Books I've Read in 2026 (As of May 4)

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, Palantir, 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, translated by Linda Coverdale
My Life as a Russian Novel, by Emmanuel Carrère, translated by Linda Coverdale
The Bush Tragedy, by Jacob Weisberg (re-read)
Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police, by Tom Harper
Get In: The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer, by Patrick Magiure and Gabriel Pogrund
Lake Effect, by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail, by Hélène Giannecchini, translated by Anna Moschovakis
The Case of the Beautiful Beggar, by Erle Stanley Gardner
Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage, by Heather Ann Thompson
Fort Lauderdale: The Venice of America, by Susan Gillis
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, by Patrick Radden Keefe