2026 Scrapbook | Happy Bookers

01

January

The book

Finding My Way: A Memoir

by Malala Yousafzai

Malala shares the years beyond the headlines: school, friendship, first love, family expectations, and the messy work of becoming herself.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for Finding My Way: A Memoir. The Bookers imagined in the novel Exam-week panic has nothing on book club flashcards.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for Finding My Way: A Memoir. The Bookers imagined in the novel When the flashbulbs hit, she's the one calling the shots.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for Finding My Way: A Memoir. The Bookers imagined in the novel Seven hundred pages later, the summit was hers.

02

February

The book

All Better Now

by Neal Shusterman

A virus leaves survivors permanently happy, but the world cannot agree whether its strange gift is a cure or a threat.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for All Better Now. The Bookers imagined in the novel One city, two realities: fear at the top, hope in the line below.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for All Better Now. The Bookers imagined in the novel The fever breaks, and what's left behind is a calm she has never felt before.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for All Better Now. The Bookers imagined in the novel The billboards warn that happiness is dangerous — and some in the crowd look almost tempted.

03

March

The book

The Forgotten Garden

by Kate Morton

An abandoned child’s past leads three generations from Australia to Cornwall in a family mystery with a secret garden at its heart.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for The Forgotten Garden. The Bookers imagined in the novel The pleasure of a tale well told — an author we already love, in her element.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for The Forgotten Garden. The Bookers imagined in the novel Reconnaissance at its finest: following a paper trail where the bravest book club members lead.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for The Forgotten Garden. The Bookers imagined in the novel Every good campaign ends at a gate someone was brave enough to open.

04

April

The book

The Personal Librarian

by Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Belle da Costa Greene builds J. P. Morgan’s extraordinary library while guarding the truth about her identity in this historical novel.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for The Personal Librarian. The Bookers imagined in the novel Fresh from the discussion, the club steps into Belle's world to squabble over gold leaf just like the experts did.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for The Personal Librarian. The Bookers imagined in the novel Beside the quote on Boston marriages, the club forms its own circle of trusted confidantes, 1900s style.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for The Personal Librarian. The Bookers imagined in the novel With the radar list growing, the club hunts the stacks for its next round of discoveries.

05

May

The book

Master Slave Husband Wife

by Ilyon Woo

Ellen and William Craft flee slavery in 1848, posing as a white gentleman and his servant in a daring true story of love and freedom.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for Master Slave Husband Wife. The Bookers imagined in the novel Sizing up top hats, spectacles, and a very convincing sling, the costume committee finds July's party inspiration in the book's boldest disguise.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for Master Slave Husband Wife. The Bookers imagined in the novel By a single candle, the club commits the thousand-mile route to memory — no tickets, no timetables, only trust.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for Master Slave Husband Wife. The Bookers imagined in the novel From the back of a gaslit lecture hall, the club lends its hands to a thunder of applause that once shook New England.

06

June

The book

My Friends

by Fredrik Backman

A young artist inherits a seaside painting and sets out to discover the story of three tiny figures on its pier.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for My Friends. The Bookers imagined in the novel Past the rope line, Louisa finds the corner of the canvas everyone else walks straight past.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for My Friends. The Bookers imagined in the novel Four friends, one ignored sign, and a golden hour that makes the end of the pier feel like the whole world.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for My Friends. The Bookers imagined in the novel Wrapped canvas on the seat, phone passed down the row, and the first sliver of sea finally in the window.

07

July

The book

Dungeon Crawler Carl

by Matt Dinniman

After Earth becomes an alien reality-show dungeon, Carl and Princess Donut must survive monsters, traps, and the galaxy’s audience.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for Dungeon Crawler Carl. The Bookers imagined in the novel The Happy Bookers accept the dungeon's terms of service and start the crawl.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for Dungeon Crawler Carl. The Bookers imagined in the novel The club finds the dungeon's deadliest trap yet: limited-edition glazed loot.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for Dungeon Crawler Carl. The Bookers imagined in the novel Four volunteer narrators audition to voice the dungeon, and the galactic audience is already split.

08

August

The book

Cold Zero

by Brad Thor with Ward Larsen

An airliner crashes on Arctic ice, leaving survivors caught between brutal weather and rival powers closing in on the wreckage.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for Cold Zero. The Bookers imagined in the novel The September debrief goes full mission-control as Flight 777's blip vanishes at the top of the globe.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for Cold Zero. The Bookers imagined in the novel The mid-book check-in as an ice crossing — four travelers, one sealed case, and a storm stacking up on the horizon.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for Cold Zero. The Bookers imagined in the novel Laura's cake report goes polar — dessert service in the fuselage while the real storm stacks up outside.

09

September

The book

The Correspondent

by Virginia Evans

Retired lawyer Sybil Van Antwerp writes her way through love, loss, and connection in a life told through letters.

Happy Bookers illustration 1 for The Correspondent. The Bookers imagined in the novel Half past ten in Annapolis, and the day's first letter is already taking shape.

Happy Bookers illustration 2 for The Correspondent. The Bookers imagined in the novel Stamped, sealed, and bound for the desks of literary legends.

Happy Bookers illustration 3 for The Correspondent. The Bookers imagined in the novel A life laid out letter by letter, like a puzzle slowly coming together.