10 Highest Rated Books on your TBR

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13 participants (75 books)

01 Sep 2025—31 Dec 2026

Overview

Read the 10 highest rated books on your TBR before the end of 2026. You can focus only on the physical TBR or choose from all the books on your TBR. I hope these books prove to be as good as their rating!

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Challenge Books

All books added
The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

The Last Letter

Rebecca Yarros

480 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig

King: A Life

Jonathan Eig

20 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction biography history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

There Are Rivers in the Sky

Elif Shafak

470 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

187 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

372 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Becky Chambers

153 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction speculative fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Americanah

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

477 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
We Were Witches by Ariel Gore

We Were Witches

Ariel Gore

320 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism emotional reflective medium-paced
2hvØrhvnØt: To Have or Have Not by Jared K. Chapman

2hvØrhvnØt: To Have or Have Not

Jared K. Chapman

490 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction dystopian fantasy science fiction adventurous dark slow-paced