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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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The 2026 Annual Reading Challenge List Thread
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: 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 Last edited by pdurrant; 11-29-2025 at 04:51 AM. |
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Table of Participants
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The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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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
Discarded (0) Books added to TBR Freebies (Unread)
Bought (Unread)
Analysis TBR: 725 Books read: 10 (includes 1 freebie, 1 re-read, 0 hardbacks, 0 abandoned) Books otherwise removed from TBR pile: 0 (0 duplicates, 0 discarded, 0 already read) Books removed from TBR pile: 9 Books added to TBR pile: 8 (includes 3 freebies, 0 omnibuses counted as 0, 0 hardbacks) Removed/Added: 1.13 Net reduction for 2025: 1 Non-free books read: 9 (includes 1 re-read, 0 hardbacks) Total cost of books read: £10.71 Average cost of books read: £1.19 Non-free books bought: 5 (includes 0 not added to TBR, 0 omnibuses counted as 0, 0 hardbacks) Total cost of books bought: £7.23 Average cost of books bought: £1.45 Rating System: 1: Bad 2: Only OK-ish (Or not to my taste.) 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; 01-16-2026 at 09:46 AM. Reason: Started Birds of Prey, got Murder in Norfolk |
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Resident Curmudgeon
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History by the Ancients; the Dark Ages; Doorstops.
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 Last edited by issybird; 01-06-2026 at 06:46 PM. |
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Wizard
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Read more than I buy.
Bought: 0 Borrowed: 0 Free: 1 Read: 4 Books read: 1. The Thief of Legacy - Andrew Simpson (k) - 590 2. Charmed Life - Diana Wynn Jones (k) - 215 3. Facing the Music - Hannah Spearritt (p) - 223 4. The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (k) - 522 Monthly Breakdown: Spoiler:
Achievements: 1. Buy It, Read It. Start at least 50% of the books I buy. Current total: 0/0 (0%) 2. King of the Mountains. My 5 longest books should total over 3000 pages. Current total: 1550 Spoiler:
3. Paper Chase. Reduce my unread paper book collection. Out: 1 In: 0 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. 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: - 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: 3/25 Spoiler:
Legend: (p) paperback, (h) hardback, (k) kindle, (e) epub, (i) ibook, (f) pdf, (a) audio, (w) web, r reread On target, Off target, Completed Last edited by DrNefario; Yesterday at 06:56 AM. |
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Wizard
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In 2026 I plan to read at least 50 books set in countries other than the USA.
1. Morocco - The Spider's House by Paul Bowles 4/5 2. Algeria - The Stranger by Albert Camus 5/5 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 5/5 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 (currently reading) Last edited by BelleZora; Yesterday at 03:02 PM. |
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Evangelist
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Count me in wont hit my 2025 100 this year. So 2026. Let's set it at 75
JANUARY 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 Last edited by bookaho!ic; Yesterday at 03:27 PM. |
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Connoisseur
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Goals for 2026:
I start the year with a TBR of 266. Pages Read: 766/20,000 Current TBR: 265 TBR: 1 Kindle Unlimited: 1 Kobo Plus: 0 Library: 1 Borrowed: 0 Freebie: 0 MR StoryGraph Challenge: January: COMPLETED February: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October: November: December: Last edited by CAFlanny; 01-13-2026 at 11:45 PM. |
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Wizard
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Read 12,000 Pages in 2026
Same goal for 2026 at 12,000 pages. This has worked well the last few years, although if I meet this as early as I did last year I will probably increase it.
Page Goal: Read 12,000 Pages in 2026 Status as of January 14: 677 pages read, 4 books/short stories completed (15,444 projected) 2026 Stats:
Current and upcoming books:
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My lists: 2011 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 2026 Last edited by Dazrin; 01-16-2026 at 09:03 PM. Reason: Updated book list |
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Wizard
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I'm in.
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Wizard
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Inn.
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. Ps: some lists in there are abominable (not in a negative meaning), commends! Last edited by nana77; 11-30-2025 at 04:15 AM. |
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Grand Sorcerer
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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:
January 2026 February 2026 March 2026 April 2026 May 2026 June 2026 July 2026 August 2026 September 2026 October 2026 November 2026 December 2026 Last edited by library addict; 01-11-2026 at 07:41 PM. |
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Evangelist
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Goal: Read. Just read.
Completed:
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