Reading 1001 discussion

2023 Reading 1001 TBR Takedown List


1. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
2. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
3. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
4. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
5. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
6. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
7. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
8. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
9. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
10. Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi
11. Marks of Identity by Juan Goytisolo
12. Martin Eden by Jack London
13. The Hothouse by Wolfgang Koeppen
14. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola
15. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
16. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
17. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
18. Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
19. The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela
20. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
21. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
22. Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
23. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
24. Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

January

Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi (10) - Review

February

Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence (22) - Review

March

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (9) - Review

April & May

I got behind for April and ended up reading these out of order for the months, but I'm also not tracking participation points this year so it's all about checking them off the TBR list.

The Hothouse: A Novel by Wolfgang Koeppen (13) - Review

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (20) - Review

June & July

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (16) - Review

Martin Eden by Jack London (12) - Review

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (17) - Review

Second half of 2023

Things got stressful once school started again this fall and something had to give. I read most of my TBR Takedown books for the second half of the year, but I did not review or record them here. I completely skipped two print books, but I also snuck in a couple of extras at the end of the year so I ended up completing thirteen from the list.

August: Marks of Identity by Juan Goytisolo (11) - not read
September: The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner (6)
October: The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela (19) - not read
November: Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson (18)
December: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (8)
Extras:
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (3, also randomized list)