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Charity's Reading List [2017]
1. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies
Atria Books, 2016
76 p.
Read 1/23/17
4 Stars
2. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin
Vintage, 1987
293 p.
Read 1/26/17
4 Stars
3. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Harper Perennial, 2011
301 p.
Read 1/28/17
4 Stars
4. Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated from the Russian by Mirra Ginsburg
Grove Press, 1923
123 p.
Read 1/31/17
3 Stars
Mod
1. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies
..."
I adored this sad little novella!
5. The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
Translated from the Russian by Lynn Solotaroff
Bantam, 1886
134 p.
Read 2/1/17
4 Stars
6. It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Signet, 1935
381 p.
Read 2/3/17
3 Stars
7. The Running Man by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman)
Signet, 1982
317 p.
Read 2/5/17
3 Stars
8. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Mariner, 1962
274 p.
Read 2/7/17
3 Stars
9. The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Translated from the Spanish by Ruth L. C. Simms
New York Review Books, 1940
103 p.
Read 2/8/17
3 Stars
10. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Amy Einhorn Books, 2014
458 p.
Read 2/9/17
5 Stars
11. Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Back Bay Books, 2006
193 p.
Read 2/10/17
5 Stars
12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling
Three Rivers Press, 2011
219 p.
Read 2/12/17
4 Stars
13. The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Bantam, 1951
186 p.
Read 2/15/17
5 Stars
14. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Translated from the German by Rika Lesser
Barnes & Noble, 1922
118 p.
Read 2/16/17
3 Stars
15. Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov
Translated from the Russian by Natalie Duddington
Everyman's Library, 1859
586 p.
Read 2/17/17
5 Stars
16. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Shaye Areheart Books, 2006
252 p.
Read 2/18/17
1 Star
17. Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Translated from the French by Margaret Mauldon
Oxford World's Classics, 1885
290 p.
Read 2/19/17
3 Stars
18. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
Broadway, 2011
365 p.
Read 2/24/17
5 Stars
19. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Bantam, 1945
123 p.
Read 2/27/17
3 Stars
Mod
5. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy
6. It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis
7. The Running Man - Stephen King
8. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
9. The Invention of Mo..."
Winter's Bone was such a dull movie, how was the book? I love Mindy Kaling's books. Sharp Objects is my least favorite Gillian Flynn novel.
20. Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Crown Archetype, 2015
223 p.
Read 3/1/17
4 Stars
21. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Vintage Classics, 1955
180 p.
Read 3/3/17
3 Stars
22. The Circle by Dave Eggers
Vintage, 2013
497 p.
Read 3/6/17
4 Stars
23. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
HarperPerennial, 1965
152 p.
Read 3/7/17
1 Star
24. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
Back Bay Books, 2013
313 p.
Read 3/13/17
5 Stars
25. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Transatlantic Press, 1953
215 p.
Read 3/18/17
3 Stars
26. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
HarperPerennial, 2014
318 p.
Read 3/20/17
5 Stars
27. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Doubleday, 2016
306 p.
Read 3/23/17
5 Stars
28. The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Anchor Books, 2011
129 p.
Read 3/27/17
4 Stars
29. The Finishing School by Muriel Spark
Anchor Books, 2004
181 p.
Read 3/30/17
3 Stars
Mod
20. Why Not Me? - Mindy Kaling
21. The Quiet American - Graham Greene
22. The Circle - Dave Eggers
23. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
24. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Educa..."
20. Mindy Kaling is hilarious. She needs to put out more books.
22. This looks so good.
23. I read this in college, hated it. lol
24. Amazing. Enough said.
26 & 27. In my TBR.
30. After Claude by Iris Owens
New York Review Books, 1973
206 p.
Read 4/9/17
3 Stars
31. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Translated from the Swedish by Neil Smith
Atria, 2017
415 p.
Read 4/29/17
4 Stars
32. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Vintage International, 1986
206 p.
Read 4/30/17
3 Stars
33. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Penguin, 2015 (audiobook)
277 p.
Read 5/9/17
4 Stars
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World by Greg Crister
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
184 p.
Read 5/23/17
3 Stars
35. It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
Clarkson Potter, 2015
227 p.
Read 5/25/17
4 Stars
36. The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
Warner Books, 1979
1,019 p.
Read 5/31/17
4 Stars
Mod
33. Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World - Greg Crister
35. It Was Me All Along - Andie Mitchell
36. The Executioner's Song - Norman..."
I enjoyed Modern Romance and am thankful I don't have to go through any of that!
Mod
35. It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
Clarkson Potter, 2015
227 p.
Read 5/25/17
4 Stars"
Charity, I enjoyed this one too!
37. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2008
201 p.
Read 6/1/17
4 Stars
38. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Anchor, 1958
209 p.
Read 6/3/17
4 Stars
39. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014
195 p.
Read 6/4/17
4 Stars
40. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014
340 p.
Read 6/6/17
2 Stars
41. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014
338 p.
Read 6/7/17
2 Stars
42. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
Vintage International, 1988
348 p.
Read 6/18/17
5 Stars
43. Ask the Dust by John Fante
HarperPerennial, 1939
165 p.
Read 6/19/17
3 Stars
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JANUARY
1. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer - Fredrik Backman
2. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami
3. How to Be a Woman - Caitlin Moran
4. Heart of a Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov
FEBRUARY
5. The Death of Ivan Ilyich - Leo Tolstoy
6. It Can't Happen Here - Sinclair Lewis
7. The Running Man - Stephen King
8. The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick
9. The Invention of Morel - Adolfo Bioy Casares
10. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
11. Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell
12. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) - Mindy Kaling
13. The Illustrated Man - Ray Bradbury
14. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
15. Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov
16. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
17. Bel-Ami - Guy de Maupassant
18. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin - Erik Larson
19. Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
MARCH
20. Why Not Me? - Mindy Kaling
21. The Quiet American - Graham Greene
22. The Circle - Dave Eggers
23. The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
24. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Malala Yousafzai
25. Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
26. Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay
27. The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
28. The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
29. The Finishing School - Muriel Spark
APRIL
30. After Claude - Iris Owens
31. Beartown - Fredrik Backman
32. An Artist of the Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro
MAY
33. Modern Romance - Aziz Ansari
34. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World - Greg Crister
35. It Was Me All Along - Andie Mitchell
36. The Executioner's Song - Norman Mailer
JUNE
37. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto - Michael Pollan
38. Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
39. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
40. Authority - Jeff VanderMeer
41. Acceptance - Jeff VanderMeer
42. Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
43. Ask the Dust - John Fante
44. 20,000 League Under the Sea - Jules Verne
45. Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami
JULY
46. The Mosquito Coast - Paul Theroux
AUGUST
47. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
48. A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James
49. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
50. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson
51. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
SEPTEMBER
52. The Winners - Julio Cortázar
53. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - J. D. Vance
54. When the Emperor Was Divine - Julie Otsuka
55. The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
56. The Professor's House - Willa Cather
57. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
58. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
59. It - Stephen King
DECEMBER
60. Little Men - Louisa May Alcott
61. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
62. The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware
63-66. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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