Hi everyone! I believe this post requires no introduction. You know the drill with this one. Please enjoy my favorite things from this year. Here’s to a great 2026! (Let’s face it. 2025 was a sh*t show. The only way to get through was by finding literally anything to enjoy.)

Books

• Oathbringer (Book 3 of the Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson
• Ithaca (Book 1 of the Songs of Penelope) by Claire North
• Rhythm of War (Book 4 of the Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson
• Psyche and Eros by Luna McNamara
• Near the Bone by Christina Henry
• The Final Empire (Book 1 of the Mistborn Saga) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Fury of the Gods (Book 3 of the Bloodsworn Saga) by John Gwynne
• Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
• Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConahgy
• The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
• The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
• Brother by Ania Ahlborn
• Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter
• And Then I Woke Up by Malcom Devlin
• The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
• I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
• The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Geisbrecht
• The Well of Ascension (Book 2 of the Mistborn Saga) by Brandon Sanderson
• Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John
• The Hero of Ages (Book 3 of the Mistborn Saga) by Brandon Sanderson
• Assassin’s Apprentice (Book 1 of the Farseer Trilogy) by Robin Hobb
• Wind and Truth (Book 5 of the Stormlight Archive) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
• The Alloy of the Law (Book 4 of the Mistborn Saga) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Elektra by Jennifer Saint
• Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
• Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
• Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
• One’s Company by Ashley Hutson
• Grey Dog by Elliot Gish
• We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
• The Unworthy by Augustina Bazterrica
• The Haar by David Sodergren
• Diavola by Jennifer Thorne
• One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
• Shadows of Self (Book 5 of the Mistborn Saga) by Brandon Sanderson
• House of Odysseus (Book 2 of the Songs of Penelope) by Claire North
• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Movies

• Sinners (dir. Ryan Coogler)
• Thunderbolts* (dir. Jake Schierer)
• Superman (dir. James Gunn)
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (dir. Matt Shakman)
• The Long Walk (dir. Francis Lawrence)
• Frankenstein (dir. Guillermo del Toro)
• Wicked: For Good (dir. Jon M. Chu)

TV Shows

• It: Welcome to Derry (Season 1, HBO Max)
• The Mighty Nein (Season 1, Prime)
• Heated Rivalry (Season 1, HBO Max)
• Severance (Seasons 1-2, Apple TV)
• Murderbot (Season 1, Apple TV)
• Hazbin Hotel (Season 2, Prime)
• Yellowjackets (Season 3, Paramount)
• Fallout (Season 2, Prime)
• Andor (Season 2, Disney+)
• Only Murders in the Building (Season 5, Hulu)

Music

• Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd (album)
• The Giver by Chappell Roan (single)
• Forever is a Feeling by Lucy Dacus (album)
• RUSHMERE by Mumford and Sons (album)
• At The Beach, In Every Life by Gigi Perez (album)
• I Don’t Know How But They Found Me! by Jensen McRae (album)
• Even In Arcadia by Sleep Token (album)
• Man’s Best Friend by Sabrina Carpenter (album)
• Virgin by Lorde (album)
• The Cosmic Selector Vol.1 by Lord Huron (album)
• BITE ME by Renee Rapp (album)
• Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You by Ethel Cain (album)
• Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party by Hayley Williams (album)
• Breach by Twenty One Pilots (album)
• Good Boy by Paris Paloma (single)
• The Life of a Showgirl by Taylor Swift (album)
• Everybody Scream by Florence and the Machine (album)
• The Hand by Annabelle Dinda (single)
• Silver Spoon by Erin LeCount (single)