What are you reading in 2026?

[Umbran]

And I still have a copy of "On the Origin of Time" (which I believe was co-authored by Stephen Hawking) waiting to be read.

No, it was authored by Thomas Hertog, a long-time student and collaborator of Hawking, about work he and Hawking did.

 

[abazaba]

No, it was authored by Thomas Hertog, a long-time student and collaborator of Hawking, about work he and Hawking did.

Thanks for the correction and clarification.

 

[abazaba]

This thread is definitely for non-fiction too and several got recommended. I have not read a single non-fiction this year, which is a bit surprising for me. Usually around 20-30% of my reads are non-fiction. This year I just was not interested in any yet.

Thanks.

Not sure if people here are interested in my thoughts on Domain Driven Design or Software Architecture Patterns

I used to have a ICT daytime job as an system administrator (Unix/Linux), so I might be interested in some those topics in that field (but perhaps not specifically in software design). For example I still have 3 books about 'Unix Kernel Internals' (HP-UX and Sun Solaris) waiting for me to be read though. But I agree with you that I might be the only one on this forum who also has an interest in such topics.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I finished reading the Crash Code anthology. Good stuff. Some of the short stories were very short, but no less punchy for it. Did a good job at digging down into the genre themes without getting caught up in the surface trappings.

It appears I'm continuing with reading anthologies, because next up is the Karl Edward Wagner-edited The Year's Best Horror Stories XV.

TIL she has even published music and poetry...

Same.

 

[Voadam]

This thread is definitely for non-fiction too and several got recommended. I have not read a single non-fiction this year, which is a bit surprising for me. Usually around 20-30% of my reads are non-fiction. This year I just was not interested in any yet.

For the 20 years I was commuting at my prior job I was rotating categories of CD audio books from the library and it was 50/50 fiction and nonfiction. I got through a lot of long series and books and teaching company lectures.

Now that I no longer commute like that and my day job is constantly reading nonfiction reports and news on diverse topics I find that my reading for fun is fiction and more often short stories and comics and RPG stuff. My nonfiction pleasure reading is now mostly New Yorker articles which I have gotten back into reading and short topic summaries of recent news stuff from the The Week.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

If folks are interested, Humble Bundle has a 38-book bundle of Gene Wolfe up. YMMV, but, for me, my life improved immeasurably when my buddy introduced me to Wolfe, just an absolute joy to read.

 

[gban007]

If folks are interested, Humble Bundle has a 38-book bundle of Gene Wolfe up. YMMV, but, for me, my life improved immeasurably when my buddy introduced me to Wolfe, just an absolute joy to read.

Not available in your area I did grab the Greg Bear collection yesterday before it ended.

 

[Autumnal]

The C.J. Cherryh bundle is also a ridiculously good deal.

 

[el-remmen]

After finishing the Parable of the Sower and the Parable of the Talents (the fact that Butler only ever got to write two of that series is a tragedy), once I completed my Dune reread, I have started rereading Perdido Street Station, a book I read and loved over 20 years ago (I remember loving the follow up, The Scar, even more). China Mieville is a fantastic writer and I have enjoyed a couple of his other books.

Oh and I am relistening to the Dungeon Crawler Carl books while crafting and doing chores before moving on to book 8.

 

[SkidAce]

The C.J. Cherryh bundle is also a ridiculously good deal.

And the Handleman bundle.