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 one Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh

I am trying to attack my physical book pile in June. I have some that have been on my shelves unread for years - quite a few of them were presents and some are not the first in a series. I am going to try the 'read 50 pages and DNF if not grabbed' as I feel too guilty to give away presents without trying them. But also have always struggled with DNF-ing (more guilt!).

So far I have read two - How to be Invisible by Tim Lott ( a readable YA book) and Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - David Sedaris which was part Memoir, part observation. Amusing in places but not laugh out loud funny for me. I have also DNF two - Let Me Go On by Paul Griffiths which tells a story of Ophelia after she dies using only the 400 odd words she is assigned by Shakespeare in the play. I really liked the premise of this and it reads very lyrically but in reality I don't know enough Shakespeare to follow the references. Also DNF The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde which is the second in his YA series about magic/dragons. I love Jasper Fforde but not that fussed about dragons and not sure how it ended up on my shelves. I probably bought it to encourage one of my kids to try it (they have since left home!).

I did enjoy! Thank you 😊