Posted Apr 26, 2013
In Reading(s)
Library
I keep track of my reading in a spreadsheet: every book I read gets entered into its own little row. I’m now in my sixteenth! year of such bookkeeping, so this has become as much of a ritualized habit as alphabetizing my bookshelf and never starting a new book on the same day I finish another. For your benefit (and my own, since I now get to make that satisfying entry twice), I’ll be including that list here as well.
What I’ve read this year…
Akbar, Kaveh. Martyr!
Groff, Lauren. The Vaster Wilds.
Grossman, Lev. The Bright Sword.
Perry, Sarah. Enlightenment.
What I read in… 2024
Benedict, Marie and Victoria Christopher Murray. The Personal Librarian.
Blum, Arlene. Annapurna: A Woman’s Place.
de Waal, Edmund. Letters to Camondo.
Everett, Percival. James.
Hammer, Joshua. The Falcon Thief.
Harding, Paul. This Other Eden.
Howard, Elizabeth Jane. All Change.
July, Miranda. All Fours.
Kingsolver, Barbara. Demon Copperhead.
Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall.
———. Bring Up the Bodies.
———. The Mirror and the Light.
Mirvis, Tova. The Book of Separation.
Orange, Tommy. Wandering Stars.
Patchett, Ann. Tom Lake.
Phillips, Jayne Anne. Night Watch.
Powers, Richard. Playground.
Rosen, Jonathan. The Best Minds.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. (audiobook)
———. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. (audiobook)
———. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (audiobook)
———. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. (audiobook)
———. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (audiobook)
Ruhl, Sarah and Max Ritvo. Letters from Max.
Saunders, George. Lincoln in the Bardo.
Smith, Zadie. The Fraud.
Towles, Amor. A Gentleman in Moscow.
Tsui, Bonnie. Why We Swim.
Wildman, Sarah. Paper Love.
What I read in… 2023
Brown, Tina. The Diana Chronicles. (audiobook)
Dee, Jonathan. The Privileges.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie.
———. Flora and Ulysses.
———. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
———. The Tiger Rising.
Fadiman, Anne. The Wine Lover’s Daughter.
Greer, Andrew Sean. Less.
———. The Story of a Marriage.
Holton, India. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels.
Hunter, Clare. Threads of Life.
Miyazaki, Hayao. Shuna’s Journey.
Napolitano, Ann. Hello Beautiful.
O’Farrell, Maggie. The Marriage Portrait.
———. Instructions for a Heatwave.
Patchett, Ann. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage.
Pylväinen, Hanna. The End of Drum-Time. (audiobook)
Quinn, Joanna. The Whalebone Theatre.
Ramey, Sarah. The Lady’s Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
Strasdin, Kate. The Dress Diary.
Tolkein, J. R. R. The Fellowship of the Rings.
———. The Hobbit.
———. The Return of the King.
———. The Two Towers.
Verghese, Abraham. The Covenant of Water.
Yong, Ed. An Immense World.
What I read in… 2022
Adams, Douglas. Last Chance to See.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice.
Baker, Jo. Longbourn.
Bennett, Brit. The Vanishing Half.
Boyd, William. Solo (audiobook).
Brown, Tina. The Palace Papers.
Cho, Grace M. Tastes like War.
Ditlevsen, Tove. The Copenhagen Trilogy.
Doerr, Anthony. Cloud Cuckoo Land.
Garmus, Bonnie. Lessons in Chemistry.
Hall, Rebecca. Wake.
Kelly, Angela. The Other Side of the Coin.
Kitamura, Katie. Intimacies.
Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air.
MacDonald, George. The Princess and the Goblin.*
Nesbit, TaraShea. Beheld.
O’Farrell, Maggie. Hamnet.
Orlean, Susan. On Animals.
Raven, Catherine. Fox and I.
Rustad, Harley. Lost in the Valley of Death.
Shamsie, Kamila. Home Fire.
Stuart, Sarah Payne. Perfectly Miserable.
Videen, Hana. The Word Hord.
