The (Half) Stars Have Aligned
2026 Reading Challenge
2026 READING
CHALLENGE
Participants 9,913,515
Books Pledged 405,251,714
Avg. Books Pledged 40
Time Left 85 days, 23 hours
Mark has read 50 of 65 books in 2026.
MARK’S 2026 BOOKS
  • Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark by James K.A. Smith
  • The School of Life by Alain de Botton
  • Mortal Leap by MacDonald Harris
  • The Future Is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah
  • London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
  • If This Be Magic by Daniel Hahn
  • The Untouchable by John Banville
  • The Gift of Being Yourself by David G. Benner
  • Three Rings by Daniel Mendelsohn
  • The Worst Exhibition in the World by John-Paul Stonard
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