I read 86 books this year (assuming you count listening to audiobooks as reading – which I do)! Most of the books fall under the category of easy reading – the kind that doesn’t take a lot of brain power so that I can enjoy them while drawing or walking around the neighborhood.
Favorite Books Read This Year
- The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh
- Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen
- Amy Falls Down by Jincy Willett
Visualizing Some Stats About What I Read
List of Books I Read This Year
- To Have and to Hoax (The Regency Vows, #1) by Martha Waters
- Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree Jr.
- Space: 1969 by Bill Oakley
- The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan
- Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
- At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
- The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
- Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings
- How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler by Ryan North
- Critical Mass (Delta-v, #2) by Daniel Suarez
- The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2) by M.C. Beaton
- The Quiche of Death (Agatha Raisin, #1) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener (Agatha Raisin, #3) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin, #4) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin, #5) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist (Agatha Raisin, #6) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death (Agatha Raisin, #7) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (Agatha Raisin, #8) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden (Agatha Raisin, #9) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (Agatha Raisin, #10) by M.C. Beaton
- Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) by Travis Baldree
- The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray
- Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (Agatha Raisin, #11) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (Agatha Raisin, #12) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate (Agatha Raisin, #13) by M.C. Beaton
- Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House (Agatha Raisin, #14) by M.C. Beaton
- The Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin, #15) by M.C. Beaton
- Less is Lost (Arthur Less, #2) by Andrew Sean Greer
- Death of a Traitor (Hamish Macbeth, #35) by M.C. Beaton
- Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Perfect Paragon (Agatha Raisin, #16) by M.C. Beaton
- The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge, #0) by Ken Follett
- Love, Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin, #17) by M.C. Beaton
- Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Raisin, #18) by M.C. Beaton
- Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros
- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- A Spoonful of Poison (Agatha Raisin, #19) by M.C. Beaton
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
- There Goes the Bride (Agatha Raisin, #20) by M.C. Beaton
- Planetfall (Planetfall, #1) by Emma Newman
- After Atlas (Planetfall, #2) by Emma Newman
- Before Mars (Planetfall, #3) by Emma Newman
- Atlas Alone (Planetfall #4) by Emma Newman
- Before, After, Alone: A Planetfall Universe short story collection by Emma Newman
- Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
- Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy by Christopher L. Hayes
- A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7) by Louise Penny
- Me Write Book: It Bigfoot Memoir by Graham Roumieu
- Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) by Leigh Bardugo
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) by Agatha Christie
- Agatha Raisin and the Busy Body (Agatha Raisin, #21) by M.C. Beaton
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl
- The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
- The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman
- Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières
- The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman
- The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman
- Lyra’s Oxford (His Dark Materials, #3.5) by Philip Pullman
- Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials, #0.5) by Philip Pullman
- The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More by Bruce Feiler
- La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman
- Serpentine (His Dark Materials, #3.6) by Philip Pullman
- Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin
- The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin
- The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
- Starter Villain by John Scalzi
- The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2) by Philip Pullman
- A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas
- A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock, #2) by Sherry Thomas
- The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child
- The Mimicking of Known Successes (Mossa & Pleiti, #1) by Malka Ann Older
- The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas
- Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen
- The Art of Theft (Lady Sherlock, #4) by Sherry Thomas
- Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree
- Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5) by Sherry Thomas
- The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge, #4) by Ken Follett
- Kings of the Wyld (The Band, #1) by Nicholas Eames
- Amy Falls Down (Amy Gallup, #2) by Jincy Willett
- Pages to Fill (Legends & Lattes, #0.5) by Travis Baldree
- The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
- Travel by Bullet (The Dispatcher, #3) by John Scalzi
- The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss
- A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) by Naomi Novik