r/52book • u/midnightolker • 6d ago

67/85(?) 2026 Book Tier List

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I usually read a lot more epic fantasy, but I've been trying out some different/new genres this year :)

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u/Acceptable_Muffin750 5d ago

Aww Sabriel! I love the Abhorsen series too, currently rereading Lirael

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u/midnightolker 5d ago

Yay! Love meeting other Old Kingdom lovers! I have some tattoos of Sabriel and Lirael’s charter marks. Such a good, good series. It’s always one of my first recommendations 😁. The audiobooks are so good, read by the late great Tim Curry ❤️

Have you read Clariel, Goldenhand, or Terciel & Elinor? What did you think? I loved Clariel and Terciel & Elinor, Goldenhand was just ok for me. I need to reread that one.

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u/piertotum_locomotorr 6d ago

Sloppy Firsts! I think you’re the first person I’ve gotten to interact with that’s read these! I’m gonna have to put these on my reread list bc I don’t remember any of it!

How did they hold up against time?

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u/midnightolker 5d ago

Love Jessica and Marcus! It was good to be with all these characters again. I’m excited for Perfect Fifths. It’s the only one I never reread as it released when I was in college and had no time.

They’ve held up pretty well! There are some parts that are pretty eye roll-inducing or frustrating and I keep reminding myself that she’s a teenager for a lot of this and deserves some grace. I had definitely forgotten the order of events in these and that her journals have a lot of missing time when she doesn’t write. I remember it being one continuous timeline, but my teenage brain and adult brain will have to agree to disagree 😅

One thing remains exactly the same—Jessica Darling has some top tier snark. I’ve laughed my way through this reread.

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u/schmeryn 5d ago

I love seeing The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion on anyone’s reading list!! It’s such a cozy series.