Seidchen's 2026 Books

1. The Mysterious Benedict Society: The Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
Ficton: novel, children's
21st century, American
Our book
Finished 1/13/26 (read with IKK)

Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion by Koshin Paley Ellison
Nonfiction: Zen, Buddhism, ethics
21st century, American
Public library
Finished 1/20/26

The INFJ Writer: Cracking the Creative Genius of the World's Rarest Type by Lauren Sapala
Nonfiction: writing, MBTI, Myers-Briggs, creativity, personality
21st century, American
Our library
Finished 1/26/26

How to Be Both by Ali Smith
Fiction: art, gender, gender fluidity, painting, fresco, history, grief, mothers
21st century, Scottish
Our library
Finished 2/1/26

Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Fiction: children’s
20th century, American
Our library
Finished March 2026 (read with IKK)

Horton Halfpott by Tom Angelberger
Fiction: children’s
21st century
Our library
Finished 3/29/26 (read with IKK)

The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler
Nonfiction: sociology, futurism, gender
20th century
Public library
Finished 4/16/26

Fierce Vulnerability by Kazu Haga
Nonfiction: movements, healing,
21st century
Our library
Finished 4/18/26 (reread during program)

Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in with Unexpected Resilience and Creative Power by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Nonfiction: spirituality, movement building, social change, activism, transformation, the Work that Reconnects
21st century
Public library
Finished 4/26/26

This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder by Alan Townsend
Nonfiction: memoir, cancer, brain tumors, science
21st century
Public library
Finished 5/4/26

When No Thing Works: A Zen and Indigenous Perspective on Resilience, Shared Purpose, and Leadership in the Timeplace of Collapse by Norma Kawelokū Wong
Nonfiction: spirituality, social change, transformation
21st century
Public library
Finished 5/20/26

The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller
Nonfiction: grief, ritual, spirituality, healing
21st century, American
Public library
Finished 5/25/26 (FV kinship pod)

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur
Nonfiction: death, death doula, ritual
21st century, Ghanian American
Public library
Finished 6/17/26

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages by Trenton Lee Stewart
Fiction: children’s
21st century, American
Our library
Finished June 2026 (read with IKK)

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fiction: dystopia
20th century, British
Our library
Finished 7/3/26

Nothing to Attain: Zen Stories of Faith and Understanding by Reb Anderson
Nonfiction: Zen, Buddhism, Lotus Sutra, parable
Public library
Finished 7/10/26