Drew Bale - author

This is my top books read in 2025.

Lord of the rings, the fellowship of the ring.
The Bourne Identity.
Wonder.
Ready Player One.
Eleven Rings - Phil Jackson.
Project Hail Mary.
Rabbit Soldier Angel Thief.
Legends and Soles - Sonny Vaccaro.
Not everything counts, but everything matters - Ivan Cleary.
The N64 Encyclopaedia.

I would recommend anyone to read any or all of these.

Happy New Year everyone.

This time last year I had 2 goals for the year. The first was to read more and the second was to write more.

I had 2 reading goals within my 'more reading' goal. The first was to read 17 books that I hadn't gotten around to. And the second was to read at least 20 pages of a book a day. How did I go?
I read 53 books (yet still missed a couple from the 17 I intended) and read a total of 14643 pages; which was almost double my intended reading.
This picture is my read pile.

My writing was not as successful, but my Maths says I can move some reading time into writing time and still read a bunch. Here's hoping for a different story (literally) in 2026.If you know a publisher send them my way if they want to jump on board.

Thanks for everyone's messages of support, including Collins Booksellers Orange who frequently act as cheerleaders.

Here is to a great 2026.