The best books of 2026

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My favorite read in 2026

Book cover of Last Seen

Steve Rush ❤️ loved this book because...

I must list this story as one of the best I have ever read. The author hooked me and kept me turning pages with lessons on how the characters cope with loss and deceit while gained strength from each drove the story forward.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By J.T. Ellison ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Last Seen as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a twisted psychological thriller about the bonds of family and the disconnect between memory and the truth.

Come here. Come closer.

Halley James knows her marriage is over. But she's not prepared for the rest of her life to fall apart too.

No one can hear you. No one can help you.

She just lost her job at the forensics lab. Her dad needs emergency surgery. But the biggest blow comes back home in Marchburg, Virginia, where she discovers her mother didn't actually die in a car crash. Her mom was…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2026

Book cover of Remain

Steve Rush ❤️ loved this book because...

The flow in this story reads as if written by a single author and shows ow love breaks through barriers and knows no boundaries. Tate and Wren are characters I found easy to root for in the midst of impossible odds.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Nicholas Sparks , M. Night Shyamalan ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Remain as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection—an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth SenseCOMING SOON AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AND STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND PHOEBE DYNEVORWhen New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated…


My 3rd favorite read in 2026

Book cover of The Revenge Plot

Steve Rush ❤️ loved this book because...

I like suspense, loads of twist, and exemplary lessons on karma. The opening dragged a while before momentum increased to an interest-holding level. The second half changed my mind and resulted in my rating this one at five stars.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Jackie Kabler ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Revenge Plot as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Just when you think you've figured the plot out - a huge twist hits... reminds me of the kind of chills you get with Freida McFadden books!!'

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From the bestselling thriller author of The Perfect Couple and The Vanishing of Class 3B, comes a brand new edge-of-your-seat thriller for 2025.

When Ella Leonard arrives at work one Monday morning, she's stunned.

The place isn't just shut - it's gone. Boarded up, closed down.

Days later, she gets home to find she's been evicted from her flat, her belongings piled on the doorstep.

It's as…


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Before It's Too Late

By Steve Rush ,

Book cover of Before It's Too Late

What is my book about?

She looks, walks and sounds like his late fiancée. Don't trust her.

Three weeks until their wedding. Months to live. Three hours later covert interrogator Knox Quinn watches his fiancée collapse on the rain-lashed shore of Lake George. A heartbeat later, she's gone along with the life he knew.

When finality anchors grief in the depths of his soul, he makes a mistake.

And someone is watching.

He wakes in a hostile world that feels torn from ancient Jerusalem with no memory of how he got there or why.

Then he sees her.

Is she real? Or is his mind replaying the face he cannot let go? Aligning with her entangles Knox in a web of deception, power, and betrayal.

Lines blur between ally and adversary. Envy and pride steer his twin sister with reckless haste into evil's pit. A place where she is not the only one hiding the truth.

Amidst accusations and faux evidence, Knox must prove Ciana's death was no accident—even if it shatters everything he believes in.

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