Beyond The Shelves: 2026 Reading Challenge Recommendations

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In this episode of Beyond the Shelves, Sarah and Jes discuss the 2026 reading challenge, recomend books to complete your bingo board, and in the book bulletin, talk about the hit series Heated Rivalry on HBO. Learn more about the reading challenge here Watch the video on Youtube SHOW NOTES What We're Reading The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow Discontent by Beatriz Serrano The Correspondent by Virginia Evans Game Changer by Rachel Reid The Rediscovery of America by Ned Blackhawk   Big Reads of 2026 American Fantasy by Emma Straub The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke Go Gentle by Maria Semple No Friend To This House by Natalie Haynes Reading Challenge Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore by Emily Krempholtz Exiles by Mason Coile The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton The Colony by Annika Norlin Always Never by Jordi Lafebre The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason Exit West by Mohsin Hamid All Of Us Murderers by K.J. Charles

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