26ish books 2026

[Tinkhasflown]

A shiny new thread for 2026.

All welcome and note 26 is just a number. Everyone can set their own target and you are welcome here even if you only read 2 books a year.

I personally count the larger novel style books I read to my children and audio books I listen to. Others don't and there are no rules.

I look forward to all your suggestions again this year.

11: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (audio, DNF book a few years ago). Thought I'd give this another try now I've seen and enjoyed the film, much better this time. Although still found there were rather too many minor characters to keep track of.

11. King Worm by T. Fisher. Not a bad read. Avoid if you are squeamish about insects. The ending was disappointing but I liked the stuff about life in the deep South of the US.

14 Hamnet - maybe over written and over hyped not sure

15 Educated by Tara Westover - I did not expect this to turn into a misery memoir. I expected some difficult times from her family but not what it was. It gives me the rage. The abuse, her horrible, horrible parents, both of them, her brother... she was really very nice about them given how awful they are. I can see her relationships with them are complicated but objectively they are truly awful human beings and so selfish. It was very insightful into how people react in abusive relationships but I did not need that in my life.

I have started The Silence of the Girls but I might abandon it. If it is just a rape camp story, I have much better things to do with my time than read it.

Oh I loved Shuggie Bain, All the Light we Cannot See and educated , all 3 in my top books list!

18 The Girls Who Grew Big - Leila Mottley

wonderful book, might be the first time I’ve read a multi-narrative book and completely feel for each character equally and followed it seamlessly. Heartbreaking and soul soothing, highly recommended

@drspouseyes it’s a book the requires you to put it down and have a break every so often. But I thought it was such a beautifully written book, how it captured the love amongst the neglect was pretty amazing.