Here’s my 2026 list of books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched, with my rating of how much I liked it in parentheses (out of 10).
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Books
- Introvert Power by Laurie A Helgoe Ph.D. (6.5)
- Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (9)
- Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (8.5)
- Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto (8)
- The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters (8)
- Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry (7)
- Kakigori Summer (8)
- The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida (9)
- The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa (9)
- The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa (8)
- The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto (7)
- The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi (7)
- Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder by Asako Yuzuki (8)
- What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama (8)
See my current reading list at GoodReads, or my 2026 Year in Books.
Movies and Dorama
- The Apothecary Diaries (Season 1) (8)
- Badly in Love (Season 1) (8)
- How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (7)
- Secret Mall Apartment (6.5)
- Atsuko Okatsuka: Father (7)
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (9)
- Tora-san’s Sunrise and Sunset (7)
- The Wild Robot (8)
- Saving Face (8.5)
- Tokyo Love Story (6)
- Who Rules the World (7.5)
- Gimbap and Onigiri / キンパとおにぎり〜恋するふたりは似ていてちがう〜 (7)
- Made in Korea (7)
- The 35-Year Promise / 35年目のラブレター (8)
- Scarlet / 果てしなきスカーレット (6.5)
- Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey / かくかくしかじか (7)
- Purehearted / 風のマジム (7)
- Remarkably Bright Creatures (7)
