Read What You Own 2026

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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?

Finished another RWYO The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker which was as good as everyone said! I found it harrowing but brilliant.

I have finished Pandora - Jilly Cooper - I read it when it was published years ago but since then acquired it in a 99p Kindle deal so pleased to have finished. Good fun. Full review to follow on 50B thread.

How is everyone going? I think I’m finally emerging from a prizelist related book slump and it’s RWYO that have taken me out the other side. I’ve recently finished Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Volume 5 of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust and Fatal Isles by Maria Adolfsson- I enjoyed all three. Currently reading one new read and a couple of oldies Alive (the story of the plane crash in the Andes) and Skippy Dies by Paul Murray.

I’m trying to read through my paper books and have ended up DNFing or donating some! I DNFed Fury by Salman Rushdie because the protagonist was so awful!

I’ve been focusing on Kindle Unlimited books while I was on holiday, but now back on the RWYO bus!

I am also distracted by my three cheap months of KUL @MamaNewtNewt

But I’m currently on a 2024 purchase - Blood and Sugar - and I’m enjoying it!

How are you finding Kindle Unlimited @SheilaFentiman? I find it worthwhile as I use it a lot for ‘easier’ reads like crime and romance. I keep an extensive wishlist and it’s easy to see what has moved in and out of kindle unlimited from there.

I'm getting my money's worth from the trial :) but I don't think it's worth £9.49 a month to me after this first period. I've read mostly easier things with it too.