Here we are, halfway through October, and I am this close, thisclose, to accomplishing my 2015 goal of reading 40 books. In fact, I have read 35 and I’m currently reading three different books so it is going to happen; I am going to read 40 books. Yes!
There has been a good variety this year and I’m happy that I branched out into new territory. You can see the full list below. Books 1 through 17 were read before June 30 and everything that follows is new since then. I’ve marked books I would highly recommend with an asterisk and you can read more about my thoughts on each book by following the link:
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie*
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
- Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
- Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
- Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed *
- We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- The Innocents by Francesca Segal
- Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
- The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande *
- A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra *
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz *
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr*
- A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
- The Mockingbird Next Door by Marja Mills
- It’s Not Me, It’s You by Mhairi McFarlane*
- The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
- Friendswood by René Steinke
- Euphoria by Lily King
- Us by David Nicholls*
- Swiss Life: 30 Things I Wish I’d Known by Chantal Panozzo
- White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
- Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng*
- The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
- NW by Zadie Smith*
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- To Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris
- Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling*
- My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
Right now I’m reading On Writing Well by William Zinsser (on my desk), What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey (on my nightstand), and Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (in my bag), and they are all enjoyable in unique ways. Other books on my fall reading list include On Beauty by Zadie Smith and Purity by Jonathan Franzen.
What about you? What are you reading right now? Any recommendations? My book club is currently voting for next year’s selections and I’m hoping to pick up a few books when we’re in the US next week. I’d love to hear your suggestions!
A Broad At Home 