Sort Your TBR Bookshelf 

Start by reviewing your digital TBR bookshelf or to-read list. Remove titles you’re no longer interested in, especially older TBR books you’ve been ignoring for years. This helps you focus on stories you actually want to read now. 

Create a New, Refreshed TBR List with Hoopla’s Favorites 

As you’re browsing Hoopla, when you find a book that interests you, use our Favorites feature to add it to your TBR list. Just click on the heart next to the Borrow tab. When you’re ready to borrow, you can go to your Favorites tab to view all the titles you’ve added to your TBR list. 

Batman: Dark Patterns

by Dan Watters and illustrated by Hayden Sherman 

Each three-part story works as its own tight detective case, spotlighting Gotham’s pain and grit. It leans into Batman as a smart investigator and quiet symbol of hope, skipping the supernatural stuff and sticking to grounded mysteries where he feels more like a shadowy fixer than a myth. 

Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank

by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Steve Dillon and Jimmy Palmiotti 

Punisher returns, wiping out Ma Gnucci’s mob while dodging NYPD detectives, a wild hitman, Daredevil, and even copycat killers trying to team up. The chaos ramps up to a showdown in his apartment building, where Frank fights to finish his mission without his neighbors getting hurt. 

We’re Taking Everyone Down with Us Vol. 1

by Matthew Rosenberg and illustrated by Stefano Landini and Jason Wordie 

A graphic novel about a girl who learns her dad wasn’t just a hero but a top-tier super-spy villain. After he’s killed by the world’s best spy, 13-year-old Annalise is left mostly alone, except for his clingy robot bodyguard. Now she must choose normal life or revenge. 

Uri Tupka and the Gods: Another Story from Lands Unknown

written and illustrated by Mike Mignola 

A drifting theologian crosses strange lands chasing proof the old gods are real. Along the way he faces monsters, bandits, and worse. On this pilgrimage, he uncovers dark truths about the world and realizes his own role matters more than he ever expected. 

Reincarnated in a Mafia Dating Sim Vol. 4: A Yakuza Heiress Becomes the Top-Ranked Villain’s Romantic Target

by Sora Goto and Touko Amekawa and illustrated by Sora Goto 

Francesca, once a yakuza don’s granddaughter, is reborn into a mafia family inside her favorite dating sim. She just wants to dodge the main plot, avoid a mob war, and live quietly. But her fiancé, the charming villain Leonardo, knows her secret and pulls her back in. 

Do Not Disturb

by Freida McFadden 

Quinn commits a terrible crime and bolts for the border, leaving everything behind. A snowstorm strands her at the rundown Baxter Motel, where the owner seems helpful…but something’s off. With a creepy past and a watchful figure next door, she just has to make it through the night. (Reminded of a certain Hitchcock film with an iconic shower scene? Absolutely.)  

The Bookshop of 99 Doors

by Jaime Jo Wright 

In 1910, Minnie suspects her family’s Pennsylvania mansion is haunted and digs into its violent past as her father’s health fades. In the present, Triss manages the mansion, now a museum, until paranormal hunters stir chaos. With a rumored 100th door tied to madness, she must uncover the truth before losing her brother. The way these two storylines entwine is truly masterful. 

The Lumber Baron’s Wife

by Lynn Austin 

Another engrossing dual-timeline novel, this one involves Hannah, who in 1873 moves to a rough lumber town by Lake Michigan and befriends Kate, whose troubled marriage and hidden past spell danger. In the present, Ashley restores an old home and digs into Kate’s disappearance. Their stories connect as secrets resurface and refuse to stay buried. 

Margo’s Got Money Troubles

by Rufi Thorpe 

This novel’s fun starts with the catchy title and continues with the truly out-of-the-ordinary main character. Margo, raised by a waitress and an ex-wrestler, ends up pregnant after a brief fling with her professor and decides to keep the baby. At 20, broke and desperate, she lets her estranged dad move in. With his help, she starts an OnlyFans, and it takes off fast. 

The Nanny’s Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes

by Amy Rose Bennett 

A cozy fantasy romance where a lively ex-nanny graduate ends up working for a shy duke and inventor with chaotic wards. Emmeline just wants to keep her job and help her family. But her brilliant, eccentric employer is hard to ignore, and even harder not to fall for.