Read What You Own 2026

If you haven’t started it, you may be able to return it?

Also joining. Thank you for the thread!

99p kindle deals and charity shop paperbacks always feel like a guilt free way to treat myself. Which they are. But like a pp, I have piles of books in various rooms and a sprawling, invisible digital TBR pile.

My birthday is in the summer so I'm aiming for no new books until then. I'm also going to make an effort to weed out the books I've bought that I think I "should" want to read but have never picked up.

Just had a look at Kindle Deals and The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith is 99p. I paid full price for it a few days ago. Annoying!

I’ve just finished The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page which was an Amazon Prime book. I think I’ve had it since 2022.

Have just started The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois which I have had since June 2022.

I had the dregs of an Amazon gift voucher left so I bought 2 of the Kindle daily deals today. I've been waiting for Katabasis to be 99p, I've heard very mixed reviews so was determined to only get it if it was a bargain.

I'd like to join too please. I started to cut back on buying books last year and read more of what I own. This year I shall be doing more of the reading and a lot less of the buying (unless it's on my wish list or the library waiting list is too long).

First book underway this morning is one of my Christmas presents, Winter by Val McDermid.

I need to join too! I keep looking at Audible's Daily Deal and probably succumb once a week.

I regularly drive long distances so listen then, but it means that my physical books hardly get read. But i also buy secondhand books a lot (both fiction and non-fiction) and they're just in piles in every room in the house 😬

Yes definitely awaiting the stats!

@ÚlldemoShúl I’m just here to make everyone else feel better about their TBR lists 😊

@EineReiseDurchDieZeit I'm planning something similar with a focus on the bolds from the year end thread that I already own.

I’m also in
just bought another book a moment ago Another is on its way having been purchased yesterday. I havent finished one I started a few days ago.

First one down The Lamb by Lucy Rose

I think I’m dedicating January to books that were being buzzed about here and elsewhere in 2025 and are still sitting waiting on my TBR.

I'd like to join in please. I have a definite book buying problem and never reread so my entire bookcase is my TBR and is currently sitting at 70 books. I am aiming to get through 25 in 2026 so have plenty to choose from!

I’m in as my book buying is a bit out of control. I need to count how many physical books I have TBR but I have 1,207 on my kindle TBR mountain. I also have 99 audibles unfinished in my library and 6 credits to spend. These are my aims:

1. No rereads / re listens (unless they are part of a series where I need to refresh my memory, or part of my Stephen King readathon.)
2. Reduce the number of TBR kindle books by as much as possible (I’m not going to kid myself that I’m not going to buy any books, esp as I have a £25 gift card to spend, but I want to limit it).
3. No buying books unless they are high priority on my wishlist, or part of a series I’m reading or by a favourite author.
4. Reduce the number of audible unfinished books by as much as possible.
5. Read at least 2 physical books per month.
6. Read at least 1 kindle unlimited book per month (I actually did manage this in 2025 and this should help reduce my buying of the 99p thrillers or crime books as they have a lot of these types of books included).
7. Be strict about DNFing books that I’m not enjoying (does not inc books that I’m just not in the mood for at that moment - I have been much better at this in recent years so hoping to continue this).

I'm in again for another year, thanks @ÚlldemoShúl. I have around 90 TBR books at home and have planned to read at least 20 of them this year. Re book buying, I'm currently limiting that to one a month and only to books I've previously borrowed from the library and loved so I have my own copy.

In 2025, 33% of the books I read were bought before 1/1/24 (which I set as my definition of RWYO)

In 2026 I will aim that 40% of books read will be those I bought before 1/1/25.

I am also trying to read paper books in preference to Kindle when convenient ie when at home. I am being helped in this endeavour by having misplaced my kindle a couple of days back 😀

@Buttalapasta sorry!😉

Dammit @Boudy - now I'm going to have to make another exception for the new Cazalet book! 😆

Im in..want to reduce my current TBR pile. And not buy or borrow more books till ive read 6. I have over 50 physical books and need to clear my kindle of all the books I downloaded just because they were free/cheap

I only like to read books on kindle these days. My reading resolution is to re-read some books I enjoyed long ago and have forgotten, so I guess that counts as RWYO.

I'm in. I started trying to do this when you first suggested it @ÚlldemoShúl but I did have that very generous work leaving voucher that had me in books shops for months. I also cleansed my Kindle, created a spreadsheet with a view to random number generating (a 50 booker does this and I have borrowed) and I have decided to read a book off each shelf when reading hardcopies.

I am not going to count them, but suffice it to say I could probably take part in this challenge for at least a decade.

As others, Book Club books the exception and any vouchers.

I'm in, mostly. I will buy a few books but I had seven for Christmas so plenty to read at the moment.

I want to reread several books by a couple of authors, not their entire back catalogue but the ones I know I will enjoy again.

As I'm sure is the case for many people here we have enough books to last a lifetime but still like a few new ones.

Perhaps I will aim for two or three rereads from our shelves and then a new book.

@LadybirdDaphne - that sale sounds amazing. And very environmentally friendly. What a great way to deal with second hand books. I would find it very hard to resist.

@LadybirdDaphne 😀

I’d love to join!

Have planned my next 12 books and 6 I already own (other 6 will be library, I do physical books only). There are 12 others unread in my bookcase on my want to read list. But how can I return my current library books without getting tempted?!