Books selected for discussion by my book club in 2026.
Club Reads 2026 Public
Created by Elise
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Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare
A multiverse novel about two women who fall in love despite living in worlds that are five months apart, as …
Elise says: At first merely mediocre, but then got so bad I started to hate read. "Can the assurances the multiverse offers that every love is possible explain to a person the shape of their queerness?" Fakedeep BS. Dropped like an ugly baby at 67%. Horrendous.
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You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
4 stars
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation …
Elise says: What Andrew Joseph White can do when he takes the YA training weights off. Not my favorite book, but definitely a great one. Maybe a perfect one? There's no clear way the book could have been improved. Vexing, Exhausting, Disgusting, and early contender for book of the year.
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Elise says: Generated great discussion, and made me tear up, but it doesn't stand on it's own.
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Aunt Tigress by Emily Yu-Xuan Qin
From debut author Emily Yu-Xuan Qin comes a snarky urban fantasy novel inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and …
Elise says: Interesting story. Incredibly divisive. Apparently I'm the odd one out for just thinking it was pretty good? did not finish.
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Gideon the Ninth meets Moby Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's science fiction debut, Hell's Heart!
Earth is …
