books i've read april 2026

 4.1.26

• What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (A)
• The Hospital Book by Lisa Brown (PB)
• Venus!: Fierce and Fabulous by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
• How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin by Nicholas Day & Hadley Hooper (YNF)
• Grandmother Mouse by Galksi De'entkw/Peter Thomas McKay (PB)
• Love Grows Here by Amy Adele (PB)
• But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman (ANF)

4.2.26

• Two Artists, Grandad and Me by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow (YNF)
• Aaniin: I See Your Light by Dawn Quigley & Nanibah Chacon (PB)
• It Takes a Family to Serve: A Tribute to Military Families by Lisa Wheeler & David Soman (PB)
• Patience...: Discover How the Best Things in Life Take Time by Rachel Williams & Leonie Lord (YNF)
• To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth (A)

4.3.26

• I'm Very Busy: A (Nearly Forgotten) Birthday Book by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Bread Is Love by Pooja Makhijani & Lavanya Naidu (PB)
• Go Bananas! by Lala Watkins & A.B. Peele (PB)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #2 by Kuzushiro (M)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #3 by Kuzushiro (M)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #4 by Kuzushiro (M)
• Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin (YA)
• Seamen Demon by BryGuy/Bryan L. Caldwell (A)

4.4.26

• Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music by Rob Sheffield (ANF)
• Fingering by Jen Jenivive (A)
• Look at My Boobies by Jen Jenivive (A)
• Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan (PB)
• The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story by Katherine Applegate & Lita Judge (PB)
• Bothered by Bugs by Emily Gravett (PB)
• Forty the Fortune Teller by Drew Daywalt & Kevin Cornell (PB)
• A Good Hide by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donovan (YNF)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #5 by Kuzushiro (M)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #2 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #3 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #9 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe (M)

4.5.26

• Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez (A)
• The House with the Little Red Door by Grace Easton (PB)
• Celebrate Nowruz!: A Persian New Year Holiday to Honor Spring by Zohreh Ghahremani & Susie Ghahremani (PB)
• The Colors of Nature by Catherine Barr & Chaaya Prabhat (YNF)
• System Collapse by Martha Wells (A)
• Begin Where You Are: The Colorado Poets Laureate Anthology complied by Turner Wyatt (ANF)

4.6.26

• The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean (ANF)
• She Started It by Sian Gilbert (A)
• I Do Not Like Al's Hat by Erin McGill (PB)

4.7.26

• The Gay Best Friend by Nicolas DiDomizio (A)
• Goyangi Means Cat by Christine McDonnell, Steve Johnson, & Lou Fancher (PB)
• The Hinky-Pink: An Old Tale Retold by Megan McDonald & Brian Floca (PB)

4.8.26

• Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee & Harry Bliss (PB)
• Making a Friend by Alison McGhee & Marc Rosenthal (PB)

4.9.26

• Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia (YA)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #6 by Kuzushiro (M)

4.10.26

• Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan (A)
• Cristiano Ronaldo by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Joao Fazenda (YNF)
• CATastrophe!: A Story of Patterns by Ann Marie Stephens & Jenn Harney (PB)
• Mikaela Shiffrin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Anastasia Ryzhkova (YNF)
• Oprah Winfrey by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Sera Latterell (YNF)
• A Family of Readers by Rob Sanders & Gabbie Benda (PB)
• Cat's First Halloween by Natalie Nelson (PB)
• Dog Loves Baby by Natalie Nelson (PB)
• Little Truck by Taro Gomi (PB)
• William Shakespeare by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Andrea Stegmaier (YNF)
• Rihanna by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Nina Mata (YNF)

4.11.26

• How Do You Take a Bath? by Kate McMullan & Sydney Hanson (YNF)
• Curses & Cold Brew by Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison (A)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #7 by Kuzushiro (M)
• The Moon on a Rainy Night #8 by Kuzushiro (M)
• Gender Is Really Strange by Teddy G. Goetz, MD, MS & Sophie Standing (ANF)

4.12.26

• Be Your Own Bestie: A No-Nonsense Guide to Changing the Way You Treat Yourself by Misha Brown (ANF)
• So Many Days by Alison McGhee & Taeeun Yoo (PB)
• I'm Cool! by Kate McMullan & Jim McMullan (PB)
• I'm Smart! by Kate McMullan & Jim McMullan (PB)
• No Bears by Meg McKinlay & Leila Rudge (PB)
• The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia C. McKissack & Giselle Potter (PB)
• What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack & April Harrison (PB)
• Cinder Yeti by Precious McKenzie & Edward Tanzosh (PB)
• Bear Hug by Katharine McEwen (PB)
• Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland & Jim McFarland (PB)
• A Bed for Bear by Clive McFarland (PB)
• Elmer and Rose by David McKee (PB)
• Elmer and the Tune by David McKee (PB)
• Elmer by David McKee (PB)
• Way Up and Over Everything by Alice McGill & Jude Daly (PB)
• Kidogo by Anik McGrory (PB)
• Who Killed Nessie? by Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith (GN)
• Physics for Cats: Science Cartoons by Tom Gauld (GN)

4.13.26

• Spring! by Leslie Patricelli (PB)
• Quicksilver by Callie Hart (A)

4.14.26

• We All Play: kimetawanaw by Julie Flett (PB)
• We All Love: kisakihitonaw by Julie Flett (PB)

4.15.26

• Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (A)
• New Boots by Tim Hopgood (PB)

4.16.26

• The Long Game by Rachel Reid (A)
• Don't Eat the Birthday Boy! by Donna Barba Higuera & Juliana Perdomo (Y)

4.17.26

• The Animals Speak: The Lakota Way by S.D. Nelson (YNF)
• Twelve Daring Grays: A Whale Migration Adventure by Nora Nickum & Elly MacKay (YNF)
• Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story by Judy Campbell-Smith & Maggie Carroll (PB)
• Truman Toad and the Quest for the Perfect Hug by Oren Lavie & Anke Kuhl (PB)
• Let's Have a Sleepover! by Salina Yoon (PB)
• Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (A)

4.18.26

• It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (YA)
• Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano (Y)
• I Love You Always by Rachel Piercey & Freya Hartas (PB)
• Something Sweet: A Sitting Shiva Story by Leslea Newman & Sarita Rich (PB)
• Ways Papi Says I Love You by Delia Ruiz & Carlos Velez Aguilera (PB)
• All of Apolonia by Patty Cisneros Prevo & Mirelle Ortega (PB)
• Ghoulia by Barbara Cantini (Y)

4.19.26

• I Hug by David McPhail (PB)
• If I Never Forever Endeavor by Holly Meade (PB)
• Harry on the Rocks by Susan Meddaugh (PB)
• Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado (YA)
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy (A)

4.20.26

• Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by M.J. Wassmer (A)
• Friends by Geraldo Valerio (PB)
• Otis & Peanut by Naseem Hrab & Kelly Collier (GN)
• Ghoulia and the Mysterious Visitor by Barbara Cantini (Y)
• Ghoulia and the Ghost with No Name by Barbara Cantini (Y)
• Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King (YA)

4.21.26

• Kaiju No. 8 #8 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
• Grandpa's Top Threes by Wendy Meddour & Daniel Egneus (PB)

4.22.26

• Kaiju No. 8 #9 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
• Kaiju No. 8 #10 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
• Kaiju No. 8 #11 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)

4.23.26

• Whisper Me a Love Song #4 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #5 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Komi Can't Communicate #34 by Tomohito Oda (M)

4.24.26

• Angel of the Overpass by Seanan McGuire (A)
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #10 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe (M)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #6 by Eku Takeshima (M)

4.25.26

• Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (A)
• Now I See Spring by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Now I See Winter by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Now I See Summer by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Now I See Fall by Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen (PB)
• Gunnar the Viking's Great Pizza Adventure by Diego Vaisberg (PB)
• ABC-Deconstructing Gender by Ashley Molesso & Chess Needham (PB)
• Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton by Martha Ackmann (ANF)
• This Is Not a Drill by K.A. Holt (Y)

4.26.26

• The Way of the Househusband #15 by Kousuke Oono (M)
• How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail (PB)
• The Family Tree by David McPhail (PB)
• The Girl Who Was Too Big for the Page by Geena Davis (PB)
• Yes, I Can Listen! by Steve Metzger & Susan Szecsi (PB)
• Hill & Hole Are Best Friends by Kyle Mewburn & Vasanti Unka (PB)
• The Apple Orchard Riddle by Margaret McNamara & G. Brian Karas (PB)
• Broken by X. Fang (PB)
• Meet the Mini-Mammals: A Night at the Natural History Museum by Melissa Stewart & Brian Lies (YNF)
• Far Sector by N.K. Jemison & Jamal Campbell (GN)
• Archibald and the Furry Dinosaurs by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang (PB)
• A Book of Loves by Cynthia Rylant (PB)
• Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (A)

4.27.26

• One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny (A)
• Hearts in Circulation by Sarah Monzon (A)
• Otis & Peanut: Forever and Ever by Naseem Hrab & Kelly Collier (GN)

4.28.26

• Ghoulia and the Doomed Manor by Barbara Cantini (Y)
• Try Your Worst by Chatham Greenfield (YA)

4.29.26

• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #11 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe (M)
• Bartleby by Matt Phelan (PB)

4.30.26

• Ren's Pencil by Bo Lu (PB)
• The Sun Thief by Alice Hemming & Nicola Slater (PB)
• Guinea Pigs Don't Wear Pants by Chris Paul (Rainbows) Farias (PB)

04.26 total: 158

22 adult fiction; 75 picture books; 15 youth nonfiction; 7 adult nonfiction; 21 manga; 6 young adult fiction; 5 graphic novels; 7 youth fiction