Alcott Acre's Home, Room 6
This is a continuation of the topic Alcott Acre's Home, Room 5.
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2026
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Let's get the introduction out of the way. My name is Stasia and I have been happily married to the recently retired Kerry for 37 years in June. We have 6 children, 4 of whom are my stepchildren and 2 of whom are ours together. We also have 8 grandchildren. We lost our daughter Nichole in 2023.
We are now the parents of 3 furbabies: Mallory and Chalfont, who are littermates, and newly adopted Ilan, who was an outside cat until Kerry let him into the house. Mallory and Chalfont turned 5 years old in March. Ilan was a year old April 17th.
I am a Christian, but I am not one of the evangelicals responsible for the current President of the U.S. I tell everyone that I would not have voted for him if he was the only one running!
I love to read it goes without saying and Kerry is very good about all of the books strewn throughout our house. Since Kerry retired in late 2023, we have spent a lot of time over the course of the past couple of years playing board games (my other hobby) and despite that, my reading has continued apace. I am hoping to slow my reading pace down in 2026 as I have a lot of projects around my house that I would like to get done. I am shooting for 240 books this year as opposed to the 350+ I normally read!
I suffer from both insomnia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (known to me familiarly as 'stupid CFS') so to say my sleeping is haphazard may be an understatement, lol. Generally speaking, if I get 4 hours of sleep a night I am happy. Unfortunately when my CFS hits, I get about 14. Ugh.
We traveled quite a bit in 2025 - for us anyway - but 2026 is shaping up to be quite different. Currently we have one family vacation planned and that is it. I still hope to get to the Pacific Northwest at some point, but it does not look like it is going to be this year.
That's about it, I think, so come on in and grab a cuppa!
We are now the parents of 3 furbabies: Mallory and Chalfont, who are littermates, and newly adopted Ilan, who was an outside cat until Kerry let him into the house. Mallory and Chalfont turned 5 years old in March. Ilan was a year old April 17th.
I am a Christian, but I am not one of the evangelicals responsible for the current President of the U.S. I tell everyone that I would not have voted for him if he was the only one running!
I love to read it goes without saying and Kerry is very good about all of the books strewn throughout our house. Since Kerry retired in late 2023, we have spent a lot of time over the course of the past couple of years playing board games (my other hobby) and despite that, my reading has continued apace. I am hoping to slow my reading pace down in 2026 as I have a lot of projects around my house that I would like to get done. I am shooting for 240 books this year as opposed to the 350+ I normally read!
I suffer from both insomnia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (known to me familiarly as 'stupid CFS') so to say my sleeping is haphazard may be an understatement, lol. Generally speaking, if I get 4 hours of sleep a night I am happy. Unfortunately when my CFS hits, I get about 14. Ugh.
We traveled quite a bit in 2025 - for us anyway - but 2026 is shaping up to be quite different. Currently we have one family vacation planned and that is it. I still hope to get to the Pacific Northwest at some point, but it does not look like it is going to be this year.
That's about it, I think, so come on in and grab a cuppa!
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Excellent Reads from 2026, Part I - Books Rated 5 stars
Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
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Excellent Reads from 2026, Part II - Books Rated 4.5 stars
Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living by Daniel Schreiber
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Plan for the Worst by Jodi Taylor
The Most Wonderful Books edited by Michael Dorris and Emilie Buchwald
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Coming Up Short: A Memoir of America by Robert Reich
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Love-in-a-Mist by Victoria Goddard
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers
A Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
The Violence: My Family's Colombian War by Adriana E. Ramirez
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
Jubilee by Margaret Walker
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living by Daniel Schreiber
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Plan for the Worst by Jodi Taylor
The Most Wonderful Books edited by Michael Dorris and Emilie Buchwald
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Coming Up Short: A Memoir of America by Robert Reich
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Love-in-a-Mist by Victoria Goddard
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers
A Catalogue of Catastrophe by Jodi Taylor
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
The Violence: My Family's Colombian War by Adriana E. Ramirez
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
Jubilee by Margaret Walker
Plainsong by Kent Haruf
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
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Excellent Reads from 2026, Part III - Books Rated 4.25 stars
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
Playground by Richard Powers
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa & Maurizio Onnis
Another Time, Another Place by Jodi Taylor
Thelonius Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life by Pamela Erens
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Mythos by Stephen Fry
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen
The Feather Wars by James McCommons
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Out of the Flames by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone
The Good, The Bad, and The History by Jodi Taylor
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher
Playground by Richard Powers
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa & Maurizio Onnis
Another Time, Another Place by Jodi Taylor
Thelonius Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life by Pamela Erens
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Mythos by Stephen Fry
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen
The Feather Wars by James McCommons
Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado
Out of the Flames by Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone
The Good, The Bad, and The History by Jodi Taylor
Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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June TIOLI Challenges:
Challenge #1: Read a book by an author whose published name has three parts
Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale Hurston
Challenge #2: Read a book with a mountain on the cover, and/or ‘mountain’, the name of a mountain, or the name of a mountain range in the title
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
Challenge #3: Read a NF memoir where the main theme is based on the author’s involvement with some kind of animal/s
How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery - Completed June 2, 2026
Challenge #4: The Fill in the Blank Challenge: Books whose title must be in the format ____ ____ of _____
The Death of Literature by Alvin Kernan
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
Challenge #5: Read a book with a rainbow or the word "rainbow" on the cover. The word or the rainbow may appear anywhere on the cover, and the rainbow need not be in the shape of a bow.
Far Rainbow/The Second Invasion from Mars by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Challenge #6: Read a book with a number in the title. The number can be spelled out or a numeral. You can also use fractions, decimals and ordinals (first, second, third...). The number can be a part of an address, but not a date.
Three Minutes in Poland by Glenn Kurtz
The Seven Brides-to-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
Zone One by Colson Whitehead - Completed June 3, 2026
Challenge #7: Read a book by an author you've read at least three times before
Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves
The Connoisseur: A Short Story by Victoria Goddard E
Forgotten in Death by J. D. Robb
Challenge #8: Read a book with a word from a Marvel Cinematic Universe work in the title
One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard - Completed June 5, 2026
Challenge #9: Read a book that has a 3.5+ rating and 15 or less reviews here on LibraryThing
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate
Challenge #10: Read a book with a title that refers to the founding of the United States
Rough Crossings by Simon Schama - Completed June 5, 2026
Challenge #11: Read that book you feel ashamed not to have read yet
Eventide by Kent Haruf
Letters to Alice by Fay Weldon
Challenge #12 - Read a book by an author featured in the 2019 American Authors challenge
The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok Completed June 11, 2026
Challenge #13: Read a book that matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Summer Book Bingo Card
The Last Sweet Bite by Michael Shaikh
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker - Completed June 7, 2026
The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar
Challenge #14: Read a book set entirely in Paris, with the word Paris in the title, or in French.
City of Light, City of Poison by Holly Tucker
Paris Was a Woman by Andrea Weiss
Challenge #15: Read a book about an alternative to religion in general or to a specific religion or religious tenet
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
Challenge #16: Read a book that mentions flowers in the first sentence
Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott
Challenge #17: Read a book with all the letters in WATER in the title (in any order)
Cape Cod’s Oldest Shipwreck by Mark C. Wilkins
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
Challenge #18: Read a book of Non-Fiction about The Americas
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
Challenge #1: Read a book by an author whose published name has three parts
Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale Hurston
Challenge #2: Read a book with a mountain on the cover, and/or ‘mountain’, the name of a mountain, or the name of a mountain range in the title
Annapurna by Maurice Herzog
Challenge #3: Read a NF memoir where the main theme is based on the author’s involvement with some kind of animal/s
How to Be a Good Creature by Sy Montgomery - Completed June 2, 2026
Challenge #4: The Fill in the Blank Challenge: Books whose title must be in the format ____ ____ of _____
The Death of Literature by Alvin Kernan
The Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss
The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz
Challenge #5: Read a book with a rainbow or the word "rainbow" on the cover. The word or the rainbow may appear anywhere on the cover, and the rainbow need not be in the shape of a bow.
Far Rainbow/The Second Invasion from Mars by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Challenge #6: Read a book with a number in the title. The number can be spelled out or a numeral. You can also use fractions, decimals and ordinals (first, second, third...). The number can be a part of an address, but not a date.
Three Minutes in Poland by Glenn Kurtz
The Seven Brides-to-Be of Generalissimo Vlad by Victoria Goddard
Zone One by Colson Whitehead - Completed June 3, 2026
Challenge #7: Read a book by an author you've read at least three times before
Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves
The Connoisseur: A Short Story by Victoria Goddard E
Forgotten in Death by J. D. Robb
Challenge #8: Read a book with a word from a Marvel Cinematic Universe work in the title
One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard - Completed June 5, 2026
Challenge #9: Read a book that has a 3.5+ rating and 15 or less reviews here on LibraryThing
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate
Challenge #10: Read a book with a title that refers to the founding of the United States
Rough Crossings by Simon Schama - Completed June 5, 2026
Challenge #11: Read that book you feel ashamed not to have read yet
Eventide by Kent Haruf
Letters to Alice by Fay Weldon
Challenge #12 - Read a book by an author featured in the 2019 American Authors challenge
The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok Completed June 11, 2026
Challenge #13: Read a book that matches a category on the 2026 Seattle Public Library Summer Book Bingo Card
The Last Sweet Bite by Michael Shaikh
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker - Completed June 7, 2026
The Walls Have Eyes by Petra Molnar
Challenge #14: Read a book set entirely in Paris, with the word Paris in the title, or in French.
City of Light, City of Poison by Holly Tucker
Paris Was a Woman by Andrea Weiss
Challenge #15: Read a book about an alternative to religion in general or to a specific religion or religious tenet
Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds by John Fugelsang
Challenge #16: Read a book that mentions flowers in the first sentence
Momenticon by Andrew Caldecott
Challenge #17: Read a book with all the letters in WATER in the title (in any order)
Cape Cod’s Oldest Shipwreck by Mark C. Wilkins
The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris
Challenge #18: Read a book of Non-Fiction about The Americas
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
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Shared reads:
Place of Tides by James Rebanks - Completed January 1, 2026
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Completed January 2, 2026
Love in a Mist by Victoria Goddard - Completed January 25, 2026
Plum Duff by Victoria Goddard - Completed February 6, 2026
Balancing Stone by Victoria Goddard - Completed March 1, 2026
The Saint of the Bookstore by Victoria Goddard - Completed March 7, 2026
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - Completed April 8, 2026
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker - Completed April 10, 2026
I, Claudius by Robert Graves - Shared read with Paul in May - Completed May 6, 2026
Sabriel by Garth Nix - Shared read with daughter Beth in July
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - Shared read with Anne in August?
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin - Shared read with Mary in November?
Place of Tides by James Rebanks - Completed January 1, 2026
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Completed January 2, 2026
Love in a Mist by Victoria Goddard - Completed January 25, 2026
Plum Duff by Victoria Goddard - Completed February 6, 2026
Balancing Stone by Victoria Goddard - Completed March 1, 2026
The Saint of the Bookstore by Victoria Goddard - Completed March 7, 2026
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley - Completed April 8, 2026
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker - Completed April 10, 2026
I, Claudius by Robert Graves - Shared read with Paul in May - Completed May 6, 2026
Sabriel by Garth Nix - Shared read with daughter Beth in July
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - Shared read with Anne in August?
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin - Shared read with Mary in November?
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Black Studies Reading
1. Beloved by Toni Morrison - Completed January 6, 2026
2. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson - Completed February 5, 2026
3. Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson - Completed April 9, 2026
4. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Completed April 15, 2026
5. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
6. Jubilee by Margaret Walker - Completed May 21, 2026
Jewish Studies Reading
1. Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers - Completed January 25, 2026
2. The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa & Maurizio Onnis - Completed February 11, 2026
3. The Forbidden Daughter by Zipora Klein Jakob - Completed March 23, 2026
4. Harry Haft by Alan Haft - Completed April 30, 2026
1. Beloved by Toni Morrison - Completed January 6, 2026
2. The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson - Completed February 5, 2026
3. Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson - Completed April 9, 2026
4. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Completed April 15, 2026
5. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
6. Jubilee by Margaret Walker - Completed May 21, 2026
Jewish Studies Reading
1. Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers - Completed January 25, 2026
2. The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa & Maurizio Onnis - Completed February 11, 2026
3. The Forbidden Daughter by Zipora Klein Jakob - Completed March 23, 2026
4. Harry Haft by Alan Haft - Completed April 30, 2026
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The British Authors Challenge - This is one that I dip into and out of as the case may be
January - The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell - Completed January 26, 2026
February - Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute - Completed February 8, 2026
February - The Far Country by Nevil Shute - Completed February 20, 2026
March - Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers - Completed March 20, 2026
April - Mythos by Stephen Fry - Completed April 17, 2026
May - Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye - Completed May 4, 2026
Kent Haruf Challenge:
The Tie That Binds - Completed January 22, 2026
Where You Once Belonged - Completed February 1, 2026
Plainsong - Completed May 23, 2026
Eventide
Benediction
Our Souls at Night
Granta 109 essay
In Memory of Caroline:
Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living by Daniel Schreiber - Completed January 2, 2026
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark - Completed February 27, 2026
Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life by Pamela Erens - Completed March 26, 2026
Writing in the Dark by Will Loxley - Completed April 28, 2026
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea - Completed May 15, 2026
This is Happiness by Niall Williams - Completed May 20, 2026
January - The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell - Completed January 26, 2026
February - Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute - Completed February 8, 2026
February - The Far Country by Nevil Shute - Completed February 20, 2026
March - Tea with Mr. Rochester by Frances Towers - Completed March 20, 2026
April - Mythos by Stephen Fry - Completed April 17, 2026
May - Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye - Completed May 4, 2026
Kent Haruf Challenge:
The Tie That Binds - Completed January 22, 2026
Where You Once Belonged - Completed February 1, 2026
Plainsong - Completed May 23, 2026
Eventide
Benediction
Our Souls at Night
Granta 109 essay
In Memory of Caroline:
Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living by Daniel Schreiber - Completed January 2, 2026
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark - Completed February 27, 2026
Middlemarch and the Imperfect Life by Pamela Erens - Completed March 26, 2026
Writing in the Dark by Will Loxley - Completed April 28, 2026
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea - Completed May 15, 2026
This is Happiness by Niall Williams - Completed May 20, 2026
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The “Read More Sci-Fi” Challenge - using the Esquire list found here (https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g39358054/best-sci-fi-books/) - which has now been expanded - and the book Science Fiction, The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 by Damien Broderick and Paul di Filippo as guides. Also adding in Hugo & Nebula Award winners and nominees.
1. The City & the City by China Mieville - Completed January 31, 2026 (#34 on the Esquire list)
2. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein - Completed February 11, 2026 (#51 on the Esquire list)
3. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer - Completed April 30, 2026 (#24 on the Esquire list)
4. Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Completed May 29, 2026 (Current Hugo finalist)
Monthly Nonfiction Challenges - I try to read at least 100 nonfiction books a year and this challenge is instrumental in helping me achieve that goal. In 2025, I was able to read 124 nonfiction books.
January The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick - Completed January 19, 2026
January Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers - Completed January 25, 2026
February Thelonius Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley - Completed February 18, 2026
March The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill - Completed March 31, 2026
April Replaceable You by Mary Roach - Completed April 9, 2026
1. The City & the City by China Mieville - Completed January 31, 2026 (#34 on the Esquire list)
2. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein - Completed February 11, 2026 (#51 on the Esquire list)
3. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer - Completed April 30, 2026 (#24 on the Esquire list)
4. Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Completed May 29, 2026 (Current Hugo finalist)
Monthly Nonfiction Challenges - I try to read at least 100 nonfiction books a year and this challenge is instrumental in helping me achieve that goal. In 2025, I was able to read 124 nonfiction books.
January The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood by James Gleick - Completed January 19, 2026
January Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers - Completed January 25, 2026
February Thelonius Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelley - Completed February 18, 2026
March The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill - Completed March 31, 2026
April Replaceable You by Mary Roach - Completed April 9, 2026
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Series Reading - I will post these as I read them:
The In Death series by J.D. Robb
Vendetta in Death - Completed January 1, 2026
Stolen in Death - Completed February 6, 2026
Golden in Death - Completed March 5, 2026
Shadows in Death - Completed April 11, 2026
Faithless in Death - May 9, 2026
Forgotten in Death -
The Decker/Lazarus series by Faye Kellerman
Serpent's Tooth - Completed March 25, 2026
Jupiter's Bones -
The Three Pines series by Louise Penny
The Long Way Home - Completed March 27, 2026
The Nature of the Beast -
The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
A Dangerous Place - Completed May 14, 2026
Journey to Munich
The Shetland Series by Ann Cleeves
Cold Earth -
The Rivers of London Series by Ben Aaronovitch
Whispers Under Ground - Completed February 28, 2026
Broken Homes -
The Brighton Mystery Series by Elly Griffiths
Now You See Them - Completed March 31, 2026
The Midnight Hour -
Trader's Tales From The Golden Age of The Solar Clipper Series by Nathan Lowell
Full Share - Completed April 29, 2026
Double Share -
The Sean Duffy Series by Adrian McKinty
I Hear the Sirens in the Street -
The Maggie Hope Series by Susan Elia MacNeal
Princess Elizabeth's Spy -
The In Death series by J.D. Robb
Vendetta in Death - Completed January 1, 2026
Stolen in Death - Completed February 6, 2026
Golden in Death - Completed March 5, 2026
Shadows in Death - Completed April 11, 2026
Faithless in Death - May 9, 2026
Forgotten in Death -
The Decker/Lazarus series by Faye Kellerman
Serpent's Tooth - Completed March 25, 2026
Jupiter's Bones -
The Three Pines series by Louise Penny
The Long Way Home - Completed March 27, 2026
The Nature of the Beast -
The Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear
A Dangerous Place - Completed May 14, 2026
Journey to Munich
The Shetland Series by Ann Cleeves
Cold Earth -
The Rivers of London Series by Ben Aaronovitch
Whispers Under Ground - Completed February 28, 2026
Broken Homes -
The Brighton Mystery Series by Elly Griffiths
Now You See Them - Completed March 31, 2026
The Midnight Hour -
Trader's Tales From The Golden Age of The Solar Clipper Series by Nathan Lowell
Full Share - Completed April 29, 2026
Double Share -
The Sean Duffy Series by Adrian McKinty
I Hear the Sirens in the Street -
The Maggie Hope Series by Susan Elia MacNeal
Princess Elizabeth's Spy -
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The “Lists” Challenges: Reading from the lists, nonfiction and fiction, that are growing rapidly at my local library
Nonfiction:
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson - Completed February 12, 2026
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham - Completed March 9, 2026
Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash - Completed March 15, 2026
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Completed April 15, 2026
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
Fiction:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Completed February 5, 2026
Song Yet Sung by James McBride - Completed April 5, 2026
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - Completed April 6, 2026
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell - Completed May 8, 2026
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado - Completed May 9, 2026
Nonfiction:
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson - Completed February 12, 2026
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham - Completed March 9, 2026
Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash - Completed March 15, 2026
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo - Completed April 15, 2026
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
Fiction:
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green - Completed February 5, 2026
Song Yet Sung by James McBride - Completed April 5, 2026
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon - Completed April 6, 2026
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell - Completed May 8, 2026
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado - Completed May 9, 2026
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Building Bridges Challenge: Using American Ethnic Writers, Volumes 1 & 2 as well as Bibliophile: Diverse Spines and 500 Great Books by Women as Guides
1. Beloved by Toni Morrison - Completed January 6, 2026
2. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie - Completed February 23, 2026
3. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - Completed March 16, 2026
4. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
1. Beloved by Toni Morrison - Completed January 6, 2026
2. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie - Completed February 23, 2026
3. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - Completed March 16, 2026
4. Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin - Completed April 27, 2026
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Roads Less Traveled Challenge:
January - Chilean Authors:
House of Spirits by Isabel Allende - Completed January 11, 2026
February - Anglo Caribbean Authors:
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul - Completed February 24, 2026
March - Mexican Authors:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli - Completed March 21, 2026
April - Hispanic North American Authors:
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea - Completed April 30, 2026
May - Brazlian Authors:
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado - Completed May 9, 2026
June - Nonfiction:
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
January - Chilean Authors:
House of Spirits by Isabel Allende - Completed January 11, 2026
February - Anglo Caribbean Authors:
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul - Completed February 24, 2026
March - Mexican Authors:
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli - Completed March 21, 2026
April - Hispanic North American Authors:
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea - Completed April 30, 2026
May - Brazlian Authors:
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado - Completed May 9, 2026
June - Nonfiction:
The River of Doubt by Candice Millard
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