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It is wild that we’re halfway through the year already. Despite my new year’s resolution to read fewer books, I have somehow still read a ton of books. Luckily I have some big ones on the TBR to take up my second half of the year (#lonesomedovesummer), but in the meantime here are some favorites read in 2026 so far.

I do have to say that I would normally have a section specifically for horror since I read so much in that genre, but surprisingly I haven’t read a horror novel, published this year or otherwise, that has really blown me away yet (apart from rereading a couple of Stephen King classics). But I do have a few on the docket that I have high hopes for, so fingers crossed.

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At the start of the pandemic I couldn’t read at all. I sat listlessly on the couch, unable to do anything but scroll endlessly through twitter. I was afraid to see what horrible news would come out next, more afraid to miss any of it. As time went on, I ventured back into the world of books, at first slowly and then voraciously. The world of fiction let me retreat, while the world of nonfiction offered some semblance of control through education. Now, as I finally get the chance to reemerge into the world after two weeks of self-quarantine (after returning from Southeast Asia to the United States), three months of self-isolation (like hell I was racing out to crowded bars or beaches), and another two weeks of self-quarantine (after moving to Ireland—right, that also happened recently), and in that time I’ve read 29 books. Here are my favourites of the books that got me through it.

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My favourite books of 2026 (so far)

What I read in quarantine