2026 Book List So Far...
We're about halfway through the year, so I thought I'd post my book list so far for 2026. Right now I'm reading Ragtime and We the People, two books about America.
The AI Con by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna
High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley
Flash Feedback by Matthew Williams
This Child Will Be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Twelve Months by Jim Butcher
Pop-up Shakespeare: Every Play and Poem in Pop-up 3-D by The Reduced Shakespeare Co., Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin, Jennie Maizels (Illustrator)
Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd
About Grace by Anthony Doerr
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (re-read for teaching)
The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
The Complete Peanuts 1955-56 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
The Complete Peanuts 1957-58 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
The Complete Peanuts 1959-60 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
The Complete Peanuts 1961-62 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
The Irrational Season by Madeleine L’Engle (re-read)
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. by Ryan Holiday
The Complete Peanuts 1963-64 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
The Complete Peanuts 1965-66 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
The Complete Peanuts 1967-68 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
Reading Beauty by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Meg Hunt
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (re-read for teaching)
Hunting for Humans by Christopher Finkle and David Finkle (re-read to edit new edition)
Only a Matter of Time by the DHS Time Travelers (co-wrote with my students and read at least 3 times to edit)
The Complete Peanuts 1969-70 by Charles M. Schulz (re-read)
Out Law by Jim Butcher
One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by by Omar El Akkad
Don't Call It Art by Austin Kleon
Sourcery by Terry Pratchett
Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
The Unteachables by Gordan Korman
Killer, Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury
The Playful Way: Creativity, Connection, and Joy Through Everyday Moments of Play by Piera Gelardi
The Father You Get and the Ones You Make, Believe In, and Become by Patton Dodd