100+ Books in 2026 discussion

Last year was disappointing because I was reading longer books and therefore ended up with less than the year before. Plus I kind of fell out of reading a bit towards the end of December especially. Let's try to finally hit 100!

1. Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
2. Grace After Midnight: A Memoir by Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and David Ritz

3. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

4. The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg

5. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

6. Outside Wonderland by Lorna Jane Cook
7. Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart

8. For My Daughters by Barbara Delinsky

9. Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire

10. Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, The Famous Performing Arts Camp by Mickey Rapkin

11. City of Thieves by David Benioff

12. Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber

13. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore

14. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

15. Animal Farm by George Orwell
16. Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke

17. Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult

18. Gone with a Handsomer Man by Michael Lee West

19. Then Came the Evening: A Novel by Brian Hart

20. Hold Love Strong: A Novel by Matthew Aaron Goodman

21. Big Citizenship: How Pragmatic Idealism Can Bring Out the Best in America by Alan Khazei

22. The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen

23. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

24. Mothers and Other Liars by Amy Bourret

25. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

26. Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer

27. Columbine by Dave Cullen

28. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

29. Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber

30. The Widow's Season: A Novel by Laura Brodie

31. Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

32. Plan B by Jonathan Tropper

33. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

34. Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

35. Food Rules: An Eater's Manual by Michael Pollan

36. The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food and Love by Kristin Kimball

37. 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares

38. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

39. That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

40. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

41. The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum

42. Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon

43. Night by Elie Wiesel

44. Dawn by Elie Wiesel

45. Day by Elie Wiesel

46. Bossypants by Tina Fey

47. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

48. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

49. Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner

50. Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler

51. Moneyball by Michael Lewis

52. Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke

53. Dream of the Blue Room by Michelle Richmond