I’m heading off on a week’s vacation and looking forward to it. Hoping to be able to get a jump on this year’s book list. I’ve got quite a few candidates which I’ll list out later.
2026 – Book Completed – Clown Town
This is the ninth book in the ‘Slow Horses’ series. I enjoyed it but it is not as good as the others in the series.
2026 – Book Completed – Hell is Empty
Another Craig Johnson book. Love his style of writing and I enjoyed the story.
Note that the cover is wrong. Netflix dropped the show and Paramount picked it up.
2026 – Can I read 52 books in 52 weeks?
In 2025 I read 32 books… so I missed my goal of 52 by quite a bit.
For 2026 my goal is to, again, read 52 books in the calendar year. Some of these are fast reads others…not so much.
Also; the links below are to Amazon but they are not affiliate links so you can’t make me rich this way.
- Hell is Empty, Author: Craig Johnson – 01/03/2026
- Clown Town, Author: Mick Herron – 01/12/2026
- Abundance, Author: Ezra Klein, Derik Thompson – 01/13/2026
- Brothers, Author: Alex Van Halen – Reading
- Butcher’s Crossing, Author: John Williams – 01/24/2026
- The Unforgiven, Author: Alan LeMay – 01/25/2026
- A Blaze of Glory, Author: Jeff Shaara – 01/25/2026
- Everything is Tuberculosis, Author: John Green – 01/25/2026
- As the Crow Flies, Author: Craig Johnson – 01/28/2026
- A Serpent’s Tooth, Author: Craig Johnson – 02/02/2026
- Any Other Name, Author: Craig Johnson – 2/15/2026
- The Fish that Ate the Whale: Life and Times of America’s Banana King, Author: Rich Cohen – 02/20/2026
- The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, Author: Walter Isaacson – 04/24/2026
- The Dog Stars, Author: Peter Heller – 4/26/2026
Book Completed: Cassino ’44: The Brutal Battle for Rome
The Italian campaign was just absolutely brutal. This book outlines this up until the capture of Rome. The fight for Cassino was just two forces bashing their heads together with the resulting casualties. Terrible.
Book Completed: Naples 1944
Another book that I found and that I highly enjoyed. Seems to be really well researched and sourced.
Book Completed: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
This is an amazing book that tells the story of Robert Moses. Brilliant, power hungry, a great and terrible human being. Highly recommend.
Book Completed: Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
Book Completed: The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson
Rode the big aluminum tube over to Europe today and read this on the plane.
Book I’m reading: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
I’ve had this book on my nightstand for years and I’m finally reading it. The story of this guy and his accumulation of power of the years is absolutely amazing.