books
i've been meaning to keep a reading log, so here it is:
(i read like most people watch tv)
2024
- thread needle - cari thomas
- the villa - rachel hawkins
2023
- dear edward - ann napolitano
- a psalm for the wild-built - becky chambers
- the tin drum - günter grass
- i'm glad my mom died - jeanette mccurdy
- the atlas paradox - olivie blake
- we begin at the end - chris whitaker
- city of dragons - robin hobb
- the blood of dragons - robin hobb
- beartown - federick bachman (sp)
- shuggie bain - douglas stuart
- mrs demeanor - elinor lipman
- flashback - dan simmons
- a curious beginning - deanna raybourn
- the great believers - rebecca makkai
- a perilous undertaking- deanna raybourn
- the lives of puppets - tj klune
- the death of vivek oji - akwaeke emezi
- tress of the emerald sea - brandon sanderson
- the storied life of A.J. fickry
- blessings - anna quindlen
- divine rivals - rebecca ross
- mistborn secret history - brandon sanderson
- the 7 1/2 deaths of evelyn hardcastle - stuart turton
- the mostly true story of tanner & louise - colleen oakley
- the lincoln highway - amor towles
- the prison healer - lynette noni
- the gilded cage - lynette noni
- the blood traitor - lynette noni
- the wolf den - elodie harper
- the collected regrets of clover - mikki brammer
- the wishing game- meg shaffer
- ship breaker - paola bacigalupi
- the ferryman - justin cronin
- everybody in this room will someday be dead - emily austin
- the house with the golden door - elodie harper
- all the sinners bleed - sa cosby
- for your own good - samantha downing
- invisible girl - lisa jewell
- the night watchman - louise erdrich
- my darkest prayer - S.A. cosby
- fourth wing- rebecca yarros
- chain gang all stars - nana kwame adjei-brenyah
- city of brass - sa chakraborty
- kingdom of copper - sa chakraborty
- the empire of gold - sa chakraborty
- then she was gone - lisa jewell
- scarlet- genevieve cogman
- a treacherous curse - deanna raybourn
- nightcrawling - leila mottley
- the last devil to die - richard osman
- prince of thorns - mark lawrence
- king of thorns - mark lawrence
- emperor of thorns - mark lawrence
- replay - ken grimwood
- starter villain - john scalzi
- iron flame - rebecca yarros
- the shadow of what was lost - james islington
- an echo of things to come - james islington
- the light of all that falls - james islington
- yumi and the nightmare painter - brandon sanderson
- shark heart - emily habeck
- the housemaid - freida mcfadden
- dead of winter - darcy coates
- demon copperhead - barbera kingsolver
- deacon king kong - james mcbride
2022
- this is ear hustle - nigel poor & earlonne woods
- jade city - fonda lee
- random shit flying through the air - jackson ford
- recursion - blacke crouch
- eye of the shit storm - jackson ford
- jade war - fonda lee
- blacktop wasteland - sa crosby
- rules of civility - amor towles
- the maid - nita prose
- death on the nile - agatha christie
- razorblade tears - sa crosby
- the turn of the key - ruth ware
- the nickel boys - colson whitehead
- fools errand - robin hobb
- golden fool - robin hobb
- fools fate - robin hobb
- poppy wars - r.f. kuang
- senlin ascends - josiah blancroft
- the dragon republic - r.f. kuang
- the burning god - r.f. kuang
- jade legacy - fonda lee
- the thursday murder club - richard osman
- the way of kings - brandon sanderson
- ready player one - ernest cline
- words of radiance - brandon sanderson
- how high we go in the dark - sequoia nagamatsu
- oathbringer - brandon sanderson
- the nix - nathan hill
- rythm of war - brandon sanderson
- remarkably bright creatures - shelby van pelt
- scythe - neal shusterman
- thunderhead - neal shusterman
- the toll - neal shusterman
- the searcher - tana french
- a little life - hanya yanagihara
- the man who died twice - richard osman
- venemous lumpsucker - ned beauman
- the bullet that missed - richard osman
- babel - r.f. kuang
- the sun down motel - simone st. james
- lessons in chemistry - bonnie garmus
- a natural history of dragons - marie brennan
- sign here - claudia lux
- dragon keeper - robin hobb
- dragon haven - robin hobb
- my lovel wife - samantha downing
- legends & lattes - travis baldree
- tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow - gabrielle zevin
- the city we became - nk jemisin
- the night swim - megan goldin
2021
- mr. mercedes - stephen king
- end of watch - stephen king
- the couple next door - shari lapena
- the brief and wondrous life of oscar wao - junot díaz
- decoded - mai jia
- mexican gothic - silvia moreno-garcia
- a thousand splendid suns - khaled hosseini
- the song of achilles - madeline miller
- codex - lev grossman
- the house on the cerulean sea - tj klune
- assassins apprentice - robin hobb
- ryal assassin - robin hobb
- the midnight library - matt haig
- the guest list - lucy foley
- the changeling - victor lavalle
- shadow and bone - leigh bardugo
- siege and storm - leigh bardugo
- ruin and rising - leigh bardugo
- six of crows - leigh bardugo
- crooked kingdom - leigh bardugo (sensing a pattern?)
- the vanishing half - brit bennett
- ariadne - jennifer saint
- vicious - ve schwab
- vengeful - ve schwab
- the gilded wolves - roshani choski
- assassins quest - robin hobb
- verity - colleen hoover
- 56 days - catherine ryan howard
- a darker shade of magic - ve schwab
- a gathering of shadows - ve schwab
- a conjuring of light - ve schwab
- american dirt - jeanine cummins
- the night circus - erin morgenstern
- a gentleman in moscow - amor towles
- the silvered serpents - roshani choski
- anxious people - fredrik backman
- ace of spaces - faridah àbíké-íyímídé
- ship of magic - robin hobb
- convenience store woman - sayaka murata
- mad ship - robin hobb
- the girl who could move shit with her mind - jackson ford
- the bronzed beasts - roshani choski
- ship of destiny - robin hobb
- dark matter - blake crouch
- mistborn - brandon sanderson
- the well of ascension - brandon sanderson
- spindle splintered - alix harrow
- the hero of ages - brandon sanderson
- the invisible life of addie larue - v.e. schwab
- project hail mary - andy weir
- the atlas six - olivie blake
- eleanor oliphant is completely fine - gail honeyman
- the martian - andy weir
2020
- annhilation (southern reach trilogy) book #1
- killman creek - rachel caine
- fishnet - kristin innes
- authority (southern reach trilogy) book #2
- acceptance (southern reach trilogy) book #3
- 1st to die - james patterson
- first cut - judy melinek & tj mitchell
- fool - christopher moore
- running for my life - lopez lomong
- the words of my father - yousef bashir
- the boy on the wooden box - leon leyson
- the 19th wife - david ebershoff
- middlesex - jeffrey eugenides
- what should be wild - julia fine
- the spellman files - lisa lutz
- borne - jeff vandermeer (auhtor of southern reach trilogy)
- less - andrew greer
- the swallows - lisa lutz
- the woman in the window - aj finn
- the lost girls of paris - pam jenoff
- the saint of wolves and butchers - alex grecian
- the girl of the train - paula hawkins
- joyland - stephen king
- the hours - michael cunningham
- the martyred - richard e. kim
- homeland - cory cotorow
- little fires everywhere - celeste ng
- noir - christopher moore
- the uncommon appeal of clouds - alexander mccall smith
- the mars room - rachel kushner