52 Books

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If you hadn’t already noticed, I am a fan of recaps and lists. This year I read a total of 52 books. That’s a book a week. More than that, really, since the year is not quite done.

In total, the 52 books represent 16,463 pages. The shortest was 60 pages, the longest was 841.

Some were very good and some were very bad. There was non-fiction in good doses. There were books that took me far away and some that struck too close to home and hurt my heart. Favourite authors, repeat authors, new authors; books for writers, books recommended by and even written by friends. There was time travel, parallel worlds and shrinking alphabets; trains and cows and drugs; fires, Nazis, bikers, cops, astronauts; and love and loss. A bit of everything then, and more still.

This is what my year in reading looked like (full list below).

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  1. Wolf by Wolf – Ryan Graudin (4/5)
  2. The Night Circus– Erin Morgenstern (4/5)
  3. The Pleasure of My Company – Steve Martin (2/5)
  4. Jennifer Government – Max Barry (2/5)
  5. The Hours – Michael Cunningham (4/5)
  6. Slam – Nick Hornby (3/5)
  7. Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott (4/5)
  8. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer (4/5)
  9. Ella Minnow Pea – Mark Dunn (3/5)
  10. Midnight Crossroad – Charlaine Harris (2/5)
  11. Betwixt – Tara Bray Smith (1/5)
  12. The Crane Wife – Patrick Ness (4/5)
  13. Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury (4/5)
  14. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – John Berendt (4/5)
  15. Magician – Raymond E Feist(4/5)
  16. King – TM Frazier (1/5)
  17. Mad Woman – Kat Savage (3/5)
  18. Tyrant – TM Frazier (1/5)
  19. Rivers of London – Ben Aaronovitch (3/5)
  20. Moon Over Soho – Ben Aaronovitch (3/5)
  21. Lawless – TM Frazier (1/5)
  22. Soulless – TM Frazier (1/5)
  23. The Wicked Will Rise – Danielle Paige (2/5)
  24. Whispers Underground – Ben Aaronovitch (3/5)
  25. Broken Homes – Ben Aaronovitch (3/5)
  26. Foxglove Summer – Ben Aaronovitch (3/5)
  27. The Martian – Andy Weir (5/5)
  28. Rising Strong – Brene  Brown (3/5)
  29. The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins (4/5)
  30. 31 Songs – Nick Hornby (3/5)
  31. Yellow Brick War – Danielle Paige (3/5)
  32. Bovicide, Zombie Diaries and the Legend of the Brothers Brown – Stephen Bills (4/5)
  33. Story Fix – Larry Brooks (5/5)
  34. Fratricide, Werewolf Wars and the Many Lies of Andrea Paddington – Stephen Bills (4/5)
  35. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – John Tiffany, Jack Thorne, JK Rowling (5/5)
  36. Deicide, Vampire Confession and the Legacy of the Brethertons – Stephen Bills (3/5)
  37. Lady Oracle – Margaret Atwood (3/5)
  38. Firstlife – Gena Showalter (2/5)
  39. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S Thompson (3/5)
  40. Then We Came to the End – Joshua Ferris (3/5)
  41. Hollow City – Ransom Riggs (4/5)
  42. Girl Waits With Gun – Amy Stewart (4/5)
  43. Dark Matter – Blake Crouch (4/5)
  44. Library of Souls – Ransom Riggs (3/5)
  45. Lady Cop Makes Trouble – Amy Stewart (3/5)
  46. Rosemary’s Baby – Ira Levin  (4/5)
  47. The Murdstone Trilogy – Mal Preet (3/5)
  48. Station Eleven – Emily St John Mandel (5/5)
  49. Blood for Blood – Ryan Graudin (4/5)
  50. Quiet – Susan Cain (4/5)
  51. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeleine L’Engle (3/5)
  52. The Call of the Wild – Jack London (3/5)

‘Til next time,

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