Summer Reading Challenge 2026 @ Beyond the Bookends

This begins on May 1 and ends September 7 (Labor Day this year). 

1. Book Set at the Beach
2. Celebrity Book Club Pick
3. Family Inheritance Novels (June)
4. By a Summer Author*
5. Jane Austen Retellings or Jane Austen Books in Order
6. Novels about Immigration or Immigration Memoirs
7. Matchmaking Books
8. Books About Road Trips (May)
9. Pop Culture Nonfiction Books
10. Lake Books
11. Books Set in New York
12. Beach Mystery Books
13. Adult Versions of Favorite Childhood Books
14. YA Thriller Books
15. Ultimate Beach Reads 2026
16. Royal Historical Fiction
17. Books Set in Maine (July)
18. The Best Fiction Books about Wine
19. 2026 New Release Book
20. Reality TV Novels
21. Nonfiction & Fiction Books About Cults
22. Books Set in Tropical Locations (August)
23. Romance Books About Books
24. Books About Female Spies 
25. Free Space 

* (Hannah Orenstein Books, Emily Henry Books Ranked, Jenny Colgan Books Ranked, Ashley Poston Books Ranked, Annabel Monaghan Books, Taylor Jenkins Reid Books Ranked, Ali Hazelwood Books Ranked, Chanel Cleeton Books in Order, Carley Fortune Books, Jasmine Guillory Books in Order)