50 Books in 2021!

[Zikoris]

Next 20, favourites marked:

421. Divine Misfortune - A.Lee Martinez
422. Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov

423. Within These Wicked Walls - Lauren Blackwood
A really good horror retelling of Jane Eyre.

424. The Poppy War - R.F. Kuang
425. The Last Adventure of Constance Verity - A. Lee Martinez
426. Foundation's Edge - Isaac Asimov

427. The King of Koraha - Maria Snyder
The final book in a really excellent desert fantasy trilogy. Loved it.

428. Blade of Secrets - Tricia Levenseller
429. Warrior of the Wild - Tricia Levenseller
430. Ladies of the Secret Circus - Constance Sayers
431. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

432. The Book of Longings - Sue Monk Kidd
A solid historical fiction retelling of the gospel, from the perspective of the wife of Jesus. Really just a good and interesting read.

433. Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
434. Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov

435. Terciel and Elinor - Garth Nix
Old Kingdom #6? Yes please! This whole series is amazing.

436. A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking - T. Kingfished
437. Sisters Red - Jackson Pearce
438. The Charmed Wife - Olga Grushin
439. The Man Who Quit Money - Mark Sundeen

440. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
I read this one for a reading challenge that called for a book with a pig on the cover, which is a HARD prompt to find. It was so magical and charming. I was absolutely able to enjoy it even as an adult. Really just a lovely work.

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440. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
I read this one for a reading challenge that called for a book with a pig on the cover, which is a HARD prompt to find. It was so magical and charming. I was absolutely able to enjoy it even as an adult. Really just a lovely work.

Agree!  I never read it until I did it as a read-aloud with my son.  I loved it, probably more than he did. 

If you have another 'pig on the cover' challenge, perhaps Charlotte's Web? 

[Zikoris]

440. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
I read this one for a reading challenge that called for a book with a pig on the cover, which is a HARD prompt to find. It was so magical and charming. I was absolutely able to enjoy it even as an adult. Really just a lovely work.

Agree!  I never read it until I did it as a read-aloud with my son.  I loved it, probably more than he did. 

If you have another 'pig on the cover' challenge, perhaps Charlotte's Web?

Unfortunately, I'd already read all the obvious ones! Charlotte's Web, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, A Day No Pigs Would Die. That made for a REALLY tough time.

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).

91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5). Spare and yet heavy.

92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio). Book club selection.  Very worthwhile read and fun short story collection.

93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6). Another short story collection, widely varied, but did not enjoy as much.

[ahptex]

(1) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(2) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
(3) Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
(4) We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
(5) Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(6) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
(7) Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
(8) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (re-read for book club)
(9) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(10) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
(11) New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
(12) Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
(13) The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
(14) How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
(15) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
(16) Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch
(17) Before She was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
(18) Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
(19) The Searcher by Tana French
(20) The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
(21) Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
(22) World Schooling: How to Revolutionize Your Child's Education Through Travel by Ashley Dymock de Gallo
(23) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
(24) To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
(25) Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
(26) Hope in the Dark, by Rebecca Solnit
(27) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
(28) Lawn Gone by Pam Penick
(29) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
(30) Death in Focus by Anne Perry
(31) Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
(32) The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
(33) Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
(34) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(35) Writers and Lovers by Lily King
(36) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
(37) Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
(38) Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
(39) How to Prepare for Climate Change by David Pogue

(40) New Spring by Robert Jordan
(41) Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
(42) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

[Raenia]

1	Gardening When it Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times	Steve Solomon	Library	TBR List	01/05/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2	Media Gothic: A Stroll Through State Street's Dark History	Laurie Hull, Matt Lake	Own	Other	1/8/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
3	Pretties	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/16/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
4	Specials	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/17/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
5	Extras	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/18/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
6	Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World	Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing	Library	TBR List	1/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
7	Stronghold	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	1/27/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
8	Rebecca	Daphne du Maurier	Library	TBR List	1/29/2021	General Fiction
9	The Black Company	Glen Cook	Library	TBR List	2/1/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
10	Shadows Linger	Glen Cook	Library	Sequel	2/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
11	From Our Home to Yours: Comfort Food to Give and Share	Joyce Goldstein	Own	Other	2/5/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
12	The White Rose	Glen Cook	Library	Sequel	2/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
13	Spiralized: Quick and Healthy	Publications International, Ltd.	Own	Other	2/7/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
14	The Dragon Token	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	2/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
15	Skybowl	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	2/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
16	The Lark and the Wren	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Reread	2/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
17	The Robin and the Kestrel	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Reread	2/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
18	The Eagle and the Nightingales	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Sequel	2/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
19	Spiritual Ecology: 10 Practices to Reawaken the Sacred in Everyday Life	Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Hilary Hart	Own	TBR List	2/21/0202	Nonfiction - Philosophy
20	Forest of a Thousand Lanterns	Julie C. Dao	Library	TBR List	2/22/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
21	A Cast of Corbies	Mercedes Lackey, Josepha Sherman	Own	Reread	2/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
22	Atomic Habits	James Clear	Library	TBR List	3/1/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
23	Sabriel	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/2/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
24	Lirael	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
25	Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life	Bill Burnett, Dave Evans	Library	TBR List	3/7/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
26	Abhorsen	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/9/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
27	Practical Sigil Magic: Creating Personal Symbols for Success	Frater U.D.	Own	TBR List	3/9/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
28	Clariel	Garth Nix	Library	Sequel	3/10/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
29	When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself	Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert	Own	TBR List	3/14/2021	General Nonfiction
30	Goldenhand	Garth Nix	Library	Sequel	3/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
31	Four & Twenty Blackbirds	Mercedes Lackey	Library	Sequel	3/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
32	Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World	Cal Newport	Library	TBR List	3/29/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
33	Craft: An American History	Glenn Adamson	Own	Other	4/1/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
34	The Hero with a Thousand Faces	Joseph Campbell	Library	TBR List	4/11/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
35	The Kingmaker's Daughter	Philippa Gregory	Library	TBR List	4/13/2021	Fiction - Historical
36	Mansfield Park	Jane Austen	Library	Book Club	4/19/2021	Fiction - Historical
37	The Color of Magic	Terry Pratchett	Library	TBR List	4/22/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
38	A Court of Silver Flames	Sarah J Maas	Library	Sequel	4/25/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
39	Elantris	Brandon Sanderson	Own	Reread	5/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
40	First Things First	Stephen R Covey, A Roger Merrill, Rebeccca R Merrill	Library	TBR List	5/6/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
41	The Black Prism	Brent Weeks	Library	TBR List	5/12/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
42	Small Batch Baking	Debby Maugans Nakos	Library	TBR List	5/13/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
43	The Magicians	Lev Grossman	Library	TBR List	5/21/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
44	The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself In Uncertain Times	Michael Brownlee	Library	Educational	5/23/2021	General Nonfiction
45	You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife	ed. Andrea Purcell, Kel McDonald	Own	Other	5/25/2021	General Fiction
46	Dragonsbane	Barbara Hambly	Own	TBR List	5/29/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
47	The Rest of Us Just Live Here	Patrick Ness	Library	TBR List	5/29/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
48	Soulless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/4/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
49	Changeless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
50	Blameless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
51	Heartless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
52	Timeless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/7/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
53	Action Philosophers!	Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey	Own	Educational	6/11/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
54	Matched	Ally Condie	Library	TBR List	6/12/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
55	Ancillary Justice	Ann Leckie	Library	TBR List	6/13/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
56	Mortal Engines	Philip Reeve	Library	TBR List	6/16/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
57	The Jefferson Bible	Thomas Jefferson	Own	Educational	6/18/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
58	Everything I Want to do is Illegal	Joel Salatin	Open Library	TBR List	6/20/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
59	Ancillary Sword	Ann Leckie	Library	Sequel	6/26/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
60	Ancillary Mercy	Ann Leckie	Library	Sequel	6/27/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
61	Folks, This Ain't Normal	Joel Salatin	Library	TBR List	6/29/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
62	The King of Elfland's Daughter	Lord Dunsany	Open Library	TBR List	7/2/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
63	Soap: Making It, Enjoying It	Ann Bramson	Open Library	TBR List	7/6/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
64	Parable of the Sower	Octavia Butler	Library	TBR List	7/7/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
65	Two Acre Eden	Gene Logsdon	Library	TBR List	7/13/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
66	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed	Jared Diamond	Library	TBR List	7/14/2021	General Nonfiction
67	The Bear and the Nightingale	Katherine Arden	Library	TBR List	7/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
68	Quitting Plastic: Easy and Practical Ways to Cut Down the Plastic in Your Life	Clara Williams Roldan, Louise Williams	Library	TBR List	7/16/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
69	Possum Living: How to Life Well Without a Job and (Almost) No Money	Dolly Freed	Library	TBR List	7/18/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
70	The Girl in the Tower	Katherine Arden	Library	Sequel	7/22/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
71	The Winter of the Witch	Katherine Arden	Library	Sequel	7/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
72	The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Including the Olney Hymns	William Cowper	Library	TBR List	7/25/2021	General Fiction
73	Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses	Robin Wall Kimmerer	Library	Book Club	7/31/2021	General Nonfiction
74	Dragons: A Natural History	Karl Shuker	Library	TBR List	8/1/2021	General Nonfiction
75	Stardust	Neil Gaiman	Library	TBR List	8/1/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
76	Prince of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	TBR List	8/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
77	Inuit Morality Play: The Emotional Education of a Three-Year-Old	Jean L. Briggs	Open Library	TBR List	8/4/2021	General Nonfiction
78	The Black Mage: Candidate	Rachel E. Carter	Open Library	TBR List	8/9/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
79	The Saber-tooth Curriculum	Harold Benjamin	Open Library	TBR List	8/11/2021	General Nonfiction
80	King of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	Sequel	8/14/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
81	Emperor of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	Sequel	8/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
82	A Pattern Language	Christopher Alexander	Library	TBR List	8/16/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
83	Throne of Glass	Sarah J Maas	Library	TBR List	8/18/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
84	Paper Towns	John Green	Library	TBR List	8/19/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
85	The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck	Sarah Knight	Library	TBR List	8/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
86	The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller	John Truby	Library	TBR List	8/23/2021	General Nonfiction
87	The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles	Steven Pressfield	Library	TBR List	8/24/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
88	The Cry of the Icemark	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	8/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
89	How to be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism	Stephen Guise	Library	TBR List	8/28/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
90	Bright Air Black	David Vann	Library	TBR List	8/29/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
91	The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen	Wilfred Owen	Library	TBR List	8/30/2021	General Nonfiction
92	Affluence without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen	James Suzman	Library	TBR List	9/1/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
93	Blade of Fire	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	9/5/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
94	Last Battle of the Icemark	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	9/11/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
95	Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World	Cal Newport	Library	TBR List	9/15/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
96	Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventures from Chess to Role-Playing Games	Jon Peterson	Library	TBR List	9/16/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
97	The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath the Bed	Patrick Rothfuss	Library	Other	9/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
98	Breach of Peace	Daniel B. Greene	Own	TBR List	9/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
99	The Blinding Knife	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
100	Stumbling on Happiness	Daniel Gilbert	Library	TBR List	9/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
101	The Broken Eye	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
102	The Old Century and Seven More Years	Sigfried Sassoon	Library	TBR List	9/28/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
103	The Blood Mirror	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
104	The Power of Just Doing Stuff: How Local Action can Change the World	Rob Hopkins	Library	TBR List	10/2/2021	General Nonfiction
105	Crafting a Daily Practice: A Simple Course on Self-Commitment	T Thorn Coyle	Own	Educational	10/3/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
106	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know	Malcolm Gladwell	Library	TBR List	10/3/2021	Nonfiction - Political Philosophy
107	The Burning White	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	10/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
108	Dune	Frank Herbert	Own	Reread	10/6/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
109	Dune Messiah	Frank Herbert	Open Library	Sequel	10/7/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
110	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America	David Hackett Fischer	Library	TBR List	10/9/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
111	The Eye of the World	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/10/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
112	The Curated Closet	Anuschka Rees	Library	TBR List	10/10/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
113	The Great Hunt	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
114	The Dragon Reborn	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/12/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
115	The Shadow Rising	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
116	The Fires of Heaven	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/17/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
117	Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work	Chip Heath, Dan Heath	Library	TBR List	10/18/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
118	Consider Phlebas	Iain M Banks	Library	TBR List	10/18/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
119	Lord of Chaos	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/19/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
120	A Crown of Swords	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/21/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
121	Too Like the Lightning	Ada Palmer	Library	TBR List	10/24/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
122	The Path of Daggers	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
123	Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us	Daniel H Pink	Library	TBR List	10/26/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
124	Winter's Heart	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/27/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
125	Crossroads of Twilight	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
126	Knife of Dreams	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
127	It's Only Too Late if You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life After 40	Barbara Sher	Library	TBR List	11/4/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
128	The Gathering Storm	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
129	New Spring	Robert Jordan	Library	Sequel	11/7/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
130	Towers of Midnight	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/8/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
131	Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less	Greg McKeown	Library	TBR List	11/10/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
132	A Memory of Light	Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson	Own	Reread	11/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
133	Braiding Sweetgrass	Robin Wall Kimmerer	Library	TBR List	11/17/2021	General Nonfiction
134	Seven Surrenders	Ada Palmer	Library	Sequel	11/20/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
135	Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know	Emily Oster	Library	TBR List	11/24/2021	General Nonfiction
136	The Witches are Coming	Lindy West	Library	TBR List	11/29/2021	General Nonfiction
137	Shadow of the Conqueror	Shad M Brooks	Own	TBR List	11/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy

138	Rocket Ship Galileo	Robert Heinlein	Library	TBR List	12/3/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
139	The Will to Battle	Ada Palmer	Library	Sequel	12/5/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
140	The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth	John Michael Greer	Library	TBR List	12/6/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy

Nonfiction: 52/25
TBR List: 74/25
Philosophy/Spirituality: 7/5

Favorites in bold.

[Linea_Norway]

Less is More, How degrowth will save the world. By Jason Hickel.
Mandatory reading!

[Linea_Norway]

The Why Are You Here Café by John Strelecky.

[Serendip]

…
82) The Forged Coupon, (fiction) Leo Tolstoy
83) The Book of Delights, essays, Ross Gay *bookclub
84) Women Talking (fiction), Miriam Toews
85) Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard
86) Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris
87) Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style, W. David Marx
88) How to Stay Sane (The School of Life), Philippa Perry

Recently finished/reading
89)The Rosie Project (fiction), Graeme C Simsion
90)The 100-year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared: Jonas Jonasson
91) A More Exciting Life (The School of Life)
92) Moon Of the Crusted Snow (fiction), Waubgeshig Rice *bookclub
93) The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin

[nessness]

44. Invisible Women by Caroline Criada Perez. This book was infuriating but excellent - would recommend to everyone, especially people who are interested in data.

45. Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway. Really good introduction to ecological gardening.

46. Tales from Both Sides of the Brain by Michael S. Gazzinaga. There were some really interesting parts but overall I didn't love it.

47. French Short Stories for Beginners Book 1 by Learn Like a Native. Interesting learning format; I'll probably try some more in the series.

3 more weeks in the year and 3 books to go to get to 50! This was a major stretch goal for me, but I might make it.

[StarBright]

Less is More, How degrowth will save the world. By Jason Hickel.
Mandatory reading!

putting this on my library hold list!

[Serendip]

Less is More, How degrowth will save the world. By Jason Hickel.
Mandatory reading!

putting this on my library hold list!

Oh yes, I’m going to try to get this too..

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).
91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5).
92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio).
93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6).

94.  Good as Gone, by Amy Gentry (Dec 9). Solid mystery/thriller.

95.  Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Dec 9) (audio).  Cool format - totally fiction but written like a true crime non-fiction book.  However, I realized I'm sick (literally nauseated) of reading books by men describing in lurid detail the abuse and murder of women and girls for entertainment. 

I didn't originally have a 100 book goal for this year, but found myself on a reading tear in the fall and decided I would go for it!  I'm having fun with it and have been excitedly selecting my last few books for the year.

[Linea_Norway]

Ekko (Echo) by Lena Lindgren. About algorythms and how Sillicon Valley is exploiting human behavioural flaws.

[Linea_Norway]

Sum from this year so far:

1. Å gå (Walking) by Erling Kagge
2. Hvis dere finner oss (In case you find us) by Leif B. Lillegaard
3. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
4. Marina Bellezza by Silvia Avallone
5. The Mind-Gut connection by Emeran Mayer
6. The left hand of darkness by Ursula le Guin
7. Recursion by Blake Crouch
8. Dark matter by Blake Crouch
9. Er det liv, er det sopp! (Is there life, there is fungus!) by L. Ryvarden and K. Høiland
10. Entangled life. How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures. By Merlin Sheldrake
11. The calculating stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
12. The relentless moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
13. The Dutch House by Ann Parchett
14. The way of kings by Brandon Sanderson
15. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
16. How to avoid a climate disaster by Bill Gates
17. Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
18. The new wildernis by Diane Cook
19. The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
20. Dykket (The Dive) by Frits du Bourg
21. En tilfeldig Nordmann (A random Norwegian) by Lars Saabye Christensen
22. Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo
23. Kjærlighet i nødsfall (Love in case of emergency) by Daniela Krien
24. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
25. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
26. First person singular by Haruki Murakami
27. Huid en haar (Skin and hair) by Arnon Grunberg
28. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
29. Station Eleven, by Emily St. Jogn Mandel
30. We are satellites, by Sarah Pinsker
31. Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
32. Rythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson
33. Pilgrims of the wild by Grey Owl
34. Grand-hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
35. The Lollipop Shoes, by Joanne Harris
36. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
37. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
38. The Toll by Neal Shusterman
39. Howl's moving castle, by Diana Wynne Jones.
40. A Cold War by Alan Russel
41. Castle in the air by Diana Wynne Jones
42. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
43. Verden under vann (The World under Water) by Pia Ve Dahlen
44. Livsviktig (Vital), by Jo Røislien
45. The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins
46. Soppriket (The Fungus Kingdom) by Håvard Kauserud
47. Et ekko av skyld (An Echo of Guilt) by Charlotte Link
48. Reven (The Fox) by Andreas Tjernshaugen
49. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
50. The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
51. Tangeringer, by Tore Grønlien
52. Den nye fisken (the new fish) by Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østl
53. Liv (Life) by Dag O. hessen
54. Ulovlig medisin (Illegal medicin) by Andres Wahl Blomkvist
55. Hemmelige Norge (Secret Norway) by Marius Nergård Pettersen
56. Cappelens store hagebok (Cappenlens big gardening book)
57. Zeta viruset (The Zeta Virus) by Øystein Bogen
58. A Silent Death by Peter May
59. Never by Ken Follett
60. Vakre farger fra naturen (Beautiful colours from nature) by Anna-Elise Torkilsen
61. Less is More, How degrowth will save the world. By Jason Hickel
62. The Why Are You Here Café by John Strelecky
63. Ekko (Echo) by Lena Lindgren

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).
91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5).
92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio).
93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6).
94.  Good as Gone, by Amy Gentry (Dec 9).
95.  Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Dec 9) (audio).

96.  All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1), by Martha Wells (Dec 11) (audio).  Liked this short sci-fi book and will definitely be reading more in the series.

97.  King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender (Dec 12).  Loved how this book handled grief and tough family convos.  I think it was more aimed at young adults, but I thought it was a great general novel and I teared up several times.  Very rich and evocative.

[change_seeker]

Finished:

1.  Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Listened to the audiobook with the kids on our Christmas trip to my parents.  Hearing the chores for those kids makes me think I should expect more from mine around the house!
2.  Jubal Sackett, by Louis L'Amour.  Nice change of pace from his normal formula.  The conjuring of fire to pull one over on his wife seemed...cheap.
3.  Last of the Breed, by Louis L'Amour.  Enjoyed, probably the fourth or fifth time I've read.
4.  The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliffe.  Took me a bit to get used to all the Roman terminology.  I think I'll have to watch the movie now to bemoan how it doesn't follow the book.
5.  The Silver Branch, by Rosemary Sutcliffe.  Probably my favorite of the trilogy.
6.  The Lantern Bearers, by Rosemary Sutcliffe.
7.  Comstock Lode, by Louis L'Amour.  Good epic tale to be bedridden with while awaiting COVID results.
8.  The Haunted Mesa, by Louis L'Amour.  Western Tough Guy + Sci Fi (parallel world that explains Anasazi disappearance)
9.  Atomic Habits, by James Clear.  Now to try some of his suggestions!
10. Galloway, by Louis L'Amour.
11. The Bible New Testament, The Message translation, by various authors.
12. The Lonesome Gods, by Louis L'Amour.
13. Hondo, by Louis L'Amour.
14. The White, by Deborah Larsen.  Fictional re-telling of the capture and life of Mary Jemison.  Read it at 3AM, interesting enough to keep me awake.
15. Fool Me Twice, by Jeff Lindsay.  Amusing throughout, but seemed to be striving to become the next blockbuster action thriller.
16. Hunting Open-Country Mule Deer, by Dwight Schuh.
17. The Waters of Andros, by Madsen Pirie
18. Dark Visitor, by Madsen Pirie
19. Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz.  My 13 yo was gifted the Alex Rider series so I read the first one to check it out.
20. Yesterday's Tomorrow, by Noah Walton.  Captivating, very well-written. @nippycrisp
21. The Magic Bullet, by Noah Walton.  Awesome combination of the scientific process in America today and a gritty crime story. @nippycrisp
22. The Cold Dish, by Craig Johnson.
23. Another Man's Moccasins, by Craig Johnson. 
24. Junkyard Dogs, by Craig Johnson.
25. As the Crow Flies, by Craig Johnson.
26. A Serpent's Tooth, by Craig Johnson.
27. Any Other Name, by Craig Johnson.
28. Dry Bones, by Craig Johnson.
29. Brian's Return, by Gary Paulsen.
30. Brian's Hunt, by Gary Paulsen.
31. Point Blanc, by Anthony Horowitz.
32. An Obvious Fact, by Craig Johnson.
33. The Western Star, by Craig Johnson.
34. Depth of Winter, by Craig Johnson.
35. Land of Wolves, by Craig Johnson.

36. Next to Last Stand, by Craig Johnson.
37. Pure Desire, by Ted Roberts.
38. The Iron Marshal , by Louis L'Amour.
39. Utah Blaine, by Louis L'Amour.
40. Guns of the Timberlands, by Louis L'Amour.
41. The Man Called Noon, by Louis L'Amour.
42. The Man from Skibbereen, by Louis L'Amour.
43. And They Found Dragons - The Boy Who Fell From The Stars, by Ted Dekker & Rachel Dekker.
44. And They Found Dragons - Journey to the Silver Towers, by Ted Dekker & Rachel Dekker.
45. And They Found Dragons - Rise of the Light Bringer, by Ted Dekker & Rachel Dekker.

I might just make it!

[Sandi_k]

@change_seeker - my dad and grandfather were huge Louis L'Amour fans, so I read all of his books as a kid. Utah Blaine was one of my favorites.

<3

[change_seeker]

@change_seeker - my dad and grandfather were huge Louis L'Amour fans, so I read all of his books as a kid. Utah Blaine was one of my favorites.

<3

L'Amour has a family connection for me as well.  I started reading them as a kid, and my grandmother continually looked for copies at garage & farm sales to give to me.

[Linea_Norway]

1. Å gå (Walking) by Erling Kagge
2. Hvis dere finner oss (In case you find us) by Leif B. Lillegaard
3. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
4. Marina Bellezza by Silvia Avallone
5. The Mind-Gut connection by Emeran Mayer
6. The left hand of darkness by Ursula le Guin
7. Recursion by Blake Crouch
8. Dark matter by Blake Crouch
9. Er det liv, er det sopp! (Is there life, there is fungus!) by L. Ryvarden and K. Høiland
10. Entangled life. How fungi make our worlds, change our minds and shape our futures. By Merlin Sheldrake
11. The calculating stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
12. The relentless moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
13. The Dutch House by Ann Parchett
14. The way of kings by Brandon Sanderson
15. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
16. How to avoid a climate disaster by Bill Gates
17. Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
18. The new wildernis by Diane Cook
19. The Nature Fix by Florence Williams
20. Dykket (The Dive) by Frits du Bourg
21. En tilfeldig Nordmann (A random Norwegian) by Lars Saabye Christensen
22. Clap when you land by Elizabeth Acevedo
23. Kjærlighet i nødsfall (Love in case of emergency) by Daniela Krien
24. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
25. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
26. First person singular by Haruki Murakami
27. Huid en haar (Skin and hair) by Arnon Grunberg
28. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
29. Station Eleven, by Emily St. Jogn Mandel
30. We are satellites, by Sarah Pinsker
31. Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
32. Rythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson
33. Pilgrims of the wild by Grey Owl
34. Grand-hotel Europa by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
35. The Lollipop Shoes, by Joanne Harris
36. Scythe by Neal Shusterman
37. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
38. The Toll by Neal Shusterman
39. Howl's moving castle, by Diana Wynne Jones.
40. A Cold War by Alan Russel
41. Castle in the air by Diana Wynne Jones
42. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
43. Verden under vann (The World under Water) by Pia Ve Dahlen
44. Livsviktig (Vital), by Jo Røislien
45. The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins
46. Soppriket (The Fungus Kingdom) by Håvard Kauserud
47. Et ekko av skyld (An Echo of Guilt) by Charlotte Link
48. Reven (The Fox) by Andreas Tjernshaugen
49. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
50. The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
51. Tangeringer, by Tore Grønlien
52. Den nye fisken (the new fish) by Simen Sætre and Kjetil Østl
53. Liv (Life) by Dag O. hessen
54. Ulovlig medisin (Illegal medicin) by Andres Wahl Blomkvist
55. Hemmelige Norge (Secret Norway) by Marius Nergård Pettersen
56. Cappelens store hagebok (Cappenlens big gardening book)
57. Zeta viruset (The Zeta Virus) by Øystein Bogen
58. A Silent Death by Peter May
59. Never by Ken Follett
60. Vakre farger fra naturen (Beautiful colours from nature) by Anna-Elise Torkilsen
61. Less is More, How degrowth will save the world. By Jason Hickel
62. The Why Are You Here Café by John Strelecky
63. Ekko (Echo) by Lena Lindgren

64. Return to the Why café by John Strelecky

[dblaace]

Not going to make 50 but I have one more than last year so far and might get another in, and now that I'm RE I  hope to make it next year.

26. White Out - Danielle Girard
27. Killing Floor - Lee Child
28. Die Trying - Lee Child
29. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan
30. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan
31. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews
32. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
33. The Storyteller:Tales of Life and Music - David Grohl
34. The Late Show - Michael Connelly
35. Winter's Mourn - Mary Stone

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).
91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5).
92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio).
93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6).
94.  Good as Gone, by Amy Gentry (Dec 9).
95.  Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Dec 9) (audio).
96.  All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1), by Martha Wells (Dec 11) (audio).
97.  King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender (Dec 12).

98.  The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins (Dec 15) (audio).  Did not enjoy due to plot holes and disliking every single character.

99.  A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You, by Sean B. Carroll (Dec 18).  Solid book and I learned a few interesting things, though I think it would be ideal for an intrepid middle-schooler or other budding-scientist teenager.

A bit of a slow-down while vacationing and visiting family and friends for the holidays, but I have started #100 and think I will finish by Dec 31.

[ahptex]

(1) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(2) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
(3) Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
(4) We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
(5) Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(6) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
(7) Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
(8) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (re-read for book club)
(9) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(10) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
(11) New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
(12) Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
(13) The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
(14) How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
(15) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
(16) Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch
(17) Before She was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
(18) Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
(19) The Searcher by Tana French
(20) The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
(21) Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
(22) World Schooling: How to Revolutionize Your Child's Education Through Travel by Ashley Dymock de Gallo
(23) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
(24) To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
(25) Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
(26) Hope in the Dark, by Rebecca Solnit
(27) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
(28) Lawn Gone by Pam Penick
(29) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
(30) Death in Focus by Anne Perry
(31) Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
(32) The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
(33) Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
(34) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(35) Writers and Lovers by Lily King
(36) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
(37) Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
(38) Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
(39) How to Prepare for Climate Change by David Pogue
(40) New Spring by Robert Jordan
(41) Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
(42) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

(43) The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
(44) Theology: A Very Short Introduction by David Ford
(45) The Dream of God by Verna Dozier
(46) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

[Linea_Norway]

For the last month or so, I have been reading half of a thick book of poetry, often beside reading a normal book. I like many of the poems. I'm not sure I will finish the whole book, even though I can borrow it for a few more weeks. At least, I won't finish it this year.

Samlede dikt (Collected poems) by Hans Børli. Read a bit over half so far.

[Zikoris]

Next 20, favourited marked - looks like I'll probably finish the year somewhere around 470.

441. Dangerous Personalities - Joe Navarro
442. Unorthodox - Deborah Feldman
443. Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune - Roselle Lim
444. Ikigai - Hector Puigcerver
445. Talking to Crazy - Mark Goulston

446. A Dowry of Blood - S.T. Gibson
A really beautifully written Dracula retelling. I really liked this one

447. The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie
448. Dark Harvest - Norman Partridge
449. The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore
450. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro

451. The Free Bastards - Jonathan French
Such a fantastic conclusion to an incredibly fresh and unique fantasy series. The relationship between the main orc Oats and his hog Ugfuck was so special.

452. Girls of Fate and Fury - Natasha Ngan
Another great conclusion to a really brutal, dark fantasy series I started early this year.

453. Noor - Nnedi Okorafor
A really cool afrofuturist book set in a dystopic near-future Nigeria with lots of really interesting ideas and themes. Highly recommend.

454. Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
455. Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov
These were the last couple books in the Foundation universe that I hadn't read, and I honestly think they were the best in the entire series. Really solid science fiction, but also just a great story of Hari's lifelong struggle to save humanity.

456. Shadow Me - Tahereh Mafi
457. Reveal Me - Tahereh Mafi
458. Mistborn Secret History - Brandon Sanderson

459. Skin of the Sea - Natasha Bowen
A cool darker African retelling of The Little Mermaid. Really fresh and original.

460. Arsenic and Adobo - Mia Manansala

[Adventine]

It's great seeing everyone's lists! A lot of titles are piquing my interest. I'll wait until end of December to post my own finalized 2021 reading list.

[StarBright]

New list time!

54. The King's Witch by Tracey Borman
55. The Devil's Slave by Tracey Borman
56. The House of Brides by Jane Cockram
57. Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory: Stories by Raphael Bob-Waksburg.
58. Angry Housewives Eating BonBons by Lorna Landviik 
59. Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems & Lona Aalders
60. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood.
61-63. Bridgerton Books 2-4 by Julia Quinn 
64. The Safe Place by Anna Downes
65. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
66. The Lost Apothecaryby Sarah P . .mer (can't read my own scribble on her last name)
67. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Creado-Perez
68. A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
69. No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
70. People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield
71. Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
72. The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
73. Forgotten In Death by JD Robb
74. Survive the Night by Riley Sager
75. A Low Country Bride by Preslaysa Williams
76. The Player King by Avi
77. The Westing Game  by Ellen Raskin
78. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
79. The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs

80.Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunsmore - cute feminist but regency-style romance histfic set in early suffrage movement in the UK (the format is regency, the time period is early suffrage)

81. Tidelands by Phillipa Gregory  . .. I liked it more than a lot of other Gregory books I've read and the intention is for it to be a family saga series, which I am a sucker for.

82. Dark Tides by Phillipa Gregory  . . . Liked this one slightly more than the first one. I enjoyed the antagonist.

83. The Poison Bed by Elizabeth Fremantle. I wanted to like it; it had a great cover, good premise, nice twist, but the whole thing left me cold.

84. The Wife by Meg Wolitzer . . . Got halfway through and when I become enraged at a part suddenly recognized it and realized I read it a decade ago. Finished the book anyway, still enraged, but understand it better after another decade of marriage and children.

85. Last Guest by Tess Little . . . "The Killer is one of us" style murder mystery with the most glorious, stupid and insane red herring which made me love it because it was just wild. Red Herring is still living rent free in my head over a week later and it just makes me chuckle when it floats through my thoughts.

86. Matrix by Lauren Groff .. . This is on a bunch of "Best of" lists this year, and I really enjoyed it, but am also flummoxed that other people seemed to enjoy it so much? The closest thing I could compare it to was reading a clifsnotes of Kristin Lavransdatter if Kristin had been a lesbian nun? But also, very good!

[Raenia]

1	Gardening When it Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times	Steve Solomon	Library	TBR List	01/05/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
2	Media Gothic: A Stroll Through State Street's Dark History	Laurie Hull, Matt Lake	Own	Other	1/8/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
3	Pretties	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/16/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
4	Specials	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/17/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
5	Extras	Scott Westerfield	Library	Sequel	1/18/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
6	Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World	Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing	Library	TBR List	1/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
7	Stronghold	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	1/27/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
8	Rebecca	Daphne du Maurier	Library	TBR List	1/29/2021	General Fiction
9	The Black Company	Glen Cook	Library	TBR List	2/1/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
10	Shadows Linger	Glen Cook	Library	Sequel	2/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
11	From Our Home to Yours: Comfort Food to Give and Share	Joyce Goldstein	Own	Other	2/5/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
12	The White Rose	Glen Cook	Library	Sequel	2/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
13	Spiralized: Quick and Healthy	Publications International, Ltd.	Own	Other	2/7/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
14	The Dragon Token	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	2/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
15	Skybowl	Melanie Rawn	Own	Reread	2/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
16	The Lark and the Wren	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Reread	2/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
17	The Robin and the Kestrel	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Reread	2/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
18	The Eagle and the Nightingales	Mercedes Lackey	Own	Sequel	2/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
19	Spiritual Ecology: 10 Practices to Reawaken the Sacred in Everyday Life	Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Hilary Hart	Own	TBR List	2/21/0202	Nonfiction - Philosophy
20	Forest of a Thousand Lanterns	Julie C. Dao	Library	TBR List	2/22/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
21	A Cast of Corbies	Mercedes Lackey, Josepha Sherman	Own	Reread	2/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
22	Atomic Habits	James Clear	Library	TBR List	3/1/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
23	Sabriel	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/2/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
24	Lirael	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
25	Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life	Bill Burnett, Dave Evans	Library	TBR List	3/7/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
26	Abhorsen	Garth Nix	Own	Reread	3/9/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
27	Practical Sigil Magic: Creating Personal Symbols for Success	Frater U.D.	Own	TBR List	3/9/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
28	Clariel	Garth Nix	Library	Sequel	3/10/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
29	When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor... and Yourself	Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert	Own	TBR List	3/14/2021	General Nonfiction
30	Goldenhand	Garth Nix	Library	Sequel	3/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
31	Four & Twenty Blackbirds	Mercedes Lackey	Library	Sequel	3/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
32	Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World	Cal Newport	Library	TBR List	3/29/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
33	Craft: An American History	Glenn Adamson	Own	Other	4/1/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
34	The Hero with a Thousand Faces	Joseph Campbell	Library	TBR List	4/11/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
35	The Kingmaker's Daughter	Philippa Gregory	Library	TBR List	4/13/2021	Fiction - Historical
36	Mansfield Park	Jane Austen	Library	Book Club	4/19/2021	Fiction - Historical
37	The Color of Magic	Terry Pratchett	Library	TBR List	4/22/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
38	A Court of Silver Flames	Sarah J Maas	Library	Sequel	4/25/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
39	Elantris	Brandon Sanderson	Own	Reread	5/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
40	First Things First	Stephen R Covey, A Roger Merrill, Rebeccca R Merrill	Library	TBR List	5/6/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
41	The Black Prism	Brent Weeks	Library	TBR List	5/12/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
42	Small Batch Baking	Debby Maugans Nakos	Library	TBR List	5/13/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
43	The Magicians	Lev Grossman	Library	TBR List	5/21/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
44	The Local Food Revolution: How Humanity Will Feed Itself In Uncertain Times	Michael Brownlee	Library	Educational	5/23/2021	General Nonfiction
45	You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife	ed. Andrea Purcell, Kel McDonald	Own	Other	5/25/2021	General Fiction
46	Dragonsbane	Barbara Hambly	Own	TBR List	5/29/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
47	The Rest of Us Just Live Here	Patrick Ness	Library	TBR List	5/29/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
48	Soulless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/4/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
49	Changeless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
50	Blameless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
51	Heartless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
52	Timeless	Gail Carriger	Own	Reread	6/7/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
53	Action Philosophers!	Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey	Own	Educational	6/11/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
54	Matched	Ally Condie	Library	TBR List	6/12/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
55	Ancillary Justice	Ann Leckie	Library	TBR List	6/13/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
56	Mortal Engines	Philip Reeve	Library	TBR List	6/16/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
57	The Jefferson Bible	Thomas Jefferson	Own	Educational	6/18/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
58	Everything I Want to do is Illegal	Joel Salatin	Open Library	TBR List	6/20/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
59	Ancillary Sword	Ann Leckie	Library	Sequel	6/26/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
60	Ancillary Mercy	Ann Leckie	Library	Sequel	6/27/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
61	Folks, This Ain't Normal	Joel Salatin	Library	TBR List	6/29/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
62	The King of Elfland's Daughter	Lord Dunsany	Open Library	TBR List	7/2/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
63	Soap: Making It, Enjoying It	Ann Bramson	Open Library	TBR List	7/6/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
64	Parable of the Sower	Octavia Butler	Library	TBR List	7/7/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
65	Two Acre Eden	Gene Logsdon	Library	TBR List	7/13/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
66	Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed	Jared Diamond	Library	TBR List	7/14/2021	General Nonfiction
67	The Bear and the Nightingale	Katherine Arden	Library	TBR List	7/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
68	Quitting Plastic: Easy and Practical Ways to Cut Down the Plastic in Your Life	Clara Williams Roldan, Louise Williams	Library	TBR List	7/16/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
69	Possum Living: How to Life Well Without a Job and (Almost) No Money	Dolly Freed	Library	TBR List	7/18/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
70	The Girl in the Tower	Katherine Arden	Library	Sequel	7/22/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
71	The Winter of the Witch	Katherine Arden	Library	Sequel	7/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
72	The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Including the Olney Hymns	William Cowper	Library	TBR List	7/25/2021	General Fiction
73	Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses	Robin Wall Kimmerer	Library	Book Club	7/31/2021	General Nonfiction
74	Dragons: A Natural History	Karl Shuker	Library	TBR List	8/1/2021	General Nonfiction
75	Stardust	Neil Gaiman	Library	TBR List	8/1/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
76	Prince of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	TBR List	8/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
77	Inuit Morality Play: The Emotional Education of a Three-Year-Old	Jean L. Briggs	Open Library	TBR List	8/4/2021	General Nonfiction
78	The Black Mage: Candidate	Rachel E. Carter	Open Library	TBR List	8/9/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
79	The Saber-tooth Curriculum	Harold Benjamin	Open Library	TBR List	8/11/2021	General Nonfiction
80	King of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	Sequel	8/14/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
81	Emperor of Thorns	Mark Lawrence	Library	Sequel	8/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
82	A Pattern Language	Christopher Alexander	Library	TBR List	8/16/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
83	Throne of Glass	Sarah J Maas	Library	TBR List	8/18/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
84	Paper Towns	John Green	Library	TBR List	8/19/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
85	The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck	Sarah Knight	Library	TBR List	8/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
86	The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller	John Truby	Library	TBR List	8/23/2021	General Nonfiction
87	The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles	Steven Pressfield	Library	TBR List	8/24/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
88	The Cry of the Icemark	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	8/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
89	How to be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Self-Acceptance, Fearless Living, and Freedom from Perfectionism	Stephen Guise	Library	TBR List	8/28/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
90	Bright Air Black	David Vann	Library	TBR List	8/29/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
91	The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen	Wilfred Owen	Library	TBR List	8/30/2021	General Nonfiction
92	Affluence without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen	James Suzman	Library	TBR List	9/1/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
93	Blade of Fire	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	9/5/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
94	Last Battle of the Icemark	Stuart Hill	Library	TBR List	9/11/2021	Fiction - Young Adult
95	Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World	Cal Newport	Library	TBR List	9/15/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
96	Playing at the World: A History of Simulating Wars, People, and Fantastic Adventures from Chess to Role-Playing Games	Jon Peterson	Library	TBR List	9/16/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
97	The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath the Bed	Patrick Rothfuss	Library	Other	9/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
98	Breach of Peace	Daniel B. Greene	Own	TBR List	9/16/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
99	The Blinding Knife	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/20/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
100	Stumbling on Happiness	Daniel Gilbert	Library	TBR List	9/21/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
101	The Broken Eye	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/26/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
102	The Old Century and Seven More Years	Sigfried Sassoon	Library	TBR List	9/28/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
103	The Blood Mirror	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	9/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
104	The Power of Just Doing Stuff: How Local Action can Change the World	Rob Hopkins	Library	TBR List	10/2/2021	General Nonfiction
105	Crafting a Daily Practice: A Simple Course on Self-Commitment	T Thorn Coyle	Own	Educational	10/3/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy
106	Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know	Malcolm Gladwell	Library	TBR List	10/3/2021	Nonfiction - Political Philosophy
107	The Burning White	Brent Weeks	Library	Sequel	10/5/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
108	Dune	Frank Herbert	Own	Reread	10/6/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
109	Dune Messiah	Frank Herbert	Open Library	Sequel	10/7/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
110	Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America	David Hackett Fischer	Library	TBR List	10/9/2021	Nonfiction - History/Biography
111	The Eye of the World	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/10/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
112	The Curated Closet	Anuschka Rees	Library	TBR List	10/10/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
113	The Great Hunt	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
114	The Dragon Reborn	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/12/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
115	The Shadow Rising	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/15/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
116	The Fires of Heaven	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/17/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
117	Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work	Chip Heath, Dan Heath	Library	TBR List	10/18/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
118	Consider Phlebas	Iain M Banks	Library	TBR List	10/18/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
119	Lord of Chaos	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/19/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
120	A Crown of Swords	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/21/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
121	Too Like the Lightning	Ada Palmer	Library	TBR List	10/24/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
122	The Path of Daggers	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/24/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
123	Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us	Daniel H Pink	Library	TBR List	10/26/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
124	Winter's Heart	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/27/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
125	Crossroads of Twilight	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	10/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
126	Knife of Dreams	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/3/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
127	It's Only Too Late if You Don't Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life After 40	Barbara Sher	Library	TBR List	11/4/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
128	The Gathering Storm	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/6/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
129	New Spring	Robert Jordan	Library	Sequel	11/7/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
130	Towers of Midnight	Robert Jordan	Own	Reread	11/8/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
131	Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less	Greg McKeown	Library	TBR List	11/10/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
132	A Memory of Light	Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson	Own	Reread	11/11/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
133	Braiding Sweetgrass	Robin Wall Kimmerer	Library	TBR List	11/17/2021	General Nonfiction
134	Seven Surrenders	Ada Palmer	Library	Sequel	11/20/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
135	Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know	Emily Oster	Library	TBR List	11/24/2021	General Nonfiction
136	The Witches are Coming	Lindy West	Library	TBR List	11/29/2021	General Nonfiction
137	Shadow of the Conqueror	Shad M Brooks	Own	TBR List	11/30/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
138	Rocket Ship Galileo	Robert Heinlein	Library	TBR List	12/3/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
139	The Will to Battle	Ada Palmer	Library	Sequel	12/5/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
140	The Druidry Handbook: Spiritual Practice Rooted in the Living Earth	John Michael Greer	Library	TBR List	12/6/2021	Nonfiction - Philosophy

141	Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey	James Rebankes	Library	Educational	12/12/2021	Nonfiction - Home and Garden
142	The Lies of Locke Lamora	Scott Lynch	Library	TBR List	12/17/2021	Fiction - Fantasy
143	The Art of Getting Started	Lee Crutchley	Library	TBR List	12/18/2021	Nonfiction - Self-help
144	Around the World in Eighty Days	Jules Verne	Library	TBR List	12/19/2021	Fiction - Science Fiction
145	City of Bones	Michael Connelly	Library	TBR List	12/22/2021	General Fiction

Nonfiction: 54/25
TBR List: 78/25
Philosophy/Spirituality: 7/5

Favorites in bold.

[lazycow]

*books owned
JANUARY
1.   *Dark Matter – Blake Crouch (reread)
2.    *Picnic in Provence - Elizabeth Bard (NF). Her pretentious pronouncements on food and France annoyed me so much. Sent to the op shop!
3.    Mr Wilder & Me - Jonathan Coe. Atmospheric, nostalgic, poignant. I love everything Coe writes, and this makes me want to rewatch all of Billy Wilder's films.
4.   Nothing to See Here - Kevin Wilson. Brilliantly mad premise: narrator is 'governess' to twins who catch fire when angry or upset. Even better than The Family Fang, I think.
5.   The Water-saving Garden - Pam Penick (NF) Lots of good ideas.
6.   Property - Lionel Shriver. Short stories. Typical Shriver snark, which I enjoy. Some stories are better than others, but a worthwhile read overall.
7.   Small Pleasures – Clare Chambers. So very ordinary, which was disappointing, as I had heard such good things about it.
8.   The Sustainabl(ish) living guide – Jen Gale (NF). Loved this. Have been reading her blog for years. I enjoyed it so much that I emailed her to tell her so, and she responded immediately. Lovely woman!

FEBRUARY
9.   This has been absolutely lovely – Jessica Dettman. Really enjoyed her first novel but this one was so boring and unfunny.
10.   Big Summer – Jennifer Weiner. Her books are hit or miss for me, and this was, sadly, a miss. I really did not enjoy reading about Instagram influences.
11.   The Shapeless Unease: A year of Not Sleeping – Samantha Harvey (NF). Glorious writing. I absolutely loved this.
12.   I’m just a teenage punch-bag – Jackie Clune. Read in an afternoon. Predictable mum-lit, but quit affecting in parts.
13.   *Bookworm – Lucy Mangan (NF) (Reread) Even better reading it the second time. My favourite book about reading.

MARCH
14.   Summerwater – Sarah Moss. Mesmerising. She really lets you into her character’s heads.
15.   *The Madwoman Upstairs – Chatherine Lowell (reread). Infuriating protagonist (the last Bronte descendant), but I find the story so affecting.
16.   My not-so-perfect life – Sophie Kinsella. Silly but endearing. I laughed out loud quite a few times.
17.   The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway series) – Elly Griffiths. I love this series. Like slipping on a pair of comfy slippers.
18.   *Man at the helm (Lizzie Vogel #1) – Nina Stibbe (reread). Funny and poignant. One of my favourite contemporary authors.
19.   Simplifiy! How to stay sane in a world gone mad – Bob Hillary (NF). Cute little motivational book by Sir Edmund Hillary’s grandson. Didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t know.
20.   Sleep – C.J. Taylor. Started promisingly but became too convoluted by the end. Fairly solid psych thriller.
21.   The Last Romantics – Tara Conklin. Effortlessly lovely writing and a storyline that pulled me in immediately. Dreamy and nostalgic.
22.   *How to be both – Ali Smith. Wonderfully inventive.
23.   The Jetsetters – Amanda Eyre Ward. I have enjoyed every one of her other novels, but this was so boring and conventional.
24.   The Funny thing about Norman Foreman – Juliette Henderson. Recommended by a fellow reader. Gorgeously poignant.
25.   Hungry – Grace Dent (NF). My favourite Guardian UK columnist. Her memoir on food and family was wonderful and heart-breaking.

APRIL
26.   *An Unknown Woman – Alice Koller (NF). Infuriating in parts. She is narcissistic and completely un-selfaware at the beginning, but ultimately becomes a satisfying read of a woman’s self-discovery in the early 1960’s.
27.   Magpie Lane – Lucy Atkins (reread). One of my favourite books from last year. Bears rereading.
28.   Garnethill (Garnethill trilogy #1) – Denise Mina. Have never read any of her crime thrillers before but I will be reading all of them now. Excellent.
29.   *Slow Horses (#1 Slough House) – Mick Herron. Dry and witty spy thriller. Needs concentration though, this was my 3rd attempt reading it and I am glad I persisted.
30.   *Milkman – Anna Burns (reread). Listened on audio the first time round, but enjoyed this even more upon actually reading it.
31.   Dead Lions (#2 Slough House) – Mick Herron
32.   The Murder Bag – Tony Parsons. Hated this. Way too violent
33.   Find you first – Linwood Barclay. Have already forgotten what this one was about!
34.   Kintsugi: the Japanese art of embracing the imperfect and loving your flaws (NF) – Tomas Navarro. Cute, but not life-changing.
35.   Those we left behind – Stuart Neville. Am trying new-to-me crime writers and sadly, this didn’t make the cut.
MAY
36.   Real Tigers (# 3 Slough House) – Mick Herron. Put # 4 on my library request list as soon as I finished reading this. Apparently Kristen Scott-Thomas and Gary Oldman are currently filming the TV series so it may actually be decent!
37.   61 Hours – Lee Child. I read Killing Floor (the 1st Jack Reacher) years ago and wasn’t impressed. This one was a thoroughly fun read. “Hands like supermarket chickens” is the best line ever and still makes me laugh. And the hubris of Tom Cruise!! JR is supposed to be 6ft 5in.
38.   My Garden is a Car Park and other Design Dilemmas (NF) – Kendra Wilson. Great gardening book. I need to own this.
39.   His and Hers – Alice Feeney. Very good psych thriller. No spoilers.
40.   Between the Covers: Sex, socializing and survival (NF) – Jilly Cooper. I prefer her non-fiction over her bonkbusters. Selection of her old newspaper columns from the early days. Dated but still amusing.
41.   The Perfect Guests – Emma Rous. Started promisingly but completely lost interest in the outcome.
42.   Girl A – Abigail Dean. Must stop reading these hyped-up psych dramas. Lacklustre.
43.   Before she Disappeared – Lisa Gardner. Really decent stand-alone novel. I’ve read everything she’s ever written.
44.   Close to Home – Cara Hunter. Got 14 of the way before I remembered I’d read it before.  Don’t know why I bothered reading it again.
45.   Making space, clutter free – Tracy McCubbin (NF) Excellent information, and a little confronting, even for an experienced declutterer like me.
46.   Last Night – Mhairi McFarlane. Too many jokes; just calm down Mhairi and let the conversations breathe! Twisty best friend’s death/30-something friendships. Exhausting, but I am probably not the target audience.
47.   Watch her Fall – Erin Kelly. Hated the ballet bits but wow! No spoilers.
48.   Lost Property – Helen Paris. The cover made it look like a light read, but it was devastatingly touching; I cried my eyes out. Beautifully written.
49.   Bad Luck and Trouble (# 11 Jack Reacher) – Lee Child. Enjoyable. Will keep reading the series. (Hands like frozen turkeys)
50.   The Marlow Murder Club – Robert Thorogood. Fun murder caper but not as good as The Thursday Murder Club (different author).
51.   Exit – Belinda Bauer. Wonderful. Witty, clever, heartwarming. Unusual plot. I didn’t want it to end. Her books get better and better.

JUNE
52.   *Early Morning Riser – Katherine Heiny
53.   The Good Sister – Sally Hepworth
54.   The Family Next Door – Sally Hepworth
55.   Persuader (#7 Jack Reacher) – Lee Child
56.   Oona out of Order – Margarita Montimore.
57.   A Year to Clear – Stephanie Bennett Vogt (reread, NF)
58.   *Basket Case – Carl Hiaasen
59.   Spook Street (#4 Slough House) – Mick Herron.
60.   Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler. Enjoyed this very much.
61.   The Boy in the Field – Margot Livesey
62.   Dry – Neal and Jarrod Shusterman (YA)
63.   A Meditation on Murder (#1 Death in Paradise) - Robert Thorogood
64.   My Tiny Indoor Garden – Lia Leendertz (NF)
65.   *This Messy Magnificent Life – Geneen Roth (NF)
66.    *Comfort and Joy – India Knight
67.   The Boy who Lived with the Dead – Kate Ellis

JULY
68.   *The Best a Man can Get – John O’Farrell. Hilarious.
69.   I Give my Marriage a Year – Holly Wainwright
70.   One by One – Ruth Ware.
71.   A Song for Dark Times (# 23 Rebus) – Ian Rankin
72.   Old Seems to be Other People – Lily Brett (NF). I love Lily Brett and want to be her friend.
73.   Road Rage (#17 Inspector Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
74.   The Best Man to Die (#4 Inspector Wexford) –Ruth Rendell
75.   Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid
76.   From Doon with Death (#1 Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
77.   The Last Wife – Karen Hamilton

AUGUST
78.   *Paradise Lodge (#2 Lizzie Vogel) – Nina Stibbe (reread)
79.   Scythe – Neal Shusterman. Absolutely brilliant. Definitely peak YA!
80.   Thunderhead – Neal Shusterman. Almost as good as Scythe.
81.   Northern Spy – Flynn Berry. Gripping Irish thriller. Her writing is superb.
82.   A Double Life – Charlotte Philby
83.   The Nesting – Caroline Jess-Cooke
84.   Body Language – AK Turner
85.   Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder & Things that Sustain you when the World Goes Dark – Julia Baird (NF)
86.   Curing Affluenza: How to Buy Less Stuff & Save the World – Richard Dennis (reread, NF)
87.   The Toll (#3 Arc of the Scythe) – Neal Shusterman
88.   London Rules (#5 Slough House) – Mick Herron

SEPTEMBER
89.   No more dying then (#6 Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
90.   Joe Country (#6 Slough House) – Mick Herron
91.   A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles. Divinely charming. Beautifully written. Best book I’ve read in years.
92.   The Red, Red Snow (# 11 Anderson and Costello) – Caro Ramsey
93.   The Authenticity Project – Clare Pooley. Lovely
94.   Leave the World Behind – Rumaan Alam
95.   How to be Happy – Eva Woods
96.   Nobody is talking about this – Patricia Lockwood. Bizarrely beautiful.
97.   The Night she Disappeared – Lisa jewell.
98.   Modern Nature – Derek Jarman (NF)
99.   Slough House (#7 Slough House) – Mick Herron

OCTOBER
100.   *Fallout – Sadie Jones
101.   *Laziness does not exist – Devon Price (NF) Not enough for a book. I am definitely not the target audience
102.   A Slow Fire Burning – Paula Hawkins
103.   The Missing One – Lucy Atkins
104.   Turns out I’m Fine – Judith Lucy (audiobook) Very droll and affecting.
105.   *Killing Commendatore – Haruki Murakami. Underwhelming, but with flashes of brilliance. Not his best.
106.   Single, Carefree, Mellow – Katherine Heiny. Short stories. Love her!
107.   The Heron’s Cry (#2 Matthew Venn) – Ann Cleeves
108.   Murder Once Being Done (#7 Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
109.   Good Girls Don’t Die – Isabelle Grey

NOVEMBER
110.   1979 – Val McDermid
111.   The Unheard – Nicci French
112.   Wolf to the Slaughter (#3 Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
113.   Some lie and some die (#8 Wexford) – Ruth Rendell
114.   The Unseen World – Liz Moore. Brilliant!! One of my favourite authors.
115.   *The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman (reread)
116.   The Man Who Died Twice – Richard Osman
117.   The Glass House – Eva Chase (audiobook)
118.   Swell: A Waterbiography – Jenny Landreth. Excellent, and amusing, history of swimming from a feminist perspective.

DECEMBER
119.   The Turnout – Megan Abbott. Nasty, nasty plot
120.   *The Odyssey – Homer (audio/physical book)
121.   Apples Never Fall – Liane Moriarty. After the mess that was Nine Perfect Strangers, she is back on form.
122.   Australian Dreamscapes: The Art of Planting in Gardens inspired by Nature – Clare Takacs. Beautiful and inspirational. I must own this!
123.   Dear Reader: The Comfort and Joy of Books – Cathy Rentzenbrink. Cute, but not the best of the genre
124.   Mystery on Hidden Lane – Clare Chase.
125.   Nancy Business – R W McDonald
126.   Sorrow and Bliss – Meg Mason (reread)
127.   A Child’s Christmas in Wales – Dylan Thomas (reread, every Christmas)

A very low total (for me). Spent a lot of time starting and stopping books, particularly hyped-up new releases.
Favourite book overall was A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles, and best crime book was Exit by Belinda Bauer. And special mention to Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series. So much fun to read.

Books I never would have read if it wasn't for this thread: Arc of the Scythe series by Neal Shusterman. Absolutely loved these, and as a bonus, they got my DD21 back into reading!

[Sandi_k]

This thread inspired me, so I went to GoodReads, and discovered I can export my books! So here are the books I liked the best in 2021, of the 127 I read...

Title   

Invisible Girl   Lisa Jewell   
The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona, #8)   Lois McMaster Bujold   
The Huntress   Kate Quinn   
The Searcher   Tana French   
Every Last Fear   Alex Finlay   
The Rose Code   Kate Quinn   
The Water Dancer   Ta-Nehisi Coates   
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)   Ernest Cline   
Attachments   Rainbow Rowell   
The Unwilling   John Hart   
Don't Breathe a Word   Jennifer  McMahon   
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)   Robert Galbraith   
Verity   Colleen Hoover   
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)   Karen M. McManus   
The Cousins   Karen M. McManus   
The Last Time I Lied   Riley Sager   
Home Before Dark   Riley Sager   
Survive the Night   Riley Sager   
Apples Never Fall   Liane Moriarty   
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Long Game (The Fixer, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Last Flight   Julie   Clark   
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)   Mary Robinette Kowal   
The Ones We Choose   Julie   Clark   
The Drop   Dennis Lehane   
At First Light (Dr. Evan Wilding #1)   Barbara Nickless   
We Are All the Same in the Dark   Julia Heaberlin   

[Raenia]

This thread inspired me, so I went to GoodReads, and discovered I can export my books! So here are the books I liked the best in 2021, of the 127 I read...

Title   

Invisible Girl   Lisa Jewell   
The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona, #8)   Lois McMaster Bujold   
The Huntress   Kate Quinn   
The Searcher   Tana French   
Every Last Fear   Alex Finlay   
The Rose Code   Kate Quinn   
The Water Dancer   Ta-Nehisi Coates   
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)   Ernest Cline   
Attachments   Rainbow Rowell   
The Unwilling   John Hart   
Don't Breathe a Word   Jennifer  McMahon   
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)   Robert Galbraith   
Verity   Colleen Hoover   
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)   Karen M. McManus   
The Cousins   Karen M. McManus   
The Last Time I Lied   Riley Sager   
Home Before Dark   Riley Sager   
Survive the Night   Riley Sager   
Apples Never Fall   Liane Moriarty   
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Long Game (The Fixer, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Last Flight   Julie   Clark   
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)   Mary Robinette Kowal   
The Ones We Choose   Julie   Clark   
The Drop   Dennis Lehane   
At First Light (Dr. Evan Wilding #1)   Barbara Nickless   
We Are All the Same in the Dark   Julia Heaberlin

What did you like about Ready Player Two?  I've heard some pretty negative reactions, so I had decided not to read it.  Curious if I should revisit that decision.

[Splashncash]

82. Normal People by Sally Rooney.  Ugh!  Should have DNFed this book.
83. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
84. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
85. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
86. Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman (audio but the narrator was terrible)
87. Butterfly Kills by Brenda Chapman
88. The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
89. The Secret Place by Tana French
90. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
91. Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce

92. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
93. Honey by Sarah Weeks
94. The Trespasser by Tana French and Hilda Fay
95. Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
96. Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
97. Broken Harbor by Tana French
98. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Ugh.  So close to 100.  Not sure if I'll make it by the end of the year, I've been kinda stuck on my most recent book.

[Sandi_k]

This thread inspired me, so I went to GoodReads, and discovered I can export my books! So here are the books I liked the best in 2021, of the 127 I read...

Title   

Invisible Girl   Lisa Jewell   
The Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric and Desdemona, #8)   Lois McMaster Bujold   
The Huntress   Kate Quinn   
The Searcher   Tana French   
Every Last Fear   Alex Finlay   
The Rose Code   Kate Quinn   
The Water Dancer   Ta-Nehisi Coates   
Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)   Ernest Cline   
Attachments   Rainbow Rowell   
The Unwilling   John Hart   
Don't Breathe a Word   Jennifer  McMahon   
Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5)   Robert Galbraith   
Verity   Colleen Hoover   
One of Us Is Lying (One of Us is Lying, #1)   Karen M. McManus   
The Cousins   Karen M. McManus   
The Last Time I Lied   Riley Sager   
Home Before Dark   Riley Sager   
Survive the Night   Riley Sager   
Apples Never Fall   Liane Moriarty   
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Long Game (The Fixer, #2)   Jennifer Lynn Barnes   
The Last Flight   Julie   Clark   
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)   Mary Robinette Kowal   
The Ones We Choose   Julie   Clark   
The Drop   Dennis Lehane   
At First Light (Dr. Evan Wilding #1)   Barbara Nickless   
We Are All the Same in the Dark   Julia Heaberlin

What did you like about Ready Player Two?  I've heard some pretty negative reactions, so I had decided not to read it.  Curious if I should revisit that decision.

i liked the emotional progression of the characters. Also - I'm a completist, so no way I wasn't reading it after enjoying RP1 so much.

He has an amazing ability to dive deep into the pop culture details, and I am absolutely a kid of the '80's, so it works for me.

[ahptex]

(1) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(2) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
(3) Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
(4) We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
(5) Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(6) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
(7) Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
(8) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (re-read for book club)
(9) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(10) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
(11) New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
(12) Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
(13) The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
(14) How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
(15) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
(16) Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch
(17) Before She was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
(18) Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
(19) The Searcher by Tana French
(20) The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
(21) Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
(22) World Schooling: How to Revolutionize Your Child's Education Through Travel by Ashley Dymock de Gallo
(23) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
(24) To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
(25) Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
(26) Hope in the Dark, by Rebecca Solnit
(27) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
(28) Lawn Gone by Pam Penick
(29) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
(30) Death in Focus by Anne Perry
(31) Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
(32) The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
(33) Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
(34) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(35) Writers and Lovers by Lily King
(36) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
(37) Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
(38) Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
(39) How to Prepare for Climate Change by David Pogue
(40) New Spring by Robert Jordan
(41) Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
(42) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
(43) The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
(44) Theology: A Very Short Introduction by David Ford
(45) The Dream of God by Verna Dozier
(46) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

(47) The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
(48) The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year by
       Linda Raedisch

[Linea_Norway]

The last week, I read most of a handful books about parmaculture and about square meter gardening (for vegetables and herbs). I can't say I really finished anything, but read the principles.

[Serendip]

*am considering my reading goals for next year. Will aim to read from my shelves a bit more and be a bit more discerning about my library picks! My partner has heaps of amazing books I’d like to read but I keep distracting myself with things I pick up from the library.. ☺️

…
82) The Forged Coupon, (fiction) Leo Tolstoy
83) The Book of Delights, essays, Ross Gay *bookclub
84) Women Talking (fiction), Miriam Toews
85) Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, Suzanne Simard
86) Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris
87) Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style, W. David Marx
88) How to Stay Sane (The School of Life), Philippa Perry
89) The Rosie Project (fiction), Graeme C Simsion
90) The 100-year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (fiction), Jonas Jonasson
91) A More Exciting Life (The School of Life)
92) Moon Of the Crusted Snow (fiction), Waubgeshig Rice *bookclub
93) The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin

Recently finished/reading
94) On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint, Maggie Nelson
95) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals, Oliver Burkeman
96) The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (fiction), Rachel Joyce
97) Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism, Aja Barber
97) From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want, Rob Hopkins

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).
91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5).
92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio).
93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6).
94.  Good as Gone, by Amy Gentry (Dec 9).
95.  Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Dec 9) (audio).
96.  All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1), by Martha Wells (Dec 11) (audio).
97.  King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender (Dec 12).
98.  The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins (Dec 15) (audio).
99.  A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You, by Sean B. Carroll (Dec 18).

100.  The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi (Dec 23). An interesting novel about race/caste and gender identity set in Nigeria.

101.  Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir, by Natasha Tretheway (Dec 26) (audio). Tough read (violence and abuse) by this famous poet about the traumatic loss of her mother at a young age.

102.  The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward (Dec 26).  Not as blown away as the reviews I read implied I might be, but it was an unusual thriller.

[Splashncash]

91. Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce
92. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
93. Honey by Sarah Weeks
94. The Trespasser by Tana French and Hilda Fay
95. Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
96. Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
97. Broken Harbor by Tana French
98. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

99. Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore by Patric Richardson and Karin B. Miller
100. The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

[Frugal Lizard]

Here's a recap / update.
1.   Absolute Friends, John le Carre
2.   Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson  book club book,  I laughed out loud at points it was so funny to me.
3.   Sex and Vanity, Kevin Kwan  I loved the movie adaption of Room with a View and the audiobook.  This was a fun “how is he going to do this” type read.
4.   Indians on Vacation, Thomas King   This was so funny.
5.   A Man Called Ove, Fredrick Backman  Book club book for March – it was so funny.  DH and I are going to watch the movie adaption this weekend.
6.   Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
7.   Planting in a Post Wild World, Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
8.   Flint & Feather: The Life and Times of E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake, Charlotte Gray  A little slow going in the beginning.
9.   Can’t we talk about something more pleasant / A Memoir, Roz Chast
10.   A Song for the dark times: An Inspector Rebus novel, Ian Rankin   
11.   Still Here, Amy Stuart   
12.   The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
13.   The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
14.   Learn Painting Flowers Quickly
15.   Cold Skies, Thomas King
16.   The Sentinel, Lee Child and Andrew Child
17.   Educated, Tara Westover
18.   The Forever Girl, Alexander McCall Smith
19.   The Ambitious City, Scott Thornley
20.   Ready to Paint in 30 Minutes: Trees and Woodlands, by Geoff Kersey. 
21.   Dreadful Water, Thomas King
22.   Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s
23.   The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny
24.   Threads of Suspicion
25.   The Rosie Dilemma, Graeme Simsion
26.   Experimental Landscapes in Watercolour, Ann Blockley
27.   Persuasion, Jane Austen audio book

I doubt I will finish The Well Gardened Mind and Braiding Sweetgrass before tomorrow, so this is a wrap for 2021.  I love this thread.  And I am grateful that I have gotten back into reading again.

[sui generis]

1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck (Jan 2).
2. A Promised Land, by Barack Obama (Jan 5) (audio).
3. King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild (Jan 17).
4. Every Heart a Doorway, by Seanan McGuire (Jan 18).
5. Plain Bad Heroines, by Emily M. Danforth (Jan 21) (audio).
6. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino (Jan 29).
7. The Guest List, by Lucy Foley (Jan 29) (audio).
8. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle (Feb 2).
9. The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?, by Michael J. Sandel (Feb 10) (audio).
10. The Forgotten Garden, by Kate Morton (Feb 27).
11. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches, by Audre Lord (Mar 4) (audio).
12. Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe, by Judith Herrin (Mar 6).
13. River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey (Mar 7) (audio).
14. Regeneration, by Pat Barker (Mar 9).
15. Red at the Bone, by Jacqueline Woodson (Mar 14) (audio). 
16. The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mar 27).
17. Shopgirl, by Steve Martin (Mar 27).
18. The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name, by Brian C. Muraresku (Apr 18). 
19. Sharks in the Time of Saviors, by Kawai Strong Washburn (Apr 22).
20. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (Apr 22) (audio).
21. In the Midst of Winter, by Isabel Allende (Apr 26) (audio).
22. The Grown Up, by Gillian Flynn (Apr 27) (audio).
23. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (May 12) (audio).
24. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (May 13).
25. Anxious People, by Frederik Backman (May 19).
26. Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke (May 23).
27. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home, by Heather "Anish" Anderson (May 26).
28. The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez (May 27) (audio).
29. The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller (May 31). 
30. Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 6).
31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harari (June 6) (audio).
32. Bag of Bones, by Stephen King (June 14) (audio).
33. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B. Irvine (June 20).
34. My Year Abroad, by Chang-rae Lee (June 24) (audio).
35. At the Water's Edge, by Sara Gruen (June 24).
36. Freedom from the Market: America’s Fight to Liberate Itself from the Grip of the Invisible Hand, by Mike Konczal (June 29).
37. The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (June 30) (audio).
38. Pilgrim's Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier, by Tom Kizzia (July 14) (audio).
39. A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles (July 14).
40. Gomorrah, by Roberto Saviano (July 15) (audio).
41. Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (July 24).
42. The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz (July 24).
43. Why I Am Not a Buddhist, by Evan Thompson (July 29).
44. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig (July 30) (audio).
45. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Aug 11).
46. While Justice Sleeps, by Stacey Abrams (Aug 16). 
47. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, by Clint Smith (Aug 18) (audio).
48. Intimacies, by Katie Kitamura (Aug 21) (audio).
49. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker (Aug 27).
50. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett (Sep 1).
51. Earthkeeper, by M. Scott Momaday (Sep 6) (audio).
52. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, by Les Payne (Sep 10).
53. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex and Death, by Jenny Kleeman (Sep 15).
54. Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation, by Peter Cozzens (Sep 15) (audio).
55. The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka (Sep 15).
56. The Other Me, by Sarah Zachrich Jeng (Sep 18).
57. The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker (Sept 24).
58. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (Oct 1) (audio).
59. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V. E. Schwab (Oct 1).
60. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, by Susan Jane Gilman (Oct 5). 
61. The House in the Cerulean Sea, by T.J. Klune (Oct 6) (audio).
62. The Quiet Girl, by S.F. Kosa (Oct 9) (audio).
63. The Drowning Kind, by Jennifer McMahon (Oct 14) (audio).
64. The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova (Oct 14).
65.  The Last Season, by Eric Blehm (Oct 19).
66.  The Parable of the Sower, by Octavia Butler (Oct 20) ([mostly] audio).
67.  Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell (Oct 25).
67.5. The Office of Historical Corrections, by Danielle Evans (Oct 26) (audio) (re-read).
68.  No One Goes Alone, by Erik Larson (Oct 29) (audio).
69.  Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay (Nov 1).
70.  Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre, by Max Brooks (Nov 1) (audio).
71.  Later, by Stephen King (Nov 5).
72.  The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones (Nov 5) (audio).
73.  Bird Box, by Josh Malerman (Nov 9) (audio).
74.  Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Nov 10).
75.  Malorie, by Josh Malerman (Nov 12) (audio).
76.  Foe, by Iain Reid (Nov 13).
77.  Exit, by Belinda Bauer (Nov 16).
78.  Reconstructing Amelia, by Kimberly McCreight (Nov 17) (audio).
79.  Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl (Nov 19).
80.  The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth (Nov 22) (audio).
81.  Things We Lost in the Fire, by Mariana Enríquez (Nov 22).
82.  Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf (Nov 23) (audio).
83.  Atonement, by Ian McEwan (Nov 25) (audio).
84.  The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Nov 26).
85.  White Tears, by Hari Kunzu (Nov 28).
86.  Did You Ever Have a Family, by Bill Clegg (Nov 29) (audio).
87.  My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Dec 1) (audio).
88.  Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding, by Lynn Darling (Dec 2).
89.  Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II, by Robert Matzen (Dec 4) (audio).
90.  Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Dec 4).
91.  When the Emperor Was Divine, by Julie Otsuka (Dec 5).
92.  The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha Philyaw (Dec 6) (audio).
93.  Difficult Women, by Roxane Gay (Dec 6).
94.  Good as Gone, by Amy Gentry (Dec 9).
95.  Chasing the Boogeyman, by Richard Chizmar (Dec 9) (audio).
96.  All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1), by Martha Wells (Dec 11) (audio).
97.  King and the Dragonflies, by Kacen Callender (Dec 12).
98.  The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins (Dec 15) (audio).
99.  A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You, by Sean B. Carroll (Dec 18).
100.  The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi (Dec 23).
101.  Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir, by Natasha Tretheway (Dec 26) (audio).
102.  The Last House on Needless Street, by Catriona Ward (Dec 26).

103.  Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2), by Martha Wells (Dec 30) (audio).  A good follow-up to #1 and I will continue on with the series. 

I don't expect to finish either of the books I'm reading right now by tomorrow, since DH is home from work and keeps me distracted from reading/listening!  So I think that's a wrap for 2021.  Happy new year!

[dblaace]

Wrapping up 2021 with 36.

31. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl - Jesse Andrews
32. The Midnight Library - Matt Haig
33. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - David Grohl
34. The Late Show - Michael Connelly
35. Winter's Mourn - Mary Stone
36. Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life - Jon Kabat-Zinn

[lazycow]

*Books owned
128.*Blue Monday (# 1 Frieda Klein) -  Nicci French (reread)
129. *Tuesday's Gone (#2 Frieda Klein) - Nicci French (reread)
130. *Waiting for Wednesday (#3 Frieda Klein) - Nicci French (reread)
Love rereading a completed series. It is so comforting.

[grantmeaname]

I wasn't reading too much this fall but picked up again for December and I'm ending the year at 56 books and just over 20,000 pages. I read harder, longer books on average this year, though fewer of them. Pretty happy all in all. I'm up to 381 books read since I joined Goodreads in December 2016, which I'm pretty thrilled with. Makes my 275-book 'to-read' list seem much more manageable.

See you all next year!

Previous years: 2018 | 2019 | 2020

January
1. With Blood Upon the Sand by Bradley Beaulieu ★★★★☆
2. A Veil of Spears by Bradley Beaulieu ★★★★☆
3. Beneath the Twisted Trees by Bradley Beaulieu ★★★★☆
February
4. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb ★★★☆☆
5. Foundation by Isaac Asimov ★★★★☆
6. When Jackals Storm the Walls by Bradley Beaulieu ★★★★☆
7. The Poppy War by RF Kuang ★★★☆☆
8. Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★☆
9. Possum Living by Dolly Freed ★★★★☆
10. The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr ★★★★★
March
11. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay ★★★★☆
12. Wrong About Japan by Peter Carey ★★★★☆
13. Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story by Peter Bloom ★★★★☆
14. Autumn Light by Pico Iyer ★★★☆☆
15. Wicked Fox by Kat Cho ★★★★☆
16. Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho ★★★★☆
April
17. Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age by Cory Doctorow ★★★★☆
18. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder ★★★★☆
19. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★☆
May
20. Happier Than a Billionaire by Nadine Pisani Hays ★★★☆☆
21. The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone ★★★★☆
22. Joy In the Morning by Betty Smith ★★★★★
June
23. Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston ★★★★☆
24. Famous People by Jason Kuritzkes ★★★★☆
25. The History Boys by Alan Bennet ★★★☆☆
26. Surviving Esports: The Zyori Story by Andrew Campbell ★★★★☆
27. 1984 by George Orwell ★★★☆☆
28. Capital Without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent by Brooke Harrington ★★★★★
July
29. Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry by Jason Schreier ★★★★☆
30. The Art of Overwatch ★★★★☆
31. In Real Life by Cory Doctorow ★★★★☆
32. Tomorrow Will Be Better by Betty Smith ★★★★☆
33. Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener ★★★★★
34. Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow ★★★★☆
35. Deadlock Rebels by Lyndsay Ely ★★★☆☆
August
36. Educated by Tara Westover ★★★★☆
37. At Dusk by Sok-yong Hwang ★★★☆☆
38. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee ★★★★★
39. Skin in the Game by Anwar Elgonemy ★★☆☆☆
40. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson ★★★★★
41. Cribsheet by Emily Oster ★★★★☆

 42. The Chimp and the River: how AIDS Emerged from an African Forest by David Quammen ★★★★☆
September
 43. The Family Firm by Emily Oliver ★★★★☆
October
 44. The Once and Future King by TH White ★★★★★
 45. MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker ★★★★☆
November
 46. Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet by Andrew Blum ★★★★☆
 47. The Moon and Sixpence by W Somerset Maugham ★★★★☆
 48. The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola ★★★★☆
December
 49. Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity by Chuck Marohn ★★★★☆
 50. Stuffocation by James Wallman ★★★☆☆
 51. House by Tracy Kidder ★★★★☆
 52. The Last Ship by William Brinkley ★★★★☆
 53. Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman ★★★★☆
 54. Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen ★★★★★
 55. How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino ★★★★☆
 56. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman ★★★★★

[Zhiantara]

1. The House of Islam: a global history, Ed Husain.
2. Quiet: the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking, Susan Cain.
3. No Friend but the Mountains, Behrouz Boochani.
4. The explosive child, Dr. Ross Greene.
5. Welcoming food: Diet as medicine for home cooks and other healers. Book 1: Energetics of food and healing. Andrew Sterman.
6. Welcoming food: Diet as medicine for home cooks and other healers. Book 2: Recipes and kitchen practice. Andrew Sterman.
7. Star Trek: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, Una McCormack.
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
9. Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll
10. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte.
11. Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance.
12. The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do and how to change, Charles Duhigg.
13. Grit: Why passion and resilience are the secrets to success, Angela Duckworth
14. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
15. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
16. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
17. The Edward Street Baby Farm, Stella Budrikis

18. Sapiens: a brief history of humankind, Yuval Noah Harari

Sneaked one last one in just in time. My goal for the year was 26. I got 18 + 3 DNF, and probably would have got to 26 if I didn't try so hard to finish the ones I eventually gave up on. I'm happy with my efforts.

In 2022 I'll be working full time and studying full time so no reading goals! I did sign up for Goodreads this year so I can still track what I read there. Next on my list is The Dictionary Of Lost Words.

[ahptex]

(1) Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
(2) The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
(3) Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan
(4) We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
(5) Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
(6) Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
(7) Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
(8) Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (re-read for book club)
(9) Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
(10) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
(11) New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
(12) Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
(13) The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson
(14) How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates
(15) Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May
(16) Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch
(17) Before She was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney
(18) Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
(19) The Searcher by Tana French
(20) The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
(21) Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier
(22) World Schooling: How to Revolutionize Your Child's Education Through Travel by Ashley Dymock de Gallo
(23) The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
(24) To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
(25) Dusk, Night, Dawn by Anne Lamott
(26) Hope in the Dark, by Rebecca Solnit
(27) Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
(28) Lawn Gone by Pam Penick
(29) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
(30) Death in Focus by Anne Perry
(31) Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey through Every National Park by Conor Knighton
(32) The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
(33) Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
(34) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
(35) Writers and Lovers by Lily King
(36) The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
(37) Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
(38) Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
(39) How to Prepare for Climate Change by David Pogue
(40) New Spring by Robert Jordan
(41) Under a White Sky by Elizabeth Kolbert
(42) The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
(43) The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
(44) Theology: A Very Short Introduction by David Ford
(45) The Dream of God by Verna Dozier
(46) The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
(47) The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
(48) The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year by
       Linda Raedisch

(49) See you at the Campground by Stephanie and Jeremy Puglisi
(50) Let it Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life by Peter Walsh

[Adventine]

I completed 53 books and left 28 unfinished this year. It's one of my lower years since I started tracking in 2013, but I had a lot going on this year (surprise international move and major decompression period), so I don't mind.


My finalized list:


COMPLETED:

1.   Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World
2.   The State of Affairs
3.   Love in the Time of Cholera
4.   The Signature of All Things
5.   Sugar in Milk
6.   Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy
7.   A Deadly Education
8.   A Woman Makes a Plan
9.   The Old Guard (Vol. 1)
10.   All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown
11.   One Punch Man Vol. 21
12.   The Bear in My Family
13.   Dancing at the Pity Party
14.   Eternal Life
15.   Lucky Peach Presents: 101 Easy Asian Recipes
16.   Magnificent Homespun Brown
17.   I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly (Dilbert Comics)
18.   The Way of the Househusband Vols. 1-2
19.   Black Panther Vol. 1 (2016)
20.   Are You Listening?
21.   Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
22.   The Old Guard (Vol. 2)
23.   The Cat Man of Aleppo
24.   The Umbrella Academy (Vol. 3): Hotel Oblivion
25.   The Witcher: The Last Wish
26.   Dune
27.   The Way of the Househusband Vols. 3-4
28.   Amboy
29.   Wicked Plants
30.   This is How We Do It
31.   Escape Everything
32.   Just After Sunset
33.   Luka and the Fire of Life
34.   Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020
35.   The Enchantress of Florence
36.   The Age of Walls
37.   Nomadland
38.   The Swallowed Man
39.   Sword of Destiny
40.   Blood of Elves
41.   The Time of Contempt
42.   Baptism of Fire
43.   The Tower of Swallows
44.   The Lady of the Lake
45.   The Tangleroot Palace
46.   Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
47.   White as Milk, Red as Blood
48.   The Neil Gaiman Library, Vol. 1
49.   The Neil Gaiman Library, Vol. 2
50.   The Bad Seed / The Good Egg
51.   Murakami T
52.   Serpentine
53.   The Lost Art of Handwriting
54.   Status Anxiety




UNFINISHED:

1.   Educated
2.   Agent Running in the Field
3.   Flow
4.   Greenlights
5.   March, Vol. 1
6.   The Old Ways
7.   The Dawn of Eurasia
8.   Apple
9.   The Art of Taking It Easy
10.   The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
11.   Dune Messiah
12.   Once and Forever: The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa
13.   The Midnight Library
14.   Quichotte
15.   Hillbilly Elegy
16.   Nightmares and Dreamscapes
17.   Crossings
18.   Caste: the Origins of Our Discontents
19.   Hard Times: Inequality, Recession, Aftermath
20.   Third Class Superhero
21.   Shadow Show
22.   Things You Would Know If You Grew Up Around Here
23.   Season of Storms
24.   A Theory of Fun for Game Design
25.   Sharks in the Time of Saviors
26.   Breasts and Eggs
27.   The Abundance of Less
28.   The Mistress of Spices

[Zikoris]

Well, I think that's about it for me for the year. Here are my last 15 for 2021, favourites marked. See you all in the 2022 thread!

461. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell
462. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam - Vivek Ramaswamy

463. Skyward - Brandon Sanderson
464. Starsight - Brandon Sanderson
I'm really loving this science fiction series so far, with great characters, fascinating societies, and lots of snarky dialogue.

465. A Night in the Lonesome October - Roger Zelazny ** Shoutout for having the most hideously awful illustrations I've ever seen in print. Seriously guys, go to your library or bookstore and flip through this one and tell me if you think it's more likely the artist was the author's four year old, or some dude tripping acid.

466. Where the Wind Blows - Caroline Fyffe
467. Spellbreaker - Charlie Holmberg

468. Savage Lands - Stacey Brown
469. Wild Lands - Stacey Brown
470. Dead Lands - Stacey Brown
471. Bad Lands - Stacey Brown
I got seriously hooked on this dark urban fantasy series based in Budapest. The prison scenes were truly horrifying.

472. Dancing the Warrior - Marie Brennan
473. Warrior - Marie Brennan
474. Bloodchild and Other Stories - Octavia Butler
475. The Pirate King's Daughter - Tricia Levenseller

[Log]

My goal for this year was only 42, not 50, but closing out the year at 47. Maybe I should just go for 50 next year - seeing "1 book behind schedule" on Goodreads always motivates me to kick my butt in gear a bit, so I'm sure if I set the goal I can reach it! Here's my 2021 list (with favorites bolded):

1. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2. Exhalation by Ted Chiang
3. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Lost Connections by Johann Hari (re-read)
5. One Blade of Grass by Henry Shukman
6. The Pearl by Steinbeck
7. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
8. Engaging the Concert Audience by David Wallace
9. The Book by Alan Watts
10. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
11. The Final Empire (Mistborn 1) by Brandon Sanderson
12. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
13. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn 2) by Sanderson
14. The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
15. Humankind by Rutger Bregman
16. When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
17. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
18. The Hero of Ages (Mistborn 3) by Sanderson
19. The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss (I normally wouldn't count a cook book as "read," but I legitimately read this book cover-to-cover. Not your typical cookbook.)
20. Marrow by Elizabeth Lesser
21. Hallelujah Junction by John Adams
22. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
23. The Once and Future King by T.H. White (re-read - but really this is four books collected in one volume and this is bolded for Book 3, "The Ill-Made Knight." I will definitely just skip to that section in future re-reads.)
24. After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield
25. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
26. Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
27. The Telling by Le Guin
28. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Gaiman
29. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (don't think the full book warrants a "favorite" but I highly recommend this animated excerpt from the audiobook on Youtube, very touching: https://youtu.be/ir1YXtdhRPg )
30. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
31. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
32. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
33. Non-Violent Communication by Marshall P. Rosenberg
34. The Unreal and the Real by Le Guin (short story collection, some were not necessarily my favorite but I've got the Table of Contents marked up in mine so I can re-read my favorites in the years to come)
35. Walkable City by Jeff Speck
36. Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
37. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
38. Apology by Plato
39. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
40. The Republic by Plato
41. Walden by Thoreau
42. Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (pretty eye-roll from me too, but my former horn teacher loves this book and I figured I could use a little extra positivity before my upcoming audition...)
43. Blow Your Own Horn by Fergus McWilliam (re-read number 5? 6?)
44. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
45. Vagabonding by Rolf Potts
46. Recursion by Blake Crouch
47. That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek by Cheri Huber

I'm now continuing my recent Classic philosophy self-education, but I'm not quite going to finish Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in the next few hours, so 47 is where I'll leave off 2021.

[nessness]

48. Matrix by Lauren Groff. This was different but I mostly liked it.
49. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. I liked this one too and put the sequel on my library holds list. A unique take on time travel.
50. The Bible. I've done a few one-year bible reading plans before, but this year I did The Bible Recap plan, which is chronological and includes a daily audio recap. I highly recommend this reading plan.

With less than 4 hours left in 2021, I made it to 50! This is definitely the most books I've read in a year in my adult life. Hoping to repeat it in 2022. 🙂

[Splashncash]

91. Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce
92. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
93. Honey by Sarah Weeks
94. The Trespasser by Tana French and Hilda Fay
95. Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
96. Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
97. Broken Harbor by Tana French
98. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
99. Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore by Patric Richardson and Karin B. Miller
100. The Heron's Cry by Ann Cleeves

101. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Murderbot diaries #2)
102. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (Murderbot diaries #3)
103. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman.  Really fascinating YA book about a female scientist I had never heard of before.

I think this is the most books I have read in a year.  Before joining last year's thread, I never tracked my reading.  My goal for next year is to read the to-be-read books I own.  I have quite a few but I want to read them and pass on the ones I do not love love love.