As with the Reading List 2020, I am just going to copy and paste the post I did in December 2019, so I have it accessible on this blog for the future. As of 2022, all these Reading List posts will be in order.
Inspired by a dear friend Leo McDonagh, a year ago today, I started to record the books I am reading. Reflecting on what I am feeding my mind has really helped me mentally, so Thank you Leo for the inspiration. For anyone who cares, here’s my list from 2019 (I have not included books I started and didn’t complete, nor have I included academic literature I read for my course, hit me up if you want the complete list):
Mythos – Stephen Fry
Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
The tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
The wild places – Robert Macfarlane
Japanese Fairy World (forgotten books) – Various Authors
Staying Alive – Edited by Neil Astley (various poets)
The vegetarian – Han Kang
Kokoro – Natsumi Soseki
His mouth will taste of wormwood – Poppy Z. Brite
A model – Anais Nin
The Escape – Katherine Mansfield
The colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder – Sarah J. Harris
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Hear the Wind Sing – Haruki Marakami
Pinball, 1973 – Haruki Murakami
Brief Answers to the Big Questions – Stephen Hawking
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom – Silvia Plath
Chinese Fairy Tales and Fanatasies – edited by Moss Roberts (Various Authors)
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders – Soji Shimada
If Cats Disappeared from the World – Genki Kawamura
Silence – Shusaku Endo
Run Away – Harlan Coben
Northern Lights – Philip Pullman
Me Before You – Jojo Moyes
After You – Jojo Moyes
The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
Landfull – Louiza Hamidi
Speaking in Tongues – Ella Frances
Good Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett
Three Japanese Short Stories – Akutagawa et al.
Come Rain or Come Shine – Kazuo Ishiguro
A Pale View of Hills – Kazuo Ishiguro
Lot No. 249 – Arthur Conan Doyle
A Caribbean Mystery – Agatha Christie
The Mysterious Affair at Styles – Agatha Christie
The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
The Flying Scotsman: Speed, Style and Service – Andrew McLean
An Inspector Calls – J. B. Priestley
The travelling cat chronicles – Hiro Arikawa
Murmur – Will Eaves
Thirst for love – Yukio Mishima
A Wizard of Earthsea – Ursula K. LeGuin
The Murder on the Links – Agatha Christie
Heroes – Stephen Fry
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood