The 2026 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread

pdurrant · 11-29-2025, 03:45 AM

2026 Reading Challenge List Thread

Welcome to our 17th Annual Reading Challenge!

The Annual Reading Challenge is not a race, nor an “exclusive club”, anyone can join! This is just a fun activity that some of us have enjoyed doing in the past. Many of us have found reading challenges to be an entertaining way to set goals for ourselves, get ideas for books, and see what others are reading.

This thread is for you to keep a running tally for your chosen challenge. Please state your goals at the top of your post (in the title line if you can), and then start your list in the body of your post. As you read books, edit your post to update your list of books read, or other challenge status.

Please Remember: No discussion posts in this thread. Please use the other thread for that. Non-List posts will be deleted or moved to the other thread.

Discussions & Ideas can be found here:

2026 Annual Reading Challenge Discussion Thread

Post #2 of this thread is dedicated to a Table of Contents for all participants in this thread. Names will be added to this TOC in alphabetical order with a link to that individual’s post number from this thread.

Previous threads were for
2025, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 and 2010

pdurrant · 11-29-2025, 03:45 AM

Table of Participants

afv011 - Post #19
astrangerhere - Post #21
bdub - Post #24
BelleZora - Post #7
bookaho!ic - Post #8
CAFlanny - Post #9
Dazrin - Post #10
DJUNGELSKOG - Post #13
DrNefario - Post #6
HLS - Post #26
Hollow Man - Post #15
Indio777 - Post #25
issybird - Post #5
JSWolf - Post #4
library addict - Post #14
Loosheesh - Post #11
magiun - Post #27
Musicman - Post #18
nana77 - Post #12
pdurrant - Post #3
sakura-panda - Post #20
Tarana - Post #17
ucfgrad93 - Post #16
WashWest - Post #22
Waylander - Post #23

25 Participants

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pdurrant · 11-29-2025, 03:45 AM

Last year I failed to reduce my TBR pile. In fact it increased by 55!

I start 2026 with 726 books on my TBR pile.

This year I aim to end with under 670 books on my TBR pile.

Books removed from TBR

Read and Reading

January 1st: You Don't Have to Have a Dream by Tim Minchin - £1.79 - 3/5 - 49pp
Three speeches, with commentary. Interesting.
January 1st: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 195pp (re-read)
The first written, and an excellent story/
January 2nd: Mixed Magics by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 99pp
A collection of short stories. Good fun.
January 2nd: The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 173pp
January 3rd: Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 204pp
January 4th: The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 242pp
Enjoyable magic adventures
January 6th: No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes - £0.99 - 3/5 - 301pp
Good retelling of Jason & Medea mostly from Medea's POV
January 10th: When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between by Ruth Jones and James Corden - £1.99 - 5/5 - 200pp
Fascinating insight into these two and their work on Gavin & Stacey
January 11th: Sharpe's Storm by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 4/5 - 227pp
Compelling historical Military fiction
January 14th: New Under the Sun by Nancy Kress - Free - 3/5 - 162pp
A novelette that should have had more depth at the end.
January 16th: Birds of Prey by David Drake - £3.37 - 4/5 - 306pp
Enjoyable ancient rome with aliens and time travel
January 18th: Slow Time Between the Stars by John Scalzi - £1.00 - 5/5 - 21pp
Brilliant short story
January 19th: Murder in Norfolk - Free - 3/5 - 233pp
It grew on me, but not enough to get any more.
January 21st: The Biography of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Strachey - Free - 3/5 - 26pp
Feels more like anecdote than biography
January 22nd: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield - Free - 1/5 - 158pp
Literary Genre short stories about awful people
January 25th: Into The Thinking Kingdoms by Alan Dean Foster - £0.66 - 4/5 - 309pp
Fun fantasy epic journey
January 30th: A Triumph of Souls by Alan Dean Foster - £0.66 - 4/5 - 300pp
A good conclusion.
February 1st: The Samurai Detectives by Shōtarō Ikenami - £0.99 - 3/5 - 178pp
Interesting, but the translation isn't good enough
February 3rd: An Amateur Corpse by Simon Brett - £2.33 - 4/5 - 182pp
Charles gets there in the end.
February 4th: Spies by Michael Frayn - Free - 2/5 - 168pp (not on unread list)
Well done, but not for me.
February 8th: Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton - £0.89 - 5/5 - 96pp
Most enjoyable
February 10th: Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Frances - £0.89 - 5/5 - 259pp
Excellent
February 11th: No Man's Land Volume 1 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 288pp
Really splendid SF
February 13th: When the Moon hits your Eye by John Scalzi - £0.89 - 3/5 - 319pp
A bit of light fun. I'd like more story, rather than scattered incidents
February 16th: Reflections by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.89 - 4/5 - 309pp
Fascinating insight into the author and her work
February 22nd: No Man's Land Volume 2 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 250pp
February 23rd: No Man's Land Volume 3 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 285pp
An excellent middle and conclusion to the story.
February 24th: Translation State by Ann Leckie - £0.99 - 4/5 - 280pp
I found the multiplicity of pronounces confusing. But it was good.
February 27th: Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 59pp
Some interesting, many just weird.
March 1st: Some of the Best of Tor.com 2020 by various authors - Free - 3/5 - 680pp
OK to good, but I don't think I like lots of short stories.
March 11th: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Free - 4/5 - 310pp
Good boy's adventure
March 13th: A Sorceress Come to Call by T. Kingfisher - £1.79 - 5/5 - 299pp
Excellent pseudo-regency romance
March 15th: Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - £1.79 - 5/5 - 541pp
Excellent near/far future SF.
March 19th: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher - £1.79 - 5/5 - 224pp
An excellent fantasy
March 20th: Bones in the Blackout by Emma Jameson - £0.66 - 4/5 - 273pp
A nice rural early WWII murder mystery
March 21st: War Games by Christopher Anvil - £2.50 - 4/5 - 399pp
A good collection of classic SF short stories
March 22nd: James by Percival Everett - £5.99 - 4/5 - 231pp
Interesting retellling
March 23rd: What If He Were To Pick Me? by Sarah A. Hoyt - Free - 4/5 - 65pp (re-read)
Amusing short retelling of Pride and Prejudice
March 23rd: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.89 - 5/5 - 440pp
March 25rd: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.89 - 5/5 - 441pp
March 27th: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett - £2.99 - 5/5 - 489pp
Splendid non-Earth fantasy trilogy.
March 28th: Déjà Doomed by Edward M. Lerner - £0.00 - 4/5 - 423pp
Very good near-future space SF
March 29th: The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 277pp
Fun cosy mystery.
March 30th: Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 276pp
And another
March 31st: The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 259pp
Great fun.
April 1st: The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré - £0.99 - 2/5 - 510pp
[ABANDONED. Got 1/3 in and I just couldn't make myself care about any of it.]
April 1st: The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan by M. H. Foster - £0.99 - 3/5 - 168pp
Great fun.
April 2nd: DragonGirl by Todd McCaffrey - £0.99 - 3/5 - 383pp
Some poor naming, but OK
April 3rd: Dark Horse by Felix Francis - £0.90 - 4/5 - 270pp
Nice to see Sid Halley again
April 3rd: The Wizards and the Warriors by Hugh Cook - Free - 2/5 - 435pp
[ABANDONED. I don't believe the characters]
April 4th: No Reserve by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 259pp
The expected enjoyable cosy thriller
April 5th: Bones at the Manor House by Emma Jameson - Free - 4/5 - 366pp
Murderous fun in WWI countryside.
April 6th: Enquiry by Dick Francis - £0.89 - 4/5 - 172pp
The expected cosy thriller
April 6th: The Killing Time by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 2/5 - 280pp
Not enough thought given to the time travel element
April 7th: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler - £0.99 - 5/5 - 277pp
Absolutely brilliant Vampire SF
April 8th: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym - £0.99 - 2/5 - 167pp
A dull story of everyday life
April 10th: Echopraxia by Peter Watts - £0.99 - 3/5 - 330pp
Fascinating, but I can't say I really enjoyed it.
April 11th: A Comedian Dies by Simon Brett - £2.33 - 4/5 - 179pp
Good, but I felt the motivation was a bit weak.
April 12th: Love Triangle by Matt Parker - £0.89 - 4/5 - 232pp
Some fascinating stuff. A few typos.
April 13th: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher - £0.99 - 4/5 - 374pp
Delightful fantasy romance.
April 14th: The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper - £2.75 - 5/5 - 464pp
A Splendid SF Fantasy
April 18th: Merlin's Mirror by Andre Norton - £0.89 - 3/5 - 189pp
Mixing Merlin with SF-ish. Sort of works.
April 20th: The House of Saints by Derek Künsken - £0.90 - 4/5 - 373pp
Follow-up to The House of Styx. Very good SF
April 22nd: Femina by Janina Ramirez - £0.99 - 3/5 - 448pp
Interesting, but I didn't find it compelling
April 26th: Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.63 - 5/5 - 113pp
Great fun with Penric & Desdemona
April 27th: The Wedding Hitch by Claire McCauley - Free - 4/5 - 248pp
A well-done light rom com.
April 28th: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris - £0.72 - 2/5 - 176pp
It was OK-ish. Perhaps I just don't like steampunk
April 30th: Total Eclipse by John Brunner - £0.99 - 4/5 - 152pp
Sad but good
May 1st: The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner - £0.89 - 4/5 - 226pp
ebook typography bad but story great.
May 2nd: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Burnett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 426pp
Excellent non-Earth fantasy
May 4th: Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym - £0.89 - 1/5 - 284pp
[ABANDONED. Not to my taste - early C20 manners]
May 10th: Speak Daggers to Her by Rosemary Edghill - £2.33 - 2/5 - 119pp
I don't like the main character.
May 12th: Dreamweaver's Dilemma by Lois McMaster Bujold - £7.65 - 5/5 - 300pp
Excellent updated info
May 12th: The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner - £0.89 - 1/5 - 342pp
[ABANDONED. A dystopia I didn't like, and dated language]
May 15th: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 397pp
Excellent complete second story iof the trilogy
May 17th: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 397pp
A very satisfying conclusion.
May 20th: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton - £1.79 - 4/5 - 325pp
Interesting factual account of raising a wild hare
May 21st: A Hole in the Sky by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.66 - 4/5 - 263pp
An enjoyable YA SF yarn.
May 22nd: The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner - £0.89 - 5/5 - 191pp
Great linked fantasy short shories, with a brilliant ending.
May 24th: The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett - £0.99 - 4/5 - 284pp
Much better than I remembered.
May 27th: The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm - £0.99 - 4/5 - 218pp
May 30th: The Limbreth Gate by Megan Lindholm - £0.99 - 4/5 - 203pp
Good fantasy/romance with Ki And Vandien. Now I need the last one.
May 30th: Death in the House by Anthony Berkley - £1.79 - 2/5 - 176pp
A bit too dated, although instructive about the attitudes of the time.
June 2nd: Luck of the Wheels by Megan Lindholm - £3.99 - 5/5 - 216pp
A reasonable end to the series
June 4th: The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay - £0.99 - 2/5 - 301pp
Trying not to be just a Tolkien knock-off and failing.
June 8th: With Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama - £0.65 - 3/5 - 216pp
An OK comic book, but the premise didn;'t grab me.
June 12th: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - £0.99 - 3/5 - 261pp
The dystopia is done well.
June 15th: The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse - Free - 3/5 - 219pp
OK, but not his best work, IMO, and 'of its time'.
June 18th: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken - £1.99 - 3/5 - 130pp
Good alternative history children's story
June 20th: The Computers that Made Britain by Tim Danton - £0.74 - 5/5 - 298pp
Splendid look at the home computers, companies and people of the 1980s
June 22nd: New Rock, New Role by Richard Sparks - Free - 4/5 - 436pp
Fun fantasy, but reactions of participants unbelievable
June 28th: Phule's Company by Robert Asprin - £0.89 - 4/5 - 207pp
Fun Mil SF
June 29th The Alchemist and the Witch by Christopher Stasheff - £0.30 - 2/5 - 39pp
Short fantasy. Doesn't quite work.
June 30th: Out of the Loop by Katie Siegel - £0.66 - - 332pp

Discarded (2)

April 2nd: Smiley's People
April 2nd: The Secret Pilgrim
May 17th: Book of Moons
May 17th: The Bowl of Night

Books added to TBR

Freebies (Unread)

January 1st: The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni
January 1st: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
January 2nd: The Biography of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Strachey
January 16th: Murder in Norfolk by Sadie Norman
February 10th: Bones at the Manor House by Emma Jameson
March 6th: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
March 9th: The Wizards and the Warriors by Hugh Cook
March 17th: Déjà Doomed by Edward M. Lerner
March 22nd: Luna City Limited by Julia Huni
April 24th: The Wedding Hitch by Claire McCauley
June 1st: Short But Concentrated by Una McCormack
June 1st: Short But Concentrated #2 by Una McCormack
June 12th: The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse

February 16th: The Voyage Out, Two Stories, Night and Day, Monday or Tuesday, Jacob's Room, Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Dalloway, The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf (not added to TBR)
March 3rd: Flim-Flam, Encyclopedia of Claims, The Truth about Uri Geller, The Faith Healers by James Randi (not added to TBR)

Bought (Unread)

January (7/£9.22): Agatha Raising and the Love from Hell, Planetary Spin Cycle, Waxing the Moon of Lewei, City of Blades, Birds of Prey, Slow Time Between the Stars, The Samurai Detectives
February (12/£19.12): Death of a Gossip, Crossfire, Reflections, When the Moon hits your Eye, No Man's Land v1, Translation State, Bones in the Blackout, A Sorceress Comes to Call, Nettle and Bone, No Man's Land v2, No Man's Land v3, Locklands
March (9/£14.61): Crampton Hodnet, Femina, Swordheart, The Marlow Murder Club, Death Comes to Marlow, City of Stairs, Empress of Forever, The Queen of Poisons, James
April (26/£25.85): The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan, The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts, Quartet in Autumn, Dragongirl, Dark Horse, Second Wind, Field of 13, Come to Grief, Bonecrack, Bolt, Enquiry, The Killing Time, Fledgling, Love Triangle, No Phule Like An Old Phule, The House of Saints, Merlin's Mirror, Total Eclipse, The Compleat Traveller in Black, The Shockwave Rider, The Sheep Look Up, Darksight Dare, Death in the House, Phoenix Rising, A Hole in the Sky, The Computers That Made Britain
May (15/£30.47): Bell, Book and Murder (Speak Daggers to Her, The Bowl of Night, Book of Moons),The Carpet People, Raising Hare, Phule's Errand, Dreamweaver's Dilemma, Completely Perfect, Speedy Chinese, Batch Lady Rapid Dinners Death of a Glutton, Death of a Groom, The Right Way to Play Bridge, Bridge for Complete Beginners, Luck of the Wheels (5 not added to TBR)
June (11/£14.12): Thinking About Bridge, Under Orders, Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight, The Handmaid's Tale, The Summer Tree, The Man in the High Castle, With Hat Atelier 1, Self-Help from the Middle Ages, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Phule's Company, Out of the Loop (2 not added to TBR)
July (0/£0.00):
August (0/£0.00):
September (0/£0.00):
October (0/£0.00):
November (0/£0.00):
December (0/£0.00):

Analysis
TBR: 718
Books read: 93 (includes 14 freebies, 1 not on TBR, 2 re-reads)
Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 4 (0 duplicates, 4 discarded, 0 already read)

Books removed from TBR pile: 94
Books added to TBR pile: 86 (includes 13 freebies, 1 omnibus counted as 3)
Removed/Added: 1.07
Net reduction for 2025: 8

Non-free books read: 79 (includes 1 re-read)
Total cost of books read: £106.58
Average cost of books read: £1.35

Non-free books bought: 80 (includes 7 not added to TBR, 1 omnibus counted as 3)
Total cost of books bought: £113.39
Average cost of books bought: £1.44

Rating System:
1: Bad or Abandoned
2: Not to my taste, but I did finished.
3: OK to good
4: Excellent
5: Wonderful

Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page.

JSWolf · 11-29-2025, 05:18 AM

To be edited later

issybird · 11-29-2025, 06:48 AM

I'm struggling to get started this year, so I think I'll set a goal of nine apiece for history by the ancients and the dark ages plus two doorstops. As ever, I'm setting a benchmark of 120 books total on the year. I'm linking to my shelves at Goodreads for my goals.

History by the ancients

Dark Ages

Doorstops

120 books

This year has been an absolute disaster as far as goals go. I hope to regroup, but in the meantime, I've knocked off everything except total books read.

DrNefario · 11-29-2025, 10:37 AM

Read more than I buy.

Bought: 65
Bundles: 2 (40 books, 27 books)
Free: 153

Read: 60

Books read:
1. The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson (k) - 590 b
2. Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 215
3. Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt (p) - 223
4. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (k) - 522
5. Zero Car - Alex Knowles (k) - 352
6. The Warrior Who Carried Life - Geoff Ryman (k) - 214
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7. Mage Tank - Cornman (k) - 736
8. The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (anthology) - Sean Wallace (ed) (k) - 504
9. Warrior: En Garde - Michael A Stackpole (e) - 342
10. The Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 213
11. Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? - Pierre Novellie (k) - 291 b
12. Bloodmage - Stephen Aryan (k) - 482
13. The Warhog Paladins - Jer Patch (k) - 350
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14. The Bride of the Blue Wind (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 56
15. The Warrior of the Third Veil (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 80
16. Antimage - Alexander Olson (k) - 530
17. Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space - Terrance Dicks (k) - 143
18. The Sentinel Mage - Emily Gee (e) - 509
19. The Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar (k) - 296
20. The Grand Game - Tom Elliot (k) - 327
21. The Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Soji Shimada (k) - 279
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22. You - Austin Grossman (k) - 380
23. Xenos - Dan Abnett (e) - 314
24. Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones (k) - 218
25. Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin (k) - 634
26. Buried Deep and Other Stories (collection) - Naomi Novik (k) - 427
27. Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders (e) - 318
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28. Death Among the Undead - Masahiro Imamura (k) - 297
29. Under a Colder Sun - Greg James (k) - 176
30. Titan Hoppers - Rob J Hayes (k) - 461
31. Pushing the Limits - Casey Stoner, Matthew Roberts (w) - 274 b
32. Flesh and Spirit - Carol Berg (k) - 406
33. Shroud - Adrian Tchaikovsky (k) - 436
34. Glutton - Ed Gamble (p) - 276
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35. Displeasure Island - Alice Bell (k) - 334
36. Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo (k) - 349
37. Quill - A C Cobble (k) - 495
38. See These Bones - Chris Tullbane (k) - 434
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39. The Weaver of the Middle Desert (novella) - Victoria Goddard (e) - 48
40. Pastoral - Nevil Shute (p) - 239
41. Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman (k) - 390
42. Navola - Paolo Bacigalupi (k) - 560
43. The Computers that Made Britain - Tim Danton (f) - 281
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44. Defiance of the Fall - J F Brink (k) - 757
45. Murder at Spindle Manor - Morgan Stang (k) - 234
46. Miss Gentle and the Case of the Very Flat Monk (short) - Travis Baldree (k) - 31 b
47. The Wednesday Witches Book Club (short) - Sarah Beth Durst (k) - 45 b
48. The Incandescent - Emily Tesh (k) - 414
49. The Cairndale Orphan (short) - J T Miro (k) - 48 b
50. The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett (k) - 408
51. Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow (e) - 368
52. Talking Miniatures Volume 1 - Robin Dews, John Stallard (p) - 235
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53. The Lion's Tusk (short) - Robert Jackson Bennett (k) - 35 b
54. A Labyrinth of Honeybees (short) - Heather Fawcett (k) - 44 b
55. The Wizard Who Kept Himself Suspicious (short) - Scott Lynch (k) - 49 b
56. Wraithwood Botanist - Little Lynx (k) - 444
57. Battle of the Round House (short) - Tananarive Due (k) - 62 b
58. Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee (e) - 162
59. We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (k) - 437
60. Jaran - Kate Elliott (k) - 605

Monthly Breakdown:

Spoiler:

Achievements:

1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy.
Current total: 13/65 (20%)

2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages.
Current total: 3322 - COMPLETED

Spoiler:

3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection.
Out: 4
In: 3
Net reduction: 1

4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - Booker winner

5. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED
Pastoral - Nevil Shute

6. Bundleer. Ongoing attempt to get value-for-money from bundles by spreading the cost over books read. OK is under £5 (the price of an average ebook), Good is under £2 per book.

Spoiler:

7. The Wonder Years. Re-read 1 formative SF/F work published in each year from 1970. An exercise I am doing elsewhere that I think I will also track here.
Last completed year: 1987

Spoiler:

8. Return of Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in reverse order, Z-A.
Last completed letter: J

Spoiler:

9. 2025 Catch-up. I failed my main purchase goals for 2025, so I'm going to attempt a catch-up in 2026. Read 25 books purchased in 2025.
Books read: 24/25

Spoiler:

2026 changes: No longer recording Borrowed and Expired counts, and will instead mark borrowed books with a b when read.

Legend:
(p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web, r reread, b borrowed
On target, Off target, Completed

BelleZora · 11-29-2025, 12:45 PM

In 2026 I plan to read at least 50 books set around the world starting with Africa.

1. Morocco - The Spider's House by Paul Bowles 4/5
2. Algeria - The Stranger by Albert Camus 4/5
3. Tunisia - The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai 4/5
4. Libya - The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni 3/5
5. Egypt - Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 4/5
6. Sudan - Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela 4/5
7. Morocco - Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami 3/5
8. Algeria - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles 3/5
9. Benin - The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin 2/5
10. Nigeria - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré 5/5
11. Nigeria - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 4/5
12. Ghana - His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie 3/5
13. Burkina Faso - American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson 4/5
14. Cabo Verde - The Trade by Chris Thrall 3/5
15. Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone - Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma 3/5
16. Gambia, US - Roots by Alex Haley 5/5
17. Guinea-Bissau – The Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Sila 2/5
18. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 4/5
19. Uganda, South Sudan - All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan 4/5
20. Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche 4/5
21. Mauritania - The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk 3/5
22. São Tomé and Príncipe - Native Dance: An African Story by Gervasio Kaiser 1/5
23. South Africa - When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith 3/5
24. Egypt - Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz 5/5
25. Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville - Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou 2/5
26. Botswana - The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith 3/5
27. South Africa - The Sound of Thunder by Wilbur Smith 4/5
28. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) - The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing 5/5
29. Russia - City of Thieves by David Benioff 5/5
30. Netherlands - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 4/5
31. Venezuela - It Would be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo 3/5
32. Sweden - When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen 4/5
33. South Africa - Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer 4/5
34. South Africa - Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer 4/5
35. India - The Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee 4/5
36. Australia - Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth 3/5
37. Scotland - John of John by Douglas Stuart 5/5
38. South Africa - Leo by Deon Meyer 4/5
39. England - Seascraper by Benjamin Wood 4/5

bookaho!ic · 11-29-2025, 04:28 PM

Count me in wont hit my 2025 100 this year. So 2026. Let's set it at 75

September 8 Read
Outside Looking In by Michael Wood
A room full of killers by Michael Wood
The Hangmans Hold by Michael Wood
The Murder House by Michael Wood
Stolen Children by Michael Wood
Time is Running Out by Michael Wood
Survivors's Guilt by Michael Wood
The Lost Children by Michael Wood

August 11 read
Pray for Mercy by D K Hood
Kiss her goodnight by D K Hood
Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister
Maybe Tomorrow by Michael Wood
Believe by S M Govett
Her Bleeding Heart by D K Hood
Chase Her Shadow by D K Hood
The Fallen by Michael Wood
Victim of Innocence by Michael Wood
Hide and Seek by Chris Carter
For Reasons Unknown by Michael Wood

July 8 read
Her Shallow Grave by D K Hood
Promises in the Dark by D K Hood
Evil in the Family by Michael Wood
Be Mine Forever by D K Hood
Cross my Heart by D K Hood
Lose your breath by D K Hood
Fallen Angel by D K Hood
Don't Look Back by D K Hood

June 8 Read
Bring me flowers by D K Hood
Follow me home by D K Hood
The Waitress by KL Slater
The Crying Season by D K Hood
where Angels Fear by D K Hood
Whisper in the Night by D K Hood
Break the Silence D K Hood
Her Broken Wings by D K Hood

May 10 Read
Lies to tell by Marion Todd
What They Knew by Marion Todd
Next In Line by Marion Todd
Old Bones Lie by Marion Todd
One Blind Eye by Marion Todd
Wicked Women by Angela Marsons
Bridges to Burn by Marion Todd
Dead Man's Shoes
Marion Todd
Watch them fall by Marion Todd
Don't Tell A Soul by D. K. Hood

April 9 Read
Six Graves by Angela Marsons
See Them Run by Marion Todd
Hidden Scars by Angela Marsons
Deadly Fate by Angela Marsons
Bad Blood By Angela Marsons
Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons
36 Hours by Angela Marsons
Little Children by Angela Marsons
In Plain Sight by Marion Todd

March 7 Read
Dead Memories by Angela Marsons
Child's Play by Angela Marsons
The Final Vow by M W Craven
Killing Mind by Angela Marsons
Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons
Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons
Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons

February 7 Read
Play Dead by Angela Marsons
Blood Lines by Angela Marsons
Their Deadly Truth by Carla Kovach
Dead Souls by Angela Marsons
Broken Bones by Angela Marsons
Dying Truth by Angela Marsons
Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons

JANUARY 9 Read
Long Shadows by David Baldacci
The Book Club Killer by Ross Greenwood
Hold your Tongue by Deborah Masson
Out For Blood by Deborah Masson
From the Ashes by Deborah Masson
First Blood by Angela Marsons
Silent Scream by Angela Marsons
Evil Games By Angela Marsons
Lost Girls by Angela Marsons

CAFlanny · 11-29-2025, 04:48 PM

Goals for 2026:

Read 20,000 pages

StoryGraph Mobileread Reading Challenge

Reduce TBR: 50% of read books from owned TBR - 25/50

12 Nonfiction books - 8/12

6 Classics - 3/6

I start the year with a TBR of 265.
Pages Read: 15,851/20,000
Current TBR: 249

TBR: 25
Kindle Unlimited: 4
Kobo Plus: 11
Library: 8
Borrowed: 0
Freebie: 2

MR StoryGraph Challenge:
January: COMPLETED
February: COMPLETED
March: COMPLETED
April: COMPLETED
May: COMPLETED
June: COMPLETED
July: COMPLETED
August: COMPLETED
September: COMPLETED
October:
November:
December:

Dazrin · 11-29-2025, 05:41 PM

I completed my page goal on August 25th! We'll see how things go before I decide to bump up my goal for next year. I've completed it in August the last couple years so it seems reasonable.

Page Goal: Read 12,000 Pages in 2026
Status as of September 30: 15,227 pages read, 43 books/short stories completed (20,358 projected)

2026 Stats:

Novels/Novellas (>50 pages): 34 (79% books / 99% pages)
Short Stories (< 50 pages): 9 (21% books / 1% pages)
Audiobooks: 34 / 449h 07m (79%)
- DarkGreen indicates hybrid e-book/audiobook.
Library Books: 23 (53%)

Current and upcoming books:

TBD

Completed books, ordered by finish date:

Spoiler:

January: 7 book(s), 1,567 pages
Total: 7 books, 1,567 pages, 18,450 projected

Halcyon Afternoon (Mongolian Wizard 10) - Michael Swanwick
Dragons of Paris (Mongolian Wizard 11) - Michael Swanwick
The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley - Read by George Weightman, Katie Leung
Nettle & Bone - Ursula Vernon - Read by Amara Jasper
The Wee Free Men (Discworld 30) - Terry Pratchett
Replaceable You - Mary Roach - Read by Mary Roach
The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

February: 6 book(s), 1,127 pages
Total: 13 books, 2,694 pages, 16,664 projected

Leviathan (Leviathan 1) - Scott Westerfeld - Read by Alan Cumming
Wend-Way-Go - Pratt. Tim - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link)
Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6' - F.E. Choe - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link)
Lily, The Immortal - Kylie Lee Baker - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link)
The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
Twelve Months (Dresden 18) - Jim Butcher - Read by James Marsters

March: 3 book(s), 1,412 pages
Total: 16 books, 4,106 pages, 16,651 projected

The Relentless Legion (The Divide 3) - J.S. Dewes - Read by Andrew Eiden, Nicol Zanzarella, Anthony Rey Perez
Antihero (Orphan X 11) - Gregg Hurwitz - Read by Scott Brick
The Fifth Gospel - Ian Caldwell - Read by Jack Davenport
- Abandoned - 1632 (Assiti Shards 1) - Eric Flint & David Weber

April: 5 book(s), 1,311 pages
Total: 21 books, 5,417 pages, 16,476 projected

Pockets - Amal El-Mohtar - Read by LeVar Burton
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (DCC 3) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays
The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files 4) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery
The Lightning-Fast Field Guide to the Bible - Matt Whitman - Read by Matt Whitman
Darksight Dare (Penric 16) - Lois McMaster Bujold

May: 5 book(s), 1,453 pages
Total: 26 books, 6,870 pages, 16,606 projected

The Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files 5) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery
Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries 8) - Martha Wells - Read by Kevin R. Free
The Gate of the Feral Gods (DCC 4) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays
Mister Petty (Dresden 18.6) - Jim Butcher
Out Law (Dresden 18.75) - Jim Butcher

June: 5 book(s), 1,624 pages
Total: 31 books, 8,494 pages, 17,129 projected

The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files 6) - Charles Stross - Read by Elle Newlands
Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files 6.5) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery
- Abandoned - The Delivery - Gregg Hurwitz
With Her Serpent Locks - Mary Robinette Kowal - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link)
The Butcher's Masquerade (DCC 5) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga 3) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Read by Grover Gardner
- Abandoned - The Terminal List (Terminal List 1) - Jack Carr - Read by Ray Porter

July: 4 book(s), 2,417 pages
Total: 35 books, 10,911 pages, 18,785 projected

Penric's Demon (Penric 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Read by Grover Gardner
Wool (Silo 1.1) - Hugh Howey - Read by Amanda Sayle
Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archive 4) - Brandon Sanderson - Read by Kate Reading (narrator), Michael Kramer
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (DCC 6) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicott

August: 2 book(s), 1,574 pages
Total: 37 books, 12,485 pages, 18,753 projected

Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera 3) - Jim Butcher - Read by Kate Reading
This Inevitable Ruin (DCC 7) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays

September: 6 book(s), 2,742 pages
Total: 43 books, 15,227 pages, 20,358 projected

A Parade of Horribles (DCC 8) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays
The Phantom Rickshaw - Rudyard Kipling - Read by BJ Harrison
Captain's Fury (Codex Alera 4) - Jim Butcher - Read by Kate Reading
The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time 1) - Robert Jordan - Read by Kate Reading (narrator), Michael Kramer
I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver 1) - Dan Wells - Read by John Allen Nelson
The Silver Chair (Narnia 4) - C.S. Lewis

My lists: 2011 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 2026

Loosheesh · 11-29-2025, 07:09 PM

I'm only listing counts with genres ...

Jan
0 F
3 NF

Feb
7 F
0 NF

Mar
6 F
0 NF

Apr
8 F
1 NF

May
7 F
1 NF

Jun
1 NF

Key

Spoiler:

nana77 · 11-30-2025, 03:01 AM

I'll keep my personal goal low, so any book readed more feels a plus.
My challenge is to read the Urania (Mondadori) sci-fi monthly (3-4 ebooks), keep a reading on a comic/manga serie, and add something from others' lectures.
Thanks in advance.

Spoiler:

DJUNGELSKOG · 11-30-2025, 12:16 PM

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library addict · 11-30-2025, 05:02 PM

Planning to take it easier in 2026 after reading a lot in the past few years, but still put more of a dent in my TBR. My goals include:

Start two "in progress" series still being published (books released so far already in TBR).
Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases)
Keep up with all new releases by my favorite/autobuy authors

January 2026
Read 11 books.

February 2026
Read 13 books.

March 2026
Read 16 books.

April 2026
Read 18 books.
Completed the Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round One.

May 2026
Read 18 books.

June 2026
Read 9 books.

July 2026
Read 18 books.

August 2026

September 2026

October 2026

November 2026

December 2026

Hollow Man · 11-30-2025, 08:11 PM

Completed:

The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
Pet Semetary - Stephen King
The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe - Douglas Adams
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut
A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
The Restaurant At the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
All Flesh Is Grass - Clifford D. Simak
Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
Just Friends - Haley Pham
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams
Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
And Another Thing... - Eoin Colfer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Minority Report - Philip K. Dick
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick
The Wizards and the Warriors - Hugh Cook
The Running Man - Richard Bachman
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
The Narrow Road Between Desires - Patrick Rothfuss
The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother - George R.R. Martin
Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
Spook Country - William Gibson
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan
Drug of Choice - John Lange
The Edge of Running Water - William Sloane

Currently Reading:

The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson

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Talking Miniatures Volume 1 - Robin Dews, John Stallard (p) - 235 --- 53. The Lion's Tusk (short) - Robert Jackson Bennett (k) - 35 b 54. A Labyrinth of Honeybees (short) - Heather Fawcett (k) - 44 b 55. The Wizard Who Kept Himself Suspicious (short) - Scott Lynch (k) - 49 b 56. Wraithwood Botanist - Little Lynx (k) - 444 57. Battle of the Round House (short) - Tananarive Due (k) - 62 b 58. Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee (e) - 162 59. We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (k) - 437 60. 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Current total: 3322 - COMPLETED Spoiler: 757 - Defiance of the Fall - J F Brink 736 - Mage Tank - Cornman 634 - Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin 605 - Jaran - Kate Elliott 590 - The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson 3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 4 In: 3 Net reduction: 1 4. Never Gonna Be Respectable. Read a classic or literary-award-adjacent book. COMPLETED The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood - Booker winner 5. He Scores. Read a book by Nevil Shute. This is a bit of an annual tradition since I inherited my father's collection, so I thought I would make it official. COMPLETED Pastoral - Nevil Shute 6. Bundleer. Ongoing attempt to get value-for-money from bundles by spreading the cost over books read. OK is under £5 (the price of an average ebook), Good is under £2 per book. Spoiler: Storybundle Video Games (Dec 2020) - £23.24 - Read: 12 - Cost per book read: £1.94 - Value: Good Storybundle Video Games 2 (Feb 2022) - £11.50 - Read: 5 - Cost per book read: £2.30 - Value: OK Humble SF (Jul 2014) - £7.24 - Read: 3 - Cost per book read: £2.41 - Value: OK Humble 1 (Oct 2012) - £9.66 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £2.42 - Value: OK Humble Post-Apocalypse (Mar 2015) - £10.43 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £2.60 - Value: OK Poisoned Pen (Feb 2012) - £5.94 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £2.97 - Value: OK Humble 2 (Jul 2013) - £6.87 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £3.44 - Value: OK Humble Battletech (Apr 2024) - £23.78 - Read: 4 - Cost per book read: £5.95 - Value: Poor Young Wizards (Jan 2012) - £21.55 - Read: 2 - Cost per book read: £10.78 - Value: Poor Humble Martha Wells (Aug 2025) - £13.37 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £13.37 - Value: Poor Humble Tanith Lee (Jul 2026) - £13.59 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £13.59 - Value: Poor Humble Dragonlance (Mar 2025) - £14.27 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £14.27 - Value: Poor Humble Modesitt (Sep 2023) - £14.42 - Read: 1 - Cost per book read: £14.42 - Value: Poor Humble Forgotten Realms (Feb 2026) - £13.02 - Read: 0 - Cost per book read: infinite - Value: Poor Humble Tchaikovsky (Dec 2025) - £13.63 - Read: 0 - Cost per book read: infinite - Value: Poor 7. The Wonder Years. Re-read 1 formative SF/F work published in each year from 1970. An exercise I am doing elsewhere that I think I will also track here. Last completed year: 1987 Spoiler: Read in 2024: 1970 - Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny 1971 - Trillions - Nicholas Fisk 1972 - An Alien Heat - Michael Moorcock 1973 - Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke (not reread) 1974 - Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion - Terrance Dicks 1975 - Crisis on Conshelf Ten - Monica Hughes 1976 - Gate of Ivrel - C J Cherryh 1977 - Gateway - Frederik Pohl 1978 - The Moon Raiders - Patrick Moore Read in 2025: 1979 - The 2000ad Annual 1980 - Various 1980 - Starstormers - Nicholas Fisk 1981 - Downbelow Station - C J Cherryh 1982 - Pawn of Prophecy - David Eddings 1983 - On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony 1984 - Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 1985 - The Postman - David Brin 1986 - A Blackbird in Silver - Freda Warrington 1987 - Wolf in Shadow - David Gemmell Read in 2026: 8. Return of Alphablast. Read a novel whose title begins with each letter of the alphabet, in reverse order, Z-A. Last completed letter: J Spoiler: Z - Zero Car - Alex Knowles Y - You - Austin Grossman X - Xenos - Dan Abnett W - Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones V - Victories Greater than Death - Charlie Jane Anders U - Under a Colder Sun - Greg James T - Titan Hoppers - Rob J Hayes S - Shroud - Adrian Tchaikovsky R - Ruin and Rising - Leigh Bardugo Q - Quill - A C Cobble P - Pastoral - Nevil Shute O - Operation Bounce House - Matt Dinniman N - Navola - Paolo Bacigalupi M - Murder at Spindle Manor - Morgan Stang L - Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow K - Kill the Dead - Tanith Lee J - Jaran - Kate Elliott I H G F E D C B A 9. 2025 Catch-up. I failed my main purchase goals for 2025, so I'm going to attempt a catch-up in 2026. Read 25 books purchased in 2025. Books read: 24/25 Spoiler: Charmed Life - Diana Wynne Jones Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood Mage Tank - Cornman Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry - Sean Wallace (ed) Magicians of Caprona - Diana Wynne Jones Bloodmage - Stephen Aryan Antimage - Alexander Olson Magician of Tiger Castle - Louis Sachar Tokyo Zodiac Murders - Soji Shimada Xenos - Dan Abnett Witch Week - Diana Wynne Jones Shadeslinger - Kyle Kirrin Titan Hoppers - Rob J Hayes Glutton - Ed Gamble Displeasure Island - Alice Bell See These Bones - Chris Tullbane Navola - Paolo Bacigalupi Murder at Spindle Manor - Morgan Stang The Incandescent - Emily Tesh The Tainted Cup - Robert Jackson Bennett Lady Eve's Last Con - Rebecca Fraimow Wraithwood Botanist - Little Lynx Jaran - Kate Elliott 2026 changes: No longer recording Borrowed and Expired counts, and will instead mark borrowed books with a b when read. Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web, r reread, b borrowed On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; 09-28-2026 at 05:57 AM.

11-29-2025, 12:45 PM	#7
BelleZora Wizard Posts: 1,460 Karma: 26333088 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Seattle, USA Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Kobo Libra Colour	In 2026 I plan to read at least 50 books set around the world starting with Africa. 1. Morocco - The Spider's House by Paul Bowles 4/5 2. Algeria - The Stranger by Albert Camus 4/5 3. Tunisia - The Ardent Swarm by Yamen Manai 4/5 4. Libya - The Bleeding of the Stone by Ibrahim al-Koni 3/5 5. Egypt - Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi 4/5 6. Sudan - Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela 4/5 7. Morocco - Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits by Laila Lalami 3/5 8. Algeria - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles 3/5 9. Benin - The Viceroy of Ouidah by Bruce Chatwin 2/5 10. Nigeria - The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré 5/5 11. Nigeria - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe 4/5 12. Ghana - His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie 3/5 13. Burkina Faso - American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson 4/5 14. Cabo Verde - The Trade by Chris Thrall 3/5 15. Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone - Allah is Not Obliged by Ahmadou Kourouma 3/5 16. Gambia, US - Roots by Alex Haley 5/5 17. Guinea-Bissau – The Ultimate Tragedy by Abdulai Sila 2/5 18. South Africa - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee 4/5 19. Uganda, South Sudan - All the Glimmering Stars by Mark Sullivan 4/5 20. Nigeria - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche 4/5 21. Mauritania - The Desert and the Drum by Mbarek Ould Beyrouk 3/5 22. São Tomé and Príncipe - Native Dance: An African Story by Gervasio Kaiser 1/5 23. South Africa - When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith 3/5 24. Egypt - Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz 5/5 25. Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville - Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou 2/5 26. Botswana - The House of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith 3/5 27. South Africa - The Sound of Thunder by Wilbur Smith 4/5 28. Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) - The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing 5/5 29. Russia - City of Thieves by David Benioff 5/5 30. Netherlands - The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden 4/5 31. Venezuela - It Would be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo 3/5 32. Sweden - When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen 4/5 33. South Africa - Devil's Peak by Deon Meyer 4/5 34. South Africa - Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer 4/5 35. India - The Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee 4/5 36. Australia - Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth 3/5 37. Scotland - John of John by Douglas Stuart 5/5 38. South Africa - Leo by Deon Meyer 4/5 39. England - Seascraper by Benjamin Wood 4/5 Last edited by BelleZora; 09-27-2026 at 01:01 PM.

11-29-2025, 04:28 PM	#8
bookaho!ic Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 5575734 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: UK Device: kobo Aura H20 2nd Ed	Count me in wont hit my 2025 100 this year. So 2026. Let's set it at 75 September 8 Read Outside Looking In by Michael Wood A room full of killers by Michael Wood The Hangmans Hold by Michael Wood The Murder House by Michael Wood Stolen Children by Michael Wood Time is Running Out by Michael Wood Survivors's Guilt by Michael Wood The Lost Children by Michael Wood August 11 read Pray for Mercy by D K Hood Kiss her goodnight by D K Hood Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister Maybe Tomorrow by Michael Wood Believe by S M Govett Her Bleeding Heart by D K Hood Chase Her Shadow by D K Hood The Fallen by Michael Wood Victim of Innocence by Michael Wood Hide and Seek by Chris Carter For Reasons Unknown by Michael Wood July 8 read Her Shallow Grave by D K Hood Promises in the Dark by D K Hood Evil in the Family by Michael Wood Be Mine Forever by D K Hood Cross my Heart by D K Hood Lose your breath by D K Hood Fallen Angel by D K Hood Don't Look Back by D K Hood June 8 Read Bring me flowers by D K Hood Follow me home by D K Hood The Waitress by KL Slater The Crying Season by D K Hood where Angels Fear by D K Hood Whisper in the Night by D K Hood Break the Silence D K Hood Her Broken Wings by D K Hood May 10 Read Lies to tell by Marion Todd What They Knew by Marion Todd Next In Line by Marion Todd Old Bones Lie by Marion Todd One Blind Eye by Marion Todd Wicked Women by Angela Marsons Bridges to Burn by Marion Todd Dead Man's Shoes Marion Todd Watch them fall by Marion Todd Don't Tell A Soul by D. K. Hood April 9 Read Six Graves by Angela Marsons See Them Run by Marion Todd Hidden Scars by Angela Marsons Deadly Fate by Angela Marsons Bad Blood By Angela Marsons Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons 36 Hours by Angela Marsons Little Children by Angela Marsons In Plain Sight by Marion Todd March 7 Read Dead Memories by Angela Marsons Child's Play by Angela Marsons The Final Vow by M W Craven Killing Mind by Angela Marsons Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons Twisted Lies by Angela Marsons Stolen Ones by Angela Marsons February 7 Read Play Dead by Angela Marsons Blood Lines by Angela Marsons Their Deadly Truth by Carla Kovach Dead Souls by Angela Marsons Broken Bones by Angela Marsons Dying Truth by Angela Marsons Fatal Promise by Angela Marsons JANUARY 9 Read Long Shadows by David Baldacci The Book Club Killer by Ross Greenwood Hold your Tongue by Deborah Masson Out For Blood by Deborah Masson From the Ashes by Deborah Masson First Blood by Angela Marsons Silent Scream by Angela Marsons Evil Games By Angela Marsons Lost Girls by Angela Marsons Last edited by bookaho!ic; Today at 01:59 AM.

11-29-2025, 04:48 PM	#9
CAFlanny Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 2850802 Join Date: May 2021 Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Bigme B751C, iPad	Goals for 2026: Read 20,000 pages StoryGraph Mobileread Reading Challenge Reduce TBR: 50% of read books from owned TBR - 25/50 12 Nonfiction books - 8/12 6 Classics - 3/6 I start the year with a TBR of 265. Pages Read: 15,851/20,000 Current TBR: 249 TBR: 25 Kindle Unlimited: 4 Kobo Plus: 11 Library: 8 Borrowed: 0 Freebie: 2 MR StoryGraph Challenge: January: COMPLETED February: COMPLETED March: COMPLETED April: COMPLETED May: COMPLETED June: COMPLETED July: COMPLETED August: COMPLETED September: COMPLETED October: November: December: Last edited by CAFlanny; Yesterday at 08:08 PM.

11-29-2025, 05:41 PM	#10
Dazrin Wizard Posts: 2,763 Karma: 76232547 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: PDXish Device: Kindle Voyage, various Android devices	Read 12,000 Pages in 2026 - Completed Aug 25 I completed my page goal on August 25th! We'll see how things go before I decide to bump up my goal for next year. I've completed it in August the last couple years so it seems reasonable. Page Goal: Read 12,000 Pages in 2026 Status as of September 30: 15,227 pages read, 43 books/short stories completed (20,358 projected) 2026 Stats: Novels/Novellas (>50 pages): 34 (79% books / 99% pages) Short Stories (< 50 pages): 9 (21% books / 1% pages) Audiobooks: 34 / 449h 07m (79%) DarkGreen indicates hybrid e-book/audiobook. Library Books: 23 (53%) Current and upcoming books: TBD Completed books, ordered by finish date: Spoiler: January: 7 book(s), 1,567 pages Total: 7 books, 1,567 pages, 18,450 projected Halcyon Afternoon (Mongolian Wizard 10) - Michael Swanwick Dragons of Paris (Mongolian Wizard 11) - Michael Swanwick The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley - Read by George Weightman, Katie Leung Nettle & Bone - Ursula Vernon - Read by Amara Jasper The Wee Free Men (Discworld 30) - Terry Pratchett Replaceable You - Mary Roach - Read by Mary Roach The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham February: 6 book(s), 1,127 pages Total: 13 books, 2,694 pages, 16,664 projected Leviathan (Leviathan 1) - Scott Westerfeld - Read by Alan Cumming Wend-Way-Go - Pratt. Tim - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link) Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6' - F.E. Choe - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link) Lily, The Immortal - Kylie Lee Baker - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link) The Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton Twelve Months (Dresden 18) - Jim Butcher - Read by James Marsters March: 3 book(s), 1,412 pages Total: 16 books, 4,106 pages, 16,651 projected The Relentless Legion (The Divide 3) - J.S. Dewes - Read by Andrew Eiden, Nicol Zanzarella, Anthony Rey Perez Antihero (Orphan X 11) - Gregg Hurwitz - Read by Scott Brick The Fifth Gospel - Ian Caldwell - Read by Jack Davenport Abandoned - 1632 (Assiti Shards 1) - Eric Flint & David Weber April: 5 book(s), 1,311 pages Total: 21 books, 5,417 pages, 16,476 projected Pockets - Amal El-Mohtar - Read by LeVar Burton The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (DCC 3) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files 4) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery The Lightning-Fast Field Guide to the Bible - Matt Whitman - Read by Matt Whitman Darksight Dare (Penric 16) - Lois McMaster Bujold May: 5 book(s), 1,453 pages Total: 26 books, 6,870 pages, 16,606 projected The Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files 5) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries 8) - Martha Wells - Read by Kevin R. Free The Gate of the Feral Gods (DCC 4) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays Mister Petty (Dresden 18.6) - Jim Butcher Out Law (Dresden 18.75) - Jim Butcher June: 5 book(s), 1,624 pages Total: 31 books, 8,494 pages, 17,129 projected The Annihilation Score (Laundry Files 6) - Charles Stross - Read by Elle Newlands Escape from Yokai Land (Laundry Files 6.5) - Charles Stross - Read by Gideon Emery Abandoned - The Delivery - Gregg Hurwitz With Her Serpent Locks - Mary Robinette Kowal - Read by Wil Wheaton (Link) The Butcher's Masquerade (DCC 5) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga 3) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Read by Grover Gardner Abandoned - The Terminal List (Terminal List 1) - Jack Carr - Read by Ray Porter July: 4 book(s), 2,417 pages Total: 35 books, 10,911 pages, 18,785 projected Penric's Demon (Penric 1) - Lois McMaster Bujold - Read by Grover Gardner Wool (Silo 1.1) - Hugh Howey - Read by Amanda Sayle Rhythm of War (Stormlight Archive 4) - Brandon Sanderson - Read by Kate Reading (narrator), Michael Kramer The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (DCC 6) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays, Patrick Warburton, Travis Baldree, Annie Ellicott August: 2 book(s), 1,574 pages Total: 37 books, 12,485 pages, 18,753 projected Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera 3) - Jim Butcher - Read by Kate Reading This Inevitable Ruin (DCC 7) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays September: 6 book(s), 2,742 pages Total: 43 books, 15,227 pages, 20,358 projected A Parade of Horribles (DCC 8) - Matt Dinniman - Read by Jeff Hays The Phantom Rickshaw - Rudyard Kipling - Read by BJ Harrison Captain's Fury (Codex Alera 4) - Jim Butcher - Read by Kate Reading The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time 1) - Robert Jordan - Read by Kate Reading (narrator), Michael Kramer I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver 1) - Dan Wells - Read by John Allen Nelson The Silver Chair (Narnia 4) - C.S. Lewis My lists: 2011 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 2026 Last edited by Dazrin; Today at 11:50 AM. Reason: Updated book list

11-29-2025, 07:09 PM	#11
Loosheesh Wizard Posts: 1,794 Karma: 4507731 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jianghu Device: PW5, iPhone 13 Pro, iPad Pro 2021, iPad Air 2025	I'm only listing counts with genres ... Jan 0 F 3 NF Feb 7 F 0 NF Mar 6 F 0 NF Apr 8 F 1 NF May 7 F 1 NF Jun 1 NF Key Spoiler: F - Fiction NF - Nonfiction Last edited by Loosheesh; 07-02-2026 at 07:57 PM.

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11-29-2025, 03:45 AM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 75,886 Karma: 320621266 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Last year I failed to reduce my TBR pile. In fact it increased by 55! I start 2026 with 726 books on my TBR pile. This year I aim to end with under 670 books on my TBR pile. Books removed from TBR Read and Reading January 1st: You Don't Have to Have a Dream by Tim Minchin - £1.79 - 3/5 - 49pp Three speeches, with commentary. Interesting. January 1st: Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 195pp (re-read) The first written, and an excellent story/ January 2nd: Mixed Magics by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 99pp A collection of short stories. Good fun. January 2nd: The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 173pp January 3rd: Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 204pp January 4th: The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.99 - 4/5 - 242pp Enjoyable magic adventures January 6th: No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes - £0.99 - 3/5 - 301pp Good retelling of Jason & Medea mostly from Medea's POV January 10th: When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between by Ruth Jones and James Corden - £1.99 - 5/5 - 200pp Fascinating insight into these two and their work on Gavin & Stacey January 11th: Sharpe's Storm by Bernard Cornwell - £0.99 - 4/5 - 227pp Compelling historical Military fiction January 14th: New Under the Sun by Nancy Kress - Free - 3/5 - 162pp A novelette that should have had more depth at the end. January 16th: Birds of Prey by David Drake - £3.37 - 4/5 - 306pp Enjoyable ancient rome with aliens and time travel January 18th: Slow Time Between the Stars by John Scalzi - £1.00 - 5/5 - 21pp Brilliant short story January 19th: Murder in Norfolk - Free - 3/5 - 233pp It grew on me, but not enough to get any more. January 21st: The Biography of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Strachey - Free - 3/5 - 26pp Feels more like anecdote than biography January 22nd: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield - Free - 1/5 - 158pp Literary Genre short stories about awful people January 25th: Into The Thinking Kingdoms by Alan Dean Foster - £0.66 - 4/5 - 309pp Fun fantasy epic journey January 30th: A Triumph of Souls by Alan Dean Foster - £0.66 - 4/5 - 300pp A good conclusion. February 1st: The Samurai Detectives by Shōtarō Ikenami - £0.99 - 3/5 - 178pp Interesting, but the translation isn't good enough February 3rd: An Amateur Corpse by Simon Brett - £2.33 - 4/5 - 182pp Charles gets there in the end. February 4th: Spies by Michael Frayn - Free - 2/5 - 168pp (not on unread list) Well done, but not for me. February 8th: Death of a Gossip by M. C. Beaton - £0.89 - 5/5 - 96pp Most enjoyable February 10th: Crossfire by Dick Francis and Felix Frances - £0.89 - 5/5 - 259pp Excellent February 11th: No Man's Land Volume 1 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 288pp Really splendid SF February 13th: When the Moon hits your Eye by John Scalzi - £0.89 - 3/5 - 319pp A bit of light fun. I'd like more story, rather than scattered incidents February 16th: Reflections by Diana Wynne Jones - £0.89 - 4/5 - 309pp Fascinating insight into the author and her work February 22nd: No Man's Land Volume 2 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 250pp February 23rd: No Man's Land Volume 3 by Sarah A. Hoyt - £0.66 - 5/5- 285pp An excellent middle and conclusion to the story. February 24th: Translation State by Ann Leckie - £0.99 - 4/5 - 280pp I found the multiplicity of pronounces confusing. But it was good. February 27th: Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson - £0.02 - 3/5 - 59pp Some interesting, many just weird. March 1st: Some of the Best of Tor.com 2020 by various authors - Free - 3/5 - 680pp OK to good, but I don't think I like lots of short stories. March 11th: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Free - 4/5 - 310pp Good boy's adventure March 13th: A Sorceress Come to Call by T. Kingfisher - £1.79 - 5/5 - 299pp Excellent pseudo-regency romance March 15th: Empress of Forever by Max Gladstone - £1.79 - 5/5 - 541pp Excellent near/far future SF. March 19th: Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher - £1.79 - 5/5 - 224pp An excellent fantasy March 20th: Bones in the Blackout by Emma Jameson - £0.66 - 4/5 - 273pp A nice rural early WWII murder mystery March 21st: War Games by Christopher Anvil - £2.50 - 4/5 - 399pp A good collection of classic SF short stories March 22nd: James by Percival Everett - £5.99 - 4/5 - 231pp Interesting retellling March 23rd: What If He Were To Pick Me? by Sarah A. Hoyt - Free - 4/5 - 65pp (re-read) Amusing short retelling of Pride and Prejudice March 23rd: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.89 - 5/5 - 440pp March 25rd: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.89 - 5/5 - 441pp March 27th: Locklands by Robert Jackson Bennett - £2.99 - 5/5 - 489pp Splendid non-Earth fantasy trilogy. March 28th: Déjà Doomed by Edward M. Lerner - £0.00 - 4/5 - 423pp Very good near-future space SF March 29th: The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 277pp Fun cosy mystery. March 30th: Death Comes to Marlow by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 276pp And another March 31st: The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood - £0.99 - 4/5 - 259pp Great fun. April 1st: The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré - £0.99 - 2/5 - 510pp [ABANDONED. Got 1/3 in and I just couldn't make myself care about any of it.] April 1st: The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan by M. H. Foster - £0.99 - 3/5 - 168pp Great fun. April 2nd: DragonGirl by Todd McCaffrey - £0.99 - 3/5 - 383pp Some poor naming, but OK April 3rd: Dark Horse by Felix Francis - £0.90 - 4/5 - 270pp Nice to see Sid Halley again April 3rd: The Wizards and the Warriors by Hugh Cook - Free - 2/5 - 435pp [ABANDONED. I don't believe the characters] April 4th: No Reserve by Felix Francis - £0.99 - 4/5 - 259pp The expected enjoyable cosy thriller April 5th: Bones at the Manor House by Emma Jameson - Free - 4/5 - 366pp Murderous fun in WWI countryside. April 6th: Enquiry by Dick Francis - £0.89 - 4/5 - 172pp The expected cosy thriller April 6th: The Killing Time by Elly Griffiths - £0.99 - 2/5 - 280pp Not enough thought given to the time travel element April 7th: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler - £0.99 - 5/5 - 277pp Absolutely brilliant Vampire SF April 8th: Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym - £0.99 - 2/5 - 167pp A dull story of everyday life April 10th: Echopraxia by Peter Watts - £0.99 - 3/5 - 330pp Fascinating, but I can't say I really enjoyed it. April 11th: A Comedian Dies by Simon Brett - £2.33 - 4/5 - 179pp Good, but I felt the motivation was a bit weak. April 12th: Love Triangle by Matt Parker - £0.89 - 4/5 - 232pp Some fascinating stuff. A few typos. April 13th: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher - £0.99 - 4/5 - 374pp Delightful fantasy romance. April 14th: The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper - £2.75 - 5/5 - 464pp A Splendid SF Fantasy April 18th: Merlin's Mirror by Andre Norton - £0.89 - 3/5 - 189pp Mixing Merlin with SF-ish. Sort of works. April 20th: The House of Saints by Derek Künsken - £0.90 - 4/5 - 373pp Follow-up to The House of Styx. Very good SF April 22nd: Femina by Janina Ramirez - £0.99 - 3/5 - 448pp Interesting, but I didn't find it compelling April 26th: Darksight Dare by Lois McMaster Bujold - £2.63 - 5/5 - 113pp Great fun with Penric & Desdemona April 27th: The Wedding Hitch by Claire McCauley - Free - 4/5 - 248pp A well-done light rom com. April 28th: Phoenix Rising by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris - £0.72 - 2/5 - 176pp It was OK-ish. Perhaps I just don't like steampunk April 30th: Total Eclipse by John Brunner - £0.99 - 4/5 - 152pp Sad but good May 1st: The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner - £0.89 - 4/5 - 226pp ebook typography bad but story great. May 2nd: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Burnett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 426pp Excellent non-Earth fantasy May 4th: Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym - £0.89 - 1/5 - 284pp [ABANDONED. Not to my taste - early C20 manners] May 10th: Speak Daggers to Her by Rosemary Edghill - £2.33 - 2/5 - 119pp I don't like the main character. May 12th: Dreamweaver's Dilemma by Lois McMaster Bujold - £7.65 - 5/5 - 300pp Excellent updated info May 12th: The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner - £0.89 - 1/5 - 342pp [ABANDONED. A dystopia I didn't like, and dated language] May 15th: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 397pp Excellent complete second story iof the trilogy May 17th: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett - £0.99 - 5/5 - 397pp A very satisfying conclusion. May 20th: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton - £1.79 - 4/5 - 325pp Interesting factual account of raising a wild hare May 21st: A Hole in the Sky by Peter F. Hamilton - £0.66 - 4/5 - 263pp An enjoyable YA SF yarn. May 22nd: The Compleat Traveller in Black by John Brunner - £0.89 - 5/5 - 191pp Great linked fantasy short shories, with a brilliant ending. May 24th: The Carpet People by Terry Pratchett - £0.99 - 4/5 - 284pp Much better than I remembered. May 27th: The Windsingers by Megan Lindholm - £0.99 - 4/5 - 218pp May 30th: The Limbreth Gate by Megan Lindholm - £0.99 - 4/5 - 203pp Good fantasy/romance with Ki And Vandien. Now I need the last one. May 30th: Death in the House by Anthony Berkley - £1.79 - 2/5 - 176pp A bit too dated, although instructive about the attitudes of the time. June 2nd: Luck of the Wheels by Megan Lindholm - £3.99 - 5/5 - 216pp A reasonable end to the series June 4th: The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay - £0.99 - 2/5 - 301pp Trying not to be just a Tolkien knock-off and failing. June 8th: With Hat Atelier 1 by Kamome Shirahama - £0.65 - 3/5 - 216pp An OK comic book, but the premise didn;'t grab me. June 12th: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - £0.99 - 3/5 - 261pp The dystopia is done well. June 15th: The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse - Free - 3/5 - 219pp OK, but not his best work, IMO, and 'of its time'. June 18th: The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken - £1.99 - 3/5 - 130pp Good alternative history children's story June 20th: The Computers that Made Britain by Tim Danton - £0.74 - 5/5 - 298pp Splendid look at the home computers, companies and people of the 1980s June 22nd: New Rock, New Role by Richard Sparks - Free - 4/5 - 436pp Fun fantasy, but reactions of participants unbelievable June 28th: Phule's Company by Robert Asprin - £0.89 - 4/5 - 207pp Fun Mil SF June 29th The Alchemist and the Witch by Christopher Stasheff - £0.30 - 2/5 - 39pp Short fantasy. Doesn't quite work. June 30th: Out of the Loop by Katie Siegel - £0.66 - - 332pp Discarded (2) April 2nd: Smiley's People April 2nd: The Secret Pilgrim May 17th: Book of Moons May 17th: The Bowl of Night Books added to TBR Freebies (Unread) January 1st: The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni January 1st: The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield January 2nd: The Biography of Florence Nightingale by Lytton Strachey January 16th: Murder in Norfolk by Sadie Norman February 10th: Bones at the Manor House by Emma Jameson March 6th: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain March 9th: The Wizards and the Warriors by Hugh Cook March 17th: Déjà Doomed by Edward M. Lerner March 22nd: Luna City Limited by Julia Huni April 24th: The Wedding Hitch by Claire McCauley June 1st: Short But Concentrated by Una McCormack June 1st: Short But Concentrated #2 by Una McCormack June 12th: The Coming of Bill by P. G. Wodehouse February 16th: The Voyage Out, Two Stories, Night and Day, Monday or Tuesday, Jacob's Room, Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Dalloway, The Common Reader by Virginia Woolf (not added to TBR) March 3rd: Flim-Flam, Encyclopedia of Claims, The Truth about Uri Geller, The Faith Healers by James Randi (not added to TBR) Bought (Unread) January (7/£9.22): Agatha Raising and the Love from Hell, Planetary Spin Cycle, Waxing the Moon of Lewei, City of Blades, Birds of Prey, Slow Time Between the Stars, The Samurai Detectives February (12/£19.12): Death of a Gossip, Crossfire, Reflections, When the Moon hits your Eye, No Man's Land v1, Translation State, Bones in the Blackout, A Sorceress Comes to Call, Nettle and Bone, No Man's Land v2, No Man's Land v3, Locklands March (9/£14.61): Crampton Hodnet, Femina, Swordheart, The Marlow Murder Club, Death Comes to Marlow, City of Stairs, Empress of Forever, The Queen of Poisons, James April (26/£25.85): The Demon Overlord's Retirement Plan, The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts, Quartet in Autumn, Dragongirl, Dark Horse, Second Wind, Field of 13, Come to Grief, Bonecrack, Bolt, Enquiry, The Killing Time, Fledgling, Love Triangle, No Phule Like An Old Phule, The House of Saints, Merlin's Mirror, Total Eclipse, The Compleat Traveller in Black, The Shockwave Rider, The Sheep Look Up, Darksight Dare, Death in the House, Phoenix Rising, A Hole in the Sky, The Computers That Made Britain May (15/£30.47): Bell, Book and Murder (Speak Daggers to Her, The Bowl of Night, Book of Moons),The Carpet People, Raising Hare, Phule's Errand, Dreamweaver's Dilemma, Completely Perfect, Speedy Chinese, Batch Lady Rapid Dinners Death of a Glutton, Death of a Groom, The Right Way to Play Bridge, Bridge for Complete Beginners, Luck of the Wheels (5 not added to TBR) June (11/£14.12): Thinking About Bridge, Under Orders, Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight, The Handmaid's Tale, The Summer Tree, The Man in the High Castle, With Hat Atelier 1, Self-Help from the Middle Ages, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Phule's Company, Out of the Loop (2 not added to TBR) July (0/£0.00): August (0/£0.00): September (0/£0.00): October (0/£0.00): November (0/£0.00): December (0/£0.00): Analysis TBR: 718 Books read: 93 (includes 14 freebies, 1 not on TBR, 2 re-reads) Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 4 (0 duplicates, 4 discarded, 0 already read) Books removed from TBR pile: 94 Books added to TBR pile: 86 (includes 13 freebies, 1 omnibus counted as 3) Removed/Added: 1.07 Net reduction for 2025: 8 Non-free books read: 79 (includes 1 re-read) Total cost of books read: £106.58 Average cost of books read: £1.35 Non-free books bought: 80 (includes 7 not added to TBR, 1 omnibus counted as 3) Total cost of books bought: £113.39 Average cost of books bought: £1.44 Rating System: 1: Bad or Abandoned 2: Not to my taste, but I did finished. 3: OK to good 4: Excellent 5: Wonderful Pages are as given by the ADE algorithm in Calibre, or from the Amazon web page. Last edited by pdurrant; 07-01-2026 at 03:31 AM. Reason: got 6 books, incl. 1 freebie, 1 not for TBR

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11-30-2025, 03:01 AM	#12
nana77 Wizard Posts: 3,064 Karma: 4340440 Join Date: May 2025 Device: Kobo Forma, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	I'll keep my personal goal low, so any book readed more feels a plus. My challenge is to read the Urania (Mondadori) sci-fi monthly (3-4 ebooks), keep a reading on a comic/manga serie, and add something from others' lectures. Thanks in advance. Spoiler: January "Ascension", by Nicolas Binge (2023) "Austral", by Paul McAuley (2017) "Dream Dancer", by Janet Morris (1980) "Aliens 4", by Sturgeon (from 1944 to 1962 in this translated edition) "The Cosmic Rape", by Sturgeon (1977 edition) "The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens", by L. Sprague de Camp (1953) "The Genocides" by Thomas M. Disch (original was 1965, in here a new translation from 2025) "Infinite Stars" (2017), by Bryan Thomas Schmidt Tower Dungeon #2 February Tower Dungeon #3 "Skaith!" by Brackett [The Ginger Star (1974), The Hounds of Skaith (1974), and The Reavers of Skaith (1976)] "Zothique" (1970) by Clark Ashton Smith "Cloak of Aesir" (1977) by John W. Campbell, Jr "Davy" (1954) by Edgar Pangborn March "The Green Odyssey" (1957) Philip José Farmer "Rogue Moon" (1960) by Algis Budrys "Who Goes There?", by John W. Campbell (1977 transaltion) "1Q84" (Book 1&2), (2009) Haruki Murakami "The Sword of Rhiannon", (1953) Leigh Brackett April "The Long Tomorrow", by Leigh Brackett (1955, translated in 1978) "The Secret of Sinharat and People of the Talisman", by Leigh Brackett (1964, translated in 1975) "Tower Dungeon #4", by Tsutomu Nihei (2025) "1Q84, Book 3", by Haruki Murakami "Alpha Centauri or Die!", by Leigh Brackett (1963, translated in 1978) May "Downbelow Station" by C.J. Cherryh (1982 translation) "The Big Jump" by Leigh Brackett (1977 translation) "The Grocery" (#1-4), by Aurélien Ducoudray, Guillaume Singelin (2017) "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", by Philip K. Dick (2022 translation) "The Starmen", by Leigh Brackett (1953; translated in 1973) "Frontier", by Guillaume Singelin (2023) "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by Philip K. Dick (1965; translated in 1970) "Police Your Planet", by Lester del Rey (1953, tranlated in 1974) "Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 1: Atomic Garden" (#1-5) by Rick Remender (2016) "Tokyo Ghost, Vol. 2: Come Join Us" ("#6-10) by Rick Remender (2016) June "The Eden Cycle", by Raymond Z. Gallun, (Roberta Rambelli translator - 1974) "Frank Frazetta's Dracula Meets The Wolfman" - Frank Frazetta "Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer" #1 - Mitch Iverson "Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer #2 - Mitch Iverson "Deus Irae" - Philip K. Dick - Roger Zelazny (1976 translation) "Royal Blood / Sang Royal" #1-3 - Alejandro Jodorowsky, Dongzi Liu "Royal Blood / Sang Royal #3 - Alejandro Jodorowksky, Dongzi Liu" "Royal Blood / Sang Royal #4 - Alejandro Jodorowksky, Dongzi Liu "The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud - Il garage ermetico [Le Garage Hermétique]" - Mœbius (1979) "Metal Hurlant Moebius ##1 - Harzac" [Arzach] - Mœbius "A Canticle for Leibowitz" - Walter M. Miller, Jr. "The Airtight Garage" - #1 Mœbius (1976) "The Airtight Garage" - #2 Mœbius (1976) "The Airtight Garage" #3 - Mœbius (1979) "The Airtight Garage" #4 - Mœbius (1979) "The Elsewhere Prince" #1 - Mœbius (1990) "The Elsewhere Prince" #2 - Mœbius (1990) "The Elsewehere Prince" #3 - Mœbius, Eric Shanower "The Elsewehere Prince" #4 - Mœbius, Eric Shanower "Onxy Overlord" Mœbius (1992) "Onxy Overlord - Randomhearth YBY" - Mœbius, Jerry Bingham, R.J.M. Lofficier (1992) "Onxy Overlord - Onyx" - R.J.M. Lofficier, Jerry Bingham, Mœbius (1992) "Epic Graphic Novel: Moebius - Chaos" - Mœbius (1991) "Metallic Memories" - Mœbius (1992) "The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 1: Upon a Star" - Mœbius (1987) "Tower Dungeon, Volume 5" - Tsutomu Nihei (2026) "Blade Runner" - Philip K. Dick (1968) July "Don't Bite the Sun" - Tanith Lee (1976 translation) "Day by Night" - Tanith Lee (1980 translation) "The House That Stood Still" - A.E. van Vogt "Ghost in the Shell Volume 1" - Shirow Masamune "The Incal" - Moebius - Alejandro Jodorowsky "The Incal, Vol. 2: The Luminous Incal" - Moebius - Alejandro Jodorowsky "The Incal, Vol. 3: What Lies Beneath" - Moebius - Alejandro Jodorowsky "Adam Sarlech Vol.1" - Frederic Bezian "Metal Hurlant Collection #1" "Druuna Vol. #1 - #4" - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri "Druuna - Came From The Wind" - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri "Serpieri sketchbooks" "The Forbidden Work, Vol. 0: The Horny Goof and Other Underground Stories" - Mœbius "All Tomorrow's Parties: The Velvet Underground Story" - Koren Shadmi "Metal Hurlant : Selected Works" August "Corto Maltese - Appuntamento a Bahia" - Hugo Pratt (1970) "Adam Sarlech Vol. 1-3", Frédéric Bézian (1991) "The Incal Vol. 4-6" - Alejandro Jodorowsky, Moebius "Metal Hurlant Collection 1 Vol. 2" "THX 1138", Ben Bova, George Lucas (1971) "Druuna - Come from the Wind" "Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars" - Jeff Lemire with Dustin Nguyen (Illustrator), 2015 "Death or Glory #1" - Rick Remender "Head Lopper #1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts" - Andrew MacLean (2015) "Madi: once upon a time in the future" - Alex de Campi, Duncan Jones "Legend of the Scarlet Blades, Vol. 1-3" - Saverio Tenuta (2006) "Legends of the Pierced Veil" (2023) "The Space Monster Anti-Survival Guide" - Russell Holly "Blade Runner 2019: Vol. 1-3" "Blade Runner: Origins Vol. 1-3" "Blade Runner 2029 Vol. 1-3" "Blade Runner 2039: Luv Vol.1-3" "Robert Silverberg's Belzagor" - Philippe Thirault, Robert Silverberg, Laura Zuccheri "Arkadi and the Lost Titan" - Caza (2025) "The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 4: The Long Tomorrow and Other Science Fiction Stories" "There Will Come Soft Rains" - Ray Bradbury "Blade Runner: Black Lotus - Leaving L.A." "Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus" "Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die In Peace" "Techno Pre-School" - Alejandro Jodorowsky with Zoran Janjetov, Fred Beltran "The Cimmerian Vol. 1" - Régis Hautière, Jean-David Morvan, Robert E. Howard "Cyberpunk 2077 Volume 1: Trauma Team" "Cyberpunk 2077 - Big City Dreams" "Shamanism Vol. 1 - Electric roots" - Igor Baranko with Vyacheslav Xenofontov, Anna Provitola (Translator) "Jihad Book 1-3" - Igor Baranko, Pat McGreal "The Cimmerian Vol. 2" - Sylvain Runberg, Robin Recht, Robert E. Howard with Sylvain Runberg "Retina Vol. 1-3" - Benoît Rivière with Philippe Scoffoni (Illustrator) "The Celestial Bibendum" - Nicolas de Crécy "Kalevala: The Graphic Novel" - Sami Makkonen Last edited by nana77; 09-01-2026 at 05:17 AM.

11-30-2025, 12:16 PM	#13
DJUNGELSKOG Addict Posts: 216 Karma: 2420042 Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Belgium / Vlaanderen Device: Kobo Libra 2 + Vivlio Light HD + (ancient) iPad Pro	Placeholder

11-30-2025, 05:02 PM	#14
library addict Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,232 Karma: 37197878 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Nexus 7 2, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" (retired=Sony PRS650, Kobo Mini)	Planning to take it easier in 2026 after reading a lot in the past few years, but still put more of a dent in my TBR. My goals include: Start two "in progress" series still being published (books released so far already in TBR). Pick 10 “Must Read” books for the year from my huge digital TBR mountain (not including any new releases) Keep up with all new releases by my favorite/autobuy authors January 2026 Read 11 books. February 2026 Read 13 books. March 2026 Read 16 books. April 2026 Read 18 books. Completed the Tried-and-True Challenge ~ Round One. May 2026 Read 18 books. June 2026 Read 9 books. July 2026 Read 18 books. August 2026 September 2026 October 2026 November 2026 December 2026 Last edited by library addict; 08-01-2026 at 10:05 PM. Reason: update tally

11-30-2025, 08:11 PM	#15
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 452 Karma: 2035946 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	Goal: Read. Just read. Completed: The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle Pet Semetary - Stephen King The Fires of Heaven - Robert Jordan East of Eden - John Steinbeck Young Zaphod Plays It Safe - Douglas Adams Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams Pattern Recognition - William Gibson The Restaurant At the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams All Flesh Is Grass - Clifford D. Simak Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams Just Friends - Haley Pham So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams And Another Thing... - Eoin Colfer The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace Persuasion - Jane Austen Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien The Minority Report - Philip K. Dick We Can Remember It For You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick The Wizards and the Warriors - Hugh Cook The Running Man - Richard Bachman A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Doctor Sleep - Stephen King The Narrow Road Between Desires - Patrick Rothfuss The Rogue Prince, or, a King's Brother - George R.R. Martin Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan Red Rising - Pierce Brown Spook Country - William Gibson Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson A Crown of Swords - Robert Jordan Drug of Choice - John Lange The Edge of Running Water - William Sloane Currently Reading: The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson Last edited by Hollow Man; 09-22-2026 at 11:25 PM.