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2026 Reading Resolutions — What will yours be?

To read at least one book every month in 2026 and to read at least 25% of the books I read outside of my normal reading likes of: history, culture, fantasy and adventure. Maybe to try the odd romance book, or something I would have never even known existed.
Patrick
North-west England

To read more poetry.
Joanne
Guernsey

To read more widely outside of books – newsletters, newspaper, blogs, reports and so forth.
Lucille Pauline
Portsmouth

Reading more books I love – love stories centred around Black characters.
Uzoamaka
London

Keep on finishing my unfinished books and starting the unbegun.
Paparoa
New Zealand

Twenty-six books for 2026.
Woody
London

I will have a pretentious poetry night with wine and cheese with my friends with my favourite poetry books!
Jenny
Blackpool

Immerse myself in English Romanticism for pure enjoyment.
Richard
London

To share on Instagram all of the books I read in 2026.
Jo
Northwest England

Having read twenty-eight books in 2025, I have now decided to take a more slow burn approach. My aim this year is to tackle longer books, and often more demanding, books and dwell on them rather than set myself anxiety-fuelling targets.
Andréa
Oxfordshire

Looking out for the story behind stories. History, biography, art.
Toddy
North Yorkshire

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, Moby Dick by Herman Melville. King James Bible.
Baz
Cork, Ireland

Read one hundred books.
Will
London

Read all the books on my TBR pile, which is currently over four hundred titles (don’t judge, I’m a bookseller).
Kezza
North West

To read carefully, attentively and – most of all – regularly.
Stephen
South West

To read even more, including more short stories.
Hugh
South East

Read one novel per month and new poems per month too.
Mary
UK

To read my physical TBR pile.
Amelia
Manchester

To read more and more non-fiction.
Lou
London

To read one book from each country in Asia.
Neha
London

I really lost my reading mojo in 2025, so it’s my intention to try and read more in 2026.
Paula
Ireland

To log/rate all the books I finish.
Lucy
Northumberland

Read ten classics every quarter!
Ashley
Southeast Asia

One hundred books in a year . . . I did it in 2025 but they weren’t all quality reads 🙂
Heather
Cumbria

To read more intuitively and shop my own shelves.
Laura
Scotland

To read more intensely, even if that means reading fewer books.
Andréa
Oxfordshire

To make a significant headway in becoming a Tove Jansson completionist.
Paula
North Wales

To read one book published in each year of my life For me that id quite a lot of books!
Rose
Devon

To complete my long journey through Finnegans Wake, a book of incredible complexity and literary brilliance.
Mark
Sussex

To read more of my TBR pile as opposed to buying more !!
Maureen
Northampton

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