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Book34 for 2026: "On Liberty," by John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill.

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Book 34 for 2026: On Liberty
On Liberty , by John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill. At the beginning of this book, in 1859, John Stuart Mill credits his wife Harriet as "in part the author." 167 years later, a new edition...
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April 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Book 67 for 2026: "Yesteryear" by Caro Claire Burke.

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Book 67 for 2026: Yesteryear
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August 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Book 49 for 2026: "The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich.

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Book 49: The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman , by Louise Erdrich. This novel is partly based on the life of Louise Erdrich's grandfather, who fought the federal government's attempts to dissolve the legal status of the Turtle....
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June 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Book 54 for 2026: "Consort of Fire" by Kit Rocha.

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Book 54 for 2026: Consort of Fire
Consort of Fire , by Kit Rocha. Before this book had an official title, the authors referred to it as the "horny dragon book," and...yeah. Every 100 years, the emperor must send a member of his...
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July 9, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Book 55 for 2026: "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," by Robert M. Pirsig.

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Book 55 for 2026: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , by Robert M. Pirsig. I'm sorry, but this book bored me out of my mind. It's a lightly fictionalized story of a motorcycle trip the author took with his...
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July 12, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Book 48 for 2026: "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck.

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Book 48 for 2026: The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath , by John Steinbeck . This is, in my never-humble opinion, Steinbeck's masterpiece. The Grapes of Wrath is the story of Tom Joad and his family, tenant farmers who lose everything....
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June 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Book 27 for 2026: "Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World," by Christian Cooper.

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Book 27 for 2026: Better Living Through Birding
Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World , by Christian Cooper. Christian Cooper accidentally became famous because of a viral video. While bird-watching in Central.....
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April 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Book 23 for 2026: "Heated Rivalry," by Rachel Reid.

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Book 23 for 2026: Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry , by Rachel Reid . I like this book significantly better than the previous one, Game Changer , and I had to think about why. The characters are more compelling, the conflicts more...
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March 21, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Book 25 for 2026: "Every Heart a Doorway," first book in Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series.

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Book 25 for 2026: Every Heart a Doorway
Every Heart a Doorway , by Seanan McGuire. This is the first book in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series. "Wayward," in this case, refers to children who've visited fairy lands or other...
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March 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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Book 24 for 2026: "Patriot: A Memoir" by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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Book 24 for 2026: Patriot
Patriot: A Memoir , by Alexei Navalny. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote much of this while imprisoned. Navalny was poisoned in a Siberian prison in February 2024, and the book was...
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March 26, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Book 51 for 2026: "The Clock House Murders" by Yukito Ayatsuji.

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Book 51 for 2026: The Clock House Murders
The Clock House Murders , by Yukito Ayatsuji . This is a murder mystery written in Japan in the 1990s, before cell phones and internet could alter the plot. There are some interesting cultural...
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June 27, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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Book 53 for 2026: "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal.

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Book 53 for 2026: The Calculating Stars
The Calculating Stars , by Mary Robinette Kowal. It's 1952, and the story begins with a meteorite wiping out part of the United States and altering the global climate. Elma York, a physicist and...
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July 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Book 37 for 2026: "This Is How You Lose the Time War," by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.

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Book 37 for 2026: This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War , by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. This is my favorite kind of science fiction: wonderfully weird and imaginative, more concerned with fun than plausibility....
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May 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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Book 47 for 2026: "Crazy Rich Asians" by Kevin Kwan.

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Book 47 for 2026: Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians , by Kevin Kwan. This is a fun rom-com where the couple is already together at the start. Nick and Rachel are teachers, both Chinese; he's from Singapore and she's American-raised......
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June 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Book 62 for 2026: "Paw and Order," from Spencer Quinn's "Chet and Bernie" mystery series.

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Book 62 for 2026: Paw and Order
Paw and Order , by Spencer Quinn. This book is from Spencer Quinn's "Chet and Bernie" cozy mystery series, which starts with Dog on It . Bernie Little is a down-on-his-luck private eye; Chet is his...
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August 5, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Book 59 for 2026: "Husband Material" by Alexis Hall.

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Book 29 for 2026: Husband Material
Husband Material , by Alexis Hall. This is the second book in Alexis Hall's London Calling trilogy. It can be read as a standalone, but it helps to have read Boyfriend Material , in order to have the....
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July 26, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Book 56 for 2026: "Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane" by Lindy West.

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Book 56 for 2026:Adult Braces
Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane , by Lindy West. This is Lindy West's most vulnerable, confessional memoir. She describes struggling with anxiety, a troubled marriage, and the everyday dismissal...
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July 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Book 50 for 2026: "The Sirens" by Emilia Hart.

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Book 50 for 2026: The Sirens
The Sirens , by Emilia Hart. This book is a MOOD. The sea splashes from every page, simultaneously alluring and predatory, like the song of the sirens themselves. There are three timelines. We begin.....
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June 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Book 46 for 2026: "Night Watch," from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

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Book 46 for 2026: Night Watch
Night Watch , by Terry Pratchett. The City Watch books are among my favorites in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Because this one involves time travel, a lot of the best characters are missing or....
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June 10, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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Book 35 for 2026: "The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems, 1980-2010" by Marge Piercy.

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Book 35 for 2026: The Hunger Moon
The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems , 1980-2010, by Marge Piercy . What rots is taking for granted. So begins the first poem in this collection, "A guide to common lethal fungi." And indeed...
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May 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Book 33 for 2026: "The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You," essays by S. Bear Bergman.

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Book 33 for 2026: The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You , by S. Bear Bergman. This is an essay collection dealing with sex and gender, by an author who is somewhere in the gray area between "very butch woman" and "trans.....
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April 26, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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Book 32 for 2026: "The Secret to Superhuman Strength," a graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel.

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Book 32 for 2026: The Secret to Superhuman Strength
The Secret to Superhuman Strength , by Alison Bechdel. ​This is a graphic memoir by cartoonist Alison Bechdel, best known for Fun Home and Dykes to Watch Out For . It's ostensibly about her...
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April 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Book 31 for 2026: "Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder," by Caroline Fraser.

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Book 31 for 2026: Prairie Fires
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder , by Caroline Fraser. This is a thorough biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who edited her...
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April 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Book 30 for 2026: "Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

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Book 30 for 2026: Daisy Jones & The Six
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April 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Book 29 for 2026: "Demon in the Wood" by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by Dani Pendergast.

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Book 29 for 2026: Demon in the Wood
​Demon in the Wood , by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by Dani Pendergast. This graphic novel is the prequel to Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series. The Darkling, Aleksander (currently using the alias...
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April 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM