Here’s what I’m reading right now — four books worth picking up in June 2026, even though they don’t have much in common except that they’ve all been sitting nearby lately, and I’ve found myself thinking about each one long after I put it down.
Some months the books on my nightstand all seem to be having the same conversation. This isn’t one of those months.
Four Books Worth Picking Up in June 2026
Essentialism — Greg McKeown
I’ve spent a lot of time this month looking at projects. The retaining wall. The yard. The blog. A dozen other things I could be doing if I had another twenty hours in the week.
What I’ve appreciated about this book is its reminder that deciding what not to do is often more important than deciding what to do. That sounds obvious until you’re staring at a list that keeps growing.
Built to Move — Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett
I’ve been thinking about movement differently lately. Not as exercise you do for an hour and then stop, but as a handful of small, ordinary habits that determine whether your body can keep doing what you actually want it to do. The wall project. Yard work. Travel. Exploring a new place. Carrying groceries. Walking a trail with Tom.
A lot of the life I want depends on being able to move through it comfortably. This book has given me a lot to think about.
How to Suffer Outside — Diana Helmuth
This one made me laugh, a lot. It’s a collection of outdoor adventures that don’t always go according to plan, which turns out to be a refreshing change from the polished version of adventure we usually see online.
Blisters. Bad decisions. Misadventures. The kind of stories most people leave out. I enjoyed every minute of it.
The Good Enough Job — Simone Stolzoff
I picked this up thinking it would be about work. Instead, I keep finding myself applying it to everything else — the projects, the house, the blog, the tendency to let one thing take over every available corner of life.
Not everything has to become your entire identity. And not every worthwhile project has to consume all of your time and energy to be worth doing. That idea has been sitting with me lately.
What’s On Your Nightstand?
No theme this month. Just four books that happened to find me at the right time.
If you’ve read something recently that you think belongs on my list, I’d love to hear about it.
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