2026 Books (continuously updated)
These are the books I have read in 2026. I will be updating this list throughout 2026 as I complete another book.
The inspiration for this list is described in my 2025 Books post.
The key is at the end of the list.
Note: I have tried to list original publication dates. Sometimes the linked book may display a different date if it is for a paperback edition, for example.
Books
- The Dutch House: A Novel by Ann Patchett, 2019. Book Club. Library.
- The Book of Longings: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd, 2020. Book Club. Library.
- In This House of Brede: A Novel by Rumer Godden, 1969. Own.
- A Change of Heart: A Personal and Theological Memoir by Thomas C. Oden, 2022. Autobiography. Own.
- My Other Heart: A Novel by Emma Nanami Strenner, 2025. Book Club. Library.
- The Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett, 2021. Borrowed.
- Beyond the Black Stump by Nevil Shute, 1956. Own.
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr., 1959. Book Club. Classics. Own.
- The Widow: A Novel by John Grisham, 2025. Book Club. Library.
- The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman, 2021. Book Club. Library.
- Theo of Golden: A Novel by Allen Levi, 2023. Book Club. Borrowed.
- Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World by John Vaillant, 2023. Recommended by Byron Borger of Hearts & Minds Bookstore. Library.
- The Book of Lost Names: A Novel by Kristin Harmel, 2020. Book Club. Library.
Key
- Book Club = a book read for the church book club
- DNF = Did not finish (a prompt for me to go back and finish the book)
- Classics = a book on my classics book list to (re)read
- Type and source of the book
- Own (I own the physical book)
- Library
- E-book (borrowed from the library or Kindle)
- Kindle (I own the e-book)
- Borrowed
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