Another year, another reading list published. I’ve been doing this since 2015 on this blog and it’s really interesting to go back and remember what I’ve read.
Also, this year I’ve smashed my previous totals. In recent years, I’ve averaged around 50-60 books, but have managed 72 this year as I succeeded in reading 6 books each month. It was quite tricky but I managed it by mixing up my reading each month with longer/shorter fiction, non-fiction and audio books.
Enjoy my list and let me know what you’ve enjoyed reading too! 📚
JANUARY
The Snow Child – Eowyn Ivey
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame
Zero Waste Year – Eco Books
FEBRUARY
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
The Divine Conspiracy – Dallas Willard
The Confession by Jessie Burton
The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
The City of Brass – S.A Chakraborty
Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
MARCH
Dancing By The Light of the Moon – Gyles Brandreth
House of M – Marvel Comics
The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
The Librarian of Auschwitz – Antonio Iturbe
Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection
Eternity is Now in Session – John Ortberg
APRIL
Blackberry Wine – Joanne Harris
The Nail – Stephen Cottrell
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
The Pearl – John Steinbeck
The Foundling – Stacey Halls
The Magician’s Elephant – Kate DiCamillo
MAY
Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro
Blandings Castle – P.G Wodehouse
Hearing God – Dallas Willard
Midnight’s Children – Salmon Rushdie
Devotions – Mary Oliver
The Seal Woman’s Gift – Sally Magnusson
JUNE
The Winning Motivation – Gareth Morgan
Things a Bright Girl Can Do – Sally Nicholls
How To Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlisch
Dubliners – James Joyce
Abide with Me – Elizabeth Strout
The Story of a New Name – Elena Ferrante
JULY
Shakespeare – Bill Bryson
Noughts & Crosses – Malorie Blackman
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction – Eugene Peterson
The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue – V.E Schwab
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Strange Hotel – Eimear McBride
AUGUST
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
The Summer of Impossible – Roman Coleman
People Like Us – Louise Fein
Go Set A Watchman – Harper Lee
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
A Meal with Jesus – Dr Tim Chester
SEPTEMBER
Viva South America – Oliver Ranch
Pachinko – Min Jin Lee
The Picador Book of Contemporary American Stories – Ed. Tobias Wolff
Star Wars 1: Heir to the Empire – Timothy Zahn
Hot Milk – Deborah Levy
The Urban Circus – Catriona Rainsford
OCTOBER
County Girls – Edna O’Brien
Live No Lies – John Mark Comer
The Music Room – William Fiennes
American Dirt – Jeanine Cummins
The Way of the Heart – Henri Nouwen
Songbirds & Sirens – Real Hopeful
NOVEMBER
Inspired – Rachel Held Evans
Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
Pig-Heart Boy – Malorie Blackman
A Boy Named Christmas – Matt Haig
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Jack Thorn & J.K Rowling
A Whole Life – Robert Seethaler
DECEMBER
The Magician’s Nephew – C.S Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S Lewis
The Horse and His Boy – C.S Lewis
Prince Caspian – C.S Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C.S Lewis
The Silver Chair – C.S Lewis
Final total: 72
Kelly Punton 