re: 2026 Reading Challenge

Updated:

38 so far in 2026:

1. Children of Ash and Elm, Neil Price
2. Team of Rivals, Dorothy Kearns Goodwin
3. No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
4. Tom's Crossing, Mark Danielewski
5. Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer
6. Grant, Ron Chernow
7. The Nightingale's Song, Robert Timberg
8. Annie Bott, Caragh O'Brien
9. Master of the Senate, Robert Caro
10. I Still Believe in Miracles, Lucas Jones
11. Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bugakov
12. Deep Cuts, Holly Brickley
13. The Secret Hours, Nick Herron
14. The Barracks Thief, Tobias Wolfe
15. A Separate Peace, John Knowles
16. Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke
17. Echo Park, Michael Connelly
18. Angel Down, Daniel Kraus
19. Caught Stealing, Charlie Huston
20. A Violent Masterpiece, Jordan Harper
21. Vigil, George Saunders
22. The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck
23. The Winter Soldier, Daniel Mason
24. Glyph, Ali Smith
25. Sorry for Your Trouble, Richard Ford
26. The Long Walk, Stephen King
27. Our Kind of Traitor, John LeCarre
28. Night of the Grizzlies, Jack Olsen
29. Theo of Golden, Allen Levi
30. London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe.
31. Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid
32. Saltwash, Andrew Michael Hurley
33. The Climb Up to Hell, Jack Olsen
34. Orbital, Samantha Harvey
35. White River Crossing, Ian McGuire
36. Snow Leopard, Peter Matthiessen
37. No Way Home, TC Boyle
38. Departures, Julian Barnes

15,429 pages
Mean length 406 pages
Median length 320 pages
Average pages per day 74.5 pages

That list is more or less in the descending order of how much I liked the book. Most recent is highlighted.