2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

The Goal: Read as many books of 500+ pages as you can. Track your total page count.

Rules:
📌 Page Minimum: All books must be 500 pages or more.
📌 Edition Specific: You must use the page count of the edition you physically read/listen to. If your copy is 499 pages, it does not count.
📌 Audiobooks: Use the page count of the default edition for the audiobook version.
📌 Format Restrictions: No graphic novels, comic collections, or cookbooks. Standard novels, non-fiction, biographies, etc., are all allowed.
📌 Re-reads: Are permitted, provided it has been at least a few months since your last read.
📌 Tracking: Please post all your qualifying books in ONE comment in the challenge thread. Update it as you go.

Winner:
Besides the fact that YOU ARE ALL WINNERS HERE, the participant who reads the highest number of qualifying books (500+ pages) by December 31, 2026, is the winner.

Tiebreaker: If two or more participants read the same number of books, the winner is the one with the higher cumulative page count.

Let's make 2026 a year of monumental reads! Happy reading!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

R

[Vicki]

2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
⏱️Duration: 1-Jan-2026 - 31-Dec-2026

[danielle]

📚2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie📚
⏱️Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

Legend
(view spoiler)[
✅=book completed
🌀=in progress
🎯-planned, not started
(hide spoiler)]

Books: 0
(view spoiler)[
1.
2.

🎯Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell - 959 pgs
🎯Shots and Barbs - Lily Mayne - 517 pgs

🎯Absolute Power - David Baldacci - 550 pgs
🎯Patriot Games - Tom Clancy - 794 pgs
🎯The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver - 546 pgs

(hide spoiler)]

Total Page Count:

Books Finished:

[Lisa]

2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
Duration: January 1st, 2026 - December 31st, 2026

Books Read: x
Cumulative Pages: xxx

List of Books Completed:

List of 500+ Page Books I Want to Read Soon:
Katabasis = 541 pages
Stranger Skies = 608 pages
Fairy Tale = 607 pages

[Susan]

📚2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie📚
Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

Books Read:

Pages Read:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Claire]

📚2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie📚
Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

Books Read:

Pages Read:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Beth]

I'll grab this spot.

[Bubbles]

📚2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie📚
Duration: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026

Books Read:

Pages Read:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Bernadette]

2026: I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie
Duration: January 1st, 2026 - December 31st, 2026

Books Read: x
Cumulative Pages: xxx

[Sammy]

Mine! 😁

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

I forgot to save a spot.... 🤦‍♀️

[Angie ☯]

Dibs .... it says Dibs! 😁

[Sammy]

Angie ☯ wrote: "Dibs .... it says Dibs! 😁

"

So you say... 🤣