I am a big reader; regular, eBook, and audiobook. I don’t care how the information gets uploaded into my brain as long as it does. I keep track of my consumption on GoodReads (both the phone app and the website) and have participated in their reading challenge since 2011. My goal for 2018 is 120 books. I ended up reading a grand total of 124 books.
The categories below are a bit broad because of the difficulty categorizing books rather than the easiness of rating movies. I rate them on GoodReads on their 5-star scale with a minor review if interested (everything below has a link). It comes down to: I highly recommend, I recommend, or I do not recommend. I separate out the fiction, non-fiction, and series that I read. Have a look and let me know your thoughts on these. Enjoy!
Books That Are Apart Of A Series I Am Reading (And Love):
- The Hostile Hospital (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #8) – Lemony Snicket
- Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) – Charlaine Harris
- The Carnivorous Carnival (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #9) – Lemony Snicket
- American Assassin (Mitch Rapp, #1) – Vince Flynn
- Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) – Agatha Christie
- In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) – Tana French
- The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10) – Lemony Snicket
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The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events #11) – Lemony Snicket
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Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10) – Charlaine Harris
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot #1) – Agatha Christie
- The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant #6) – Ben Aaronovitch
- Beartown (Beartown #1) – Fredrik Backman
- The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12) – Lemony Snicket
- The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events #1) – Lemony Snicket
- The Black Echo (Harry Bosch #1) – Michael Connelly
- Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11) – Charlaine Harris
- The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot #2) – Agatha Christie
- The Black Ice (Harry Bosch #2) – Michael Connelly
- Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad #3) – Tana French
- Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse #12) – Charlaine Harris
- Girl Waits with Gun (Kopp Sisters #1) – Amy Stewart
- Brief Cases (Dresden Files #15.1) – Jim Butcher
- Us Against You (Beartown #2) – Fredrik Backman
- Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2) – Rob Thomas
- Still Me (Me Before You #3) – Jojo Moyes
- Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot #3) – Agatha Christie
- The Concrete Blond (Harry Bosch #3) – Michael Connelly
- Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2) – Diana Gabaldon
- Broken Harbour (Dublin Murder Squad #4) – Tana French
- Lock In (Lock In #1) – John Scalzi
- Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse #13 – Final book) – Charlaine Harris
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) – Agatha Christie
Fiction Awesome:
- A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
- And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie
- The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. – Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
- Magpie Murders – Anthony Horowitz
- The Forgetting Time – Sharon Guskin
- A Man Called Ove – Fredrik Backman
- My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry – Fredrik Backman
- One Plus One – Jojo Moyes
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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer – Fredrik Backman
- Closer Than You Know – Brad Parks
- My Oxford Year – Julia Whelan
- Noir – Christopher Moore
- Kane and Abel (Kane and Abel #1) – Jeffrey Archer
- Have a Nice Day – Billy Crystal
Non-Fiction Awesome:
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration – Ed Catmull
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking – Susan Cain
- Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World – William McRaven
- Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most –
Hendrie Weisinger, J.P. Pawliw-Fry - The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement – Eliyahu Goldratt
- Leaders Eat Last – Simon Sinek
- You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth – Jen Sincero
- A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages – Kristin Chenoweth
- We Are Never Meeting In Real Life – Samantha Irby
- Calypso – David Sedaris
- Good Mourning – Elizabeth Meyer
- What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People – Joe Navarro
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century – Kirk W. Johnson
- Educated: A Memoir – Tara Westover
- Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It – Jane B. Burka
- The Library Book – Susan Orlean
Fiction Recommended:
- The Girls – Emma Cline
- The Space Between the Stars – Anne Corlett
- ‘Round Midnight – Laura McBride
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
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Midnight’s Children – Salman Rushdie [BBC Big Read]
- Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) – J.R. Ward
- The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) – Agatha Christie
- The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1) – Raymond Chandler
- Lord of the Flies – William Golding
- The Deal of a Lifetime – Fredrik Backman
- The Kissing Booth – Beth Reekles
- The Great Alone – Kristin Hannah
- The Death of Mrs. Westaway – Ruth Ware
- Call Me By Your Name – AndrĂ© Aciman
- Holes – Louis Sachar [BBC Big Read]
- Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs #1) – Richard K. Morgan
- The Last Mrs. Parrish – Liv Constantine
- Beautiful You – Chuck Palahniuk
- The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1) – Caleb Carr
- Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
Non-Fiction Recommended:
- Grit – Angela Duckworth
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The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated – Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants – Malcolm Gladwell
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books – Azar Nafisi
- Presto! How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales – Penn Jillette
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference – Malcolm Gladwell
- The 7 Habits of Highy Effective People – Stephen Covey
- Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life – Kevin Cashman
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Find Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team – Simon Sinek
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert B. Cialdini
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved – Kate Bowler
- The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative – Vivian Gornick
- The Creative Curve: How to Develop the Right Idea at the Right Time – Allen Gannett
Fiction NOT Recommended:
- Lincoln in the Bardo – George Saunders
- The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) – Jane Harper
- The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) – Dan Brown [BBC Big Read]
- Birdsong – Sebastian Faulks [BBC Big Read]
- The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware
- Sing, Unburied, Sing – Jesmyn Ward
- The BFG – Roald Dahl
- All the Birds in the Sky – Charlie Jane Anders
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