This year I read a variety of genres, including short fiction, and dipped into some nonfiction. I remember loving The Sound and the Fury when I was in college, but I had a hard time getting through it this time! I re-read one of my favorites, The Grapes of Wrath and read Julius Caesar because one of my kids was reading it in school.
I had never read Slaughterhouse Five and was blown away by it. What a book! And of course, All the Light We Cannot See was an unforgettable story. Some popular books and some fun ones rounded out the year.
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner – 3 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir – 3.5 stars
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – 5 stars
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare – 4 stars
Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford – 2.5 stars
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein – 3.5 stars
Death in a Dacron Sail by N. A. Granger – 4 stars
The Inquisitor’s Mark by Dianne K. Salerni – 4 stars
The Dinner by Herman Koch – 4 stars
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant – 3 stars
Night by Elie Wiesel – 5 stars
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – 4 stars
“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway – 4 stars
“A Clean, Well-Lighted Place” by Ernest Hemingway – 4 stars
When I Found You by Catherine Ryan Hyde – 4 stars
The Farm by Tom Rob Smith – 3 stars
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr – 5 stars
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen – 3 stars
Good Dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen – 3 stars
Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen – 4 stars
“The Year of Getting to Know Us” by Ethan Canin – 5 stars
“The Man Who Knew Belle Starr” by Richard Bausch – 5 stars
Candidate by Tracy Ewens – 4 stars
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan – 2.5 stars
The Transcriptionist by Amy Rowland – 3 stars
America America by Ethan Canin – 3 stars
Second Street Station by Lawrence H. Levy – 4 stars
Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse – 5 stars
Very Good, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse – 5 stars
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut – 5 stars
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford – 3 stars
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee – 3 stars
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – 4 stars
Archie – The Married Life Book 2 by Paul Kupperberg – 4 stars
“Things Left Undone” by Christopher Tilghman – 5 stars
“Hammam” by Carol Anshaw – 5 stars
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead by Crystal Zevon – 4 stars
Miss Emily by Nuala O’Connor – 4 stars
The Road by Cormac McCarthy – 4 stars
Casey of Cranberry Cove by Susan Kotch – 3 stars
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett – 4 stars
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements – 4 stars
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent – 5 stars
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson – 2 stars
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott – 3 stars
Text Me, Love Mom by Candace Allan – 3 stars
“The Oblong Box” by Edgar Allan Poe – 4 stars
Threaten To Undo Us by Rose Seiler Scott – 4 stars
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson – 5 stars
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