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
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