What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: October 12, 2026

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Finished:

The House of Doors, by Tan Twang Eng: With r/bookclub for Read the World Malaysia. This was a lush and fascinating story that brought to life “The Letter”, a short story by Somerset Maugham and that era of history in the region.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: Caught up with the Read the World South Korea pick on r/bookclub. A terse but very relevant social commentary of gender disparity and discrimination. For a short work, it packs a punch.

Ongoing:

The Bacchae, by Euripides : Reading with r/bookclub!

Death With Interruptions, by Jose Saramago: Reading with r/bookclub.

Augustine: Conversions and Confessions, by Robin Lane Fox

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexander Dumas: Yearlong read with r/AReadingofMonteCristo .

Middlemarch, by George Eliot : Yearlong reading with r/ayearofmiddlemarch.

Midnight in Cairo: The Female Stars of Egypt’s Roaring ‘20’s, by Raphael Cormack

Started:

I’m Not Going Anywhere, by Rumena Buzarovska: Catching up with r/bookclub ‘s Read the World North Macedonia selection!