Read in 2026

In 2025 I read a total of 65 books and really enjoyed spending time with chunkier books and ended up enjoying the longest book I've ever read in The Count of Monte Cristo, which came in at a whopping 1,276 pages. In 2026 I want to do the same again so I'm planning to decrease my reading goal again to 60 books for the year. I can always read more than that, right?

I’ll be keeping track of what I read here, so feel free to click on any of the hyperlinks below to read the reviews as the year progresses. You can also check out my reviews alphabetically by visiting my Books By Author page. Wish me luck!

January
Cape Fever by Nadia Davids
Unusual Hotels of the World by Steve Dobson
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
The Darkroom - Case Files of a Scotland Yard Forensic Photographer by A.J. Hewitt
The Story Keeper by Anna Mazzola

February
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Morbidly Curious - A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away by Coltan Scrivner
The Vegemite Cookbook by Vegemite
The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware
The Cross Thieves by Alan Fyfe

March
A Far-Flung Life by M.L. Stedman
The Woman in the Seal Skin by Lauren Keegan
Devil's Wolf by Paul Doherty
And How Does That Make You Feel? Everything You (N)ever Wanted to Know About Therapy by Joshua Fletcher

April
The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
The Bookshop on Lemon Tree Lane by Mike Lucas and Sofya Karmazina
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

May
The Secret Rooms by Catherine Bailey
How My Dog Saved My Life - Thirty Tales of Courage and Compassion by Cate Cochran
Five by Ilona Bannister
Underwear - Fashion in Detail by Eleri Lynn
Postscript - Life, Love and Loss in Australian Letters by National Library of Australia

Currently reading
Tudor Fashion by Eleri Lynn
Castles in the Air - The Restoration Adventures of Two Young Optimists and a Crumbling Old Mansion by Judy Corbett
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Devil Mountain by Inessa Jackson

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