Reading Challenge 2026

The plans for next year are even more ambitious (yet again)! I don't know why, since I am in a deficit from last year. Heck, if the government can be so far on the wrong side of the scale, why can't I?

Fiction--

• The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells
• Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco--I bailed out at 180 pages, the story was too slow and esoteric.
• Markmaker by Mary Jessica Woods--reviewed here.
• Somewhither by John C. Wright
• The Body of This Death by Ross McCullough--reviewed here.
• Probably another bunch of books from A Good Story is Hard to Find Podcast
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Theology--

• The Great Story of Israel by Robert Barron
• The Twelve by C. Bernard Ruffin--reviewed here.
• The Everlasting Man by G. K. Chesterton
• Darwin and Doctrine by Daniel Kuebler
• Abiding the Long Defeat by Patrick Sweeney--reviewed here.
• Uniformity with God's Will by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri--reviewed here.
• The Shroud of Jesus by Dr. Gilbert Lavoie--reviewed here.
• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Volume XII: Revelation--reviewed here.

Philosophy--

• Ethics off Beginners by Peter Kreeft
• Beauty and Imitation by Daniel McInerny
• God, Freedom, and Evil by Alvin Plantinga--reviewed here.
• Predestination, God's Foreknowledge, and Future Contingents by William Ockham
• Philosophical Essays by G. W. Leibniz
• Psychology and Religion by Carl Jung--reviewed here.
• The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Folklore/Mythology--

• Classic Campfire Stories by William Forgey
• Voices of the Wind by Edmonds and Clark
• The Ghostly Tales of Delaware by Carie Juettner--reviewed here.

Cinema--

• Popcorn with the Pope by David Paul Baird, Andrew Petiprin, and Michael Ward
• Monkey Business by Simon Louvish

History

• The Federalist Papers by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay

I will still read a lot of graphic novels available on Hoopla through my local library. And the handful that I buy or are given as gifts! Here's this year's reads...

1. Usagi Yojimbo Book 24--reviewed here.
2. Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man Volume 1--reviewed here.
3. Destroy All Humans Volume 5--reviewed here.
4. Spy x Family Volume 15--reviewed here.
5. Usagi Yojimbo Book 25--reviewed here.
6. The Serpent in the Garden--reviewed here.
7. Spider-Man: Brand New Day Volume 1--reviewed here.
8. Absolute Green Lantern Volume 1--reviewed here.
9. Usagi Yojimbo Book 26--reviewed here.
10. Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf--reviewed here.
11. Spider-Man: Brand New Day Volume 2--reviewed here.
12. Justice League Unlimited Volume 1--reviewed here.
13. Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-man Volume 2--reviewed here.
14. Usagi Yojimbo Book 27-reviewed here.
15. ???