Read What You Own 2026

Welcome @OkyDoke

Ooh hello, can I join you? I'd love to keep track of how many physical books I'm reading that I already own! I won't share anything acquired in 2026 but I have no doubt I will continue to acquire...

1. The Will of the Many by James Islington
2. Mistborn

Has anyone read Beautiful Ugly ? Currently reading it
Technically not on my RWYO, however it was free on Prime reading 😉 I also now have an iPad so I can read on libby

I read that last year. It's rather lovely isn't it

I was in a large city waterstones today...
and I didn't buy anything! 😀
Tbh, there were several books I fancied, then realised I either had the Kindle book, or its in my tbr pile 😬🫣
Hoping to finish A month in the country today.
Its a lovely book...very moving.

I think I went from them via the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey straight to Wilbur Smith. Now those were bloodthirsty!

Same here! They were a lovely transition. I read a few Catherine Cookson too. Not quite so sweet and gentle by today's standards though.

@AliasGrapeI swap between reading and listening too, and often you can pick up the audiobook cheaper if you have the kindle version.

I also get decision paralysis when deciding on my next read. Even when I’ve got several books lined up to read next. None of them take my fancy and I end up flicking through my virtual TBR pile.

@CassandraWebb completely counts!

Also - I’ve not picked anything up since finishing the last one. This is how I end up with such a huge list to get through and keep falling into reading slumps, even when I’m going great guns I suddenly get choice paralysis and a week or more can go by before I pick something else up, I go back to the mindless scrolling instead, can’t let that happen this time!

If you have it on kindle as well it synchs up so wherever you stop on one it picks up on the other. I only really do it for the Strike books - I find them so daunting in size that having both seems to be necessary to get me through them - the last one I did almost entirely on audible though and that can work out an expensive proposition if you’ve paid on both (I used my monthly audible credit but I’ve still paid!)

It also meant once I inevitably got sucked in (to the Robyn/ Strike storyline if not the case) I can keep reading/ listening in situations where the other option isn’t practical - listening in the car or when walking home from school run but reading when I was on the train for example.

This is definitely the thread I need I am accumulating so many books but then keep seeing new ones that I want to buy! And my Kindle is stuffed full too

I've made myself a storygraph challenge in the hope that it helps motivate me to keep going with reading books I already own this year. I'm going to try and read at least 26 books that I already own this year I will see how it goes! I read about 80 books last year so I figured this is at least a fairly realistic target

Question- does it count if you are reading a newly downloaded Kindle version of a book that you already owned in hardback for, or is that cheating?! I own a hardback David Copperfield but have a broken arm at the minute so I'm reading it on my Kindle instead

Read Araby by Gretta Mulrooney. A son remembers incidents in his childhood with his eccentric London Irish mother (full review on 50b). Worth reading but it’s going out.

@WinterFrogs I loved Miss Read, they were the first 'adult' books I read.

Finished The School At Thrush Green by Miss Read. Set in 1976 at a guess as the drought was mentioned, and various types of cars.
It was gentle and used a lot of interesting words that you don't hear so much in more modern books. One glorious phrase jumped out, which I can't find now, but it referred to a lady wearing "sturdy undergarments" to keep out the cold. It made me smile!

I was doing so well resisting the kindle 99p books till I saw The Correspondent was on offer. Going to try and read it before the library gets it in. Think it might be a good present idea for my mum. Haven't bought any other new books this year despite being in three bookshops.

Brilliant idea to buy paperback aswell...am finding that miss quite a lot just relying on audible

The L-Shaped Room - Lynn Reid Banks

Another paperback off the RWYO list and into the charity bag. Rather Dated, but a strong portrait of Jane - pregnant, unmarried and thrown out by her father - finding a new independence in a room of her own in a boarding house.

Listened to garth matenghi bursted earth audiobook earlier.
Read 50 pages of A month in the country.
I got 2 x Agatha christies for Christmas, so one of those next, I think.
I bought 2 x christmas mystery books with every intention of reading them during advent but didnt, so they are going to the bottom of the pile for this Advent! 🫣

I've made a small start on The Running Grave, via audiobook. I've got the chunky paperback alongside so I can cross check details if needed, but otherwise it will be keeping me company whilst I get on with my crocheting.

I also went to see Hamnet at the cinema this afternoon. Thoroughly recommend. It was beautiful and, as I thought, emotionally draining.

I have finished Bournville and just starting the Glasshouse.

I’ve posted on the 50 books thread, and it does go against the spirit of this thread 😁, but The Correspondent by Virginia Evans is on the kindle daily deal today - along with Chris McCausland’s autobiography.

4 This Must Be The Place by Maggie O’Farrell - topical & enjoyable read but one where I found the plot somewhat problematic (the degree of the problems can be judged by the fact that it took me a day to work out it was RWYO).

I have another Maggie O’Farrell on my list for RWYO but might have a break from reading her before I tackle it!

@SilverShadowNight - I like to google reviews after I’ve read something and there were lots of really good ones for The Lost Bookshop so you may love it!