June 2026 books

Non-fiction 1 (YTD 38)
H is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald

Non-genre 1 (YTD 23)
The Moving Finger
, by Agatha Christie

Poetry 1 (YTD 2)
O the Chimneys
, by Nelly Sachs

SF 8 (YTD 48)
The Everlasting, by Alix E. Harrow
The Age of the Pussyfoot
, by Frederik Pohl
Ancillary Justice
, by Ann Leckie
Among Ghosts
, by Rachel Hartman
Death of the Author
, by Nnedi Okorafor
Oathbound
, by Tracy Deonn (did not finish)
A Drop of Corruption
, by Robert Jackson Bennett
An Instinct for Murder, by Christopher Boucher

Doctor Who 8 (YTD 43)
Rhythm of Destruction, by Darren Jones
Circle of Memory
, by Bob Ayres

The Thing From the Sea
, by Paul Magrs
Men of War
, by Justin Richards
Horrors of War
, by Justin Richards 
Fortunes of War
, by Justin Richards
Halflife
, by Mark Michalowski
Aliens of London, by Joseph Lidster

Comics 2 (YTD 17)
The Supremacy of the Cybermen
, by George Mann, Cavan Scott, Alessandro Vitti et al
Ces lignes qui tracent mon corps, by Mansoureh Kamari 

~4,800 pages (YTD 41,500), counting the audiobooks as 100.
9/21 (YTD 70/173) by non-male writers (Macdonald, Christie, Sachs, Harrow, Leckie, Hartman, Okorafor, Deonn, Kamari)
3/21 (YTD 18/173) by writers of colour (Okorafor, Deonn, Kamari)
2 or 3 out of 21 reread (Ancillary Justice, Halflife, maybe The Moving Finger)

217 books currently tagged unread, down 4 from last month, down 7 from June 2025. 

Reading now

Lessons From Kosovo: The KFOR Experience, ed Larry Wentz
Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins

Coming soon (perhaps)

Doctor Who and the Zarbi, by Bill Strutton
The Web Planet
, by Bridget Cherry
Doctor Who: The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor, by James Peaty et al
The Tomorrow Windows, by Jonathan Morris
The Satan Pit, by Matt Jones
The Annual Years, by Paul Magrs
Downtime, by Dylan Rees

An Emotional Dictionary: Real Words for How You Feel, from Angst to Zwodder, by Susie Dent
Understanding the War in Kosovo, by Florian Bieber
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination, ed. Glyn Morgan

The Best of All Possible Worlds, by Karen Lord 
Moving Pictures, by Terry Pratchett
Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh 
Snow Country, by Yasunari Kawabata
Autumn, by Ali Smith
Red Rabbit, by Alex Grecian 
TUKI: Fight for Fire
, by Jeff Smith 
Binti, by Nnedi Okorafor
Last Exit, by Max Gladstone 
Dead Lions, by Mick Herron 
Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi
The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton
Léopoldville 60, by Baudouin Deville

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