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