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Now Announcing the Official International 2026 New Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love Reading List! 2026 Books of the Month:
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL AUTHORS listed below as it takes me a full year to read and select from the hundreds and hundreds of books sent to me by authors, publishers, publishers and more for consideration for their book or books to be selected for a full year of our Passport to Reading Around the World.
Since our beginning with six complete strangers coming to join my original chapter of my book club, The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas in 2000, we have evolved to be one of the largest International Book Clubs in the World.
We rebranded our name for our 25th Anniversary to Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love as it was time authors and readers to get serious about our reading. We are on a mission and have been the get go to promote authors, books, literacy and reading around the world.
I think BIG and DREAM that one day our world through the process of reading become the world we want to live and be in, We have joined hands around the globe to build bridges of understanding that reading is important, that we can learn about other peoples, cultures, and mindsets to find that we are more alike than we have differences.
Don't judge a book by it's cover, read it then share those stories to have conversations. We are life-long learners and now we have "gone back to school", our one stop shop site of SKOOL!
JOIN TODAY and don't forget to JOIN on Facebook our Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love group page and SUBSCRIBE to the Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love YouTube Channel as I will be reporting there as we transition to this site SKOOL!
I cannot thank my webmaster, Paul Roberson enough and he is creating video content to learn all our pages and Authors, you are going to be amazed on how much information we can send our around the world on your books.
We welcome all readers, all book groups, podcasters, we truly want to be a one shop shop of connecting our hands and hearts to what we all know can change the world.
Books that keep on giving now share, share, share and important to join our Facebook and YouTube Channel as we need a way to get all the information we have been working on this past year to all of you!
It's all about the story!
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Now Announcing the Official International 2026 New Kathy L. Murphy Big Book Love Reading List! 2026 Books of the Month:
January
Fiction Book of the Month:
Trust: A Novel by Hernan Diaz
*Winner of The Pulitzer Prize
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
The Nine: The True Story of A Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Srauss
Bonus Books of the Month:
The Power of Women: An Atlas of Beauty Book by Mihaela Noric
The Women Who Stand Between: A Novel and
Depth of Field: A Novella Epilogue by Jeannée Sacken
Dear Orchid: True Stories and New Fiction, a Collection by Carol Van Den Hende
February
Fiction Book of the Month:
Where the Heart Meets the Sea: A Novel by Kimbra Drake
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey
Bonus Books of the Month:
Tales of The Friendship Bench: A Novel, Book 4 of the Gumbeaux Sistahs by Jax Frey
The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore
March
Fiction Book of the Month:
The Stolen Queen: A Novel by Fiona Davis
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide to Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams with Gail Hudson
Bonus Books of the Month:
Wander: A Memoir Of Letting Go and Walking 2,000 Miles To A Meaningful Life by Ryan Benz
In The Shadow of Man by Jane van Lawwick-Goodall
April
Fiction Book of the Month:
The Expat Affair: A Novel by Kimberly Belle
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
*The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Bonus Books of the Month:
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
The Lies They Told: A Novel by Ellen Marie Wiseman
May
Fiction Book of the Month:
The View From Lake Como: A Novel by Adriana Trigiani
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
*A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii by Kate Quinn (Author), Stephanie Dray (Author), Ben Kane (Author), Eliza Knight (Author), Sophie Perinot (Author), Vicky Alvear (Author)
Bonus Books of the Year:
Joy Ride: A novel by Ellen Meister
The Secrets of Good People by Boo Walker
June
Fiction Book of the Month:
A Curtain Falls in Paris: An Aria Nevins and Noah Roche Mystery by Victoria Zackheim
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
Little Heathens: Hard Times and Hard Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Bonus Books of the Month:
The Real Mrs. Tobias: A Novel and Another Side of Paradise: A Novel by Sally Koslow
Passports Postcards and Paris: a childhood fantasy turns into real life romantic comedy from Texas to France and beyond by Ronelda Stricklin
July
Fiction Book of the Month:
*The Peculiar Gift of July: A Novel by Ashley Ream
Non-Fiction Book of the Month: Cher: Part One: The Memoir - And Intimate and Extraordinary Story of a Trailblazing Icon by Cher
Bonus Books of the Month:
The Mermaids of Lake Michigan: A Novel by Suzanne Kamata
The Emperors of Gladness: A Novel by Ocean Veong
August
Fiction Book of the Month:
Prodigal Summer: A Novel and The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
No Filter: A Memoir by Paulina Porizkova
Bonus Books of the Month:
The Librarians of Lisbon: A WWII Story of Love and Espionage by Suzanne Nelson
Poor Deer: A Novel by Claire Oshetsky
September -
Fiction Book of the Month:
*Eden Undone: A Novel by Abbott Kahler
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
*Work in Progress: A Memoir by Devon Rodriguez
Bonus Books of the Month:
Run, Darling: A novel on the Gabor Sisters by Karen Essex
Smoke in the Cypress: A Napolic Officer in New Orleans by Owen Pataki
The Zen Monkey and The Lotus Flower: 52 Stories That Wo; Change Your Life by Tenpa Yeshee6"
October:
Fiction Book of the Month:
The Other Side: A Multiverse Discovery Story by S. A Harris and Paul Roberson
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
Forgotten Apothecary: 250 Powerful Remedies at Your Fingertips by Nicole Apelian Ph.D.
Bonus Books of the Month:
The Honey Badger: A Story of Major Arcana by Broc Foerster,
How To Access Your Divine Energy by Chris Josh
Persephone's Underground: A thriller, a mystery, a legend by Rickey Pittman
November
Fiction Book of the Year:
Their Shadows Deep: A Novel by Peter Golden
A Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Non-Fiction Book of the Year:
The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice For An Inspired Life by Suleka Jaouad
Bonus Books of the Year:
Chicano Frankenstein: A Novel by Daniel Olivas
Good Dirt: A Novel by Charmaine Wilkerson
December
Fiction Book of the Month:
The Bell Ringer by Peter Orullian
Non-Fiction Book of the Month:
Stories from my Kitchen By Tamra Bolton
Bonus Books of the Month:
365 Poems for Life compiled by Allie Esiri
All The Way To The River: Love, Loss, and Liberation
Always Remember: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Makesy
If a book has a * before the title I have not received the finished print cover copy of the book yet!
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