“If you don’t like to read, you haven’t found the right book.” – J.K. Rowling
As usual, a list of the books I have read (or tried to read) in 2019.
January 2019
The Truth - Michael Palin
The Mercy Seat - Elizabeth H Winthrop
Still Lives - Maria Hummel
Scribe - Alyson Hagy
Beautiful Animals - Lawrence Osbourne
February 2019
The Oracle of Stamboul - Michael David Lucas
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo - Michael David Lucas
The Feral Detective - Jonathan Letham
March 2019
Vincent and Theo - Deborah Heiligman
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen - Hendrik Groen (DNF far too silly)
Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book - Lawrence Hill
The Light Keeper's Daughters - Jean E Pendziwol
The Windfall - Diksha Basu
Fruit of the Drunken Tree - Ingrid Rojas Contreras (I loved this book!)
Florida - Lauren Groff (DNF all the short stories)
My Absolute Darling - Gabrielle Tallent (DNF)
April 2019
Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson (2nd time reading this)
Boy Swallows Universe - Trent Dalton (I loved this book!)
May 2019
Girl in Translation - Jean Kwok
Falling for London - Sean Mallen
The Suspect - Fiona Barton
The Gown - Jennifer Robson
Never Coming Back - Alison McGhee (very sad book)
June 2019
Mambo in Chinatown - Jean Kwok
Murder in Matera - Helene Stapinksi
Lives in Ruins - Marilyn Johnson
Becoming - Michelle Obama
Pachinko - Min Jin Lee
July 2019
The Lost Art of Walking - Geoff Nicholson
August 2019
The Perfect Predator - Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson
The Book Worm - Mitch Silver
Still Mine - Amy Stuart (did not finish)
Lady Macbeth - Susan Fraser King
Truevine - Beth Macy
The Orphan's Tale - Pam Jenoff
Finding Me - Michelle Knight
September 2019
Edward VII - Catharine Arnold
The Casual Vacancy - J K Rowling
The Redeemed - Tim Pears (DNF it was just not interesting at all, sorry Tim)
Welcome to the Goddam Ice Cube - Blair Braverman
At the Wolf's Table - Rosella Postorino
October 2019
The Calligrapher's Daughter - Eugenia Kim
The Storied Life of A J Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
Down the Nile, Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff - Rosemary Mahoney
Walking the Nile - Levison Wood
November 2019
The Night Before - Wendy Walker
Magic Hour - Kristin Hannah
Secret Son - Laila Lalami
December 2019
Big Brother - Lionel Shriver
Once Upon a Time in England - Helen Walsh (I could not put this book down!)
North Korea Journal - Michael Palin
Skeletons on the Sahara - Dean King
Currently reading The Post Birthday World - Lionel Shriver. I'm really enjoying this book and I think I'll try to read other books by this American author.
Lots more books to read in 2020. Happy Reading everyone!
So many books, so little time. I started with Lionel Shriver's We Have to Talk About Kevin'. She is often a confronting writer, but so very worth while.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought Lionel Shriver was a man. I've only read one by her, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" and I loved it. I have another one of hers on my bookshelf.
ReplyDeleteAnd I've only read one on your list, "The Storied Life of AJ Fikry" I loved that one too. I've added your favourites to my to-read list.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Now it's January and I'm currently reading "We need to talk about Kevin" and it's fascinating, but very frightening, in fact terrifying.
DeleteI loved that book of hers. Let us know what you think - I found it confronting but excellent. And like it best of those of her books I have read.
DeleteHappy New Year.
ReplyDeleteMarch was a banner month for books!
ReplyDeleteYou were well read last year.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I've never even heard of most of those. I did enjoy Becoming and finished Hendrik Groen but it wasn't as good as it might have been.
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