Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hey friends!
This is one of my favorite videos to make ALL YEAR because I love sitting down and looking at my shelves to see which books I'll be prioritizing for the next year. It's a fun guideline that sometimes morphs and changes, but I really enjoy making it. :D
Let me know in the comments what books you are most excited to read coming up in 2026 and beyond!
BOOKS MENTIONED:
(Please consider buying from smaller booksellers or directly from authors when possible!)
- Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guderson
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino
- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- In the Shadow of Ruin by Tony Debajo
- Memories of Blood and Shadow by Aaron S. Jones
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Folding Knife by KJ Parker
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
- Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
- The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
- Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
- A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
- The City of Marble and Blood by Andrew Howard Jones
- Dark Town by Palmer Pickering
- The Crimes of Rooker Flynn by A.R. Witham
- Flames of Mira by Clay Harmon
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Hey friends!
This is one of my favorite videos to make ALL YEAR because I love sitting down and looking at my shelves to see which books I'll be prioritizing for the next year. It's a fun guideline that sometimes morphs and changes, but I really enjoy making it. :D
Let me know in the comments what books you are most excited to read coming up in 2026 and beyond!
BOOKS MENTIONED:
(Please consider buying from smaller booksellers or directly from authors when possible!)
- Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guderson
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino
- The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
- All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
- To Wake the Giant by Jeff Shaara
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- In the Shadow of Ruin by Tony Debajo
- Memories of Blood and Shadow by Aaron S. Jones
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- The Folding Knife by KJ Parker
- Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
- Sea of Souls by N.C. Scrimgeour
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
- The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
- Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee
- Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
- A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
- The City of Marble and Blood by Andrew Howard Jones
- Dark Town by Palmer Pickering
- The Crimes of Rooker Flynn by A.R. Witham
- Flames of Mira by Clay Harmon
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BECOME A PATRON!
patreon.com/toritalks2
CHECK OUT MY FANTASY NOVELS:
toritecken.com/shop
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/20841576.Victoria_Tecken
Instagram: instagram.com/toritalks91
Twitter: twitter.com/ToriTalks2
Website: toritecken.com
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3LG8A333GUI2B
My PangoBooks: pangobooks.com/bookstore/toritalks
