My first year hitting 52!

[u/PuppetArt]

This is a huge achievement for me! Last year I only managed 26 books, this year im currently at 65! I'm pretty stoked ☺️

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[u/varietyman13]

Fun list! I like a lot of these

[u/detto79]

Nice List! If you like The Haar his new book The Suffering is PHENOMENAL!! I read that one blindly and then went back and read all of his other books, but that one was the best in my opinion.

[u/PuppetArt → u/detto79]

Oh thats really great to hear, his stuff isn't easy to find on Libby! I found the Haar in Scotland ironically.

[u/detto79 → u/PuppetArt]

I legit found it just doom scrolling the library on accident.

[u/PuppetArt]

Loved it Everything Is Tuberculosis Book by John Green

Cannibalism Book by Bill Schutt

Of Mice and Men Novella by John Steinbeck

James Novel by Percival Everett

I Who Have Never Known Men Novel by Jacqueline Harpman

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet Book by John Green

Trainspotting Novel by Irvine Welsh

Dungeon Crawler Carl Book by Matt Dinniman

A Good Person Book by Kirsten King

The Haar: A Horror Novel Novel by DAVID. SODERGREN

Circe Novel by Madeline Miller

Say Nothing Book by Patrick Radden Keefe

Very Good Carl's Doomsday Scenario Book by Matt Dinniman

The Gate of the Feral Gods Book by Matt Dinniman

We Should All Be Feminists Book by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Book by Omar El Akkad

Their Eyes Were Watching God Novel by Zora Neale Hurston

Martyr! Novel by Kaveh Akbar

Pet Sematary Novel by Stephen King

Hamnet Novel by Maggie O'Farrell

Piranesi Novel by Susanna Clarke

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves Book by Sophie Gilbert

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Novel by Ocean Vuong

Between Two Fires Novel by Christopher Buehlman

Milk Fed Novel by Melissa Broder

The Stranger Novel by Albert Camus

Split Tooth Novel by Tanya Tagaq

Beautyland Novel by Marie-Helene Bertino

Never Let Me Go Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro

Discontent: A Novel Novel by Beatriz Serrano

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Enjoyable The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook Book by Matt Dinniman

Geek Love Novel by Katherine Dunn

Tender Is the Flesh Novel by Agustina Bazterrica

The Trees Novel by Percival Everett

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Novel by Olga Tokarczuk

Sky Daddy: A Novel Novel by Kate Folk

The Memory Police Novel by Yōko Ogawa

Yesteryear Novel by Caro Claire Burke

Wild Dark Shore Novel by Charlotte McConaghy

Marion by Leah Rowan

Our Wives Under the Sea Novel by Julia Armfield

Earthlings: A Novel Book by Sayaka Murata

Not Bad, not For Me

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Novel by Stephen Graham Jones

Katabasis by Kuang

Demon Copperhead Novel by Barbara Kingsolver

Heart the Lover Novel by Lily King

The Correspondent Novel by Virginia Evans

Big Swiss by Beagin

My Year of Rest and Relaxation Novel by Ottessa Moshfegh

Did Not Like

Prodigal Summer: A Novel Novel by Barbara Kingsolver

This Story Might Save Your Life: A Novel Book by Tiffany Crum

[u/lyricalbliss66 → u/PuppetArt]

Thank you!

[u/Intelligent_Bat949]

Wow, our tastes are very similar! I just started Never Let Me Go today, so given your assessment, I likely have a good read in my hands.

Congratulations on accomplishing your reading goal for 2026. You still have 2 full months of reading left, too! Taking on any fun secondary challenges?

[u/PuppetArt → u/Intelligent_Bat949]

Just trying out the good reads challenges, which is good to switch my genres. Im just starting Japanese Gothic, go spooky for Halloween 🎃

Never Let Me Go was heavy, I needed a funny book after to bring me back. Im really chuffed about how many books I've completed, so im curious what my final number might be! Good luck on your challenges!!

[u/Intelligent_Bat949 → u/PuppetArt]

Good spooky season pick! I read Buffalo Hunter Hunter for my first October read, but I didn't much enjoy that one. You get it.

I hope you enjoy Japanese Gothic. Happy spooky season!

[u/AnActualSeagull]

Damn I really need to check out Martyr!, SO many people are ranking it crazy high here.

I also read The Haar this year and it was incredible!! I definitely wanna read Sodergren’s other stuff at some point.

[u/aphrodite_7 → u/AnActualSeagull]

The Haar was so good!

[u/Lesbihun_]

omg there's still like three months left and you are already way over double your last year read??? thats wild congrats. and i love how you enjoyed more books than not, so it was a fun reading year too

also, I Who Have Never Known Men, slaps. Such a short book but so much content in it. Changed my life lol

[u/LiliumMoon]

I’ve read 13 same books and at least the same amount at on my tbr, even if our opinions differ somewhat, so that’s cool!

[u/PuppetArt → u/LiliumMoon]

Its been a total grab bag, after I finally jumped on the Libby train, I've been dipping into genres id never have tried.

[u/ScaryLavishness125]

Congrsts! That’s a pretty awesome achievement! ❤️

What are you using to track your reading that you posted here?