The list of books read during 2024.... as usual Canadian authors shown in RED, British authors in BLUE, American authors in GREEN.
For previous years' reading lists go here:
That's a lot of books, many of them have been enjoyed twice.... Thank goodness for our local library.
January
Moral Disorder - Margaret Atwood
The Huntress - Kate Quinn
Hotel Silence - Audur Ava Olafsdottir
The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
Forty Autumns - Nina Willner (loved this book)
February
Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
Madhouse at the End of the Earth - Julian Sancton (fascinating book, enjoyed it)
Soundings, Journeys in the Company of Whales - Doreen Cunningham
March
Franklin's Lost Ship, The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus - John Geiger and Alannah Mitchell
Franklin's Lost Ship, The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus - John Geiger and Alannah Mitchell
Erebus - Michael Palin (very good book)
The Bettencourt Affair - Tom Sancton (DNF, got halfway through)
Breakfasts and Eggs - Mieko Kawakami (DNF, too weird)
The Reckoning - Ken McGoogan
Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror Expedition - Gillian Hutchinson
The Magician - Colm Toibin
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena (weak, rubbishy)
April
All Our Shimmering Skies - Trent Dalton (Australian author)
The Social Life of Ink - Ted Bishop
May
The Lost Man - Jane Harper
The Lost Man - Jane Harper
Exiles - Jane Harper
The Postcard - Anne Berest (a great book)
Old God's Time - Sebastian Barry (wow, great book! I started out doubtful but loved it.)
The Van Gogh Sisters - Willem-Jan Verlinden
June
Days Without End - Sebastian Barry
Days Without End - Sebastian Barry
Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro
A Thousand Moons - Sebastian Barry
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie - Marie Benedict
The Final Case - David Guterson
July
Paper Cuts - Colin Bateman
The Princess of Las Vegas - Chris Bohjalian
Looking for Jane - Heather Marshall
The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry (loved this book)
When We Were Young - Richard Roper
August
Where my Heart used to Beat - Sebastian Faulks
Where my Heart used to Beat - Sebastian Faulks
The Other Einstein - Marie Benedict
Sweetland - Michael Crummey (great book)
The Clockmaker's Daughter - Kate Morton
The Truth - Michael Palin
September
The Innocents - Michael Crummey (loved this book)
The Innocents - Michael Crummey (loved this book)
Children of the Stars - Mario Escobar (DNF, very basic)
The Cactus - Sarah Haywood
The Adversary - Michael Crummey (you can't go wrong with this Newfoundland author)
Above the Ether - Eric Barnes (DNF, too chilling)
Behind You is the Sea - Susan Muaddi Darraj
East of the Mountains - David Guterson (liked this book)
The Wreckage - Michael Crummey
October
Galore - Michael Crummey
Galore - Michael Crummey
Caught - Lisa Moore
The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
We'll All be Burnt in our Beds Some Night - Joel Thomas Hynes
November
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles (DNF)
The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles (DNF)
The Taste of Ginger - Mansi Shah
A Slow Fire Burning - Paula Hawkins
The Last Tudor - Philippa Gregory
December
Everyone who can Forgive me is Dead - Jenny Hollander (Very strange, not a good read)
Lola in the Mirror - Trent Dalton (great book, love all 3 books by this Australian author)
The Virgin's Lover - Philippa Gregory
Sweet Tooth - Ian McEwan