Reading List 2021
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yuuagoThe resolution is to read 50 books this year. I've divided them up into categories/sub-goals.
Additional notation:
[*] Would rec
[GN] Graphic novel/comic/manga
[E] E-book
[A] Audiobook
[R] Re-rec
[L] Library book
Nonfiction:
01. The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold. Finished Jan 16. [A][L][*]
02. Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold Story of the Hampstead Murderess - Sarah Beth Hopton. Finished Feb 05. [L][A]
03. Love and Death in the Sunshine State - Cutter Wood. Finished Feb 14. [L][A]
04. Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now - Antony Gormley & Martin Gayford. Finished Mar 05. [L]
05. Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry that Changed Acting Forever - Peter Rader. Finished Mar 07. [L]
06. Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History - Paul Farmer. Finished Mar 30. [L][*]
07. Bones: Inside and Out - Roy A Meals. Finished April 04. [L]
08. Bomb Girls - Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women Of World War II - Jack Hyams. Finished April 13. [L][A]
09. God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World - Alan Mikhail. Finished May 08. [L]
10. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed The World - Andrew Reynolds. Finished May 23. [L]
11. The Close Encounters Man - Mark O'Connel. Finished June 03. [L][A]
12. The Baltic States: Years of Dependence 1940-1990 - Romuald Misiunas & Rein Taagepera. Finished June 06.
13. The Hynek UFO Report - J Allen Hynek. Finished June 12. [L][A]
14. The Lives of Bees - Thomas D. Seeley. Finished June 22. [L][A][*]
15. The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin. Finished July 09.
16. Mountain Man: 446 Mountains, Six Months, One Record-Breaking Adventure - James Forrest. Finished July 18. [L]
17. The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent - Mick Confrey. Finished Aug 07. [L]
18. The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs - Elaine Sciolino. Finished Aug 08. [L][A]
19. A Window to Heaven: The Daring Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak - Patrick Dean. Finished Au 17. [L][*]
20. Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors - Susanne Foitzik & Olaf Firtsche. FInished Aug 25. [L][A][*]
21. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters - Andre H. Knoll. Finished Aug 28. [L][*]
22. Land of Wondrous Cold - Gillen D'arcy Wood. Finished Sept 03. [L][A][*]
23. Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams - Kate Ives. Finished Oct 24. [L][A]
24. Lights Camera Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television - Heather Greene. Finished Nov 09. [L][A]
25. Thomas Quick: The Making Of A Serial Killer - Hannes Råstam. Finished Dec 21. [A][L][*]
Poetry
01. Field Music - Alexandria Hall. Finished Mar 20. [L]
02. A Thistle In His Mouth - Peter Huchel; translated by Henry Beissel. Finished June 09. [*]
03. I Had A Brother Once - Adam Mansbach. Finished June 25. [L]
04. In Accelerated Silence - Brooke Matson. Finished July 03. [L]
05. War of the Foxes - Richard Siken. Finished July 21. [L]
06. Easy Math - Lauren Sharpio. Finished July 28. [L]
07. Thrust - Heather Derr-Smith. Finished Aug 17. [L]
08. Night Became Years - Jason Stefanik. Finished Aug 30. [L]
09. Ghost Child of the Atlanta Bloom - Rebecca Aronson. Finished Sept 16. [L]
10. The Chaos of Longing - K. Y. Robinson. Finished Oct 07. [L]
Fiction
01. Redshirts - John Scalzi. Finished Jan 02. [L][*]
02. Olive Oil and Murder - Fiona Grace. Finished Jan 10. [L]
03. The Hunger - Alma Katsu. Finished Jan 12. [L]
04. An Official Killing - Nell Goddin. Finished Jan 17. [L][A]
05. The Children of Red Peak - Craig DiLouie. Finished Jan 18. [L]
06. All Systems Red - Martha Wells. Finished Jan 22. [L][*]
07. The Sunday Girl - Pip Drysdale. [L][A]
08. Us Against You - Fredrik Backman. Finished Jan 30. [L][*'
09. Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Finished Feb 09. [L][*]
10. The Winter Soldier - Daniel Mason. Finished Feb 14. [L]
11. Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuinston. Finished Feb 19. [L]
12. No Good Asking - Fran Kimmel. Finished Feb 21. [L][A]
13. Painter of Silence - Georgina Harding. Finished Feb 23. [L]
14. In the Distance - Hernan Diaz. Finished Mar 06. [L][A]
15. The Current - Tim Johnston. Finished Mar 23. [L][A]
16. Artificial Condition - Martha Wells. Finished April 01. [L][*]
17. The Monsters We Make - Kali White. Finished April 02. [L][A]
18. Summer - Ali Smith. Finished April 07. [L]
19. The House on Vesper Sands - Pariac O'Donnel. Finished April 20. [L]
20. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enriquez. Finished April 27. [L][*]
21. The Leavers - Lisa Ko. Finished May 05. [L][A]
22. Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Finished May 16. [L][*]
23. The Wedding Date Disaster - Avery Flynn. Finished May 19. [L][A]
24. A House at the Bottom of a Lake - Josh Mallerman. Finished June 27. [L]
25. Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica. Finished July 03. [L][A]
26. Manga Yokai Stories: Ghostly Tales From Japan - Lafcadio Hearn/Sean Michael Wilson/Inko Ai Takita. Finished July 10. [L][*]
27. It Devours! - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. FInished July 12. [L]
28. Broken River - J. Robert Lennon. Finished July 20. [L][A][*]
29. Elusive - Sara Rosett. Finished July 31. [L][A]
30. The North Water - Ian McGuire. Finished August 1. [L]
31. Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji vol 01. Finished Aug 08. [L]
32. Shadow Ridge - M. E. Browning. Finished Aug 12. [L]
33. Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler vol. 01 - Toboso Yana. [L]
34. Fruits Basket vol 01 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 15[L][*]
35. Murder in the Manor - Fiona Grace. Finished Aug 16. [L][A]
36. Fruits Basket vol 02 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 17. [L][*]
37. Fruits Basket vol 03 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 21. [L][*]
38. Fruits Basket vol 04 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 25. [L][*]
39. The City of Belgium - Brecht Evens. Finished Aug 26. [GN][L]
40. Lovesickness - Junji Ito. Finished Sep 04. [L][*]
41. No Hiding in Boise - Kim Hooper. Finished Sept 15. [L][A][*]
42. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John le Carre. Finished Sept 18. [L][*]
43. Agatha of Little Neon - Claire Luchette. Finished Sept 22. [L][A][*]
44. Love in Amsterdam - Nicolas Freeling. [L]
45. Hurry Home - Roz Nay. [L][A]
46. People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry. Finished Oct 03.
47. Remina - Junji Ito. Finished Oct 07. [L]
48. The Nightmare Room - Chris Sorensen. Finished Oct 08. [L][A]
49. Girl, Alone - Blake Pierce. Finished Oct 14. [L][A]
50. Scarenthood - Nick Roche * Chris O'Halloran. Finished Oct 24. [L][GN]
51. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Finished Oct 31. [L][R]
52. Running Scared - Lisa Jackson. Finished Nov 09.
53. The Island - Mary Grand. Finished Nov 17. [A][L]
54. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins. Finished Nov 20. [*]
55. The Hungry Ones - Chris Sorensen. Finished Nov 24. [A][L]
56. The Twelve Murders of Christmas - Jane Benett Munro. Finished Nov 29. [L][A]
57. How do you live? - Genzaburo Yoshino. Finished Nov 29. [L]
58. Into the Lake - L. K. Chapman. Finished Dec 08. [L][A]
59. Ashes of London - Andrew Taylor. Finished Dec 14. [L][*]
60. Confessions of the Fox - Jordy Rosenberg. Finished Dec 28. [L][*]
Additional notation:
[*] Would rec
[GN] Graphic novel/comic/manga
[E] E-book
[A] Audiobook
[R] Re-rec
[L] Library book
Nonfiction:
01. The Five: The Untold Story of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper - Hallie Rubenhold. Finished Jan 16. [A][L][*]
02. Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold Story of the Hampstead Murderess - Sarah Beth Hopton. Finished Feb 05. [L][A]
03. Love and Death in the Sunshine State - Cutter Wood. Finished Feb 14. [L][A]
04. Shaping the World: Sculpture from Prehistory to Now - Antony Gormley & Martin Gayford. Finished Mar 05. [L]
05. Playing to the Gods: Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse, and the Rivalry that Changed Acting Forever - Peter Rader. Finished Mar 07. [L]
06. Fevers, Feuds, and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History - Paul Farmer. Finished Mar 30. [L][*]
07. Bones: Inside and Out - Roy A Meals. Finished April 04. [L]
08. Bomb Girls - Britain's Secret Army: The Munitions Women Of World War II - Jack Hyams. Finished April 13. [L][A]
09. God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World - Alan Mikhail. Finished May 08. [L]
10. The Children of Harvey Milk: How LGBTQ Politicians Changed The World - Andrew Reynolds. Finished May 23. [L]
11. The Close Encounters Man - Mark O'Connel. Finished June 03. [L][A]
12. The Baltic States: Years of Dependence 1940-1990 - Romuald Misiunas & Rein Taagepera. Finished June 06.
13. The Hynek UFO Report - J Allen Hynek. Finished June 12. [L][A]
14. The Lives of Bees - Thomas D. Seeley. Finished June 22. [L][A][*]
15. The Voyage of the Beagle - Charles Darwin. Finished July 09.
16. Mountain Man: 446 Mountains, Six Months, One Record-Breaking Adventure - James Forrest. Finished July 18. [L]
17. The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent - Mick Confrey. Finished Aug 07. [L]
18. The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs - Elaine Sciolino. Finished Aug 08. [L][A]
19. A Window to Heaven: The Daring Ascent of Denali: America's Wildest Peak - Patrick Dean. Finished Au 17. [L][*]
20. Empire of Ants: The Hidden World and Extraordinary Lives of Earth's Tiny Conquerors - Susanne Foitzik & Olaf Firtsche. FInished Aug 25. [L][A][*]
21. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters - Andre H. Knoll. Finished Aug 28. [L][*]
22. Land of Wondrous Cold - Gillen D'arcy Wood. Finished Sept 03. [L][A][*]
23. Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams - Kate Ives. Finished Oct 24. [L][A]
24. Lights Camera Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television - Heather Greene. Finished Nov 09. [L][A]
25. Thomas Quick: The Making Of A Serial Killer - Hannes Råstam. Finished Dec 21. [A][L][*]
Poetry
01. Field Music - Alexandria Hall. Finished Mar 20. [L]
02. A Thistle In His Mouth - Peter Huchel; translated by Henry Beissel. Finished June 09. [*]
03. I Had A Brother Once - Adam Mansbach. Finished June 25. [L]
04. In Accelerated Silence - Brooke Matson. Finished July 03. [L]
05. War of the Foxes - Richard Siken. Finished July 21. [L]
06. Easy Math - Lauren Sharpio. Finished July 28. [L]
07. Thrust - Heather Derr-Smith. Finished Aug 17. [L]
08. Night Became Years - Jason Stefanik. Finished Aug 30. [L]
09. Ghost Child of the Atlanta Bloom - Rebecca Aronson. Finished Sept 16. [L]
10. The Chaos of Longing - K. Y. Robinson. Finished Oct 07. [L]
Fiction
01. Redshirts - John Scalzi. Finished Jan 02. [L][*]
02. Olive Oil and Murder - Fiona Grace. Finished Jan 10. [L]
03. The Hunger - Alma Katsu. Finished Jan 12. [L]
04. An Official Killing - Nell Goddin. Finished Jan 17. [L][A]
05. The Children of Red Peak - Craig DiLouie. Finished Jan 18. [L]
06. All Systems Red - Martha Wells. Finished Jan 22. [L][*]
07. The Sunday Girl - Pip Drysdale. [L][A]
08. Us Against You - Fredrik Backman. Finished Jan 30. [L][*'
09. Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Finished Feb 09. [L][*]
10. The Winter Soldier - Daniel Mason. Finished Feb 14. [L]
11. Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuinston. Finished Feb 19. [L]
12. No Good Asking - Fran Kimmel. Finished Feb 21. [L][A]
13. Painter of Silence - Georgina Harding. Finished Feb 23. [L]
14. In the Distance - Hernan Diaz. Finished Mar 06. [L][A]
15. The Current - Tim Johnston. Finished Mar 23. [L][A]
16. Artificial Condition - Martha Wells. Finished April 01. [L][*]
17. The Monsters We Make - Kali White. Finished April 02. [L][A]
18. Summer - Ali Smith. Finished April 07. [L]
19. The House on Vesper Sands - Pariac O'Donnel. Finished April 20. [L]
20. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enriquez. Finished April 27. [L][*]
21. The Leavers - Lisa Ko. Finished May 05. [L][A]
22. Harrow the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir. Finished May 16. [L][*]
23. The Wedding Date Disaster - Avery Flynn. Finished May 19. [L][A]
24. A House at the Bottom of a Lake - Josh Mallerman. Finished June 27. [L]
25. Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica. Finished July 03. [L][A]
26. Manga Yokai Stories: Ghostly Tales From Japan - Lafcadio Hearn/Sean Michael Wilson/Inko Ai Takita. Finished July 10. [L][*]
27. It Devours! - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. FInished July 12. [L]
28. Broken River - J. Robert Lennon. Finished July 20. [L][A][*]
29. Elusive - Sara Rosett. Finished July 31. [L][A]
30. The North Water - Ian McGuire. Finished August 1. [L]
31. Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji vol 01. Finished Aug 08. [L]
32. Shadow Ridge - M. E. Browning. Finished Aug 12. [L]
33. Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler vol. 01 - Toboso Yana. [L]
34. Fruits Basket vol 01 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 15[L][*]
35. Murder in the Manor - Fiona Grace. Finished Aug 16. [L][A]
36. Fruits Basket vol 02 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 17. [L][*]
37. Fruits Basket vol 03 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 21. [L][*]
38. Fruits Basket vol 04 - Natsuki Takaya. Finished Aug 25. [L][*]
39. The City of Belgium - Brecht Evens. Finished Aug 26. [GN][L]
40. Lovesickness - Junji Ito. Finished Sep 04. [L][*]
41. No Hiding in Boise - Kim Hooper. Finished Sept 15. [L][A][*]
42. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John le Carre. Finished Sept 18. [L][*]
43. Agatha of Little Neon - Claire Luchette. Finished Sept 22. [L][A][*]
44. Love in Amsterdam - Nicolas Freeling. [L]
45. Hurry Home - Roz Nay. [L][A]
46. People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry. Finished Oct 03.
47. Remina - Junji Ito. Finished Oct 07. [L]
48. The Nightmare Room - Chris Sorensen. Finished Oct 08. [L][A]
49. Girl, Alone - Blake Pierce. Finished Oct 14. [L][A]
50. Scarenthood - Nick Roche * Chris O'Halloran. Finished Oct 24. [L][GN]
51. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley. Finished Oct 31. [L][R]
52. Running Scared - Lisa Jackson. Finished Nov 09.
53. The Island - Mary Grand. Finished Nov 17. [A][L]
54. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins. Finished Nov 20. [*]
55. The Hungry Ones - Chris Sorensen. Finished Nov 24. [A][L]
56. The Twelve Murders of Christmas - Jane Benett Munro. Finished Nov 29. [L][A]
57. How do you live? - Genzaburo Yoshino. Finished Nov 29. [L]
58. Into the Lake - L. K. Chapman. Finished Dec 08. [L][A]
59. Ashes of London - Andrew Taylor. Finished Dec 14. [L][*]
60. Confessions of the Fox - Jordy Rosenberg. Finished Dec 28. [L][*]
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.