Today I’m participating in Top Ten Tuesday. This meme was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week there is a new theme/topic, and participants choose ten books that fit it.

This week’s theme is Books on My Fall 2026 to-Read List. I never got around to making a list for summer, but I actually did okay with my spring list. I read or DNF’d 7 out of the 10 books that I chose. Hopefully, this fall will be just as successful (or more). I have a ton of ARCs to read in the fall, but I’m honestly a bit burnt out from ARC reading at the moment. Obviously I’ll read them, but I’m going to focus on book purchases and backlist reads for this list. Without further ado, let’s take a look at what I hope to read before fall is over… The covers link to the Goodreads page of each book in case something catches your eye!

Scion by James Islington, Espiritu by Aiden Thomas, Be Still My Unbeating Heart by Josh Winning, The Sea Hides Its Dead by Megan Bontrager, An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

Witchlore by Emma Hinds, The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson, Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam, The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang, The Kaleidoscope by Jo Martin

There you have it! Ten books on my fall 2026 to-read list. Do we have any books in common? Let me know down in the comments!