{"id":2649,"date":"2026-09-10T11:14:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:14:07","slug":"books-ive-read-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhinoblues.com\/thoughts\/2026\/09\/books-ive-read-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Books I’ve Read in 2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Total Pages Read: <\/strong>9,530
Shortest Book: 174 pages
Longest Book: 478 pages
Fiction: 29
Non-Fiction: 3
Cookbook: 0
Poetry: 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Book Read:<\/em><\/strong>
32. I Who Have Never Known Men<\/em> by Jacqueline Harpman. 175 pages. Thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage underground watched over by male guards. They don’t remember how they got there and barely remember their lives before. One day an alarm sounds and the guards disappear leaving the keys to the cage in the lock. Now free from their cage, the women venture out to explore the world above ground. (Finished 08 Sep 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past Lists:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2021 List<\/a><\/td>2016 List<\/a><\/td>2011 List<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Full book list below the cut:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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  1. My Friends<\/em> by Fredrik Backman. A story a famous piece of art, a young woman, and the friendship depicted in the painting. 448 pages. (Finished 4 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The God of the Woods<\/em> by Liz Moore. A teenager disappears from the tony summer camp her family owns. The story about the wealthy owners of the land and the blue collar town that is dependant on it for the jobs it provides. 478 pages. (Finished 12 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar<\/em> by Katie Yee. A married couple go out to dinner, where the husband tells his wife he’s having an affair. Shortly after, the wife’s chest begins to ache and she walks into an exam room to a cancer diagnosis. The story follows her journey over the ensuing few months. 200 pages. (Finished 13 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Kindred<\/em> by Octavia E. Butler. A black woman finds herself transported back to antebellum south (both in time and distance) to save a distant relative. 288 pages. (Finished 16 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Flesh<\/em> by David Szalay. The story of on man over his lifetime and the events that shaped his life and who he becomes. 353 pages. (Finished 18 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. A Guardian and a Thief<\/em> by Megha Majumdar. In the near future, the world is facing a severe climate crisis. A woman is preparing to leave India to join her husband in the US with her child and father. Her plans are thrown into crisis when a thief steals her purse with their passports and visas in it. 224 pages. (Finished 20 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations about a Triple Murder Trial<\/em> by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, & Sarah Krasnostein. Three journalists talk about their experience following the murder trial of a woman accused of killing three people (and attempted murder of a fourth). 240 pages. (Finished 24 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Heartwood<\/em> by Amity Gaige. 309 pages. (Finished 26 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Vigil<\/em> by George Saunders. 174 pages. (Finished 29 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Moon of the Crusted Snow<\/em> by Waubgeshig Rice (Moon #1). 220 pages. (Finished 30 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Moon of the Turning Leaves<\/em> by Waubgeshig Rice (Moon #2). 320 pages. (Finished 31 Jan 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This<\/em> by Omar El Akkad. 208 pages. (Finished 5 Feb 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. The Only Good Indians<\/em> by Stephen Graham Jones. 320 pages. (Finished 9 Feb 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. The Future<\/em> by Naomi Alderman. 432 pages. (Finished 17 Feb 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Heartbreak Is The National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music<\/em> by Rob Sheffield. 208 pages. (Finished 22 Feb 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. The Unseen World<\/em> by Liz Moore. 452 pages. (Finished 4 Mar 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Dr. No<\/em> by Percival Everett. A professor that studies “nothing” is recruited by a wanna be Bond villain to steal “nothing.” 232 pages. (Finished 8 Mar 2026). <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter<\/em> by Stephen Graham Jones. 448 pages. (Finished 23 Mar 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Wild Seed<\/em> by Octavia E. Butler (Patternist #1). 307 pages. I read this as part of Seeds of Harvest which compiled all four Patternist novels into a single volume in chronological order. (Finished 12 Apr 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Mind of My Mind<\/em> by Octavia E. Butler (Patternist #2). 237 pages. Part of Seeds of Harvest. (Finished 18 Apr 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Clay’s Ark<\/em> by Octavia E. Butler (Patternist #3). 230 pages. Part of Seeds of Harvest. (Finished 20 Apr 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Patternmaster<\/em> by Octavia E. Butler (Patternist #4). 195 pages. Part of Seeds of Harvest, this was the first book in the series published, but the last book chronologically. (Finished 22 Apr 2026.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Wuthering Heights: Complete, Unabridged 1847 Special Edition with a Historical Annotation and Author Biography<\/em> by Emily Bront\u00eb. 335 pages. (Finished 24 May 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Yesteryear<\/em> by Caro Clair Burke. 391 pages. A trad-wife influencer wakes up one day in the 1800s and has to figure out what it was really like to be working on a ranch in the olden days. (Finished 30 Jun 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. So Far Gone<\/em> by Jess Walter. 268 pages. (Finished 4 Jul 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Half His Age<\/em> by Jennette McCurdy. 278 pages. A high school senior falls in love with her English teacher. Things happen. (Finished 7 Jul 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Sea of Tranquility<\/em> by Emily St. John Mandel. 274 pages. (Finished 11 Jul 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. Haven<\/em> by Emma Donoghue. 272 pages. Three monks set out to found a new monastery off the west coast of Ireland on an island no one has set foot upon before. (Finished 16 Jul 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Sag Harbor<\/em> by Colson Whitehead. 354 pages. The story of a teenager, his brother, and their friends at their parents summer house in Sag Harbor. (Finished 18 Aug 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Aftertaste<\/em> by Daria Lavelle. 400 pages. Kostya can taste memorable meals of peoples deceased loved ones. (Finished 24 Aug 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Autumn<\/em> by Ali Smith (Seasonal Quartet #1). 260 pages. The story of two people generations apart who love each other in their own way. Takes place during the Brexit vote in England. (Finished 03 Sep 2026).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. I Who Have Never Known Men<\/em> by Jacqueline Harpman. 175 pages. Thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage underground watched over by male guards. They don’t remember how they got there and barely remember their lives before. One day an alarm sounds and the guards disappear leaving the keys to the cage in the lock. Now free from their cage, the women venture out to explore the world above ground. (Finished 08 Sep 2026).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n