine Rundell: Lately I’ve been craving something a little lighter and easier to read, this book being one of them. I don’t know if I’ll have time to get to it this month, so this is a stretch goal. But hopefully I can let my brain rest a bit and read some fun middle grade/younger YA fantasy. I have a physical copy of this, so it’ll also be nice to check another book off the list. “Two kids race to save the world’s last magical place in this instant classic from “a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination.” (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass)“