Spring 2026 TBR

Top Ten Tuesday 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. 

Books On My Spring 2026 TBR

In the winter, I did decently well with my TBR. I read six out of the ten books I picked out for myself and dnfed one of them. My spring TBR is going to include the three books from that list that I didn't read, classics I want to get to, other books from my 26 books to read in 2026, and some of the ARCs I have for the spring. 

Classics:  

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

    -  One of the books that was on my TBR for the Winter that I did not get to. I have been wanting to read this book ever since I read Emily Bronte's sister, Charlotte Bronte's book Jane Eyre. 

 

2. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith 

    - Another of the books from my winter TBR. I have heard many people say this book is a great book to read in the spring, so I figured I would wait until now to read this book. I'm very excited to get to this one soon. 

 

3. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

    - A classic I have wanted to read for years because of the great things I have heard about it. I'm hoping to get to it in April.  This is one of the books that I most want to read this season. 

 

4. Little Men (Little Women #2) by Louisa May Alcott

    - I adored Little Women when I read it back in 2022 and have planned on picking this up ever since. Another book I think will be a perfect spring read. 

5. Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables #2) by L.M. Montgomery

    - I read Anne of Green Gables last year and adored it so much. This year, I'm hoping to get to at least a few of the rest of the books in the series and I'm hoping I love them as much as the first. I've heard this is even better than the first. 

 

Other Books from my 26 to read in 2026: 

6. Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix

    - The other book from my winter TBR that I didn't get to. I've heard this book is perfect for fans of Jane Austen and fantasy. Cozy regency fantasies are some of my absolute favorite books and I'm excited to finally get to this one. 

7. The Herbwitch Princess (Witches of Olderea #2) by Ireen Chau

   - Another cozy regency fantasy. I read the first book last year and it was everything I could have wanted from it. Loved the witchy vibes very much. 

8. Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive #4) by Brandon Sanderson

   - This year, I'm going to finish the first arc of The Stormlight Archive and want to get to the fourth book sometime in the spring. Hopefully, in April. I'm looking forward to getting back into this series and see what happens next. This is the other book I want to most read this season. I cannot wait for this one! 

 

Books I have ARCS of:  

I have many different ARCs for this spring. Here are the two that I am most excited to get to. 

9. Galahad and the Grail by Malcolm Guite 

   - This is a novel written in verse about Galahad, one of King Arthur's knights, and his search for the Holy Grail. It is the first book in a series which are going to focus on many characters from King Arthur tale. I have an ARC for this book and am planning on it being one of the first books I read in April. 

 

10. Death Meets Cute by J. Penner 

   - I have been looking forward to this book ever since I first heard about it last year. Then, I saw one of J. Penner's posts earlier this month where she said that this book has a connection to Shakepeare's Macbeth. Macbeth is my favorite of his plays. The main character is the second sister to the three witches. Also, there are other silly nods to Shakespeare. It is going to be part of a trilogy where all the books are loose adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. I enjoy J. Penner's writing quite a bit and I'm looking forward to seeing where she takes this story. Always have loved adaptations of Shakespeare's plays especially humorous ones. 

Green Book Covers

Top Ten Tuesday 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. 

Green Book Covers

🌈 Happy St. Patrick's Day!  ☘️

Here are some of my most favorite books I read recently (in the last year or so) that have green covers. These were all five stars for me. There is a wide variety of books here which I highly recommend. 

WWW Wednesday- 3/11/26

Here is my WWW Wednesday meme for this week. WWW Wednesday was formally hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and has been revived by Taking on a World of Words. The meme has you answering three questions: What are you currently reading, What did you recently finish reading, and What do you think you'll read next?

Have a great rest of your week!  

🔖 What are you currently reading? 

- Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan- I am listening to the audiobook as I follow along in my print copy. In March, I have been participating in Middle Grade March and this is one of the books I have owned the longest for the age range that I haven't read. So far it has been absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend picking up the audiobook if you ever want to read this book. It has four different narrators for the different perspectives and also beautiful music. What an experience it has been so far! Definitely, the best audiobook of the year for me. 

- Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories edited by Nina Waters- I was searching for cozy stories dealing with academia, whatever genre that might be and I found this beauty. It is a collection of 22 queer stories from both fantasy and science fiction. I started this on March 8th and have been reading a couple of stories from it most days ever since. This is everything I wanted from a collection like this. If anyone has any other ideas for cozy stories dealing with academia, please let me know. Especially queer ones.

🔖 What did you recently finish reading?

- Castle Swimmer: Volume 3 by Wendy Martin- The Castle Swimmer series is a webcomic I have been reading for many years. I first found it on Webtoons many years ago and had read all that was out at the time, which was most of volume 1 but not all of it. It has been great revisiting this world in each of these volumes with my ARCs from NetGalley. Looking forward to when Volume 4 comes out.  

🔖 What do you think you’ll read next?- Here are some of my future reads.  

- No Friend to this House by Natalie Haynes- Natalie Haynes is one of my favorite authors for Greek Mythology retellings and I have been eagerly awaiting for this book ever since I first heard she was writing it. Medea is a favorite character for me from mythology. I have the audiobook from the library, so I will be listening to this one very soon. Cannot wait! 

- These Are The Words by Nikita Gill- Nikita Gill is my favorite poet and I have been wanting to read this collection for a while. I was lucky enough to find this at a Free Little Library this past week. What an amazing find! 

- Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers- One of the next books I'm going to read for Middle Grade March. I have been wanting to read this classic for so many years and I'm finally doing so this year. 

Book and Song Tag: 2026 edition

Something that has always been just as important to me as my love of books, is my love of music. It might just be my biggest passion in life. There is not a day that I don't listen to music. This is a tag I created in 2022 on this blog: Book and Song Tag- Original. Each question has you giving a book and a song as the answers. I decided to redo it this year and have mostly all new answers. 

I hope everyone enjoys doing this along with me.

Here's a link to my playlist I made with all the songs in this post: Books and Song Tag Playlist

1.) COLORS EVERYWHERE- A book/song you like with a color in the title:
📖: Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston- Had to pick this one since there are three colors in the title.

 

🎵: "Big Yellow Taxi" by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton

2.) LET'S COUNT THEM TOGETHER- A book/song you like with a number in the title:
📖: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut- One of my favorite classics.

🎵: "Ten Minutes Ago" from the Cinderella Musical sung by Aaron Tveit- Aaron Tveit is one of my absolute favorite singers from Broadway and this song is everything to me.

3.) AND I AM TELLING YOU... I'M LEAVIN'-Your favorite post-breakup book/song:
📖: The Weight of it All by N. R. Walker

🎵: "So What" by P!NK- Cannot tell you how many times I used to rock out to this song in my teenage years. P!NK is one of the best.

4.) GO THERE- A book/song you like with a location in the title:
📖: Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies

🎵: "Portugal" by Walk The Moon- I was obsessed with Walk The Moon's album Talking is Hard in college. Still love it to this day.

5.) FORGET YOU- A book/ song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget:
📖: Honesty by Seth King

🎵: "You're In Love" by Wilson Phillips

6.) DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!- A book featuring characters dancing/ song that makes you want to dance:
📖: The Once and Future Queen (The Lives of Guinevere #1) by Paula Lafferty

🎵: "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" by Benson Boone- I cannot help but dance every time I hear this song.

7.) LET'S GO ON A ROADTRIP- A road trip book/ A song to drive to:
📖: Thirty Things by Cate Ashwood

🎵: "Devils in the Canyon" by The Strike- The Strike's songs sound so good in the car, especially this one.

8.) ON THE BIG SCREEN- A book that has been turned into a movie/ A song that you like that has been used in a movie:
📖: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

🎵: "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship (from Mannequin)

9.) HAPPINESS- A book/ song that makes you happy:
📖: Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

🎵: "Holy Ground" by Taylor Swift- My favorite song by my favorite singer.

10.) PLAY IT AGAIN- A book/ song you never get tired of:
📖: Caught Running by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux

🎵: "Good Old-Fashinoned Lover Boy" by Queen- Queen is one of my favorite bands and this is my favorite of their songs. I will never stop listening to this.

11.) TEARJERKER- A book/ song that makes you cry:
📖: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

🎵: "For Good' from Wicked- This song has always made me cry ever since I first heard it in an episode of Glee. It is one of my favorite songs from any musical. It is just stunning!

12.) GEM FROM YOUR AWKWARD YEARS- A book you read in your preteen/middle school years/ A song from your preteen/middle school years:
📖: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares- I first read The Sisterhood of the Traveling series back in eighth grade (there were only 4 books at the time). This was my favorite from the series and I read it a bunch of times the next couple of years.

🎵: "Who I Am" by Jessica Andrews

13.) DECADES- A book/song you like from the 60s/ 70s/ 80s/90s/00s/10s/20s (You can pick one or do them all):
📖: Books

    1940s: Animal Farm by George Orwell- 1948

    1950s: The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings #1) by J. R. R. Tolkien- 1954

    1960s: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle- 1968

    1970s: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff- 1970

    1980s: The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci #2) by Diana Wynne Jones- 1988

    1990s: The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia #1) by Walter Moers- 1999

    2000s: Night Watch (Discworld #29) by Terry Pratchett- 2002

    2010s: Insanity (Insanity #1) by Cameron Jace- 2013

    2020s: The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix- 2024

🎵: Music

    1940s: "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" by Vera Lynn- 1940
    1950s: "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard- 1955
    1960s: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles- 1968
    1970s: "Make Your Own Kind of Music" by Cass Eliot- 1973
    1980s: "Freedom" by Wham!- 1984
    1990s: "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain- 1995
    2000s: "So Close" by John McLaughlin- 2007
    2010s: "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy- 2014
    2020s: "Can I Call You" by David Archuleta- 2025

14.) WEDDING MARCH- A book about characters getting married or that has a wedding/ A song you'd like to be played at your wedding/was played at your wedding:
📖: The Princess Bride by William Goldman

🎵: "Crash the Wedding" by Busted- Lol, this is such a joke answer. But I do love this song.

🎵: The actual answer- "All About You" by McFly

15.) OVER AND OVER IT REPEATS ON- A retelling/ A song you like that's a cover by another artist:
📖: Lava Red Feather Blue by Molly Ringle- LGBT retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" that I love

🎵: "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston- Originally by Dolly Parton

16.) YOU'RE THE NEW CLASSIC- A classic you love/ A song that's a classic favorite:
📖: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 

🎵: "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

17.) IT TAKES TWO- A book that's by two authors/ A song you'd sing a duet with someone on karaoke:
📖: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone- I want to read this book soon.

🎵: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from Dirty Dancing sung by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

18.) THE YEAR WAS... 1993- A book/song from the year you were born:
📖: The Giver by Lois Lowry

🎵: "Two Princes" by Spin Doctors

19.) THAT'S LIFE- A book/ song that makes you think about life:
📖: The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

🎵: "Brand New" by Ben Rector- This is an absolute favorite for me. It always makes me smile and dance whenever I hear it. 

20.) GIVE ME THE MEANING- A book/ song that has many meanings for you:
📖: Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

🎵: "Mockingbird" by Rob Thomas- God, I love this song! Rob Thomas and his band Matchbox Twenty

21.) NAMES SPEAK VOLUMES- A book/ song that you like with a person's name in the title:
📖: Peter Darling by Austen Chant

🎵: "Peter" by Taylor Swift

22.) A STEP FORWARD- A book/ song that moves you forward:
📖: The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson

🎵: "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol

23.) WHEN THE FIRST IS THE BEST- A book you love that's the start of a series/ A song you love that's the opening track of an album:
📖: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

🎵: "The First Time" by Boys Like Girls- This song brings me back to the summer before I started college (2012). Boys Like Girls has been one of my favorite bands ever since middle school. They have always written music I have related to on so many levels. Love this song and the album so damn much. My favorite from the album was definitely "Be Your Everything" it was...everything. Reminds me of someone very special. :)

24.) READ/ LISTEN TO THIS NOW- A book that you think everyone should read/ A song that you think everyone should listen to:
📖: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

🎵: There's too many of them. One of my choices would definitely be "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman. Such an incredible song.

25.) GOODBYE IS THE HARDEST WORD- A book/ song you like by an artist no longer alive:
📖: Wyrd Sisters (Discworld #6) by Terry Pratchett

🎵: "Burning Love" by Elvis Presley- Elvis's music always makes me think of my grammy, because he was her favorite singer. This was definitely a favorite for us both.

26.) I LOVE THEIR LOVE- A book/ song that makes you want to fall in love:
📖: A Flowering of Ink by K. L. Noone- A recent favorite

🎵: "Come What May" sung by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman from Moulin Rouge- Quite possibly the most beautiful song that I have ever heard. Also, one of the best movie musicals ever. Ewan is so damn good in it.

27.) HEARTBREAKER- A book/ song that breaks your heart:
📖: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

🎵: "Who Knew" by Pink

28.) BEAUTIFUL WORDS- A book by an author whose writing you love/ A song by an artist whose voice you love:
📖: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

🎵: "Can't Stop Loving You" by Phil Collins

29.) CHILDHOOD FAVORITE- A book/ A song you remember from your childhood:
📖: Disney's Wonderful World of Knowledge Volume 10: Myths and Legends- I read through this book a lot as a child. Absolutely adored it.

🎵: "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from Disney's Hercules

30.) PLAY IT SO LOUD SO THE WORLD CAN HEAR ITS AWESOMENESS!- An audiobook you want everyone to listen to/ A song you always want to play loud:
📖: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo- One of the best most recent audiobooks I listened to in February. It is read by the author and is stunning!

🎵: "Do You Hear the People Sing" from Les Misérables- This is my favorite song from my favorite musical. Everytime I listen to it, I just want to blast it.

31.) LOVE IS LOVE- A LGBT book that you love/ A LGBT song that you love:
📖: Dear Milton James by N. R. Walker

🎵: So, I tried to keep each of these to one song, but I couldn't for this one.

"Say You Love Me" by Steve Grand

"Boys Who Like Boys" and "Young Love" by Eli Lieb

"If They Only Knew" by Alfie Arcuri

32.) SOUNDS OF THE SEASON- A book with a season in the title or a book that makes you think of a certain season/ A song with a season in the title:
📖: The Dragons of Winter (The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica #6) by James A. Owen

🎵: "Endless Summer Nights" by Richard Marx