26 in 26

This is a companion post to my last one, 52 in 25, and it details the 26 books I definitely plan to read this year. I'll spread them out across the year, and drop other books in between these as I go. I've said it before, I'm a mood reader so I have to really be in the mood for something before I pick it up, so it's good there's such a variety of genre here. I should also mention that these are all ebooks, on my Kindle, the other books I'll read this year will mostly be physical books off my shelf. These book titles below aren't listed in any particular order of preference.

Also, I've already read Yellowface from this list, and I'm currently reading Pretty, Pretty Boys, and Queen James. So I'm off to a flying start. I'd like to get to the Murakami soon, and the C.J. Sansom will finish off the series of Shardlake books that I've loved. In fact I've loved everything I've read by these two authors, so I have high hopes for these two books.

Butter - Asako Yuzuki

Yellowface - Rebecca F. Kuang (Jan '26)

Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst

Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene

The City and its Uncertain Walls - Haruki Murakami

Jericho’s Dead - William Hussey

Under the Whispering Door - TJ Klune


Heartstopper Volumes 4&5 - Alice Oseman


The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie


Tombland - C.J. Sansom


Globe: Life in Shakespeare’s London - Catharine Arnold


A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes


The Rise and Reign of the Mammals - Steve Brusatte


Open Water - Caleb Azumah Nelson


Queen James - Gareth Russell (Jan 26)


Days at the Morisaki Bookshop - Satoshi Yagisawa (Jan 26)


Katabasis - R.F. Kuang


Kororo - Natsume Soseki

Stories of Your Life and Others - Ted Chiang


Capturing Magick - Dean Cole


The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Robert Dugoni


Pretty Pretty Boys - Gregory Ashe (Jan 26)


The Easy Life in Kamusari - Shion Miura


Pachinko - Min Jin Lee


American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins (Feb 26)


The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker




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