Goodreads Reading Challenge 2026

Last year’s challenge was hugely successful. I read the most books I’ve ever read in one year – 115 books, checking off a long held goal of reading 100 books in a year and then some. This year I am going to try to replicate this result, reading 100 books in 2026.

Books read in 2026:

  1. Seven Brides for Beau McBride by Amy Barry – ★★★
  2. Talk Dirty Cowboy by Elle Thorpe – ★★★★
  3. She’s On The Money by Victoria Devine – ★★★★
  4. Ready or Not by Cara Bastone – ★★★★★
  5. Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez – ★★★★
  6. Ride Dirty Cowboy by Elle Thorpe – ★★★★
  7. Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone – ★★★★
  8. Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren – ★★★★
  9. Time Will Tell by Hannah Bonam-Young – ★★★★
  10. The Slow Burn by Ali Rosen – ★★★★
  11. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L Hay – ★★
  12. Handle With Care by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen – ★★★★
  13. Women Like Us by Amanda Prowse – ★★★
  14. Life As Planned by Amanda Prowse – ★★★★
  15. Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden – ★★★★★
  16. One & Only by Maurene Goo – ★★★★
  17. Sexy Dirty Cowboy by Elle Thorpe – ★★★
  18. The Vanishing Act of Margaret Small by Neil Alexander – ★★★★★
  19. The Surrogate by Freida McFadden – ★★★★★
  20. The Eights by Joanna Miller – ★★★★
  21. This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum – ★★★★★
  22. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi – ★★★★★
  23. Heart the Lover by Lily King – ★★★★
  24. Everybody’s Favourite Guy by Katherine Center – ★★★★
  25. Spells, Strings and Forgotten Things by Breanne Randall – ★★★
  26. First Witches Club by Maisey Yates – ★★★

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