Itโs January 1, which means itโs time for my annual chronological list of every book I read this year and my book superlatives. Exactly 60 books this year! Fewer than usual, but I think I have a valid excuse in that I graduated high school and started college this year.
My top 10 books will be up soon here and on Instagram @wildflowerreadsblog. Happy reading in 2026!

- Witch Hat Atelier vol. 1-5 by Kamome Shirahama ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
- Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli ๐
- Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery ๐
- Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli ๐ง
- Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil ๐ฅญ
- The Fall of the House of Tatterly by Shanna Miles ๐ก
- Twelfth Knight by Olivie Blake โ๏ธ
- Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery โ๏ธ
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ๐น
- Rez Ball by Byron Graves ๐
- ยกAy, Mija! by Christine Suggs โ๏ธ
- Emily’s Quest by L.M. Montgomery ๐
- The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien ๐
- Roaming by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki ๐ฝ
- Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki ๐ฆ
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ๐ชถ
- Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
- Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure by Emma Steinkellner ๐ฒ
- Fangirl manga vol. 1-4 by Rainbow Rowell and Sam Maggs ๐ป
- Emma by Jane Austen ๐ผ
- Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman ๐
- The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag ๐
- Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz ๐
- Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang ๐ฒ
- Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal โ๏ธ
- The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables by Catherine Reid ๐ธ
- Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
- Eliza’s Daughter by Joan Aiken โต
- Alone in Space by Tillie Walden ๐ช
- The Glade by Naseem Jamnia ๐
- Candle Island by Lauren Wolk ๐ฏ๏ธ
- Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu ๐ป
- Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher ๐ฐ
- Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin ๐๏ธ
- Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett โฐ๏ธ
- Persuasion by Jane Austen ๐
- Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher ๐น
- Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks ๐
- The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes ๐
- Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
- The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle ๐ฉธ
- I Think I Am in Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa ๐
- Phoebe’s Diary by Phoebe Wahl ๐
- Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli ๐
- The Woman Who Borrowed Memories by Tove Jansson ๐ฟ๏ธ
- A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers ๐ค
- Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett ๐บ๏ธ
- Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer ๐ฆ
- The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris ๐
- The Student by Michael Roth ๐ซ
- Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith ๐ชฎ
- There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncรฉ by Morgan Parker ๐ค
- Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
- Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
- Solitaire by Alice Oseman โ ๏ธ
- The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ
- Lights by Brenna Thummler ๐ป
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka ๐
- Atana and the Firebird by Vivian Zhou ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik ๐ฐ
Most read authors: L.M. Montgomery, Becky Albertalli, Jane Austen
Favorite Discovered Author: Jillian Tamaki
Best Fantasy: Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson
Best Realistic Fiction: The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Best Historical Fiction: Eliza’s Daughter by Joan Aiken
Best Graphic Novel: The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag
Best Nonfiction: Queer Ducks by Eliot Schafer
Best Series: Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett
Best Reread: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

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