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Read What You Own 2026

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ÚlldemoShúl · 30/12/2025 13:04

This is a brand shiny new thread for those of us who want to continue reading what we own in 2026.
My aims for 2026 are:

  • At least half my reading will be from books I already own on 1st January 2026
  • I will buy less than a quarter of my reading new including kindle deals😱 and book club books
  • I will wait when prize lists are released to see if the books appear in the library within a week. I will not read full longlists unless I love the sound of each and every book on it.
  • For the first two months I will only read what I own- focusing on the older books on my kindle while allowing myself to read newer (but already owned) physical books
What are your RWYO aims for 2026?
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SnowFrogJelly · 11/01/2026 10:36

I’m trying to finish Death at the sign of the rook .. latest Jackson Brodie by Kate Atkinson. Had mixed reviews but quite enjoying

InTheCludgie · 11/01/2026 10:31

Im doing a reread of Last Night at the Lobster for Scran-uary

Raven08 · 11/01/2026 10:30

@Stowickthevast
A movable feast?
My favourite Hemmingway

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ÚlldemoShúl · 11/01/2026 10:10

@Stowickthevast I’m reading Milkman for it.

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SheilaFentiman · 11/01/2026 10:06

Operation Mincemeat? Apples Never Fall? Before the Coffee Gets Cold?

😀

Stowickthevast · 11/01/2026 10:04

hmmm the closest I can find is Skippy dies....

Not sure if that's quite right, should've picked up Cursed Bread!

I also have Open Water and at a stretch The Silkworm!

Stowickthevast · 11/01/2026 09:18

Well I just finished The Poisonwood Bible and loved it. I did a mixture of audio and Kindle, and both were great.

I was going to do Ben Reads Good 2026 reading challenge on Storygraph which has a prompt for each month. January is read a book with food in the title "Scran-uary," so will look through RWYO for something that fits the bill.

SheilaFentiman · 10/01/2026 23:59

Finished Midnight All Day, have had it for years, didn’t love the stories. Proper review on 50B tomorrow

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ÚlldemoShúl · 10/01/2026 21:51

Congrats @Raven08 A Month in the Country is a beautiful book.

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Raven08 · 10/01/2026 21:25

Well...I've finished my first book of 2025 and it was a rwyo 😊
Clown Town by Mick Herron - very good 👍
I've just found A month in the cou entry by J LCarr on my pile - its a novella, really, and at some point last year I started it, so thats next

Boudy · 10/01/2026 18:43

I am mainly reading Bournville and enjoiyng it. I have the Poisonwood Bible on my tbr. I hope I like it!

AnnaMagnani · 10/01/2026 12:44

Oh The Poisonwood Bible was such a strong DNF for me I gave it away.

DH, who actually does read what he owns, is also slogging through Anna Karenina so I get daily updates on it. Mainly 'Anna is really hot' 😂

Peridot1 · 10/01/2026 12:01

Have put Golden Hill on the DNF pile.

Have started Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors instead. I only bought it (paperback) just before Christmas but at least it’s not ended up in the TBR cupboard of doom.

Raven08 · 10/01/2026 10:27

I'm going to try and finish Clown Town today 😬
I have a few errands to run, and need a walk, but don't have much else planned

CatWithThreeLegs · 10/01/2026 10:09

Finished a re-read of Wintering by Katherine May yesterday. A good book for those of us struggling not just with actual winter but with health problems too.

TittyGajillions · 10/01/2026 10:08

I dnfed Addie LaRue, I'm now reading Rainforest by Michelle Paver. I don't know how she does it but nothing much has happened so far and I'm already feeling uneasy! Love it.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 10/01/2026 08:42

@Raven08Pleased for you!

SheilaFentiman · 09/01/2026 22:53

I am reading Midnight All Day. Short stories, so doing a couple at a time.

SheilaFentiman · 09/01/2026 22:52

Raven08 · 09/01/2026 22:49

Another 50 pages read ✔️
My youngest dc told me earlier she was concerned at the height of my tbr pile 😬👀🤣
she has a point tbh
So I've now got 2 tbr piles 😬

Lateral thinking, nice work 😀

Raven08 · 09/01/2026 22:49

Another 50 pages read ✔️
My youngest dc told me earlier she was concerned at the height of my tbr pile 😬👀🤣
she has a point tbh
So I've now got 2 tbr piles 😬

MamaNewtNewt · 09/01/2026 21:21

Just read my 5th book - The Outcast Dead by Elly Griffiths - and all have been RWYO so far.

CinnamonSweet73 · 09/01/2026 19:36

Another one done, Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd, on my kindle since Aug 2020. Next read is one for my book club so doesn't count for this - I'll only count books bought before 2026 as RWYO!

TittyGajillions · 09/01/2026 08:58

I hated Wedding People, it was an easy dnf for me.

AliasGrape · 09/01/2026 07:57

Finished a 4th, another one that’s been on my kindle for ages - since 2016.

Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum

Another one I struggled to get into - I think this is going to be the case with a lot of these, and the issue is most certainly me at this point, part of me struggling to get my reading mojo back, I have to overcome the inertia every time it seems!

Doing well with the kindle RWYO, not no much the physical books. I did cave and buy Wedding People the other day when it was on a kindle deal. I’m not sure if it’s better to wait till I’ve got through a few more RWYO, or read straight away so it doesn’t become another unread purchase I was initially keen to read but ends up a RWYO book Im forcing myself to start in the 2030 version of this thread!

SheilaFentiman · 08/01/2026 23:51

Celestial Navigation - Anne Tyler

Not sure when I bought this, but the charity shop which sold it to me was replaced by flats long ago!