Books I've Read in 2026 (As of April 6)

Sat, Jan 3, 2026
2 Min Read

(Books in bold are nonfiction.)

The 7th Function of Language, by Laurent Binet, translated by Sam Taylor
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire, by Chloe Hooper
Our Kind of Traitor, by John le Carré
The Last Diaries: 1993-99, by Alan Clark
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak & Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, by Erik Larson
Southern Discomfort, by Rita Mae Brown
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the 21st Century, by W. David Marx
At Risk, by Stella Rimington
Chosen Family, by Madeleine Gray
George Lucas: A Life, by Brian Jay Jones
Sudden Death, by Rita Mae Brown
Illegal Action, by Stella Rimington
Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto, by Geoff White
The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial, by Izabella Scott
Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, by Frances Wilson
Secret Asset, by Stella Rimington
Gabriel’s Moon, by William Boyd
The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s, by Jason Burke
Wild That We’re Alive, by Lauren Haldeman
The Situation and the Story, by Vivian Gornick
The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America’s Culture Wars, by Isaac Butler
The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantire, and the Rise of the Surveillance State, by Michael Steinberger
The Day of the Jackal, by Frederick Forsyth
The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception, by Emmanuel Carrère
My Life as a Russian Novel, by Emmanuel Carrère
The Bush Tragedy, by Jacob Weisberg (re-read)
Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police, by Tom Harper