I have a goal of reading at least 10 books in 2026 after I surpassed my goal of 5 this year. I complied a list of books that I've read throughout the years and how I felt about them. I would love and appreciate some suggestions! I have The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd on deck currently, once I finish one of the two I'm reading. Thank you!
Read and Enjoyed
- Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer
- Issacs Storm – Erik Larson
- Flowers for Algernon -Daniel Keyes
- Radium Girls – Kate Moore
- When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
- Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett (started In the Evening and the Morning-DNF)
- The Glass Castle – Jeanette Walls
- Kite Runner -Khalid Hosseini
- A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khalid Hosseini
- Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir
Read and Didn't Enjoy
- The Wager – David Grann
- Shogun -James Clavell (DNF-too involved at the time for me)
- Watership Down – Richard Adams (DNF-felt drawn out halfway through)
Currently Reading and Enjoying
- An Immense World – Ed Young
- Indifferent Stars Above – Daniel James Brown
Books I am Thinking About Reading
- East of Eden – John Steinbeck
- Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtry (two 15 hour flights scheduled for February that I think could fill the time)
by Different_Split_3156
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The wasted vigil
I felt the same way about The Wager and Into Thin Air as you, so I suggest reading In the Heart of the Sea, which is about a whaling ship that sinks after it’s attacked by a whale. It’s the story that inspired Moby-Dick. Really interesting, educational, and gripping.
And the Mountains Echoed is probably my 2nd favorite of the big 3 by Hosseini. I thought “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Vergese reminded me a lot of Hosseini and was a quick, pleasant read. You would perhaps like “The Covenant of Water” as well, but I liked that one a fair bit less.
Daikon by Samuel Hawley
definitely read east of eden, it’s amazing in every way. also check out jorge luis borges’ collected fictions (short stories), I recommend it to everyone 🙂
Read both of those!! 10/10
River of Doubt by Candice Millard
The Martian by Andy Weir
Exhalation (a collection of sci Fi short stories) by Ted Chiang!!!
Buckle up bud, because I am going to use the bleep out of the new book bot for this one!
**Non-fiction**
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h{{Careless People}}
h{{Empire of Pain}}
h{{Merchants of Doubt}}
h{{Devil in the White City}}
h{{Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup}}
Fiction
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h{{I Know This Much is True}}
h{{The Corrections}}
h{{Jude the Obscure}}
The Physician by Noah Gordon,
Lions of Al Rassan,
The Book Thief,
A Fine Balance by Mistry