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Let's read Our Best Books in 2026

I’ve seen a lot of people asking for recommendations on social media and while I love that, I also think readers will do themselves a favor if they stop and ask themselves…

what am I really looking for?

I’ve compiled a great worksheet (hit the button below) to help all sorts of readers discover what they really love in a book.

Once you know that, then you can not only ask for the best recommendations, but provide them to.

One of the things we love best at Women With Books is knowing ourselves as readers. What ticks our boxes, gets our hearts racing, makes us OBSESS over getting back to that chapter…

I’ve put together this little self-analysis worksheet so that readers can read better in 2026. Ready?

It’s not a test, but there is a worksheet. Download and be honest and you’ll find the next steps to finding your next favorite book!

Free Book Worksheet

After you do this, join me at my Women With Books newsletter and we can talk about the best places to find your favorite books - or just trade recommendations. Or just gush about your faves.

Best Books to Read Now - December 2025

The Best Books to Read Now - the December 2025 picks of the Women With Books Book Club

Looking to find exciting, enchanting, intriguing fiction this month?

Here are the best fiction recommendations for your book club… Including THREE great Christmas holiday books

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter Amazon || Bookshop.org

Pick Me by Victoria Schade Amazon || Bookshop.org

A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant Amazon

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson Amazon || Bookshop.org

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett Amazon || Bookshop.org

The Matchmaking Christmas Spirit by Lindsay Emory — - -ON SALE! Amazon

Best Books to Read Now - November 2025

The Best Books to Read Now - the November 2025 picks of the Women With Books Book Club

Looking to find exciting, enchanting, intriguing fiction this month?

Here are the best recommendations for your book club…

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory Amazon || Bookshop.org

The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe Amazon || Bookshop.org
The Guest in Room 120 by Sara Ackerman Amazon || Bookshop.org

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst Amazon || Bookshop.org

The Blonde Who Came In From the Cold by Ally Carter Amazon || Bookshop.org

The Royal Bodyguard by Lindsay Emory — - - AUDIO ON SALE! Amazon || Bookshop.org

Women With Books - Nancy Naigle on Seashells and New Beginnings

Women With Books - Nancy Naigle on Seashells and New Beginnings

On this episode of the Women With Books podcast, USA Today Bestselling Author Nancy Naigle talks to me about starting over, new houses and her new release, The Shell Collector.

Women With Books - Tif Marcelo on Old Friends and New Book Clubs

Women With Books - Tif Marcelo on Old Friends and New Book Clubs

On this episode of the Women With Books podcast, USA Today Bestselling Author Tif Marcelo talks to me about Army wife life, book clubs and her new release, In a Book Club Far Away.