Season 2 starts here—& we’re kicking things off with our very own Book Wrapped.
In this New Year’s Day premiere, each of us shares our worst read of 2025, our best book from each month, and the reads that surprised, disappointed, or completely consumed us along the way. We also talk about what kind of readers we’re hoping to be in 2026 and what’s already sitting at the top of our TBRs.
📚 January Fable Book Club Pick: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
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Lindsay:
Worst Book of the year: God of Malice by Rina Kent
Best books of each month:
Jan- Onyx Storm: Rebecca Yarros
Feb- Throne of Glass: Sarah J Maas
Mar- Heir of Fire: Sarah J Maas
Apr- Kingdom of Ash: Sarah J Maas
May- Iron Flame: Rebecca Yarros
June- Silver Elite: Dani Francis
July- Crescent City House of Earth & Blood: Sarah J Maas
Aug- Crescent City House of Flame & Shadow: Sarah J Maas
Sept- Terror at the Gates: Scarlett St Clair
Oct- Alchemised: SenLinYu
Nov- Green Light: serene musafir
Dec- Draco Malfoy & the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love: isthisselfcare
Most anticipated reads of 2026:
Red Rising: Pierce Brown
Rose in Chains: Julie Soto
Secrets & Masks: Emerald Slytherin
All the Young Dudes: MsKingBean89
A Tongue So Sweet & Deadly: Sophia St Germain
Plated Prisoner: Raven Kennedy
Heavenly Bodies: Imani Erriu
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil: VE Schwab
Bride/Mate: Ali Hazelwood
Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy: Brigitte Knightley
Three Pianos: Andrew McMahon
Nora McInerny
Amy:
Worst book of the year:
•The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle Jensen
Most anticipated new releases of 2026:
•The Knave and The Moon by Rachel Gillig
•Harvest Season by Brynne Weaver
•Daemonic by Kaylie Smith
•Coiled at the Roots by Scarlett St. Clair
Most anticipated:
•Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
•Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
•The Poppy War by R.F Kuang
•The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole
January:
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
February
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas
March:
Crescent City House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas
April:
A Promise so Bold and Broken by Sophia St. Germain
May:
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
The Golden Rose of Valenul by Enna Hawthorn
June:
The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig
July:
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
August:
Till Summer Do Us Part by Meghan Quinn
September:
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair
October:
Alchemised by SenLinYu
November:
Mate by Ali Hazelwood
December:
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Dominique
January- The Mindf*ck Series: S.T. Abby
February- Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm: Rebecca Yarros
March- Phantasma: Kaylie Smith
April- Spark of the Everflame: Penn Cole
May- Throne of Glass: Sarah J. Maas, Feathers So Vicious: Liiv Zander
June- The Bond that Burns: Briar Boleyn
July- Problematic Summer Romance: Ali Hazelwood, Crown of Midnight: Sarah J. Maas
August- Knight and the Moth: Rachel Gillig, Terror at the Gates: Scarlett St. Clair, Shield of Sparrows: Deveny Perry
September- City of Gods and Monsters: Kayla Edwards
October- Mate: Ali Hazelwood
November- For Whom the Belle Tolls: Jaysea Lynn
December- Silvercloak: L.K. Steven
Worst Book of 2025- Skyshade: Alex Aster
Most anticipated sequels of 2026:
April- Rites of Starling
June- Harvest Season
September- The Knave and the Moon
October- Coiled at the Roots
November- Captive Traitor King
Most anticipated reads 2026:
Red Rising: Pierce Brown
The Bloodsworn Saga: John Gwynne
Project Hail Mary: Andy Weir
The Farseer Trilogy: Robin Hobb
Mistborn: Brian Sanderson
The Will of the Many: James Islington
