Books Read in 2026–with reviews

Bailey, Robert, The Boomerang, (political novel) 2/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Brown, Carolyn, The Tomorrow Tree (novel, romance) 3/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Eskens, Allen, The Quiet Librarian (novel, Bosnia, genocide) 5/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Evans, Virginia, The Correspondent (novel, written letters) rating 10 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Haig, Matt, The Humans  (science fiction, novel) 5/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Johnson, Millie, Lift Me Up (novel, romance, women’s issues) 3/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Khlevniuk, Oleg V., Stalin: New Biography of a Dictator, (history, biography, Soviet Union) 4/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Levi, Allen, Theo of Golden (novel 10 on scale of 5) CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

McMurty, Larry, Lonesome Dove (Audible book #1) (novel)  rating—10 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Miller, Joanna, The Eights  (novel, Oxford, 1920s)  rate:  5 of 5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Papadopoulos, Madina, The Step-Spinsters (fantasy, retelling of a fairy tale) 5/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Pernin, Peter, The Great Peshtigo Fire:  An Eyewitness Account  (Memoir, History) rating 5/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Smith, KJ, A Brief History of Wisconsin, (history) 2/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW

Vogt, Laura, In the Great Quiet (novel, Oklahoma land rush) 4/5 CLICK HERE FOR REVIEW