Reading Thread/Goals for 2026

[MGMmjl]

Hello fellow readers!

I thought I would start the annual thread to discuss what we read in 2026. I always get many good book recommendations from these threads! Feel free to post your goal for total number of books you would like to read as well.

I had a goal of 32 books for 2025, and wound up being one book shy of my goal. For 2026, I am going to set my goal as 32 books again.

Happy reading!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Thank you for doing this again. I also get ideas about what to read through this thread. I made my goal of 70 last year, and I think I can do it again.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Hello fellow readers!

I thought I would start the annual thread to discuss what we read in 2026. I always get many good book recommendations from these threads! Feel free to post your goal for total number of books you would like to read as well.

I had a goal of 32 books for 2025, and wound up being one book shy of my goal. For 2026, I am going to set my goal as 32 books again.

Happy reading!

Like you I was one shy of my goal-my goal was 56, I read 55. But unlike you, I'm making my 2026 goal the same as my actual from last year. So for 2026, my goal is 55 books.

 

[mmbrad02]

I've been an avid lurker on this thread for a few years but this year I want to try to jump in and join along

I set a Goodreads goal of 75 Books for 2026. I read 73 books in 2025 so just more or less hoping to stay on that same path.

Right now I am reading The Friendship Fling by Georgia Stone. Its more or less a 'fluff' read to me and it's okay in my opinion - but this is the second time I've had it checked out with Libby and I'm still only at 60% read with 3 Days left. Hopefully I can do some power house reading this weekend It's obviously not pulling me in very quickly overall.

 

[citruscurtis]

Reading Bruce feiler walking the Bible for the 4th time... not a study guide or inspiration book but a fantastic travel thru culture book..

Up next Monogamy a novel by sue Miller....has a deep secret.... I like novels with secrets... but my goal is 30 between June and October that is when I hibernate in Yuma

 

[RangerPooh]

I'll start with y usual 12 book goal and will increase from there. Sadly, my reading slacked off the last few months. Gotta pick it back up for 2026

 

[pezgirlroy]

Most of the reading I do is on my Kindle app and is from Kindle Unlimited and are completely fluff books normally involving witches. If I am counting those then I read a lot, like 2 books a week but I almost don't want to count those. So my goal this year is to read 15 physical books.

 

[tvguy]

If there were any books I wanted to read, I guess I would be more motivated. I did a lot of searching when I put my Christmas list together and there was nothing out there. I have a lot of friends who have written books. I have read most of those, but not a fan of novels. I did read one book in 2025 and it was a novel and it was sooooooooo strange, it reminded me of why I don't read novels.
I can check out lots of books for free from the library, and I have the Kindle App on my tablet.