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2026

Reading Books AnnualBookList Dgplug

What do all the stars and daggers after the book titles mean?

¶ for Lindy books
† for most non fiction
‡ for tech / work / study / reference stuff
# for alternate media (like audio or video)
numbers are footnotes
Some book titles might be repeated (in addition to the annual Lindy reads :)
After all, we are what we re-read :)


January
#

  1. The Rest is History, The Nazis at War, Parts I-IV†#
  2. The Second Stain, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 37#
  3. The Man with the Twisted Lip, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 38#
  4. Mania for Subjugation III, Hardcore History, Episode 73†#
  5. The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett
  6. Sister, Maiden, Monster, Lucy A. Snyder
  7. Shattered Lands, Sam Dalrymple†, Related Post
  8. The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel†, Related Post
  9. History of the Alphabet, Kevin Stroud†
  10. A Play of Isaac, Margaret Frazer
  11. The Rest is History, Jack the Ripper, Parts I-IV†#
  12. The Muskgrave Ritual, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 39

February
#

  1. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, John le Carré
  2. The Novice’s Tale, Margaret Frazer
  3. Beyond the Rift, Peter Watts
  4. The Servant’s Tale, Margaret Frazer
  5. Call for the Dead, John le Carré
  6. A Murder of Quality, John le Carré
  7. The Outlaw’s Tale, Margaret Frazer
  8. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 381-390†#
  9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
  10. Falco, The Official Companion, Lindsey Davis

March
#

  1. The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson
  2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Stieg Larsson
  3. The Looking Glass War, John le Carré
  4. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, John le Carré
  5. The Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré
  6. The Bear and the Nightingale, Katherine Arden
  7. The Girl in the Tower, Katherine Arden
  8. The Winter of the Witch, Katherine Arden

April
#

  1. 50 Literature Ideas, You Really Need to Know, John Sutherland†
  2. Deep Questions, Cal Newport, Episodes 391-400†#
  3. Lincoln the Unknown, Dale Carnegie†
  4. Empire Podcast, The Bronze Age Apocalypse, Episodes 332-337†#
  5. Empire Podcast, Indian Uprising 1857, Episodes 322-329†#
  6. The Beryl Coronet, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 40
  7. The Stockbroker’s Clerk, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 41
  8. The Six Napoleons, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 42
  9. Songteller, My Life in Lyrics, Dolly Parton†#
  10. Empire Podcast, The Middle East: From the Arab Cold War to the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, Episodes 346-353†#

May
#

  1. The Three Garridebs, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 43
  2. The Empty House, Sherlock & Co. Podcast, Season 44
  3. Smiley’s People, John le Carré
  4. Empire Podcast, Simon Bolivar: the Liberator, Episodes 354-357†#
  5. Vanguard, Spring 2026, Episode 3, Acquired Podcast†#

June
#

  1. The Rest is History, The Fall of the Incas, Episodes 644-649†#
  2. Empire Podcast, Spice Wars: The Battle of the East India Companies, Episodes 358-360†#
  3. Learning Object-Oriented Programming, Design and TDD with Pharo, Stéphane Ducasse & Damien Pollet‡
  4. The Secret Pilgrim, John le Carré
  5. Control, Andy Diggle, Angela Cruickshank, Andrea Mutti & Vladimir Popov
  6. Chung Ju-yung & Hyundai, Farnam Street Podcast†#
  7. The Art of Reading, Timothy Spurgin (The Great Courses)‡#
  8. Steve Jobs in Exile, Geoffrey Cain†
  9. Data Structures the Fun Way, Jeremy Kubica‡
  10. Platform Decay, Martha Wells
  11. Apple: The First 50 Years, David Pogue†

July
#

  1. Analysis and Critique, Dorsey Armstrong (The Great Courses)‡#
  2. D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire