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2026 Booklover’s Combat Full Character Archetypes List
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Protagonist/Comedic relief: Read a book with a character known for being funny or cracking jokes.
Antagonist/ Trickster: Read a book with a trickster character.
2026 Booklover’s Combat The Hero's Journey Books
✔️ The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - 01.02.2026
✔️ Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - 01.04.2026
✔️ Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
✔️ Godkiller by Hannah Kaner - 01.26.2026
✔️ Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - 03.09.2026
📚 The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe
✔️ The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 04.09.2026
✔️ All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu - 05.27.2026
✔️ Birth of a Dynasty by Chinaza Bado - 04.20.2026
✔️ Outlaw Planet by M.R. Carey - 05.17.2026
📚 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
✔️ We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - 05.19.2026
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Antuna's Story really fits for Multi-Cultural Alien Planet
2026 Booklover's CombatBonus Quest Points
✔️ Ordinary World: Read an SFF/horror book that begins in a modern-day, realistic setting, but then shifts to a more fantastical, futuristic, or horrific setting - The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig - 02.15.2026
✔️ Call to Adventure: Read a book where the main character leaves their home to complete a quest or go on an adventure - The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov - 04.10.2026
2026 Read the Season Portuguese Editionprimavera (Spring)
3/20 - 6/10/26
primavera (Spring) (view spoiler)
Sexta-feira Santa - Good Friday (April 3)
S: Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan - 04.05.2026
E: Every Version of You by Grace Chan - 04.25.2026
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T: Finishing Touches by Thomas Tessier - 04.29.2026
A: "Seasons of Glass and Iron" by Amal El-Mohtar in Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 - 04.02.2026
F: Fever House by Keith Rosson - 04.16.2026
E: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 05.11.2026
I: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov - 05.17.2026
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A: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov - 04.10.2026
S: Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner - 04.25.2026
A: “The Green Book” by Amal El-Mohtar in Apex Magazine, Issue 18, November 2010 - 04.03.2026
N: The Night Ocean by H.P. Lovecraft and Rolbert Barlow - 03.21.2026
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A: All That We See or Seem by Ken Liu - 05.27.2026
Domingo de Páscoa - Easter Sunday (April 5)
D: The Devil's Apprentice by Kenneth B. Andersen - 03.21.2026
O: "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" by Brooke Bolander in Uncanny Magazine Issue 13: November/December 2016 - 04.02.2026
M: Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World by Michael E. Mann - 05.11.2026
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N: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo - 03.20.2026
G: Savages by Greg F. Gifune - 04.15.2026
O: "On the Impurity of Dragon-kind" in Uncanny Magazine Issue 29: July/August 2019 by Marie Brennan - 05.16.2026
D: Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose - 03.28.2026
E: The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim - 05.31.2026
P: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - 04.04.2026
A: About a Place in the Kinki Region by Sesuji - 05.30.2026
S: Solaris by Stanisław Lem - 04.11.2026
C: Birth of a Dynasty by Chinaza Bado - 4.20.2026
O: Outlaw Planet by M.R. Carey - 05.17.2026
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Dia da Liberdade - Freedom Day (April 25)
D: House of Monstrous Women by Daphne Fama - 05.08.2026
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Read the Month Portuguese Editionjunho (June)
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Team Horror
Books Read: 24/24
Demons & Possessions (view spoiler)[
✔️ Demonic Influence- Read a book where a character is influenced or possessed by a demon or devil - Road of Bones by Christopher Golden - 01.08.2026
✔️ Pact with a Devil- Read a book with a contract of any kind on the cover - The Devil's Apprentice by Kenneth B. Andersen - 03.21.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Occult Horror (view spoiler)[
✔️ Mysterious Knowledge- Read a book where knowledge of something supernatural, magical, or spiritual is essential to the plot - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix - 01.12.2026
✔️ Paraphernalia- Read a book with occult paraphernalia on the cover - Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber - 03.12.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Psychological Horror (view spoiler)[
✔️ It’s All in Your Mind- Read a book where the main character struggles to stay mentally sane - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - 01.15.2026
✔️ Fear Face- Read a book where a character is displaying fear on the cover - Savages by Greg F. Gifune - 04.15.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Body Horror (view spoiler)[
✔️ Embodiment- Read a book where a character’s body is altered against their will - The War by Garth Ennis - 01.01.2026
✔️ Disfigurement- Read a book with someone (or something sentient) disfigured on the cover - Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou (hide spoiler)]
Gothic Horror (view spoiler)[
✔️ Dark Victorian- Read a book that contains either a forbidden love, a character fallen into moral decay, a fallen aristocrat, a madman, and/or an angry spirit - Sayuri by Rensuke Oshikiri - 01.31.2026
✔️ Goth Vibes- Read a book with a gothic (preferably crumbling) castle on the cover - The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson - 01.04.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Slasher & Gore (view spoiler)[
✔️ Near Indestructible Killer- Read a book where the main antagonist is extremely hard to kill or survives an attempt to end their life - Blindsight by Peter Watts - 02.02.2026
✔️ Blood Everywhere- Read a book with a significant amount of blood on the cover - Grief Eater by Emma Osborne - 02.19.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Out of Control Virus (view spoiler)[
✔️ Viral- Read a book where the main conflict is the spreading of a virus - Dating After the End of the World by Jeneva Rose - 03.28.2026
✔️ Lab- Read a book with a lab or lab equipment on the cover - Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World by Michael E. Mann - 05.11.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Locked Room (view spoiler)[
✔️ Trapped!- Read a book where a main character is trapped for a significant amount of time - The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling - 02.26.2026
✔️ Lock-n-Key- Read a book with any kind of lock and/or key on the cover - Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key: by Jack Gantos - 05.08.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Classic Monster (view spoiler)[
✔️ Natural Weapon- Read a book where a main character uses a natural weapon (claws, fangs, and the like). - Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen - 02.23.2026
✔️ Got Monster?- Read a book with a classic monster (vampire, werewolf, zombie, and the like) on the cover - In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan - 03.27.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Campy Horror (view spoiler)[
✔️ Dark Humour- Read a book where dark/gallows humour is used repeatedly by the story's narrator or a main character - The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall - 03.19.2026
✔️ Joke’s on the Cover- Read a book with a visual joke on the cover or punny title - Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky - 02.14.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Nightmare Fetish (view spoiler)[
✔️ Love is Strange: Read a book where the main character has a non-traditional object of their affection - Otared by Mohammed Rabie - 02.15.2026
✔️ Love Overcomes Evil: Read a book with an unlikely couple embracing on the cover - Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan - 03.07.2026 (hide spoiler)]
Horror+ (view spoiler)[
✔️ Multi-genre- Read a book that is classified as more than one genre - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin - 01.02.2026
✔️ Best of Both Worlds- Read a book set on more than one ‘world’ or that depicts multiple planets on the cover - Hekate - The Witch by Nikita Gill - 01.09.2026 (hide spoiler)]