Let’s Talk Bookish — January 2026 Topics

Happy Saturday, book lovers! I can’t believe it’s already that time of the year and we’re already preparing for topics in the year ahead. Here’s what’s in store for the ✨January 2026 LTB Topics!✨

I hope everyone has a peaceful and restful holiday season and a great start to the new year! 🥳

What’s Let’s Talk Bookish?

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly (Friday) meme originally created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and co-hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits and me (Dini @dinipandareads)! In this bookish discussion meme, bloggers get to discuss certain topics, share opinions, and spread love by visiting each other’s posts.

You can find an archive of topics HERE!

Thanks to Danielle and Leyre for contributing two of January’s topics! The others are suggested by Aria and me. If you have a topic you’d like to share (even if you don’t join LTB), you can fill in the Google form at the end of this post!

January 2: Top Reads in Five Words/Sentences

Prompts: What were your top 5 (or top 10) reads in 2025? If you had five words or sentences (your choice!) to describe each book and convince other readers to pick it up, how would you describe your 2025 favourites?

January 9: Bookish Trends of 2025

Prompts: Looking back on the past year, what bookish trends have you noticed? Are certain tropes, types of blogging, or other book-related content becoming more popular? If you did this post last year (Bookish Trends of 2024), do you notice any trend changes from that post? What changes do you foresee in 2026? What bookish trend would you most want to see become popular, or come back?

January 16: Book Blogging Slumps (Danielle @ Poetry Books YA)

Prompts: People frequently talk about reading slumps, but what about blogging slumps? What gives you motivation for blogging? What makes you lose motivation? Have you ever gone through one before? How did you break out of it? What advice would you give to a book blogger who’s in one?

January 23: Underrated Books (Leyre @ Read You Leyre)

Prompts: What makes a book “underrated”? Did you read any books in 2025 that you think are underrated? Did you read any books with underrated tropes (or micro tropes) or genres? What are some of your favourite “underrated” reads from 2025 and of all time?

January 30: Freebie!

Prompts: You made it to the end of the month—congrats! 🥳 For the fifth Friday of the month, pick your own topic. You can check out our blogs for inspiration (Aria and Dini) or write about something else you’re interested in!

Ideas Submission

If you have any ideas or suggestions for LTB topics, we’d love to hear from you! ⬇️

That’s it for the January 2026 topics! We hope to see you join the discussions, and if you do, don’t forget to link back to our blogs so we can read them. Take care, friends! 💜