Books & Reading Thread 2026

Year end stats and summary for 2025:

Total books read: 51

Primary Tag:
Mystery/Thriller 13
Science Fiction 11
Urban Fantasy 11
Fantasy 5
Non-Fiction 4
Historical Fiction 3
Horror 3
General Fiction 1

Original Language:
English 46
French 1
Japanese 1
Russian 1
Spanish 1
Swedish 1

Author Gender: (repeats not counted, multiple authors counted separately)
Male 21
Female 5

Least favourite book of the year
Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson - Just very dated.

Favourite book of the year
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway - Can this author do no wrong?

Happy to (just about) surpass the 50 books mark (even if some of them were novella's) and almost a tenth of them were translations. Still need to work on my gender disparity though it's not quite as bad as it looks due to reading multiple books from the same authors.

Happy New Year to all and I wish you splendid reading for the year ahead.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Have just ordered “Titanic and Other Ships” the autobiography of Charles Lightoller who was the highest ranking officer to survive the Titanic sinking.

He also served in the Navy in WW1 and sailed to Dunkirk to rescue troops in his own boat.

Sounds a remarkable story.
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Recommend Titanic sinks tonight on BBC 2 drama documentary in four parts .
 
ob said:
What were best and worst read of the year for you?

Best: tie between

We'll Prescribe you a Cat (Syou Ishida) and Keep on Running - highs and lows of a marathon addict (Phil Hewitt

Worst: Fairy Tale (Stephen King) by some distance
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read fairy tale about 30 years ago, absolutely brilliant book, my favourite by that author. Funny how opinions differ
 
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JRockBlues said:
Was a shame he didn't write more in this vein rather than sticking to the same old cash cow in rewiting the same story again and again.
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Whilst the Magician series tends to get the popular acclaim, Faerie Tale and the Daughter of the Empire series were, imo, much better books. Haven't read either for years though so nostalgia may be colouring my view :)
 
Got 20 books on the TBR shelf. Two of them are from the Iain M. Banks Culture series; Use of Weapons and Excession.
Never read any of his stuff before and wondering which one to dive in to first.
 
Blue Maverick said:
Anyone read the new Dan Brown book yet, loved the others but haven’t read a book in years tbh.
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The one set in Prague? Not sure if it is his latest or not but got it as a Christmas present and intend to read it in 2026.

I usually prefer to read books in Czech (so a bit pointless posting them in this thread) but that particular book was given to me in English so I'll post a write up if/when I get onto it.
 
PragueBlue said:
The one set in Prague? Not sure if it is his latest or not but got it as a Christmas present and intend to read it in 2026.

I usually prefer to read books in Czech (so a bit pointless posting them in this thread) but that particular book was given to me in English so I'll post a write up if/when I get onto it.
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No idea if it’s in Prague mate
 
Title is The Secret of Secrets. Inside says it was first published in 2025, so I assume it's likely his latest. Not usually my kind of book but will try and give it a read and report back.
 
Bluemanc100 said:
About to start book #8 of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses books.. excellent

If you like Jackson Lamb in the TV series you’ll love him in the books
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Brilliant tv series. Just started reading the books. Every time I read about Lamb I will picture him in my mind. Looking forward to the series.
 
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