Books I’ve Been Reading Lately (May 2026) | S3E141

In this episode, I share books I have read and loved or liked lately.

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Books I’ve read and loved lately

Something I started in 2026 is a reading journal. It has space for 100 books, so should last me almost 2 years as I’m at about 50 books a year now. I never thought I would keep up with one, but I’m doing OK so far. Sometimes I had to go back and add a book I missed, but it is helping me keep track of what a book is about and some of the characters in it.

Sometimes I read a book and have no idea what it was about or anyone’s name, but I know I loved it. Does that ever happen to you?

'100 book' small yellow notebook

I haven’t done a book episode in over a year (I don’t know how that happened), so this list isn’t everything I’ve been reading lately, just some of my favourites. I loved to re-read, though, so anything that I miss off will probably pop up in a future episode.

A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young*

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig*

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid*

Strangers by Belle Burden*

The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller*

Sounds Like Love by Ashely Poston*

Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry*

Weyward by Emilia Hart*

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin*

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young*

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt*

The Wedding People by Alison Espach*

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand*

The Binding by Bridget Collins*

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab*

Chasing Daisy by Paige Toon*

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins*

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