jwrudn's 2021 Reading List

Happy New Year and Happy Reading in 2021. I have never made it to 50. 35 was my number in 2018 and 2019. You would think the pandemic year would be good for reading but it was a slow year for me (only 23.). I was very busy and had a few (minor) health issues that impacted my reading. But, hey, ultimately it is not about the number but the enjoyment. I am in for another year! Starting off with a good crime/mystery novel Lady Chevy by John Woods.

Five favorites from 2020

1. The Whisper Man by Alex North
2. Olive Again: A Novel by Elizabeth Strout
3. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Novel in Essays by Damon Young
4. The Last Stone: A Masterpiece of Criminal Interrogation by Mark Bowden
5. The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by Emma Copley Eisenberg

1. Lady Chevy by John Woods. Finished January 4. 336 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 336

I enjoyed Olive, Again as well. Happy reading and you are absolutely right—-it is all about the enjoyment. I have never made it to 50 either.

1. Lady Chevy by John Woods. Finished January 4. 336 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 336

2. Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen. Finished January January 14. 352 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 688

3. The Forger's Daughter by Bradford Morrow. Finished January 25. 288 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 976

4. Don't Turn Around: A Novel by Jessica Barry. Finished February 9. 320 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 1296

5. Perfect Little Children: A Novel by Sophie Hannah. Finished February 22. 336 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 1632

6. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodward. Finished March 7. 384 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 2016

7. The Evil that Men Do (A P.T. Marsh Novel) by John McMahon. Finished April 6, 2021. 368 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 2384

8. The Push: A Novel by Ashley Audrain. Finished May 1, 2021. 320 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 2704

9. Greenlights by Mathew McConaughey. Finished May 8, 2021. 308 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 3008

10. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. Finished June 12, 2021. 496 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 3504

11. A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Finished July 24, 2021. 768 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 4272

12. Shattered Justice by Susan Furlong. Finished July 31, 2021. 304 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 4576

13. The Rabbit Hunter: A Novel by Lars Kepler. Finished August 7, 2021. 528 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 5104

14. I Came as a Shadow: An Autobiography by John Thompson. Finished August 21, 2021. 352 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 5456

15. Rat City by Curt Colbert. Finished September 4, 2021. 372 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 5828

16. Razorblade Tears by S. S. Cosby. Finished September 9, 2021. 336 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 6164

17. Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith. Finished November 7, 2021. 384 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 6548

18. Walking Through Needles by Heather Levy. Finished September 29, 2021. 320 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 6868

19. Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby. Finished October 10, 2021. 320 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 7188

20. Thick as Thieves by Neil Low. Finished November 27, 2021. 360 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 7568

21. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Finished December 15, 2021. 336 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 7884

22. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott. Finished December 28, 2021. 624 Pages.

Total Pages Read: 8508