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 Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher

The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

Max Fisher

389 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction psychology technology challenging informative medium-paced
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese

724 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

560 pages • digital • 2022

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

16 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction health psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

House of Earth and Blood

Crescent City #1

Sarah J. Maas

799 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 5

Heartstopper #5

Alice Oseman

336 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

The Fragile Threads of Power

Threads of Power #1

V.E. Schwab

624 pages • paperback • 2023

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes

464 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction historical emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced