Bookish Goals in 2026

Bookish goals for 2025 are out and now it’s time for my bookish goals in 2026. Although, to be perfectly honest, my bookish goals for 2026 are very similar with some goal posts just moved up a bit. I removed a couple, though, mainly because I don’t feel like doing them regularly, which is a good enough reason for me!

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Favorite Backlist Books of 2025

Earlier this week I posted a list of my favorite books published in 2025 that I read last year. To continue on that topic, today I have a list of my favorite backlist books of 2025. These are books I read last year that were published prior to 2025. Only one of these received a 5-star rating from me. But all of them are books I really enjoyed, obviously, since they’re on this list. The titles link to my review if I reviewed it. If I didn’t review it, then the title links to the Bookshop.org synopsis webpage.

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Favorite Books Published in 2025

In January 2025 I made a list of my favorite books published in 2024. So I thought I’d continue this new tradition on my blog with a list of my favorite books published in 2025. None of these received five stars from me (I’m rather stingy with my 5-star ratings), but I still enjoyed them quite a bit. Each of the titles links to my review, if I reviewed it. If I didn’t review it, then the book title links to Bookshop.org for a full synopsis.

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January 2026 TBR

Happy New Year, everyone! To start off my January 2026 TBR, I plan to first focus on the two ARCs I have with January publication dates. I took a three-month hiatus at the end of 2025 to focus on books I purchased and it was lovely to do so. So the ARCs are my priority reads with the rest included below as hopefuls. I’ve been thinking it’d be fun to choose one nonfiction, one book subscription, and one random book from my shelves to read each month in addition to any potential ARCs. It’s not easy to avoid the shiny distraction of new releases, but I need to try better to get through my own physical backlog!

Anyway, with that said, here’s my January 2026 TBR.

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January 2026 Book Releases

There are a lot of interesting (to me) January 2026 book releases that I’m excited for. There are so many that it would have been nice to see them spaced out with the December 2025 book releases! Anyway, there’s no way I’ll get to all of these, especially not anytime soon. But it is fun to see what books are in the pipeline. And the January 2026 book releases look excellent! As usual, most of the list below consists of fantasy books, but there is a sprinkling of books from other genres that intrigued me. So take a look!

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