It’s January 1, which means it’s 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!

1. Witch Hat Atelier vol. 1-5 by Kamome Shirahama 🧙🏼‍♀️
2. Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli 💕
3. Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery 🌑
4. Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli 📧
5. Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 🥭
6. The Fall of the House of Tatterly by Shanna Miles 🏡
7. Twelfth Knight by Olivie Blake ⚔️
8. Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery ✒️
9. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 🌹
10. Rez Ball by Byron Graves 🏀
11. ¡Ay, Mija! by Christine Suggs ✈️
12. Emily’s Quest by L.M. Montgomery 📝
13. The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien 💍
14. Roaming by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki 🗽
15. Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki 🦎
16. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 🪶
17. Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy Tale Life by Emma Steinkellner 🧚🏼‍♀️
18. Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure by Emma Steinkellner 🌲
19. Fangirl manga vol. 1-4 by Rainbow Rowell and Sam Maggs 💻
20. Emma by Jane Austen 🌼
21. Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman 🐎
22. The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag 🐉
23. Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz 💌
24. Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang 🌲
25. Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal ♀️
26. The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables by Catherine Reid 🌸
27. Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa 🏳️‍⚧️
28. Eliza’s Daughter by Joan Aiken ⛵
29. Alone in Space by Tillie Walden 🪐
30. The Glade by Naseem Jamnia 🍄
31. Candle Island by Lauren Wolk 🕯️
32. Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu 👻
33. Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher 🏰
34. Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin 🎙️
35. Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett ⛰️
36. Persuasion by Jane Austen 💘
37. Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher 🏹
38. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks 🏒
39. The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes 🌈
40. Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol 🧜🏼‍♀️
41. The Sweetness Between Us by Sarah Winifred Searle 🩸
42. I Think I Am in Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa 💛
43. Phoebe’s Diary by Phoebe Wahl 📓
44. Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli 🚗
45. The Woman Who Borrowed Memories by Tove Jansson 🐿️
46. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 🤖
47. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett 🗺️
48. Queer Ducks by Eliot Schrefer 🦆
49. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris 📘
50. The Student by Michael Roth 🏫
51. Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith 🪮
52. There Are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé by Morgan Parker 🎤
53. Gay the Pray Away by Natalie Naudus 🏳️‍🌈
54. Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson 🏴‍☠️
55. Solitaire by Alice Oseman ♠️
56. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna 🧙🏾‍♀️
57. Lights by Brenna Thummler 👻
58. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka 🍊
59. Atana and the Firebird by Vivian Zhou 🧜🏼‍♀️
60. Uprooted by Naomi Novik 🏰

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