What I am reading

Here is a list of the books I have read so far this year in 2026:

  1. Hope Must Be Held in a Clenched Fist – Nikesh Shukla
  2. Palaver – Bryan Washington
  3. Orkney Days – Christine Muir
  4. The Search for Othella Savage – Foday Mannah
  5. My Battle of Hastings – Xiaolu Guo
  6. Speak Still – Wing Lam Tong
  7. A Field Guide to Getting Lost – Rebecca Solnit
  8. Apparitions – Margo Glantz (trans. Ellen Jones)
  9. Fair – Jen Calleja
  10. What Do We Know – Mary Oliver
  11. Notes of a Crocodile – Qiu Miaojin (trans. Bonnie Huie)
  12. The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir
  13. Hunchback – Saou Ichikawa (trans. Polly Barton)
  14. Pedro Páramo – Juan Rulfo (trans. Douglas J. Weatherford)
  15. Scottish Journey – Edwin Muir
  16. The Two Roberts – Damian Barr

You can learn more about my 2025 reading list here.