books i've read may 2026

 5.1.26

• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End #12 by Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe (M)
• Peach and Plum: Here We Come! by Tim McCanna (GN)
• Peach and Plum: Rule at School! by Tim McCanna (GN)

5.2.26

• The New Book: Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things by Nikki Giovanni (ANF)
• Are You a Friend of Dorothy?: The True Story of an Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped by Kyle Lukoff & Levi Hastings (YNF)
• Brimstone by Callie Hart (A)
• Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang (GN)
• Mamo by Sas Milldge (GN)
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (A)

5.3.26

• This Is MY Fort! by Drew Daywalt & Olivier Tallec (Y)
• What Is Inside THIS Box? by Drew Daywalt & Olivier Tallec (Y)
• Girl Crush #4 by Midori Tayama (M)
• The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann (A)
• Sleepy, the Goodnight Buddy by Drew Daywalt & Scott Campbell (PB)
• Our Planet!: There's No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty & David Litchfield (YNF)
• Boys Run the Riot #1 by Keito Gaku (M)

5.4.26

• Boys Run the Riot #2 by Keito Gaku (M)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #7 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert & Susie Ghahremani (PB)
• Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson (Y)

5.5.26

• Whisper Me a Love Song #8 by Eku Takeshima (M)

5.6.26

• Boys Run the Riot #3 by Keito Gaku (M)
• Kaiju No. 8 #12 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
• They Call Me No Sam! by Drew Daywalt & Mike Lowery (Y)

5.7.26

• The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst (YA)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #9 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Kaiju No. 8 #13 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)
• Boys Run the Riot #4 by Keito Gaku (M)

5.8.26

• That's a Great Question, I'd Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers (ANF)
• Whisper Me a Love Song #10 by Eku Takeshima (M)
• Kaiju No. 8 #14 by Naoya Matsumoto (M)

5.9.26

• Our Solar System!: A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
• Pluto!: Not a Planet? Not a Problem! by Stacy McAnulty & Stevie Lewis (YNF)
• Lulu Didn't Want a Dog by Laural Molk (PB)
• Gwei the Hungry Ghost by Emeline Lee & Basia Tran (PB)
• Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo by Bess Kalb & Erin Kraan (PB)
• Serafina Makes Waves by Matthew Burgess & Robin Rosenthal (PB)
• It's My Bird-Day! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Bing's Cherries by Julia Kuo & Livia Blackburne (PB)
• Iguana Miss You! by Sandra Boynton (PB)
• What a Small Cat Needs by Natalia Shaloshvili (PB)
• How We Play the Game by Alexis Nedd (YA)
• Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs & Andrew Eakett (ANF)

5.10.26

• Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir by Alicia Roth Weigel (ANF)
• Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings (A)
• Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (YA)

5.11.26

• Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore (PB)
• One Hug by Katrina Moore & Julia Woolf (PB)

5.12.26

• Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye (YA)
• That Neighbor Kid by Daniel Miyares (PB)

5.13.26

• It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, & Justin Eisinger (ANF)
• I Am My Ancestors' Wildest Dreams by Tanisia Moore & Robert Paul Jr. (PB)

5.14.26

• Camp by L.C. Rosen (YA)
• Oh No, No Ghosts! by Richard Michaelson & Adam McCauley (PB)
• The Worst Breakfast by China Mieville & Zak Smith (PB)
• Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks (PB)

5.15.26

• Move Your Mood! by Brenda S. Miles, Colleen A. Patterson, & Holly Clifton-Brown (PB)
• The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous (PB)
• No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull (A)
• Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines (A)

5.16.26

• Hedgehogs Don't Wear Underwear by Marissa Valdez (PB)
• The Pigeon WON'T Say the ABCs! by Mo Willems (PB)
• The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too! by Mo Willems (PB)
• The Pigeon WON'T Count to 10! by Mo Willems (PB)
• Preschool Is Cool! by Sabrina Moyle & Eunice Moyle (PB)
• Pride Is Love by Dano Moreno & Nakul P. (PB)
• If It's Pride and You Know It... by Andy Passchier (PB)
• Karakuri Odette #2 by Julietta Suzuki (M)
• Karakuri Odette #3 by Julietta Suzuki (M)

5.17.26

• Captain Cat by Inga Moore (PB)
• Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller & Patrice Barton (PB)
• The Tiny King by Taro Miura (PB)
• The Storm by Akiko Miyakoshi (PB)
• Cinderstella: A Tale of Planets Not Princes by Brenda S. Miles, Susan D. Sweet, & Valeria Docampo (PB)
• Agatha Christie's the Mysterious Affair at Styles by Marci Kay Monson & Greg Paprocki (PB)
• Never Give a Baby a Library Card by Erin Sandberg & Tom Booth (PB)
• Trucky Roads by Lulu Miller & Hui Skipp (PB)
• A Vow Made Twice by Emma Denny (A)
• When I Was Your Age by Kenan Thompson (ANF)

5.18.26

• Gentle Willow: A Story for Children About Dying by Joyce C. Mills, PhD & Cary Pillo (PB)
• The Great Escape by Deborah Marcero (PB)
• The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (A)

5.19.26

• Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta (A)
• Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #14 by Karuho Shiina (M)
• Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #15 by Karuho Shiina (M)

5.20.26

• Thao by Thao Lam (PB)
• I Will Not Walk to School by Naseem Hrab & Kelly Collier (PB)

5.21.26

• Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You #16 by Karuho Shiina (M)
• Waiting for Spring #1 by Anashin (M)
• Waiting for Spring #2 by Anashin (M)

5.22.26

• The Future Book by Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris (PB)
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Kid by Drew Daywalt & Molly Idle (PB)
• What Will Grow? by Jennifer Ward & Susie Ghahremani (YNF)
• Vicious by V.E. Schwab (A)
• A Is for Asian American: An Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Alphabet by Virginia Loh-Hagan & Tracy Nishimura Bishop (YNF)
• My Special One and Only by Joe Berger (PB)
• The Polyamory Breakup Book: Causes, Prevention, and Survival by Kathy Labriola (ANF)
• Waiting for Spring #3 by Anashin (M)

5.23.26

• Who Will Rule the Trees? by Eric A. Kimmel & Alette Straathof (PB)
• The Secrets of the Jellies: Amazing Jellyfish and Their Surprising Talents by Karen Jameson & Marie Hermansson (YNF)
• Rise, Girl, Rise: Our Sister-Friend Journey. Together for All. by Gloria Steinem, Leymah Gbowee, & Kah Yangni (YNF)
• If This Were the World by Stephen Barr & AG Ford (PB)
• Flowers for Mama by Deborah Freedman (PB)
• Their Name Is Alex by Paloma O'Toole (PB)
• Here Come the Aunties! by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra (PB)
• Amari and the Metalwork Menace by B.B. Alston (Y)
• Who Hid the Stars?: How Light Pollution Changes Our World by Valentina Gottardi, Maciej Michno, & Danio Miserocchi (YNF)

5.24.26

• We Ask Permission by Lydia Bowers & Isabel Munoz (PB)
• Hello There, Sunshine by Tabitha Brown & Olivia Duchess (PB)
• The Rain Stomper by Addie Boswell & Eric Velasquez (PB)
• We Listen to Our Bodies by Lydia Bowers & Isabel Munoz (PB)
• Priscilla Gorilla by Barbara Bottner & Michael Emberly (PB)
• The Extraordinary Gardener by Sam Boughton (PB)
• Do You Hear What I Hear? by Helen Borten (PB)
• Do You See What I See? by Helen Borten (PB)
• Riley Can't Stop Crying by Stephanie Boulay & Agathe Bray-Bourret (PB)
• Devils and Realist #2 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
• Devils and Realist #3 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
• Devils and Realist #4 by Utako Yukihiro & Madoka Takadono (M)
• Flower in a Storm #1 by Shigeyoshi Takagi (M)

5.25.26

• Now You See Me, Now You Don't by Silvia Borando (PB)
• Near, Far by Silvia Borando (PB)
• The Cat Book by Silvia Borando (PB)
• Anthony and the Gargoyle by Jo Ellen Bogart & Maja Kastelic (PB)
• 189 Canaries by Dieter Boge & Elsa Klever (PB)
• Was It a Cat I Saw? by Laura Bontje & Emma Lidia Squillari (PB)
• All You Need to Know About Dogs: By A. Cat by Fred Blunt (PB)
• A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts & Noah Z. Jones (PB)
• Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts & Noah Z. Jones (PB)
• Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (A)
• The Paddington Treasury: Six Classic Bedtime Stories by Michael Bond & R.W. Alley (PB)
• This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews (A)
• Flower in a Storm #2 by Shigeyoshi Takagi (M)
• Idol Dreams #6 by Arina Tanemura (M)

5.26.26

• Dead & Breakfast by Kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor (A)
• Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews (A)

5.27.26

• How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson (ANF)
• The Delinquent Housewife! #1 by Nemu Yoko (M)
• Twinkle Stars Volume 3 by Natsuki Takaya (M)

5.28.26

• Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews (A)
• Crow in the Snow by Lesley Sims & Fred Blunt (PB)

5.29.26

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (A)
• A Year Around the Great Oak by Gerda Muller (PB)
• We Will Be Shelter: Poems for Survival edited by Andrea Gibson (ANF)
• What I Like Most by Mary Murphy & Zhu Cheng-Liang (PB)
• Only a Tree Knows How to Be a Tree by Mary Murphy (PB)
• Banana Sunday by Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover (GN)

5.30.26

• Play Outside! by Laurent Moreau (PB)
• Today by Julie Mostad (PB)
• ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most (PB)
• Utterly Lovely One by Mary Murphy (PB)
• The Monster in the Backpack by Lisa Moser & Noah Z. Jones (Y)
• Good Families Don't by Robert Munsch & Alan Daniel (PB)
• Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
• Millicent and the Wind by Robert Munsch & Suzanne Duranceau (PB)
• I'm So Embarrassed! by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
• 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
• Pigs by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
• A Promise Is a Promise by Robert Munsch, Michael Kusugak, & Vladyana Krykorka (PB)
• Mortimer by Robert Munsch & Michael Martchenko (PB)
• Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch & Helene Desputeaux (PB)
• Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann (A)
• Twinkle Stars Volume 4 by Natsuki Takaya (M)

5.31.26

• One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews (A)
• Camp Twisted Pine by Ciera Burch (Y)

05.26 total: 165

30 manga; 5 graphic novels; 9 adult nonfiction; 9 youth nonfiction; 18 adult fiction; 7 youth fiction; 82 picture books; 5 young adult fiction