NLF Reading Challenge 2026 – Reading Schedule

The Reading Schedule begins the week of May 11, 2026, and ends on August 2, 2026.

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Fox Goes NorthJeremy Strong
An Absence of SquirrelsAparna Kapur
Dancing Frogs and Other Creatures in VerseZai Whitaker
DefangedH.E. Edgmon
Sneaker PaatiAnita Nair
My Soul, A Shining TreeJamila Gavin
The Last BardMaz Evans
Shadow ThievesPeter Burns
A Girl, a Tiger and a Very Strange StoryParo Anand & Priya Kuriyan
Murder! By Narwhal!

Alex T. Smith

StitchPádraig Kenny
Sabrena Swept AwayKaruna Riazi
Kishore AshoreC.G. Salamander & Sahitya Rani
Chronicles of Whetherwhy: The Age of EnchantmentAnna James
The Mizzy Mysteries: A Skeleton in the ClosetClaire Hatcher-Smith
Midnight TreasurePiers Torday
The Spick and the SpanPil Van Martin
Inkbound: Meticulous Jones and the Skull TattooPhilippa Leathley
Ancient IndiansTony Joseph & Devika Cariapa
Relic Hamilton, Genie HunterJoseph Coelho
The Spindle of FateAimee Lim
The Cartoonists ClubRaina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
UnfairiesHuw Aaron
Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista FlitClare Harlow
The Strange Disappearance of Imogen GoodKirsty Applebaum
GloamJack Mackay
PopcornRob Harrell