2026 Reading Challenge
2026 READING
CHALLENGE
Participants 7,768,328
Books Pledged 311,671,700
Avg. Books Pledged 40
Time Left 249 days, 13 hours
Stephen the Librarian has read 14 of 45 books in 2026.
STEPHEN THE LIBRARIAN’S 2026 BOOKS
  • Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
  • The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade
  • Clear by Carys Davies
  • Our Man in the Middle East by Jeremy Bowen
  • Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
  • All the Broken Places by John Boyne
  • Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer
  • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
  • Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
  • James by Percival Everett
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