Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A slightly croaky run through of my August reading plans.

Reading events mentioned:
Faulkner in August with @hardbooks770 and the team. Contact me on Voxer rcook2207 to join the group. More info in the announcement youtu.be/4f2XPStPzLw?is=f-Sb8niSxbe9t1mn
Reading the Globe and Women in Translation month with @PageTurnersWithKatja and @readandre-read . Join us on Discord discord.gg/ddUBUcKTA and more info in the announcement youtu.be/GQoGyv4vU5o?is=XthymmgUZVqWtBLK
New recommendations from @ellenmadebookclubyoutu.be/Kb6FI8zEvHc?is=BZEz1wi3wAZIzXnE and @BookishTexan youtu.be/3l6ieeMm-cw?is=cg7YeFL6yIb77StC
Also Garbaugust hosted by @CriminOllyBlog and others; Neglected Victorian Bestsellers hosted by @royreadsanything on Discord discord.gg/YrDK9FsVs and Turkish Shelf book club led by @BernasBookishAdventures . Ask me on Voxer to join the group for The Museum of Innocence.

Books mentioned:
Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
The Door by Magda Szabo translated by Len Rix
Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller translated by Michael Hofman
Cocoon by Zhang Yueran translated by Jeremy Tiang
She Came From Mariupol by Natascha Wodin translated by Alfred Kueppers
Murder at Mt Fuji by Shizuko Natsuki translated by Robert Rohmer
A Providence of War by Joshua Taumoefolau
Mysteries of London by George Reynolds
The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk translated by Maureen Freely
A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks
Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa