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5-Star Children's Books

The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. This is for Children, Middle Grade, and Young Adult books.


Top 5 Star Children's Books of 2026

  • B. William Hoolihan- Wooly Broom's Christmas: Uncle George Stories
  • Once Upon a Dance - A Tail of Learning: Kittina Ballerina and the Not-So-PURRfect Pirouettes
  • Frederick Key- I've Got This
  • B. William Hoolihan- Apple Cider: Uncle George Stories
  • B. William Hoolihan- Wild Geese: Uncle George Stories
  • Dr. Dale Atkins - Dear Deer
  • B. William Hoolihan- Wooly Broom’s Easter
  • Carola Schmidt - Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
  • B. William Hoolihan- The Snowy Owl
  • Malory - The Weird Map in Mr. Glimm's Skull
  • John R. Miles - You Matter, Luma
  • Fred Phillips - Dreams of Gold and Fire
  • B. William Hoolihan- The Wild Honey Tree
  • Once Upon a Dance - A Tail of Twirls
  • Amy Laundrie - Snip and Bittersweet
  • Dr. Dale Atkins - The Turquoise Butterfly
  • *

5 Star TRUE CRIME TITLES

New List for 2026. Top 5 Star True Crime Books



5 Star TRUE CRIME TITLES

  • Michael Fogt- Gunbarrels and Backroads
  • Sean Oliver & Ricardo Morales Jr. - Monkey Morales: The True Story of a Mythic Cuban Exile, Assassin, CIA Operative, FBI Informant, Smuggler, and Dad
  • Raul J. Diaz & Sean Oliver - KILLING THE LIEUTENANT: Fighting Miami’s Cocaine Wars, Hunting Griselda Blanco, And My Fight To Stay Alive 
  • Howard Frank- Lying in Wait: Anatomy of a Domestic Terrorist
  • Joseph Cibelli - The Tylenol Murders: A Father's Confession to His Son 
  • Michael Kelly- In Public Record: A Journey to the Truth of a Murder and Trial
  • Alain Orozco & Bianella Orozco-Delahoz- Redeemed: A Journey from Darkness to Light
  • Burl Barer & Frank C. Girardot Jr.- Where Murder Lies
  • John Hinckley Jr. and Jason Norman- Who I Really Am
  • Mark Gray- The Las Vegas Massacre Connections: Finding Strength Through Tragedy After America's Deadliest Mass Shooting
  • Dennis Carson- Every Killer Leaves a Trace
  • *





5+ Star Book Titles

This is the first year I am giving out 5+ stars. It doesn't affect your ratings on sites that only go up to 5 stars, but it matters here. You'll get a badge (seen to the left), and your title will be put on this list.



[2026] 5+ Star Book Titles

  • Peggy Joque Williams - Braving the Dawn
  • Ólafur Gunnarsson - 1,000,000% Men
  • Lisa M. Orban - 404 Apocalypse Not Found
  • Elliott D. Light - A More Perfect Union
  • James Byron Huggins - Hunter's Moon
  • Kaia Gallagher - Candles for the Defiant 
  • Raul J. Diaz & Sean Oliver - KILLING THE LIEUTENANT: Fighting Miami’s Cocaine Wars, Hunting Griselda Blanco, And My Fight To Stay Alive 
  • Hao C. Tran - The Old Village Road
  • Dr. Dale Atkins - Dear Deer
  • Lucille Guarino - Smoky Blue Sunrise
  • Carola Schmidt - Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
  • Jason Irwin - These Fragments I have shored
  • Joseph Cibelli - The Tylenol Murders: A Father's Confession to His Son 
  • John Hinckley Jr. and Jason Norman- Who I Really Am
  • R Weir - Mayhem In Music City
  • James Byron Huggins - Last Hunt
  • Kevin G. Chapman - Treacherous Hack
  • *





Top 10 Books

The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 books of the year.

Top 10 Books of 2026

  1. A.O. Wagner- The Karma Ubiquity
  2. Neal Goldstein - Rittenhouse Square
  3. Karl G. Trautman - The Appocalypse and Other Stories
  4. Lisa M. Orban - 404 Apocalypse Not Found
  5. Talia Haven- They Never, Ever, Take the Children
  6. Ólafur Gunnarsson - Potter's Field
  7. Elliott D. Light - A More Perfect Union
  8. Sean Oliver & Ricardo Morales Jr. - Monkey Morales: The True Story of a Mythic Cuban Exile, Assassin, CIA Operative, FBI Informant, Smuggler, and Dad
  9. Kaia Gallagher - Candles for the Defiant 
  10. Raul J. Diaz & Sean Oliver - KILLING THE LIEUTENANT: Fighting Miami’s Cocaine Wars, Hunting Griselda Blanco, And My Fight To Stay Alive 

Top 10 Audiobooks

The audiobooks listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively. 

At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 audiobooks of the year.

Top 10 Audiobooks of 2025

  1. R Weir - The Divine Devils
  2. Raemi A. Ray - The Death at Dark
  3. James Byron Huggins - Hunter's Moon
  4. Kate Rigby - House At The End
  5. Mary Means- Something Worth Saving: A Memoir of Secrets, Betrayals, Resilience and Love
  6. Talia Haven- House of the Jobless Gods
  7. *


Top 20 Authors

 At the end of the year, all authors that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the Top 20 Authors of the year. 

Top 20 Authors of 2026

  1. Peggy Joque Williams
  2. Ólafur Gunnarsson
  3. A.O. Wagner
  4. Neal Goldstein
  5. Lisa M. Orban
  6. Talia Haven
  7. Elliott D. Light
  8. James Byron Huggins
  9. Sean Oliver & Ricardo Morales Jr. 
  10. Kaia Gallagher
  11. Hao C. Tran
  12. John Heldt
  13. Lucille Guarino
  14. Sam Robb
  15. Michele Wood
  16. Joseph Cibelli 
  17. Diane Lilli 
  18. Nancy Shear
  19. Fred Phillips
  20. Burl Barer & Frank C. Girardot Jr.

Previous Years Top 10s, 20s and 5s

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