Top Ten Tuesday is discussing 2026 bookish goals today. What is your number one bookish goal for this year?

Bookish Goals for 2026

I’m linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl: Top Ten Tuesday: 2026 Bookish Goals

It’s fun to set attainable bookish goals!

Do you set bookish goals at the beginning of the year?

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#1

Curate a satisfying and enjoyable reading life.
Continuing to read what I want, when I want, and unapologetically DNFing!

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#2

Meet my Goodreads Challenge Goal of 100+ books.
I love setting goals I know I will meet!

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#3

Try a new Reading Tracker.
Since 2017, I’ve tracked my reading on Goodreads, Story Graph, and my own Excel spreadsheet. I am supporting Sarah’s Bookshelves Live (Podcast) as a Patreon this year because I enjoy the content of the free podcast and want more….and also because I wanted to try their Reading Tracker (available to Patreons). One feature I like about the tracker right away is that it includes a Dashboard that automatically totals up data for me. I was counting this data manually on my own spreadsheet because I don’t know the formulas. This will be a time saver!

#4

Continue to track Bookish Books for Susan’s challenge @ Bloggin’ ‘Bout Books.
This is the only challenge I’m doing besides Goodreads because 1) I know it will be successful and 2) I love this subgenre and want to track the bookish books I read.

#5

Create more Book Club Kits.
I’ve created 6 FREE Book Club Kits and I want to create at least two more this year.

#6

Read more nonfiction.
I set a goal of reading 20% nonfiction every year, and every year I fall short. I look for titles, but many of them don’t appeal to my reading tastes. Nevertheless, the fun is in the trying, amirite?!

#7

Read or reread a classic.
My goal is to read one classic a year. This may be the year I reread Gone with the Wind.

#8

Track recommendation sources.
I track many things, but I haven’t been consistent in tracking recommendation sources. I think it will be interesting data, and I want to be more dedicated to tracking it this year.

#9

Read more authors of color.
I make an effort to read authors of color, but I can do better.

#10

Write reviews immediately upon finishing a book.
This is an ongoing and challenging goal. I take good notes, which helps, but consistently writing the actual review (or a rough draft) upon finishing a book will help me better capture the reading experience.

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ICYMI:

Most Memorable Reads of 2025
Favorite Historical Fiction of 2025
Underrated Gems of 2025

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QOTD:

What is your number one reading goal?

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Happy Reading Book Worms

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke

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“I read because books are a form of transportation, of teaching, and of connection! Books take us to places we’ve never been, they teach us about our world, and they help us to understand human experience.”
~Madeleine Riley, Top Shelf Text

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