Hi friends,
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
Today’s theme is: books on my winter 2025-2026 to-read list.
Well as I had no idea what was releasing these months, this forced me to address the issue and go looking for releases. I found TONS of books I want/plan to read and narrowing it down to ten wasn’t easy.
But…I did it!
So here you go, ten books I plan to read between scifi, fantasy, romance and contemporary.
The Strength of the Few by James Islington (scifi/fantasy?), Good Spirits by BK Borison (romance), How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessia Sylva (cosy fantasy).
Caste in the Stars by Leylah Attar (romance), Seven Deadly Thorns by Amber Hamilton (fantasy) and It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica (thriller/crime).
We Burned so Bright by TJ Klune (LGBTQ), Meet the Newmans by Jennifer Nivens (historical) and The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave (mystery/thriller).
And the last one is because of Sam (Samantha) (yes it’s you Sam) who never misled me : Before I Forget by Tony Henwood Hoen.
Is any of these on your TBR?
Thanks for reading.
Sophie
I read Good Spirits already. It was good, different from what I expected, but I still enjoyed it! Hope you get a chance to read all of these!
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Thank you Lisa!
The Strength of the Few can’t come out fast enough! Why does it feel like I’ve been waiting for this book forever? Lol
Probably because you have Mogsy LOL
I hope to read the Dave book too. I like her books. Fingers crossed you enjoy Before I Forget.
Curious about Meet the Newmans. I really love the cover for it. Hope you get a chance to pick all these up!
Good Spirits is on my Winter TBR too! I totally missed the TJ Klune book, but I’m definitely hoping to read that one too :)
I hope we will both love them Lindsey!
Cant wait for the Klune book!
Same Caro! It’s a slim one!
You definitely found some good books! I’m also reading How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days and We Burned So Bright
I just finished the Goblin story. So cute!