List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

A Librarian's Priority Reads for 2026

Old stuff, new stuff, owned stuff, library stuff, even some rereads here and there. Just trying to keep my scholar brain busy and my queer soul fed.
By the way, in light of a recently published list, I appreciate the sentiment, but any pronouns other than she/her for me, please.
Read More
107 users · 347 views
 
made by Korrick
avg. score: 4 of 100 (4%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 3
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
1
Homer
Turn Where: A Geography of Home (Chet'la Sebree)
Turn Where: A Geography of Home
2
Chet'la Sebree
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci)
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
3
Leonardo Da Vinci
Humboldt Cut (Allison Mick)
Humboldt Cut
4
Allison Mick
Ethics (Spinoza)
Ethics
5
Spinoza
On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right - A Personal History (Josiah Hesse)
On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right - A Personal History
6
Josiah Hesse
In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu)
In a Glass Darkly
7
Sheridan Le Fanu
A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Li (Adam Morgan)
A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Li
8
Adam Morgan
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
9
Henry James
We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir (Anthony Hopkins)
We Did OK, Kid: A Memoir
10
Anthony Hopkins
Resurrection (Leo Tolstoy)
Resurrection
11
Leo Tolstoy
Intemperance (Sonora Jha)
Intemperance
12
Sonora Jha
Buddenbrooks (Thomas Mann)
Buddenbrooks
13
Thomas Mann
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam (Lana Lin)
The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam
14
Lana Lin
The Story of Mary MacLane (Mary MacLane)
The Story of Mary MacLane
15
Mary MacLane
Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues (Kim De L'horizon)
Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues
16
Kim De L'horizon
The Storm of Steel (Ernst Jünger)
The Storm of Steel
17
Ernst Jünger
Baldwin: A Love Story (Nicholas Boggs)
Baldwin: A Love Story
18
Nicholas Boggs
The Twelve Chairs (Ilya Ilf)
The Twelve Chairs
19
Ilya Ilf
Indian Country (Shobha Rao)
Indian Country
20
Shobha Rao
Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo)
Johnny Got His Gun
21
Dalton Trumbo
Lonely Crowds (Stephanie Wambugu)
Lonely Crowds
22
Stephanie Wambugu
Magister Ludi (Hermann Hesse)
Magister Ludi
23
Hermann Hesse
A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile (Aatish Taseer)
A Return to Self: Excursions in Exile
24
Aatish Taseer
China Correspondent (Agnes Smedley)
China Correspondent
25
Agnes Smedley
When the Museum Is Closed (Emi Yagi)
When the Museum Is Closed
26
Emi Yagi
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (C.S. Forester)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
27
C.S. Forester
The Roma (Madeline Potter)
The Roma
28
Madeline Potter
Autobiography of a Geisha (Sayo Masuda)
Autobiography of a Geisha
29
Sayo Masuda
The Rarest Fruit (Gaëlle Bélem)
The Rarest Fruit
30
Gaëlle Bélem
A Dying Colonialism (Frantz Fanon)
A Dying Colonialism
31
Frantz Fanon
We Are Green and Trembling (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
We Are Green and Trembling
32
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Mother Night (Kurt Vonnegut)
Mother Night
33
Kurt Vonnegut
Florenzer (Phil Melanson)
Florenzer
34
Phil Melanson
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
35
Joseph Heller
The South (Tash Aw)
The South
36
Tash Aw
Men in the Sun (Ghassan Kanafani)
Men in the Sun
37
Ghassan Kanafani
The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin (Daniel Brook)
The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin
38
Daniel Brook
Season of Migration to the North (Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies)
Season of Migration to the North
39
Tayeb Salih, Trans. Denys Johnson-Davies
The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf (Kaila Adia Story)
The Rainbow Ain't Never Been Enuf
40
Kaila Adia Story
Page 1 of 3
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'A Librarian's Priority Reads for 2026'
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN