Beyond The Plot

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2026 Reading Agenda

This was my 2025 goal but the year didn’t leave much time for reading. Fingers crossed 2026 is better all around, so below is my reading list for the year.

Note: I reserve the right to deviate. lol.

The overall goal is to read every book on my book shelf and this list will do just that. I wanted to intentionally diversify my reading and it turns out I naturally already do so. (Yay me)

Feel free to read along and join the discussions posted on each book.

January 

  • Clear Kindle TBR

February – Black Authors or Stories 

  • Sarah Dass
  • Soul of the deep by Natasha Bowen (Have) 
  • Tomi Adeyemi Daughters of Niri by Reni K Amayo 
  • The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin (Have)
  • Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler (Have) 
  • The Roommate Risk by Talia Hilbert (Have)
  • Bloodmarked by Tracey Deon (Have) 
  • A Corruption of Gilded Ashes by Jessica Cage (Have) 
  • The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Have) 
  • Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli (Have)

March – Historical Fiction 

  • Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak (Have) 
  • The Witch and The Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (Have) 
  • The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore (Have)

April – Science Fiction (free for all) 

  • You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo (Have) 
  • Kindle Unlimited Reads 
  • Brandon Sanderson

May – Asian/ Pacific Islander Authors or Stories 

  • The Vegetarian by Han Kang (Have)
  • The Poppy War by R.F Kuang (Have) 
  • Ebony Gate by Julia Vee and Ken Bebelle (Have) 
  • Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Have) 
  • The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (Have) 
  • Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Have) 
  • I’m Waiting for You by Kim Bo-Young (Have) 
  • The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera 
  • The Bone People by Keri Hulme 
  • Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Have) 
  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (Have)

June – LGBTIA+ Stories/ Authors 

  • Vera Winters The Song Of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Have) 
  • The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune (Have) 
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Have)
  • The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (Have) 
  • This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El- Mohtar 
  • Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao 
  • The Atlas Six by Olivia Blake (Have)

July – Pirates 

  • Daughter of The Pirate King by Tricia Levensellar (Have) 
  • Kindle Unlimited Reads

August – Fantasy Reads 

  • Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro (Have) 
  • Kindle Unlimited Reads

September – Hispanic Stories & Authors 

  • Violeta by Isabel Allende (Have) 
  • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Have)

October – Thrillers 

  • Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Have) 
  • Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian (Have) 
  • Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett (Have) 
  • The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Have) 
  • Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates (Have) 
  • The House of Brides by Jane Cockram (Have) 
  • A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw (Have)

November – Indigenous American stories and Authors 

  • FireKeepers daughter by Angeline Boulley (Have) 
  • Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Have) 
  • MirroredHeavens by Rebecca Roanhorse 
  • Trail Of Lightening by Rebecca Roanhorse 
  • Storm of Locust by Rebecca Roanhorse 
  • Borders by Thomas King 
  • The inconvenient Indian by Thomas King 
  • The back of the Turtle by Thomas King

December – Classics reimagined 

  • The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins (Jane Eyre) (Have) 
  • Pua’s Kiss by Lehua Parker (the little mermaid) 
  • These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (Romeo and Juliet) 
  • Queen of Fury by Natalia Barron (King Arthur) 
  • A Dowry of Blood by S.T Gibson (Dracula’s Bride) (Have) 
  • Lore Olympus By Rachel Smyth (Hades and Persephone) 
  • Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes (Have) 
  • The Maidens by Alex Michaelides (Have) 
  • Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair (The Tempest)