February 2026
Welcome to the second month of the 2026 Adult Reading Challenge!
This month's theme is,
"
Read a love story
.
"
Pick one of the great books below or any other book that fits the theme!
If you are new to the challenge, welcome!
Every month, read a book on that month's theme. Log the book on Beanstack and you are able to earn that month's sticker.
There is a monthly prize drawing for those who completed that month's challenge - the winner receives a $25 gift card to a local business!
Complete at least nine months of the year to be entered into a grand prize drawing!
If you are not currently registered for the Adult Reading Challenge,
join the fun on Beanstack
!
Registration Prizes!
Everyone who signs up for the 2026 challenge receives a set of magnetic bookmarks
and a reading notebook!
Pick yours up at the front desk of the library!
The Bromance Book Club
Lyssa Kay Adams
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur
You Had Me at Hola
Alexis Daria
Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love
Helen Fisher
Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Talia Hibbert
Modern Love: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
Daniel Jones, ed.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Interabled: True Stories about Love and Disability from Squirmy & Grubs and Other Interabled Couples
Shane Burcaw
The Singles Table
Sara Desai
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel
García Márquez
Book Lovers
Emily Henry
The Bride Test
Helen Hoang
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas
The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History
Megan Mullally
Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage
Dani Shapiro
The Luckiest Lady in London
Sherry Thomas
Honey and Spice
Bolu Babalola
An Extraordinary Union
Alyssa Cole
Ice Planet Barbarians
Ruby Dixon
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris
Adriana Herrera
Ayesha at Last
Uzma Jalaluddin
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna
The Truth According to Ember
Danica Nava
Before I Let Go
Kennedy Ryan
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
Happy Reading!
Remember, you have until February 28 to read a book on the theme and
log it in Beanstack
to be eligible for this month's prize drawing.
To place a hold, click on the cover and go to our online catalog.
