My friend Christine D. Baker has a really comprehensive reading list: she reads a lot. I wanted to read more, so I'm copying her by enumerating the books I'm reading/have finished reading this year. I'm even copying her formatting.
My reading in 2025 fell off a cliff when I got into RMT school and all I read were textbooks. I had 3 DNFs from 2025:
- How to Make Sense of Any Mess (2014) by Abby Covert. How-To Guide; Information Architecture. Read it online here. Interesting topic, just didn't hold my interest that well. Also reading in a browser is terrible, if I had another go I'd probably grab the physical book.
- The Blade Itself (2006) by Joe Abercrombie. Fiction; Fantasy. Ehhhh it's a good book I just didn't want to pick it up from my pile of books.
- Forging Hephaestus (2017) by Drew Hayes. Fiction: Urban Fantasy; Superheroes. I found that Hayes tended to both show and tell what's going on. Tedious in audiobook form. Gave up about 60% of the way through and looked up the rest of the plot on the fan wiki.
Welcome to my 2026 reading list. I've had a slow start here, don't mind me. Click on links for any hot-takes in my Let's Read posts.
In Progress:
(In no particular order.)
- Governance Core (2019) by Michael Fullan. Self-help? Governance; Organisational leadership. Yes I'm still reading this lol.
- The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper (2023) by Roland Allen. History; Paper & Stationery.
- Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (1889) by Jerome K. Jerome. Fiction; Humour.
- Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life (2005) by Nick Lane. Pop Science.
Completed:
(Most recent at top.)
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High (3rd edition, 2011) by by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler. Professional; Management & Leadership.
- Nona the Ninth (2022) by Tamsyn Muir. #3 of Locked Tomb. Fiction; Sci-Fi. Reread.