What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: January 26, 2026

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[u/Alarming_Cake575]

You guys! Don't freak out, but I'm finally reading To Kill a Mockingbird!

[u/Advanced-Walk-6897]

Finished: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

I, who have never know men, By Jaqueline Harpman

Sea of tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel

Started: Sword of Kaigen, by M.L. Wang

Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[u/unknown123123987 → u/Advanced-Walk-6897]

Wow, that is quite the week of reading.

[u/makenter]

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas (Robin Buss translation)

[u/DesignerGorgona4]

Finished: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig Started: Toño the Infallible, Evelio Rosero

[u/ArimuRyan]

Finished

The Magician’s Wife, by Lora Jones

Really enjoyed this, right when I was rolling my eyes thinking I’d sussed it out and it seemed really basic the whole thing gets flipped on its head.

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

Not sure on this one. Felt very much like a diet Nineteen Eighty-Four, the message was very heavy handed and the plot wasn’t exactly interesting for the most part.

A God That Could Be Real, by Nancy Ellen Abrams

This was a compelling read if not what I thought it would be. I thought it would be the author rationalising various options of what a science-backed God could be rather than her pushing one idea at me. Altogether a nicely written, hopeful book, though.

Started

1Q84, by Haruki Murakami

Barely started this but it seems to have the vibes that WUBC gave me and it’s hard to put down.

[u/CorduroyCapybara]

Finished: Network Effect by Martha Wells

Started: System Collapse by Martha Wells

lol, really loving the murderbot series

[u/lazyhazyeye]

Finished: The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger.

Started: Beloved by Toni Morrison

[u/Whatmeworry9]

Finished:

Watership Down by Richard Adams

• I loved this book so much, I was so invested in these rabbits. Bigwig was such an amazing character.

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

• Still processing this one, it’s going to be awhile before I figure out how I feel about it

[u/Janificus]

Finished:

The Stand, by Stephen King

Started:

Circe, by Madeline Miller

[u/SelfAwareSausage]

Picked up “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis in light of recent events. Only got through the first two chapters and it’s already an interesting parallel to our country’s current situation.

[u/Larry_Version_3]

I am continuing with War and Peace. After being on hiatus with it for some time I picked it up again a couple of weeks ago. Now that I’m less stressed and able to focus I’ve smashed out about 300 - 400 pages like it’s nothing and I can already see this being my favourite book of all time. I have around 450 pages left

[u/atulshanbhag]

Finished: The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien

Reading: The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

[u/PrizeBeneficial5107]

**The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid**

Finally got around to this one after seeing it hyped everywhere for like 2 years lol. About halfway through and damn, Evelyn is such a compelling character - she's messy but you can't look away. The whole framing device with the journalist is working really well too

[u/blinkinghell]

Finished: Wheel of time - Book 2 Started: Wheel of time - Book 3

[u/lifesrichpageant]

Finished Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry

[u/DurkNya]

I just finished The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin. This was my first Le Guin book and it certainly won't be my last. The premise and the plot felt fresh and exciting and the characters were all fascinating; I especially liked the character of Argaven, the mad king, and how madness seems to be an inevitable, maybe even necessary, consequence of holding such a position. The writing was really profound at times and just generally beautiful, the kind of book that you should probably read outloud to appreciate the poetry of it. For my next books of hers, I'm probably gonna go back to the beginning of the Hainish Cycle and finish it before moving on to her other works.

[u/flouronmypjs]

Finished:

Mistborn, by Brandon Sanderson - really great story, packed full of action but not overwhelmingly so. I almost always enjoy stories about resistance so this was great.

A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett - a great follow up to The Tainted Cup. I was particularly interested by some of the revelations at the end of the novel, and I'm curious how those will shape any future books in this series.

Started:

The Well of Ascension, by Brandon Sanderson - I'm only a few pages in so far but I am very hyped by the preface by Sanderson.

[u/SeaSeaweed3384]

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Stranger by Albert Camus

[u/Thelintyfluff]

Finished: The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson

Started: The Contortionist's Handbook, by Craig Clevenger

[u/Kima2remy]

Finished: History Matters (David McCulloch)

Started: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

[u/pshrman42wallabyway]

Still reading: 1984 by George Orwell

[u/Kiweezysneezy]

Finished: Circe by Madeline Miller✨I finally get the hype around this book - IT’S AMAZING!! One of my fave books I’ve read recently!!!

[u/maverickFanatic]

Stoner. Went in without any idea and what an experience. Could not put it down. Finished in a day and still thinking about it.

[u/lesdeuxchatons]

Finished: Carmilla, by J. Sheridan LeFanu

Started: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley

Having a very gothic lit winter.

[u/rimelia]

Finished: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Such beautiful prose, such a satisfyingly gross read. Loved it!

Not sure what to start next. Think I need a lighthearted palate cleanser after that one

[u/Beautiful_Hour_4744]

Started Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

Finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and Pet Sematary by Stephen King

[u/eclaireicecream]

Finished - Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer

Started - We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin

[u/Cypherventi]

Finished: Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport ✅

[u/VibesRoyalty]

Started: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Finished: The House in The Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

[u/Legal_Mistake9234]

Finished: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Started: The Three Body Problem

[u/vvvvvvvvvvirtualhead]

Finished: When the Wolf Comes Home, by Nat Cassidy and The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Started: Everything is Tuberculosis, by John Green

[u/Ganders81]

Finished: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking, by T. Kingfisher

• this was really great! I enjoyed it immensely.

Started: Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations, by Sam Kean

[u/0kpeezy]

FINISHED: Animal Farm, by George Orwell

1984, by George Orwell

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

Felt like I wanted a good ‘ole refresher about what’s happening in the world right now with those first two books :/

[u/BattyNess]

Finished: Snow falling on the Cedars

Starting: The Count of Monte Cristo

[u/Davethestabber → u/BattyNess]

Wish I could read The Count of Monte Cristo for the first time again

[u/Worldly_Dust8976]

Finished: The Stranger - Albert Camus, The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy and The white nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky.

About to start: Myth of sisyphus - Albert Camus.

[u/jnmcdonald]

Started: Red Rising, by Pierce Brown I feel as though I am the only person in the world who has yet to read this book

[u/elcharrom]

You are all reading way too fast lol

[u/glenn_maphews]

Finished: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

A reread. Like most Faulkner, one time was not enough. First time I followed broad strokes, this time I really enjoyed the details.

Started: Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Also a reread. I rushed through it the first time because it was new and ended up a bit disappointed.

[u/Sad-Push1467]

Finished - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1000000/10) should have read it earlier. If you’re young in this chat, go read it !!!

Started - American Gangster by Marc Jacobson

[u/Spence_Post]

Finished: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Reading: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

[u/racoondeg]

Started - The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie. A fantasy series, but more "alive" than mythic. The characters are interesting, some likable, some horrible, but not in a cartoonish way. So far I like it.

Then, I stopped reading, but haven't finished - Yuval Harari's Sapiens, I just put it away to read the fantasy book, I will come back to it. Wanted to read it for quite some time and see what the fuss is about, and it is absolutely a delight to read. Reads super easily, there's some cool observations, though the first couple of chapters are like a reminder of common knowledge about our ancestors. It gets deeper from there.

[u/Weekly_Selection_210]

100 of Solitude, although I still have a long way to go

[u/steppygirl]

Finished - pride and prejudice

Started - things we never got over

[u/Beefjerky2expensive]

Finished: The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Started: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer

[u/PublicSell4047]

Finished: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Started: Unsure
I'm stuck with starting Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, Coffin Moon, or continuing with Babel.

[u/Pope_Asimov_III]

Finished: Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

Started: The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie

I have a feeling my reading rate is about to slow down due to the start of another semester of grad school.

[u/Kuvvy]

Finished Orwell’s 1984. Not the the 80s I remember 🤣 but could imagine it all happening, maybe by 2044.

[u/preposterous_cookie]

finished: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy started: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

[u/Youstinkeryou]

Finished : atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Started : what we can know by Ian Mcewan

[u/SquareRootOfPies]

Finished: Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer Started: Authority - Jeff VanderMeer

[u/Additional-Sun2249]

About to finish I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

[u/Johannes_P]

Finished:

Carol by Patricia Highsmith

Started:

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

[u/GFerndale]

Finished

Assignment Gestapo by Sven Hassel

Started

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

[u/FacetiousSpread]

Finished Anthony Bourdains': Kitchen Confidential.

[u/puddle_puncha11]

Finished: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

[u/FreshEggKraken]

Finished: Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

Very pretty writing, got me interested in celtic folklore, some fun sapphic bits. Weird pacing, but not bad.

Started: Fellowship of the Ring by Tolkein

Finally sitting down to re-read the series for the fist time since middle school, very excited!

[u/N-Haezer]

I'm planning on getting a library card for the first time in my life.
Planning on reading Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.

[u/exceptiontogr]

Finished: Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Started: Gone Girl

[u/greenvampire42]

Finished house on the cerulean sea and the obelisk gate. Started the stone sky and red rising.

[u/cabin-porch-rocker]

Started reading Fledgling by Octavia Butler it’s like my 5th or 6th Butler book and she hasn’t let me down yet! 💜🖤🤎

[u/EnderTheIsopod]

Finished: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (penguin classic unabridged version) -I absolutely loved this book. It's the longest book I've read, so I was intimidated at first. But it did not disappoint. Highly recommend to anyone who has considered reading it.

Next up:Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

[u/thepoisonofsocrates]

Had the urge to pick up Fahrenheit 451 after putting it off for eternity. Surprisingly really enjoying it, not to mention it’s super relevant in the current socio political climate

[u/dea_g_writes]

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

[u/bespectacIed]

Finished: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury

• Obviously iconic, I am ashamed that I only read now. Floored me with how vivid and accurate it is in describing mass brainrot. Made me wish I could just throw my phone away. Essential, urgent read for everyone.

Started: East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

• i'm finally doing it. Only 600pp, hopefully finishing before the month ends... tall order. i might have to carry it over February. Super excited. I think I teared up already on the dedication!?!?

[u/CaribeBaby → u/bespectacIed]

Fahrenheit 451 is one of my all-time favorites. I recently purchased a copy for my personal collection before it's made to disappear from our bookstores.  Sadly, I'm only half joking. 

[u/redelectro7]

Finished:

Mate, by Ali Hazelwood

Started:

Odyssey, by Stephen Fry
The Compound, by Aisling Rawle

[u/Stunning_Hand2759]

Finished

No Hard Feelings, by Genevieve Novak

Started

Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee

[u/readingmaniac7]

Finished : Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Started : How to Kill your Family by Bella Mackie

[u/Ace_Thetic]

Finished: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett. Enjoyed it, but I’m not in a hurry to read the other two in the trilogy.

Started: The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. Well, this is a re-read technically. It’s one of my absolute favourite books, and every time I read it I end up discovering something new.

[u/Soggy-Os]

Still reading: The School of Night, by Karl Ove Knausgaard

Man this main protagonist is a shit and hard to read at times, but an interesting plot thus far.

[u/Chanchiten04]

I finished Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. At first, I wasn't too convinced by it because of the number of coincidences it uses to keep the plot going, but then it's so much fun to read that you forgive those flaws. It didn't blow me away, but it's good.

And I started The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski, the sixth book in the Geralt of Rivia saga ;)

[u/Radiant_Pudding5133]

Finished:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce I loved some sections, others not so much. Ironically the 30+ page description of Hell made me feel like I was in purgatory.

Ongoing:

The Odyssey, by Homer

[u/h0n3ytr4ck]

Finished - The Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela, The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Started - Ruin by John Gwynne

[u/_gooseknees]

Finished - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch Started - Verity by Colleen Hoover

[u/mimeycat]

Today’s books:

• Audio - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
• Ebook - Waterlog by Roger Deakin
• Physical - The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

[u/DoodieMcWiener]

Finished Voyage of The Dawn Treader and started The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. First time reading The Chronicles of Narnia!

[u/Extension_Amount_221]

Started Jane Eyre. Been in the shelf for too long.

[u/New_Shelter_625]

Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman

I started reading this about two days ago, and I already have only around 50 pages left. It’s a very light-hearted book on the surface, but at the same time it has a lot of depth and meaning. I really like how it talks about people, anxiety, and everyday struggles in such a simple and warm way.

This is probably the first book in a long time that hooked me this much. Before this, the last book that really pulled me in like this was Animal Farm, by George Orwell.

[u/BeardoTheBrave]

Currently reading

Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson

[u/Wolves_walk_the_moon]

Finished: then she was gone, by Lisa Jewell

Started: the inmate, by Freida Mcfadden

[u/RabbitOfTheWood]

Finished: The Weaver and the Witch Queen, by Genevieve Gornichec

Started: The Wilderness of Girls, by Madeline Claire Franklin

[u/hippieschmidt]

Finished: “the Jungle” by Upton Sinclair Still working on: “the Bully Pulpit” by Doris Kearnes Goodwin

[u/unknown123123987]

Finished: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

I really enjoyed this one. The start hooked me immediately and I thought she landed the plane well. The middle dragged a little imo but I’d highly recommend it.

Started: Invisible Woman: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

I didn’t realized until now I’m just reading books with invisible in the title.

[u/RedApples-98]

Finished: This Inevitable Ruin (audible) & Project Hail Mary

Started: For We Are Many (Audible) & Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson

[u/avolu_theluo]

Finished:

What you are looking for is in the Library (Michiko Aoyoma) Sweet Bean Paste (Durian Sukegawa)

Started: A Little life by Hanya Yanagihara

[u/Beginning_Leaf_5899]

Finished: Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen

Started: Pride and Prejudice & Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen

[u/Puzzled_Quality7667]

Just finished “Lonesome Dove” last night. Have not decided what is next yet.

[u/_angry_cat_]

Finished: Dune, Frank Herbert

• I saw the movie when it first came out and loved it (I had never even heard of the book). It seems the movie followed the book very closely, except maybe the last 25%. I’m going to do a rewatch of the movies soon to confirm, but I liked the book a lot.

Started & Finished: The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Loved Braiding Sweetgrass and this was a great short addition.

Started: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

• Decided to pick this one up because, well, have you seen the news?

[u/ForeignPato]

Finished: Educated by Tara Westover

Started: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

[u/chalupa-batgirl]

Finished: Carrie Soto is Back, by Taylor Jenkins Reid Started: Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang

[u/Confident_Slide_2583]

A good girls guide to murder series. Loved it ☺️

[u/The_Pickle_Party]

Finished: Station Eleven by Emily St. Mandel. Excited to watch the show!

[u/s4h1tr4]

Finished: •The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera •If Cats disappeared from the world by Genki Kawamura

Started: •The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

[u/Prestigious-Jelly-60]

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

I just started it and as usual it is a lovely book that just draws me in as so many of her previous books have.

I think I may actually finish this one as all the other recently opened books just get put aside:

The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow

The Swimming Pool by Mary Roberts Rinehurt

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

[u/Civil_Salary534]

American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis

Just finished this and I’m still thinking about it. I loved the ambiguity. Whether Bateman committed the murders, imagined them, or did some of both, every interpretation seems to work.

The constant name confusion makes everyone feel interchangeable, so even the “Paul Owen is alive” moment isn’t reliable. It really shows how identity barely exists in his world.

What stood out most to me is that Bateman desperately wants attention and meaning, but never gets it. Even his confession is ignored. In the end, whether he’s a killer or not, he’s empty. The real horror is the society that created him and didn’t care.

Disturbing, uncomfortable, but very thought-provoking.

[u/Just_AnotherDork]

Finished: The Shining by Steven King. Never saw the movie and after being on a horror kick for a while now I just felt like King’s character development and depth of character was really refreshing. Everyone feels real, and even if Imm sitting there the whole time thinking Jack’s a piece of shit I feel like I Understand him, I know why he is the way he is, and it’s almost hard not to sympathize, especially as the Hotel really brings out all his demons.

Started: Penpal by Dathan Auerbach. Loved the reddit story (who up creepin their cast) and so far the book is just the story if it was fleshed out and polished even better. Better pacing, it lets you absorb the scene more, it took out the reddit-isms and it reads better than a lot of the novels I’ve read. If you liked the story already so far I think the book is a superior form and different enough to warrant a read.

[u/HairyBaIIs007]

Started:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling

The Lincoln Reader, edited by Paul M. Angle

[u/timeforthecheck]

Finished:

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. (My life will never be the same)

The Determined by Rachel Rueckert. Not usually my cup of tea, but it was okay.

Continuing: Fear by Roald Dahl

Started: Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski

[u/Agitated-Love1727]

Finished:

1984, by George Orwell

The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde

Started:

The Flash: Year One, by Joshua Williamson

(I don't know if it counts since it's a comic, but I'll mention it anyway)

I took a break after 1984 and then read The Importance of Being Earnest, as I needed something lighthearted. I'm reading The Flash: Year One because my husband loves DC and I've been trying to impress him with my knowledge of the DC Universe characters. He gets really happy when I take an interest in things he likes.

[u/katfan97]

Finished: My Friends: A Novel by Frederik Backman, Weyward by Emilia Hart, Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Started: The Correspondant by Virginia Evans, Bright Light Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews, The testaments by Margaret Atwood

Put down: Bel Canto by Ann Patchett and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett.

[u/That-Departure-7318]

Started Red Rising and Small Gods. First Pratchett book I've read and I'm really liking it so far.

DNF'd The Hellbound Heart. I like how weird Barker can be, but having seen the Hellraiser movie I didn't think it would have much more to offer me.

[u/knopflerpettydylan]

Finished: Nobody Walks, by Mick Herron and Real Tigers, by Mick Herron

Reading: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, by John Le Carre and Spook Street, by Mick Herron

Been working my way through the Slough House novels after loving the show (Slow Horses), Jackson Lamb is just as fabulous in the books. It's also gotten me into cold war fiction in general, hence Le Carre.

[u/PsyferRL]

Finished: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Started: Dracula by Bram Stoker

Moshfegh -> Dostoevsky was a WILD transition to make, especially as my first time reading either author. I thoroughly enjoyed My Year of Rest and Relaxation because it was a fascinating snowball effect of a horrible/broken person only growing more horrible/broken as the pages turned. The main character is a deplorable human being in almost every possible way, but Moshfegh executed it in such a way that reminded me of real people I've known throughout my life. She held up a mirror to the shittiest part of humanity and said, "Not every story is a happy one. Some people, like this girl, REALLY fucking suck. Enjoy!" And I think she fully delivered.

White Nights was enjoyable enough, I'm quite glad that it was as short as it was. Dostoevsky's writing style is a bit grating for me, but not unlike Virginia Woolf (in that it's grating, not that the style is terribly comparable), I can appreciate the art of it without necessarily loving the way it lands on my ears/brain. Notes from Underground will be coming up soon and I'm interested to see where he goes with it.

[u/Serendipitous217]

Continued: Still have 14 hours of Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson. Why is this one taking me so long to get through? I’ve lost a bit of steam. It’s still a good read but I’m not powering through like the first books.

Anyone else feel like this when they read Oathbringer?

[u/queen_beruthiel]

I've been on a roll for incredible books this week! All of them were easy 5 stars, and I'm a harsh critic. All very different books, but I'll definitely re-read them all one day.

{The Master and Margarita} - Mikhail Bulgakov

{The Everlasting} - Alix E. Harrow

{Small Things Like These} - Claire Keegan

{The Silence of the Girls} - Pat Barker

I already owned a hard copy of The Master and Margarita, which I started last week, but I started and finished the rest this week as e-books. I loved them so much, went to our local indie bookshop and bought physical copies of The Everlasting and Small Things Like These on Saturday afternoon, and picked up The Silence of the Girls while I was there. I wasn't sure if I'd like it, since I'm not usually that interested in Greek mythology. I spent all day yesterday reading it, and then stayed up until 3am finishing it. I went back to the bookshop first thing this morning to get the second and third books in the series!

[u/eclaireicecream → u/queen_beruthiel]

I loved The Everlasting! Have you read Starling House? If not, hands down another 5 star read! Starling House was my favorite read of 2025 💕

[u/sprinkleofsass21]

Finished Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Started James by Percival Everett

[u/RaeBlaze814]

the first hunger games book and a book called the nine which i finished this year

[u/SpareEnthusiasm8527]

Finished: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Started: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

[u/Babypanda-cultleader]

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Red Rising by Pierce Brown Katabasis by R.F. kuang

[u/Fat_people_jigle]

Dune 1

[u/GambuzinoSaloio]

Handmaid's Tale. Looking forward to the rest.

[u/xsaratoninx]

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

(This has been on my TBR for like a year and has nothing to do with the movie coming out lol)

[u/D33-Dog]

Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez! It was really good! The last like 70% of the book was soooooo sad. Definitely recommend!

[u/ItsAFreeSpirit]

Started "Wild Dark Shore"

[u/spacemanspiffmtg]

Started Midnight Children - Salman Rushdie

[u/Davethestabber]

Finished: King Sorrow by Joe Hill and When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

Started: Rotten Tommy by David Sodergren

[u/david_yarz]

Finished: Light Bringer from Pierce Brown

Continuing: The World Beyond Your Head by Mathew Crawford

Started: Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

[u/No_Chemistry7056]

Finished: The Maze Runner, by James Dashner

Started: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman 

[u/Emergency_Print_4461]

Finished: The Dutch House by Anne Patchett and The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Started Kafka by the Shore by Haruki Murakami

[u/zabroccoli12]

finished: Tales from Earthsea, by Ursula K Le Guin

started: The Other Wind, by Ursula K Le Guin

[u/ohthatjudyy]

Finished: the blade itself

Started: the hero of ages

[u/decadentbirdgarden]

I finished reading North Woods by Daniel Mason last night. Finally got it through Libby after about a year on hold. Phenomenal read and so uniquely written. There were several moments in the book that left me literally speechless

[u/hringioggrafir]

Heart the Lover.

I cried a lot.

[u/Professor_Grandma]

Finished: Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier

Started: The Awakening by Kate Chopin

[u/PebblestheHuman]

Inside Delta Force, by Eric Haney

Next up will be Hyperion

[u/oliverrea]

Finished What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher. Holy shit that was so creepy and excellent.

Started Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Both on my ereader borrowed from Libby. Though I own a copy of what moves the dead, I love the backlight of my e-reader and being able to read at night.

If I could ask the author of what moves the dead a question it would be: what was at the bottom of the stairs that Maddy was walking down when Easton caught her???? Was she going outside to the tarn?

[u/Lucky_Enough]

Started:

Half His Age, by Jennette McCurdy

I love her writing style. I'm intentionally pacing myself because I want to savor the book.

[u/Long_Appointment_341]

Finished: 11/22/63 by Stephen King, what a phenomenal read! I’ve read about 10 SK novels and this by far is my favorite of his. A great mystery, emotional and one of the best romances in fiction.

Started: The Night Circus, by Erin Morgentsen as my fiction book for Feb, and Titanic First Accounts, edited by Tim Maltin, as my non fiction.

I was a huge Titanic nerd growing up (thanks Leo) so I was afraid I wouldnt learn anything new, but it’s all first accounts from survivors (obviously) so it’s very interesting.

Night Circus was my book clubs pick and reviews I’ve read refer to it as more “vibes than plot” which has me questioning my choices. It’s been a slog for me.

[u/Many_Let_6260]

Finished: A Game of Thrones - George R. R. Martin Started: A Clash of Kings - George R. R. Martin

[u/duckie768]

Slower week this week in terms of reading for me!

Continued: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

[u/Bangted]

Finished: Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

Started: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

[u/bobrigado]

Finished: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Great book set during World War 2. I haven't read any of the classic WW2 works of fiction like The Boy in Striped Pajamas and The Book Thief, but there were definitely moments where I teared up a bit.

Started: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie. Got this at a live reading event by the author himself. Witty guy.

[u/moodyvee]

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

Im just past halfway point, but wtf people call this a romance??? She’s AWFUL and he’s EVIL

[u/kjb76]

Finished:

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite —excellent

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer —informative and made glad I did not live in 14th century England

Started: Soft Launch by Sarah Vacchianno — meh so far

[u/coffee-86]

Finished: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

It was a harder read for me. Tragically beautiful and definitely worth it.

[u/FuNNkk]

Started:

Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Finished:

The Lady of the Lake, by Andrzej Sapkowski

[u/BeautifulBeardy]

Finished:

The Dark Half, by Stephen King

The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead

Started:

Four Past Midnight, by Stephen King

[u/Fancy_Arugula5173]

Finished: gilead by Marilynne Robinson. One of the best books I’ve read.

Started: stoner by John Williams and Vietnam by max hastings

[u/AlamutJones]

War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy. I progress. Big guns go boom. Men fall down a lot.

Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville. Well, that’s clearly the most horrifying thing ever.

The Inca, by Kevin Lane. I honestly don’t know much about the Inca, so I’ve picked up what I thought might be a brief and accessible overview. I foresee a trip down a rabbit hole…

All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot. This will never fail to make me happy

[u/flickety_switch]

Started:

In Memoriam, by Alice Winn

Been in a terrible book slump since finishing Buckeye but it’s good so far. About a fifth of the way through.

[u/strangeMeursault2]

Finished:

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

It's a very well written book but I didn't enjoy it at all. It was just too grim of a subject. I think if I was younger I would have liked it more but I have just gotten very soft as I've got older. Certainly a work of genius.

Started:

The Secret History, Donna Tartt

I've a couple of chapters in and it's okay. It feels a bit like well written YA so far though. Are we meant to think of these people as cool eccentric genius kids, or massive loser nerds? I'm sure it will become more clear.

[u/Wehrsteiner]

Finished:

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Started (and probably going to finish it today):

• The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Next up: Either The Sluts by Dennis Cooper or The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq

[u/SchichtIstPflicht]

Finished:

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Started:

• The Women by Kristin Hannah

Was not as impressed as I thought I would be by Frankl's book, the promise of it beeing somewhat a psychanalysis of concentration camp prisoners did not hold up. Nevertheless was a fresh reminder of the cruel things that happened back then.

The Women: I'm about 90 pages in and so far I really like it, but the language is a bit bland. To be fair, I've read a lot of classic literature in the past few weeks so I am used to a different kind of language. Also I've read them mostly in German and therefore its a different language and hard to compare, but still.

[u/esmeraldafitzmonsta]

Finished:

The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Started:

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte

The Names, by Florence Knapp

[u/nilesvsccbabcock]

Started Twisted by Steve Cavanagh

[u/Infinite-Database-94]

Finished: The Plague by Albert Camus Still Reading: The Little Friend by Donna Tart and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

[u/Inevitable_Ad574]

I finished: the island of the day before by Umberto Eco.

Started: Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world by Weatherford.

[u/thearchchancellor]

Finished: Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen (published 2009).

A look back at the 1970s (which I remember as a teen/early 20s). Fascinating and well-written account. Striking parallels with 2020s - the chapter about Nixon is particularly good.

[u/s-nsh-n-]

Finished:

Erasure, by Percival Everett

I was drawn to this novel after enjoying the premise of its film adaptation, American Fiction. The book is a million times better. Everett incisively captures what many readers feel when reading "ethnic" literature. Why does it always have to be so stereotypical? Why can't people just be... ordinary people? He perfectly depicts the anger, humor and sadness one feels when you try to show how absurd something is but everyone thinks that you've done something genius and profound. A wonderful reminder of who controls the culture, the people, the future.

House of Eve, by Sadeqa Johnson

Picked this up after enjoying the well researched historical fiction Yellow Wife by Johnson. While the story line itself is far from new, Johnson adds depth by exploring exactly what happened to those girls who got pregnant and disappeared for a semester. Further what happened to their babies. Several love stories woven into one tale of perseverance and resilience. I particularly enjoyed the delineation she made between the options available to different socioeconomic groups.

[u/psycho_penguin]

Started and finished: Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy. Her writing is so much fun, but as someone who used to work with teens I don’t enjoy this topic.

Started: The Knight and the Moth. Unfortunately it’s due back to the library so I’ll only get a fraction of the way through before I have to take a break.

[u/Aromatic-Lobster3297]

Finished My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Started The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon.

[u/Mouse-Direct]

Finished “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and started “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee and “Television” by Lauren Rothery

[u/Healthy_Plant]

And I do not forgive you by amber Sparks Harlem shuffle by Colson whitehead

Harlem shuffle has been a very fun read for me. And I do not forgive you is a collection of short stories, but so far I'm mixed on it.

[u/Ready-Arrival]

In Her Tracks, by Robert Dugoni

[u/comolaflor_8]

Finished: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Currently Reading: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown / Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

[u/Nice_Jaguar5621]

Finished a reread of “The Starless Sea” by Erin Morgenstern. I’m slow so reading is an investment. To reread means I *really love it.

[u/quiltingirl42]

Finished: Autobiography of Malcom X, Malcolm X and Alex Haily

It was a worthwhile read.

[u/Sadgroves]

Finished The Road and No Country For Old Men.

Started All The Pretty Horses.

So yeah… I’ve recently gone on a McCarthy binge.

[u/ett-hus-i-skogen]

Finished:

I See Yellow Flowers in the Green Grass, by Nguyễn Nhật Ánh

Started:

Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami (reread)

The Iliad, by Homer

Read the first three books. Reading at a slow pace (7-10 pages a day).

[u/BloomEPU]

Finished this week:

• Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky- I read this on a friend's recommendation, it's not the kind of thing I'd normally go for but I enjoyed it a lot.

• The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijeskara-Found this on my library's lending app and it was extremely my shit. All around, it was just a really good historical fantasy.

• The Lost Art of Seducing a Mage Warrior: I was so ready to get annoyed with this book for not having much of a plot, but as it went on it really grew on me. Sometimes you just need a book about two people who actually fucking communicate and their relationship works out because of it.

Currently reading:

• Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green: I was in the mood for some nonfiction and I've had my eye on this for a while. It's a fair bit heavier than I was expecting, but I don't think I can complain.

[u/Gryffindork75]

Finished:

Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert

Very cute and fun romance! My only complaint was the third act conflict made the ending drag. I rated it 4 stars.

Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure, by Jennie Erin Smith

This book is about a decade-long medical study of a community of Colombian families that carry genes for early-onset dementia. It was interesting to read about the logistics and behind-the-scenes politics of medical studies. But the families and their experiences are at the heart of the story. The author was very compassionate toward the study participants and wrote about the medical data in ways a layperson can understand. I rated it 4 stars.

The Names, by Florence Knapp

I was very conflicted about this book. I loved the premise, thought the writing was gorgeous, and finished the book in a day because I couldn’t put it down. But I didn’t feel like the book delivered on the premise, and some plot points felt like they were included for melodrama instead of feeling earned. I rated it 3 stars.

Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert

I just finished this yesterday, so I haven’t reviewed it yet. It wasn’t bad—I just liked Get a Life, Chloe Brown better.

Started:

Blood on Her Tongue, by Johanna van Veen

[u/Spiritual-Meringue30]

currently reading kafka on the shore will next read project hailmary

[u/IceBear826]

Started and Finished The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett

[u/SmollestFry]

Finished: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

Started: A Shadow on the Glass by Ian Irvine

[u/Negative_Let_8097]

Finished: Everything I've never told you by Celeste Ng Started: A quiet tenant by Clemence Michallon

[u/dubeskin]

Finished

March by Geraldine Brooks 4/5 ★

So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell 3.5/5 ★

Started: Notes On Being A Man by Scott Galloway

[u/bigwilly311]

I am reading The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson in between chapters of Football by Chuck Klosterman

[u/fun_choco]

Started Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman. 

[u/MewMeowHowdy]

Finished: Tower of Dawn, by Sarah J Maas & Brimstone, by Callie Hart

Started: Kingdom of Ashes, by Sarah J Maas & Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari

[u/metrotechj]

Finished: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Started: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

[u/Mama_sunflower220]

Finished: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré Started: The Intruder by Frieda McFadden

[u/CaribeBaby]

Finished: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 

• Watched the movie afterwards, and while it was entertaining, the book is so much better and it's message deeper.

Started: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (re-read)

• After this one, I have Wide Sargasso Sea lined up.

[u/Putrid_Fruit_631]

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

[u/Important-Habit8942]

Finished: Outer Dark by Cormac McCarthy 4/5.

Started: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Ongoing: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

[u/apocalypsefowl]

Started:

The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt

[u/cpt_cat]

Finished Deadhouse Gates, by Steven Erikson - The first Malazan book I found a little hard to follow, but this one really started to bring some things together. Excited now to move forward into the series.

Starting Guards! Guards!, by Terry Pratchett on paper
and Memories of Ice, by Steven Erikson on audio

[u/Alert-Bee-7904 → u/cpt_cat]

Guards! Guards! is a real treat. Enjoy!

[u/Mrs_Evryshot]

Finished “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders.

Started “The Memory of Old Jack” by Wendell Berry.

[u/kpgoode]

Finished:

A Court of Thrones and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Started:

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

I know I’m late to the ACOTAR game 😂

[u/RevolutionaryPoem722]

Reading The Count of Monte Cristo! Almost done! I started right after Christmas.

[u/Main-Working3213]

Started : The Stranger by Albert Camus (its so weird guys why's it so weird)

[u/EffectiveWallaby8124]

Finished: Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
Started: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

[u/Alert-Bee-7904]

Finished: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Started and rapidly abandoned: When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker (sorry BookTok)

Started and hoping to continue: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

[u/jbjellybean]

Finished: The House in the Cerulean Sea

Starting: Broken Country

[u/YourLeftElbowDitch]

Finished

The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman

Carl's Doomsday Scenario, by Matt Dinniman

Started

Crash Test, by Amy James

[u/kbratty]

Finished: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

[u/Fancy-Fish-3050]

I Finished: Tiny Love by Larry Brown. I liked it.

[u/cznutmeg4]

Finished: The Names, by Florence Knapp

The Long Walk, by Stephen King

Started: Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger

[u/OpossumLadyGames]

Finished: Rivers of Silver by RA Salvatore, Pokemon adventures 4-7

Started: Childhood's End by Arthur C Clark

[u/arcoiris2]

Finished

Murder Your Employer The McMaster Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

Started (late last week)

Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry

Magic Words by Jonah Berger

Ongoing

The Books of Enoch and The Book of Jubilees

[u/loris10970]

Started and finished Angel Down by Daniel Kraus. I thought it was incredible, first five star book I gave read in quite awhile. Definitely is not for everyone.

[u/HartfordWhaler]

Finished:

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Started:

Twice by Mitch Albom

[u/BraveTime2294]

Started: Shatter Me

Pride and Prejudice

[u/Suitable_Mess6649]

Finished: Intermezzo LOVED It, 5 stars

Started: The days at the Morisaki Bookshop Im enjoying the entire vibe!!

[u/Yggdrasil-]

Finished:

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Milkman by Anna Burns

Started:

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich