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Everything? I've read 85 books so far and will probably read 6-8 this February.
January: 1. The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams 2. The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers 3. Every Eye by Isobel English 4. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 5. After Midnight by Irmgard Kuen 6. The Maidens by Alex Michaelides 7. North Woods by Daniel Mason 8. East Angels by Catherine Fenimore Woolson 9. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne February 10. William - An Englishman by Cecily Hamilton 11. A Modern Family by Helga Flatland 12. All Systems Red by Matha Wells 13. Chrysalis by Kim Todd 14. Hunger by Knut Hamsun 15. Learned By Heart by Emma Donoghue 16. Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo 17. Fidelity by Susan Glaspell March 18. Glaciers by Alexis M. Smith 19. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 20. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters 21. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 22. The Confidence Code by Katty Kay 23. Eve by Cat Bohannon 24. The Hunter by Tana French April 25. The Wager by David Grann 26. The Dress Diary by Kate Strasdin 27. China Court by Rumer Godden 28. The Easy life in Kamusari 29. The Ladies' paradise by Emile Zola May 30. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear 31. Shakespeare's Sisters by Ramie Targoff 32. Family Roundabout by Richmal Compton 33. The Feast by Margaret Kennedy 34. The Pastor by Hanne Ørstavik 35. How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair June 36. Jane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson 37. The Idiot by Elif Batuman 38. The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough 39. Grass of the Earth by Aagot Raaen 40. Happiness Falls by Angie Kim 41. Enlightenment by Sarah Perry 42. My Faraway One by Sarah Greenough 43. Long Island by Colm Toibin 44. The Paper Garden by Molly Peacock 45. The Belton Estate by Anthony Trollope 46. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman 47. Clear by Carys Davies July 48. Bear by Julia Phillips 49. The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline 50. Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson 51. Three Sisters by Bi Feiyu 52. We Die Alone 53. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 54. The Whispers by Ashley Audrain 55. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon August 56. Quake by Auðor Jonsdottir 57. We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen 58. Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky 59. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, audiobook read by Linda Stephens 60. Possession by A.S. Byatt 61. THe Other Bennett Sister by Janice Hadlow 62. James by Percival Everett 63. Nansen by Roland Huntford September 64. The Fortune of the Rougons by Emile Zola 65. Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley 66. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue 67. News of the World by Paulette Jiles 68. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 69. Brook Evans by Susan Glaspell 70. The Mothers by Brit Bennett October 71. The King's General by Daphne DuMaurier 72. Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks 73. God of the Woods by Liz Moore 74. A World on Fire by Amanda Foreman 75. Let the People Pick the President by Jesse Wegman 76. We're Alone by Edwidge Danticat 77. Tar Baby by Toni Morrison 78. The Husbands by Holly Gramazio November 79. There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak 80. If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio 81. The Fiery Trial by Eric Foner 82. American Wolf by Nate Blakeslee 83. Orbital by Samantha Harvey 84. His Excellency Eugene Rougon by Zola 85. The Hike by Lucy Clarke |
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Clearly not as many books as some posters but, from what I remember…
Ulysses, Trust, Demon Copperhead, The Night Watchmen, Open (Andre Agassi’s book), Peaceful Parenting Happy Kids, When we Cease to Understand the World, Peaceful Parenting Happy Siblings, The Anxious Generation, Middlemarch, Pachinko, Steve Jobs… |
^^^Ulysses took me like 6wks but I was determined to actually read if once in my life and once was enough |
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Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin Meet the Frugalwoods by Elizabeth Willard Thames The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher Israel by Noa Tishby Book Lovers by Emily Henry A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) by Sarah J. Maas Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton Moloka'i by Alan Brennert Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink Who Is Taylor Swift? by Kirsten Anderson Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin The Women by Kristin Hannah Spare by Prince Harry North: Finding My Way While Running the Appalachian Trail Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano How to Keep House While Drowning by K.C. Davis |
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Books I read this year that were on paper:
Lost Lake The Glassblower's Apprentice Garden Spells Step Ball Change Saving CeeCee Honeycutt The Nine Lessons The Mistletoe Secret Let It Snow Never Come Back Audiobooks I listened to in 2024: January Holes The Rosie Project The Rosie Effect The Rosie Result Vanishing Half Starry Night The Bachelor Prince Last Mrs. Parrish Sweeney Sisters February Christmas Basket Cassandra in Reverse Pineapple Street Stormy Weather Berry Pickers March Can You Keep a Secret Sweetness of Water Starting Now Dreamland Every Breath Valentine The Wall Someone Else's Shoes April One Plus One I owe you one Wedding Night Twenties Girl My wife Said you should marry me Unbroken Little Bit Country The unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry May We begin at the end Fried Green Tomatoes Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop Orphan #8 Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls When life gives you Lululemons The Idea of You June I've got your number Crazy Rich Asians Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty Blossom Street Brides Dear John Maid Grace after Henry Catching Christmas Things my son needs to know July Started early took my dog Dead end in Norvelt One true loves Storied life of A.J. Fickery Dear Mrs. Bird August Yours Cheerfully Mrs. Porter Calling The Dollhouse There was an old woman Tapestry of Fortunes Trouble with goats and sheep Good Company happiness for beginners chicken sisters Call your daughter home September The 100 year old man who climbed out a window and disappeared Roll of thunder hear my cry Always in December The Kitchen House Finding Audrey October Keeping Lucy My life with the Walter boys Expiration Dates November Lily and the Octopus Summers at the Saint The Lincoln Highway The Paradise Problem December Wish You were here (just started) According to my notes, that is 74 audiobooks. |
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North Woods, Daniel Mason
Horse, Geraldine Brooks The Best Minds, Jonathan Rosen Day, Michael Cunningham The Gifted School, Bruce Holsinger The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath The Bee Sting, Paul Murray Wellness, Nathan Hill Biography of X, Catherine Lacey Skippy Dies, Paul Murray Man Walks Into a Room, Nicole Krauss Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn Educated, Tara Westover This Time Tomorrow, Emma Straub The Ministry of Time, Kaliane Bradley Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Toshikazu Kawaguchi Tracy Flick Can’t Win, Tom Perrotta The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalia Harris Same As It Ever Was, Claire Lombardo Exit West, Mohsin Hamid On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder The Nix, Nathan Hill The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Maggie Smith Intermezzo, Sally Rooney The God of the Woods, Liz Moore The Third Rainbow Girl, Emma Copley Eisenberg |