Earlier this year in July which was Week 28 of the year, I hit the 39 book milestone. Now at the end of the year, I’m at 68 books and going strong. Everything in bold in the list below is what I’ve read since July.
Obviously, I outperformed my goal of 52 books for the year, but in all honesty, I could have done a lot better if I’d watched less garbage on TV. Nonetheless, I’m going to be more ambitious with my reading goals for next year.
Books are my form of therapy; they’re how I still my mind and escape my head for hours on end. Even yoga doesn’t clear my head as much as reading a book does. This year has had it’s ups and downs, but I’ve read so many wonderful books that will stay with me far beyond this year.
Some of my favorites in no particular order: The Stranger, Milkman, The Wise Man’s Fear, Words of Radiance, Malevolent Republic, The Intelligent Investor, Fun Home.
Next up, my workout summary for the year!
Purely for the joy of words (18)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) – Patrick Rothfuss
The Wise Man’s Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) – Patrick Rothfuss
Dominicana – Angie Cruz
A Little Life – Hanya Yanagihara
The Answers – Catherine Lacey
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
Milkman – Anna Burns
All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women – Enid Shomer
The Golden Gate – Vikram Seth
The Only Story – Julian Barnes
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
The Stranger – Albert Camus
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) – Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) – Brandon Sanderson
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) – Brandon Sanderson
The Year of the Runaways – Sunjeev Sahota
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte
Everything Under – Daisy Johnson
For an education (13)
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Malevolent Republic: A Short History of New India – KS Komireddi
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto – Suketu Mehta
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It – Scott Kupor
Kubernetes: Up & Running – Kelsey Hightower
The Business Value of Developer Relations: How and Why Technical Communities Are Key to Your Success – Mary Thengvall
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber – Mike Isaac
All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis – Bethany McLean
An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India – Shashi Tharoor
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley – Emily Chang
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process – John McPhee
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity – Amartya Sen
The Intelligent Investor – Benjamin Graham
Romance/Trendy (21)
I’m Fine and Neither Are You – Camille Pagan
The Story of a Brief Marriage – Anuk Arudpragasam
From the Corner of the Oval – Beck Dorey-Stein
The Widow’s Watcher – Eliza Maxwell
When Life Gives You Lululemons (The Devil Wears Prada, #3) – Lauren Weisberger
Park Avenue Summer – Renee Rosen
Very Nice – Marcy Dermansky
Three Women – Lisa Taddeo
Normal People – Sally Rooney
My Friend Anna – Rachel DeLoache Williams
Valley of the Dolls – Jacqueline Susann
Red, White & Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
Proposal – Jasmine Guillory
Turbulence – David Szalay ** currently reading
Almost Single – Advaita Kala
Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) – Megan McCafferty
Second Helpings (Jessica Darling, #2) – Megan McCafferty
Charmed Thirds (Jessica Darling, #3) – Megan McCafferty
Fourth Comings (Jessica Darling, #4) -Megan McCafferty
Perfect Fifths (Jessica Darling, #5) – Megan McCafferty
The Boy Next Door (Boy, #1) – Meg Cabot
Comics and graphic novels (5)
Black Hole – Charles Burns
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic – Alison Bechdel
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) – Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Persepolis, #2) – Marjane Satrapi
The Love Bunglers – Jaime Hernandez
Thrillers (11)
Recursion – Blake Crouch ** currently reading
Blood on the Tracks (Sydney Rose Parnell, #1) – Barbara Nickless
Broken Promise (Promise Falls, #1) – Linwood Barclay
Caught – Harlan Coben
Run Away – Harlan Coben
Discretion (Anna Curtis, #2) – Allison Leotta
Livia Lone (Livia Lone, #1) – Barry Eisler
The Night Trade (Livia Lone, #2) – Barry Eisler
Most Dangerous Place (Jack Swyteck, #13) – James Grippando
I Am Watching You – Teresa Driscoll
Everything You Want Me to Be – Mindy Mejia