books i've read in 2025 - 2026

Fearless

Lauren Roberts • 2025

The Hawthorne Legacy

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Final Gambit

Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2022

OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES! Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets and they know her. But as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help--and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. Secrets upon secrets. Riddles upon riddles. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake--and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning. **Don't miss a moment of The Inheritance Games Saga, including the Grandest Game, the thrilling new series set in the world of the Inheritance Games. Reading them all? The ideal reading order is: The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, The Grandest Game, Games Untold, Glorious Rivals, and The Same Backward as Forward. Looking for more unputdownable reads from Jennifer Lynn Barnes? Check out The Naturals series (The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the enovella, Twelve), The Debutantes duet (Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals), and The Lovely and the Lost

My Mechanical Romance

Alexene Farol Follmuth • 2022

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot • 2009

The Princess Diaries, Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight

Meg Cabot • 2008

Sunrise on the Reaping

Suzanne Collins • 2025

Betting on You

Lynn Painter • 2023

The Do-Over

Lynn Painter • 2022

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson • 2021

Good Girl, Bad Blood The Sequel to A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson • 2022

The Princess Diaries, Volume III: Princess in Love

Meg Cabot • 2009

Princess in Waiting

Meg Cabot

The Naturals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes • 2023

Cold cases get hot in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Lynn Barnes's beloved, exhilarating novel--perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at stake than a few unsolved homicides--especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive. The Naturals is a razor-sharp psychological thriller with killer twists, to-die-for romance, and the addictive bones of your next favorite series. Praise for The Naturals "The Naturals is Criminal Minds for the YA world, and I loved every page." --New York Times best-selling author Ally Carter * "[A] tightly paced suspense novel that will keep readers up until the wee hours to finish." --VOYA (starred review) "This savvy thriller grabs readers right away." --Kirkus Reviews "It's a stay-up-late-to-finish kind of book, and it doesn't disappoint." --Publishers Weekly "In this high-adrenaline series opener...even a psychic won't anticipate all the twists and turns." --Booklist **Catch every thrilling twist and turn of The Naturals series in The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the enovella, Twelve! And don't miss Jennifer Lynn Barnes's beloved The Inheritance Games Saga! Best reading order: The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, The Grandest Game, Games Untold, Glorious Rivals and The Same Backward as Forward. Then dive into her The Debutantes duet (Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals), and The Lovely and the Lost.