All the books I read in 2026 (a dynamic list)

At the start of 2026, I set myself the target of reading 40 books by the end of this year.

I am keeping myself accountable by listing them all on this page, together with (when I get time) a link to where you can find the book, a short overview, and where relevant, a link to the related podcast episode, if I have interviewed the author.

1) Listen, Dr Kathryn Mannix

2) Heartburn, Nora Ephron

3) The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni

4) Breaking the Coaching Code, Karen Foy

5) She Wanted More, Poorna Bell (podcast here)

6) Beyond Palatable, Sophie Jane Lee (podcast here)

7) Great Goddesses, Nikita Gill

8) Be UPFRONT, Lauren Currie (podcast here)

9) Good Girl Deprogramming, Teen Edition, Michelle Minikin and Caroline (podcast coming soon!)

10) Burning Up, Frozen Out, Joe Warner and Rob Kemp (podcast here)

11) You Are Not as Self-Aware as you Think You Are, Dr Julia Carden

12) Age Against the Machine, Lucy Standing, Maggi Evans, Martin Hyde (podcast here)

13) The Beginning Comes After the End, Rebecca Solnit (pairs brilliantly with Vulture Capitalism, below, which I am still working through)

14) Just Get Dressed, Samantha Harman (podcast incoming)

15) One of Us, Elizabeth Day

Some of the books being read or on the Massive Pile Waiting:

Prioritise This, Lily Silverton (podcast coming soon!)

You Belong Here, Mandy Rawlinson

With Love: A Practical Guide to Caring for Aging Parents Through the End of Life, Shari Hofer and Shabnam Kazmi (podcast coming soon)

Not Done Yet, Mona Smith

Coaching, James Flaherty

Deep Work, Cal Newport

Emotional Agility, Susan David

Aging Playfully, Maxwell Hartt (podcast coming soon)

A Mind of One’s Own, Kathy Burke

The Book of Form and Emptiness, Ruth Ozeki

Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakeley

all about love, bell hooks

Menowars, Fiona Clark