Today’s prompt from Long and Short reviews is: what genre do you want to read more of in 2026? My science fiction and historical fiction reading last year were both fairly dismal, so….both.
WHAT have you finished reading recently? Treacherous Alliance, Trita Parsi. A history of Israel, Iranian, and American relations.
WHAT are you reading now? Paradise Lost, John Milton, and Losing the Signal, a history of BlackBerry’s rise and fall.
WHAT are you reading next? After The Confessions, Treacherous Alliance, and Paradise Lost, I think I need something fun. I might commit to Summer of 49 by Robert Halberstam, a baseball history about when DiMaggio and Williams were king. Edit: after getting halfway through and wondering what book I’d read so many of these stories in before, I checked RF and lo! I’ve read this one before.
Reading Freely 
I could certainly read more historical fiction, too. 😊
Let me know if you ever want any reccs! I’ve read a fairly good variety of stabby-shooting type books with the ocassional peaceful thriller. XD
I should read more historical fiction, too.
It can be a surprisingly mixed genre!
Is there anything better than reading a really good book in one day???
Even if you stay up half the night finishing it. — The next day it would be great if nothing happens in real life that demands my attention. It’s like eating the best Thanksgiving dinner you have ever had, then sitting and staring into space afterward.
Only to wake up the next morning with a “aw, no more story” hangover!
I read ‘The Odessa File’ in like 6-7 hours…. BOY did my eyes hurt afterwards!!
That seems like a challenge! I could zip through CJ Box books at the rate of one a day if it wasn’t for pesky work getting in the way.
I think it was a Saturday or at least a day off from College…
Great choices, Stephen. I’ve never read Paradise Lost. Losing the Signal sounds fascinating.
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