GoodReads Picks for Morning News Tournament of Books 2026

1.
Run for the Hills
Run for the Hills 3.87 avg rating — 10,318 ratings
2.
Wild Dark Shore
Wild Dark Shore 4.19 avg rating — 116,266 ratings
3.
Endling
Endling 4.02 avg rating — 803 ratings
4.
Audition
Audition 3.32 avg rating — 9,989 ratings
5.
Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Stop Me If You've Heard This One 3.41 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
6.
When the Wolf Comes Home
When the Wolf Comes Home 4.23 avg rating — 10,069 ratings
7.
The Road to Tender Hearts
The Road to Tender Hearts 4.40 avg rating — 8,219 ratings
8.
The Möbius Book
The Möbius Book 3.86 avg rating — 562 ratings
9.
So Far Gone
So Far Gone 4.06 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
10.
We Do Not Part
We Do Not Part
by: Han Kang
3.88 avg rating — 19,126 ratings
11.
The Wayfinder
The Wayfinder really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
12.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 4.11 avg rating — 15,083 ratings
13.
The Devil Three Times
The Devil Three Times 3.84 avg rating — 339 ratings
13.
Flesh
Flesh 3.90 avg rating — 2,273 ratings
15.
The Emperor of Gladness
The Emperor of Gladness 4.05 avg rating — 19,976 ratings
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The Dream Hotel
The Dream Hotel 3.62 avg rating — 18,134 ratings
17.
Great Black Hope
Great Black Hope 3.63 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
18.
How to Dodge a Cannonball
How to Dodge a Cannonball 3.60 avg rating — 279 ratings
18.
Woodworking
Woodworking 4.35 avg rating — 5,076 ratings
18.
Atavists: Stories
Atavists: Stories 3.80 avg rating — 821 ratings
18.
Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts 3.67 avg rating — 21,404 ratings
18.
The Bright Years
The Bright Years 4.27 avg rating — 19,982 ratings
23.
The Sleepers
The Sleepers 3.49 avg rating — 76 ratings
23.
Mornings Without Mii
Mornings Without Mii 3.71 avg rating — 1,398 ratings
23.
Women, Seated
Women, Seated 3.68 avg rating — 173 ratings
23.
The National Telepathy
The National Telepathy 3.42 avg rating — 431 ratings
27.
The Living and the Rest
The Living and the Rest 3.72 avg rating — 872 ratings
27.
The Antidote
The Antidote 3.96 avg rating — 6,273 ratings
27.
The Names
The Names 4.16 avg rating — 41,143 ratings
27.
That's All I Know
That's All I Know 4.25 avg rating — 3,327 ratings
27.
Angel Down
Angel Down 4.34 avg rating — 187 ratings
27.
The Slip
The Slip 4.18 avg rating — 383 ratings
33.
Rooms for Vanishing
Rooms for Vanishing 3.68 avg rating — 212 ratings
33.
North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther
North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther 4.26 avg rating — 80 ratings
33.
Isola
Isola 4.02 avg rating — 40,599 ratings
36.
When We Were Real
When We Were Real 3.96 avg rating — 852 ratings
36.
Hot Air
Hot Air 3.25 avg rating — 1,945 ratings
36.
Perfection
Perfection 3.69 avg rating — 12,887 ratings
36.
Perspective
Perspective 3.72 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
40.
The Echoes
The Echoes
by: Evie Wyld
3.79 avg rating — 2,721 ratings
40.
Red Dog Farm
Red Dog Farm 3.92 avg rating — 602 ratings
42.
The Lamb
The Lamb
by: Lucy Rose
3.84 avg rating — 14,023 ratings
42.
These Heathens
These Heathens 4.27 avg rating — 691 ratings
44.
The Book of Records
The Book of Records 3.59 avg rating — 569 ratings
45.
Flashlight
Flashlight 3.85 avg rating — 1,364 ratings