Take a Ride on the Reading

Very far behind on updating my list. Spoiler alert  - it's mostly cozies. 

1. Murder at the Dinner Party
by C.J. Archer

2. Murder on the Brighton Express

by C.J. Archer

3. Sunrise of the Reaping

by Suzanne Collins

4. Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Bronte

5. Murder at Hambledon Hall

by C.J. Archer

6. We Solve Murders

by Richard Osman

7. Death at the Old Curiosity Shop

by Debbie Young

8. The Charity Shop Detective Agency 

by Peter Boland

9. The Beach Hut Murders

by Peter Boland

10. The Impossible Fortune

by Richard Osman

Oscar Predictions 2026

Winner predictions in bold and highlighted

 Best picture

• Bugonia

• F1

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Secret Agent

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

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Best Actress

• Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

• Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

• Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

• Emma Stone, Bugonia

• Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Best Actor

• Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme

• Leonardo DiCaprio, OBAAr

• Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

• Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

• Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent

Best Supporting Actress

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• Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value

• Inga Ibsdotter LilIeaas, Sentimental Value

• Amy Madigan, Weapons

• Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners

• Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actor

• Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

• Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

• Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

• Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

• Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson, “OBAA”

• Ryan Coogler, Sinners

• Chloé Zhao, Hamnet

• Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

• Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Original Song

• Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters

• Train Dreams from Train Dreams

• Dear Me from Diane Warren: Relentless

• I Lied To You from Sinners

• Sweet Dreams Of Joy from Viva Verdi!

Original Score

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• Bugonia, Jerskin Fendrix

• Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplate

• Hamnet, Max Richter

• One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood

• Sinners, Ludwig Göransson

Animated Film

• Arco

• Elio

• KPop Demon Hunters

• Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

• Zootopia 2

International Film

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• The Secret Agent, Brazil

• It Was Just an Accident, France

• Sentimental Value, Norway

• Sirât, Spain

• The Voice of Hind Rajab, Tunisia

Documentary Feature

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• The Perfect Neighbor

• The Alabama Solution

• Come See Me in the Good Light

• Cutting Through Rocks

• Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Casting

• 
  

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• The Secret Agent

• Sinners

Best Sound

• 
  

• F1

• Frankenstein

• One Battle after Another

• Sinners

• Sirāt

Cinematography

• 
  

• Frankenstein

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

• Train Dreams

Film Editing

• 
  

• F1

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sentimental Value

• Sinners

• Original Screenplay

• Blue Moon, Robert Kaplow

• It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi, with script collaborators Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian

• Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

• Sentimental Value, Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

• Sinners, Ryan Coogler

Adapted Screenplay

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• Bugonia; Will Tracy

• Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro

• Hamnet, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell

• One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson

• Train Dreams, Clint Bailey and Greg Kwedar

Live Action Short Film

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• Butcher's Stain

• A Friend of Dorothy

• Jane Austen's Period Drama

• The Singers

• Two People Exchanging Saliva

Animated Short Film

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• Butterfly

• Forevergreen

• The Girl Who Cried Pearls

• Retirement Plan

• The Three Sisters

Documentary Short Film

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• All the Empty Rooms

• Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

• Children No More: Were and Are Gone

• The Devil Is Busy

• Perfectly a Strangeness

Visual Effects

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• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• F1

• Jurassic World Rebirth

• The Lost Bus

• Sinners

Production Design

• 
  

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• One Battle After Another

• Sinners

Makeup and Hairstyling

• 
  

• Frankenstein

• Kokuho

• Sinners

• The Smashing Machine

• The Ugly Stepsister

Costume Design

• 
  

• Avatar: Fire and Ash

• Frankenstein

• Hamnet

• Marty Supreme

• Sinners