First Quarter Favorite Reads of 2026 with Gare and Steph

Gare, Steph and I share and discuss our favorite reads from the first quarter of 2026!

Kate’s Books

Queen of Faces by Petra Lord

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

She Drinks the Light by Yasmin Angoe

Judge Stone by Viola Davis and James Patterson

These Heathens by Mia McKenzie

Gare’s Books

The Secret Lives of Murderers Wives

Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding

Ours Is a Tale of Murder by Seraphina Nova Glass

Sorry for Your Loss by Georgia McVeigh

The Vanishing Hour by Seraphina Nova Glass

Steph’s Books

We Used to Live Here

The Act of Disappearing by Nathan Gower

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

It Could Have Been Her by Lisa Jewell

Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead

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