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5 Star Books for 2026

Mostly high-rated books that are popular on Goodreads and languish on my TBR pile. I own over half of these but need the rest. Will try to accomplish at least 40 of these. How about you? Can you surpass my list?
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Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River
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Dennis Lehane
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
2
Marcus Aurelius
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (Jon Krakauer)
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
3
Jon Krakauer
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
4
Donna Tartt
Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
Mists of Avalon
5
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Casual Vacancy (J. K. Rowling)
The Casual Vacancy
6
J. K. Rowling
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
Slaughterhouse-Five
7
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle (Mary J. MacLeod)
Call the Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle
8
Mary J. MacLeod
East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
East of Eden
9
John Steinbeck
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
10
Erich Maria Remarque
Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland (Malachy McCourt)
Malachy McCourt's History of Ireland
11
Malachy McCourt
Ireland (Frank Delaney)
Ireland
12
Frank Delaney
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
13
Leo Tolstoy
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Willa Cather)
Death Comes for the Archbishop
14
Willa Cather
The Memory Keeper's Daughter (Kim Edwards)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
15
Kim Edwards
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
16
Margaret Atwood
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
17
Margaret Mitchell
The Historian (Elizabeth Kostova)
The Historian
18
Elizabeth Kostova
Doctor Zhivago (Boris Pasternak)
Doctor Zhivago
19
Boris Pasternak
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
20
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)
I Who Have Never Known Men
21
Jacqueline Harpman
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
22
Harriet Beecher Stowe
We Are All Guilty Here (Karin Slaughter)
We Are All Guilty Here
23
Karin Slaughter
Theo of Golden (Allen Levi)
Theo of Golden
24
Allen Levi
Swan Song (Robert McCammon)
Swan Song
25
Robert McCammon
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
26
Miriam Toews
Black Cake (Charmaine Wilkerson)
Black Cake
27
Charmaine Wilkerson
The Rez Doctor (Gitz Crazyboy)
The Rez Doctor
28
Gitz Crazyboy
The First Witch of Boston (Andrea Catalano)
The First Witch of Boston
29
Andrea Catalano
The Sentence (Louise Erdrich)
The Sentence
30
Louise Erdrich
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers (Caroline Fraser)
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers
31
Caroline Fraser
The Woman They Could Not Silence (Kate Moore)
The Woman They Could Not Silence
32
Kate Moore
The Mad Wife (Meagan Church)
The Mad Wife
33
Meagan Church
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
34
Bram Stoker
The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune)
The House in the Cerulean Sea
35
T.J. Klune
The Hounding (Xenobe Purvis)
The Hounding
36
Xenobe Purvis
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
37
Paul Beatty
No More Tears (Gardiner Harris)
No More Tears
38
Gardiner Harris
The Demon of Unrest (Erik Larson)
The Demon of Unrest
39
Erik Larson
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
40
Maggie O'farrell
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