It’s time for our first Down the TBR Hole of 2026! We’re starting off the year with 465 books on my want to read shelf. I’m excited to see what progress I’ll make this year.

Down the TBR Hole was originally created over at Lost in a Story. This meme is now being hosted by Jody from I’m Into Books. It looked like a fun and productive way to finally make a dent in that Goodreads TBR. I went through my want-to-read shelf a little while ago but I think I was still to kind on a lot of books. Let’s see what I’ll make of it this time around. I decided to go with 10 books at a time so lets get started!

It works like this:

• Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
• Order on ascending date added.
• Take the first 5 (or 10 or 15 or 20, if you’re feeling adventurous) books
• Read the synopses of the books
• Decide: keep it or should it go?
• Keep track of where you left off so you can pick up there next week!

Current “to-read” shelf: 465 (my last post ended at 465. So that’s the same as at the end of the last post.)

The Key To You and Me – Jaye Robin Brown
Remove

Lost in the Never Words – Aiden Thomas
Remove

The Flipside of Perfect – Liz Reinhardt
Remove

Unchosen – Katharyn Blair
Remove

Once Upon a Quinceanera – Monica Gomez-Hira
Remove

Five Ways to Fall Out of Love – Emily Martin
Remove

Meme – Aaron Starmer
Remove

Super Fake Love Song – David Yoon
Remove

Like Home – Louisa Onome
Remove

A Court of Silver Flames – Sarah J Maas
Keep

 

I’m starting off the year really well! The only book I’m keeping is one that I have on my shelves. Nothing against the other books. Quite a few still sound interesting to me, but I don’t own them in any way. So I’m not sure when/if I’ll get around to them.

Removal Percentage: 90%
Current “to-read” shelf: 456

That is the first Down the TBR Hole of the year! It would be nice if I could do this well every time I do a Down the TBR Hole post. We’ll get through my want to read shelf rather quickly, haha. If you’ve read any of these, should any still be on my shelf? Let me know in the comments. I’d love to hear from you.