August 2026 Wrap Up & Favourite Books of the Month #August2026WrapUp #BookishTravel #ArmchairTravel #FavouriteBooksoftheMonth #SecretLibraryBookBlog

August has been an amazing bookish month! I’m not sure how, but I managed to read/listen to 16 books! I completed the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge, which meant that I also reviewed a lot books! 😂

For those of you who enjoy graphs, here are my stats from StoryGraph

Favourites

I enjoyed all of the books I read and listened to this month, but these were my stand out favourites. ICYMI here are my reviews 😀

Bookish Travel

My armchair travel has been amazing, mainly because of two nonfiction books, South America and Overland Before the Hippie Trail. If my calculations are correct I visited 56 countries! 🤯 🌍

Australia

England

England

England, USA, Morocco, Greece,

Germany

Italy, France

England, Canada, Japan, Congo, USA, India, Nepal, Scotland

USA

USA, The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan

Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile

Scotland

USA

England, Belgium,

England

So how was your August?
Did you read or listen to any good books?