2026 Goodreads Reading Challenge

2026 Goodreads Reading Challenge Tracking Post

Hosted by: Goodreads

Goodreads hosts a reading challenge every year. You decide how many books you want to read. They keep a tally on your home profile page within Goodreads. The tally shows how many you have read and if you are ahead or behind the track to meet your goal. This is probably the easiest of all the reading challenges. It is as easy as:

1. Sign in to Goodreads
2. Pick the number of books to read this year
3. Mark and rate each book when you finish it. *Leaving a review (even if it is short) will help the author to write more books.

There aren’t any prizes, just bragging rights and the feeling of accomplishment. You can also see how your friends are doing with their challenges.

Karen

My goal for 2026 is 75 books.

1. Murder on the Sacred River by Tasha Alexander
2. Her Time Traveling Duke by Bryn Donovan
3. The Arrival by Kieran Fanning
4. Critters and Crimes by Elizabeth Pantley
5. The Younger Gods by Katie Shepard
6. Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan
7. Vows and Villainy by Elizabeth Penney
8. Cross Your Heart and Hope He Dies by Jenny Elder Moke
9. Teddy Bears and Ghostly Lairs by Heather Weidner
10. The Perilous Voyage by Michael Wegner
11. A Dog Named 647 by Nancy Kay
12. Eleven Houses by Colleen Oakes
13. Heir to the Ice Flame by Rose Harvey
14. Death at a Firefly Tea by Laura Childs
15. Terror in Taffeta by Marla Cooper
16. Moon Pies and RC Cola at the Rexall by Kristene Fields
17. The Inn on Harmony Island by Anne-Marie Meyer
18. Two Purloined Pillows by Allie Pleiter
19. A Blue Ribbon Murder by T.C. LoTempio
20. Deathly Fates by Tesia Tsai
21. Misfortune Cookie by Vivien Chien
22. Wonders of Shadow Key by J.J. Fleming
23. Dead Focused and Hocus Pocused by Marcy Blesy
24. The Road Thieves by Harper A. Burge
25. Alfie & the Bigfoot of Bluff Creek by NJ Williams
26. Murder Most Trivial by Jessica Fletcher, Barbara Early
27. Hot Wings and Homicide by Carmela Dutra
28. Heart of Ice by Rose Harvey
29. The Diva Hosts a Murderer by Krista Davis
30. When the Forest Dreams: A Novel by Andrea Ezerins
31. Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn, Shonda Rhimes
32. Death of an Antiquarian by Rose Kerr
33. A Cultivated Corpse by Debra Sennefelder
34. A Home for the Ranger by Audrey Wick
35. Love Language by Christine Ko
36. Winners & Liars by Aleema Omotoni
37. Trouble Is Brewing by Vicki Delany
38. The Dockside Letter by Clara Whitford
39. Sparks Fly by Hazel Henry
40. Purranormal Activity by Cate Conte
41. Murder at First Slice by Valerie Burns
42. ASAP by Axie Oh
43. Saviour Of Angels by K E Riley
44. Murder on Charity Lane by Jo Nichols
45. Fire at the Track by M.J. Evans
46. Elli Veil and the Constellation Prize by Kat Saturn
47. Falling After All by Cece Louise
48. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
49. Off The Rails by Susan Count
50. Art Attack by James Ponti

Jen

Jen’s goal for 2026 is 52 books. She says at least one book a week.

1. The Water Lies by Amy Meyerson
2. A Spy in Saigon by Nancy Cole Silverman
3. The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold by Cate Holahan
4. Captivated by Dominik by Sarah Westill
5. Road Trip with a Vampire by Jenna Levine
6. Fiend by Alma Katsu
7. The Second Son by Simon Gervais, Ryan Steck
8. Welcome to Quayside by Stefania Hartley
9. The Peculiar Case of the Petersburg Professor by Sharon Kay
10. Murder Leads to Marriage by Shannon Peeples
11. Muffins and Murder in Sunset Cove by Elly Grey
12. Served Him Right by Lisa Unger
13. Homecoming Chaos by D.W. Brooks
14. Fallen Star by Lee Goldberg
15. The Roaring Ridleys by K.M. Colley
16. Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn
17. The Mediator by Robert Bailey
18. Ode to the Bones by Carolyn Haines
19. Dungeons and Danger by Elizabeth Penney
20. Murder by Design by Lee Goldberg
21. No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams
22. Lie in the Bay by Holly Danvers
23. Winter Wishes Scattered by Sarah Westill
24. Dreidels and Dead Ends by Nancy J. Cohen
25. The Mango Murders by Lucy Burdette
26. A Delicious Deception by Lucy Burdette
27. Killer Vibes by Jack Friday
28. Savvy Summers and the Po'boy Perils by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
29. The Barn Identity by Diane Kelly
30. Death at a Scottish Halloween by Lucy Connelly
31. Seeking the Kidnapped Child by Deena Alexander
32. The First to Die by Suzanne Trauth
33. Tell-Tale Treats by Jennifer J. Chow
34. The Neighbors Are Watching by Aggie Blum Thompson
35. The Mystic and the Missing Girl by Vikki VanSickle
36. Shofar, So Good by Aliza Levine

Thank you for checking our progress on the 2026 Goodreads Reading Challenge. Please feel free to check out our other reading challenges for this year. You can find them linked to the menu above.

Happy Reading!

 

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