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White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky – beautiful short classic
White Nights is 80 page short beautiful heartbreak about unrequited love that makes you ache for a character.
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Love and Other Brain Experiments by Hannah Brohm
Love and Other Brain Experiments is a nonpareil, nifty, and nerdy STEM romance with characters whose emotional and intellectual chemistry makes you root for them from beginning to end.
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum – deeply comforting Korean Fiction
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is cozy, gentle, and deeply comforting Korean Fiction.
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The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires #1) by Lauren Asher
The fine print is addictive, entertaining workplace billionaire romance with grumpy x sunshine trope but I feel this could have been even better.
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If You Were Mine (Circle of Vows #2) by Inaara Sheikh – rivals to lovers second chance romance
If You Were Mine is a solid rivals to lovers, second chance romance layered with resentment, abandonment issues, desire, and ultimately, love.
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Tongue-in-Cheek: The Funny Side of Life by Khyrunnisa A. – collection of realistic stories
Tongue-in-Cheek is a fun and delightful collection of realistic stories that will appeal to readers of all ages. It is a light, cheerful book that reminds us that even the most ordinary days…
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The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak – Thoughtful and deeply layered fiction
The Forty Rules of Love is thoughtful, poetic, and deeply layered fiction. It may not bring everyone closer to spirituality, but it almost certainly invites reflection, and that alone makes it a powerful…
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Timeless Tales from Marwar by Vijaydan Detha – beautifully layered translated fiction
Timeless Tales from Marwar is a beautifully layered translated fiction that brings together Rajasthani culture, legends, and traditions with honesty and heart.
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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf – classic fiction that I admirable but didn’t enjoy
Mrs Dalloway is unconventional fiction with stream-of-consciousness style and important themes and layers, but for me. It was classic fiction that I admirable but didn't enjoy.
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January 2026 Wrap Up: Books, Life Updates, and Travel Plans
January was a relatively good month. Check out Books I read, Life Updates, and Travel Plans in this January 2026 Wrap Up post.
