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June 2026 reading review featuring twelve books

June 2026 Books

Twelve books and 4,996 pages in June, including crime thrillers, memoirs and biographies—and one novel that completely caught me off guard.

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May 2026 reading review

May 2026 Books

Eight books from May, ranging from crime and time travel to Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and deeply questionable workplace culture.

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April 2026 Books

Nine books from April, with crime, thrillers and an assortment of memorable characters across another strong reading month.

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March 2026 reading review

March 2026 Books

March brought a mixed reading month of time travel, murder, doomed relationships and people making consistently poor decisions.

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February 2026 reading review

February 2026 Books

Six books from February, featuring small-town mysteries, suspicious influencers, dysfunctional families and plenty of fictional bodies.

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January 2026 reading review

January 2026 Books

Six books and 1,880 pages in January, with crime fiction, time travel, a heist and an ever-growing trail of fictional bodies.

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Mix Tape television adaptation and cassette nostalgia

Mix Tape

An honest review of the Mix Tape television adaptation, comparing it with the novel while revisiting C90 cassettes, teenage music snobbery and nostalgia.

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Best books of 2024 – Verso Media reading roundup

2024 Books

Genre statistics, most-read authors and a top 10 spanning thrillers, memoirs, music and politics—my 2024 reading year reviewed.

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Best books of 2023 – Verso Media reading roundup

2023 Books

A record 124 books, 70 authors and one difficult top 10—here are the reading stats and standout books from 2023.

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