Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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I am thrilled to share plans for Reading the Globe 2026. Join us to enjoy some exciting global reading across the year. 12 books, four in each strand: Classics, Contemporary and YA.

The other Reading the Globe hosts:
Katja @PageTurnersWithKatja
Jack @spreadbookjoy
And the Discord server for discussion about the books and more discord.gg/hJBv9gK742

For WiT: Angelia @readandre-read
For the Turkish Shelf: Berna @BernasBookishAdventures

There's a StoryGraph challenge (thanks Amelia) app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/10f19038-a1d7-49ac-ad91-83db1ec738a3?redirect=true

January classic: An African in Greenland Tété-Michel Kpomassie translated by James Kirkup
February contemporary: Orlanda Jacqueline Harpman translated by Ros Schwartz
March YA: 172 Hours on the Moon Johan Harstad translated by Tara Chace
April classic: Embers Sándor Márai translated by Carol Brown Janeway
May contemporary: Leyla's House Zülfü Livaneli translated by Brendan Freely and Yelda Türedi
June YA: TBC
July classic: Men of Maize Miguel Ángel Asturias translated by Gerald Martin
August contemporary: TBC along with more WiT Month plans
September YA: Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow Faïza Guène
October classic: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio Pu Songling translated by John Minford
November contemporary: The Woman Dies Aoko Matsuda translated by Polly Barton
December YA: TBC