February 2026 books

Non-fiction 6 (YTD 12)
The Ark, by Philip Purser-Hallard
Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown, by Rory Carroll
Outpost: Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy, by Christopher R. Hill
The Recollections: Fragments from a Life in Writing, by Christopher Priest
Britain’s Other D-Day: The Politics of Decimalisation, by Andy Cook
Liberation: The Unoffical and Unauthorised Guide to Blake’s 7, by Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore

Non-genre 5 (YTD 11)
Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie
Country Christie, by Agatha Christie
The Big Wave, by Pearl S. Buck
Pavilion of Women, by Pearl S. Buck
Appointment With Death, by Agatha Christie

Poetry 1 (YTD 1)
Stung With Love: Poems and Fragments, by Sappho, translated and edited by Aaron Poochigan

SF 8 (YTD 15)
Red Planet, by Robert A. Heinlein
House of Open Wounds, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Dead Take the A Train, by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey (did not finish)
Elfland, by Freda Warrington
The Doors of Midnight, by R.R. Virdi (did not finish)
Stone and Sky, by Ben Aaronovitch
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett
Serbian Folk Tales, ed. Jake Jackson

Doctor Who 5 (YTD 15)
The Penumbra Affair, by Paul Magrs (audiobook)
Reckless Engineering, by Nick Walters
Whodle: a Whodunit Adventure Through Time and Space, by Tim Dedopulos, Roland Hall and Dave Knowles (did not finish)
Doctor Who: The Ark, by Paul Erickson
The Doctor Who Yearbook 1995, eds Gary Russell and Peri Goodbold

~6,900 pages (YTD 16,000) (counting 100 for the audiobook)
10/26 (YTD 23/59) by women (Moore, 3x Christie, 2x Buck, Sappho, Khaw, Warrington, Goodbold)
2/26 (YTD 4/59) by writers of colour (Khaw and Virdi)
5/26 reread (The Big Wave, Red Planet, The Fifth Elephant, Reckless Engineering, Doctor Who: The Ark)

195 books currently tagged unread, up 11 from last month (thanks to Gallifrey One), down 38 from February 2025.

Reading now
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins

Coming soon (perhaps)
Ghost Stories, by George Mann et al
Last Resort, by Paul Leonard
The Tribe of Gum, by Anthony Coburn

De gekste plek van België: 111 bizarre locaties en hun bijzondere verhaal, by Jeroen van der Spek
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words, by Eddie Robson
The Future We Choose, by Christiana Figueres
From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond: Human Rights and International Intervention, by David Chandler
Mantel Pieces, by Hilary Mantel

A Power Unbound, by Freya Marske
“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu
Drome, by Jesse Lonergan
Rebellion on Treasure Island, by Bali Rai
Enchanted April, by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Oscar Wilde: A Biography, by Richard Ellmann
Selected Prose and Prose-Poems, by Gabriela Mistral
Sourire 58, by Baudouin Deville et al
Trouble With Lichen, by John Wyndham
Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution, by James Tipton
Slow Horses, by Mick Herron
Moving Pictures, by Terry Pratchett
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh

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