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20 Books of Summer: 2026 Wrap up

I had such high hopes for myself doing 20 books this summer. And then realized that I read the first couple before June 1, so they didn't count. And then the World Cup began and my reading dropped hugely. I was truly worried that I wouldn't reach much, but in the end I read 22 books for this challenge!

In the image below are the 16 books from my TBR shelves that I planned to complete by August 31. Obviously, I am not good at sticking to the pile I set out for myself.


Books I read for this challenge:
  1. Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer
  2. We Were Never Friends by Kaira Rouda
  3. Annie Knows Everything by Rachel Wood
  4. Murder and the Media: Behind the Scenes of Four High Profile Murders by Allison Hope Weiner
  5. Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
  6. Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco
  7. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
  8. Daughters of the Sun and Moon by Lisa See
  9. If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay
  10. Gracie Jenkins Runs a Marathon by Penny Mirren
  11. Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove
  12. More Than Enough by Anna Quindlen
  13. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeannette McCurdy
  14. The Shippers by Katherine Center
  15. Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
  16. The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni
  17. The Marriage Sabbatical by Lian Dolan
  18. Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan
  19. Tonight the Music Seems so Loud by Sathnam Sanghera
  20. A Thousand Painted Hours by Barbara O'Neal
  21. The Three Graces of Pearl Street by Elizabeth Wellington Rollins
  22. The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson
  23. Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray


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