Donna Davis's votes on the list Best Books of 2026

Listopia > Donna Davis's votes on the list Best Books of 2026 (42 Books)

1	The Hadacol Boogie (Dave Robicheaux, #25) by James Lee Burke 4.03 avg rating — 3,674 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 875 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Returns and Exchanges by Kayla Rae Whitaker (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 922 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Keeper (Cal Hooper #3) by Tana French (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 40,501 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A River Red with Blood (Charlie Parker, #23) by John Connolly (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 3,855 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen 3.90 avg rating — 38,556 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	A Good Animal by Sara Maurer (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 9,589 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	God's Country (Cork O'Connor, #21 ) by William Kent Krueger (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 8,410 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy, #3) by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 7,267 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Briars by Sarah Crouch (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 4,885 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Astral Library by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 107,617 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Take Me with You by Steven Rowley (Goodreads Author) 3.54 avg rating — 6,311 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Country People by Daniel Mason (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 18,323 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks 4.01 avg rating — 2,742 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	True Crime: A Memoir by Patricia Cornwell (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 4,185 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Sunrise by Téa Obreht (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 2,785 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders 3.74 avg rating — 7,503 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Missing Sister by Joshilyn Jackson (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 3,851 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Creek, The Crone, and the Crow by Leah Weiss (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,157 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Platform Decay (The Murderbot Diaries, #8) by Martha Wells (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 39,692 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Half Life by Rachel Beanland (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,608 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Wildwood (Northwoods, #2) by Amy Pease (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,510 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Vigil by George Saunders 3.42 avg rating — 28,130 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Marion by Leah Rowan (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 6,756 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Murder at the Spirit Lounge (Nora Breen Investigates, #2) by Jess Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,490 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Crone by Keith Rosson (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 4,039 ratings Donna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	You’ll Love It Here by Natalie Sue (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 6,356 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Frenzy: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates 3.62 avg rating — 879 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Free and the Dead: The Untold Story of the Black Seminole Chief, the Indigenous Rebel, and America's Forgotten War by Jamie Holmes (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 91 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Jigsaw (Alex Delaware #41) by Jonathan Kellerman 4.09 avg rating — 12,228 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Bad Company by Sara Paretsky (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 206 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Fetal Position by Carolyn Huynh (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 172 ratings Donna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Unfinished Work by Jeff Shaara 4.53 avg rating — 39 ratings Donna added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke 3.82 avg rating — 1,158,788 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Fallen for France by Elizabeth Letts (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 549 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 10,428 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future by Caitlin Vincent (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 183 ratings Donna rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Tidal Wave: The Pilot, the Princess, and the Enemy Ace--the Unlikely Alliance that Launched the Great Escape of WWII by Adam Makos (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 22 ratings Donna rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	True North: On the Road in Canada by Paul Theroux 3.76 avg rating — 147 ratings Donna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Rabbit Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 312 ratings Donna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Friends and Family by Natalie Baszile 4.20 avg rating — 2,001 ratings Donna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	An Unexpected Life: A Memoir by Gloria Steinem 4.19 avg rating — 1,419 ratings Donna added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars