What I Read in 2018
Ever since I was fifteen I’ve kept a log of the books I read (over 1,400 to date). The vast majority are fiction. I try to keep up with contemporary authors, and read an occasional classic from the nineteenth-century. I don’t restrict my reading to fine literature, and I touch most of the genres — mystery, thriller, romance, magical realism, science-fiction, fantasy, gothic novels, historical novels, horror, young adult fiction, dystopian fiction, and very rarely a graphic novel. I do not read about vampires (with the exception of Christopher Moore’s spoofs), or werewolves, simply because I have no interest.
These days I read hardbacks, paperbacks, and ebooks, while fully three quarters of my “reading” is through audiobooks.I always reread two or three novels a year. In 2018 I read 52 books, including three non-fiction, and five books that I had read previously. 18 were written by women. Three were translations. 14 of the 52, were by British authors, three were Canadian, one Irish, one Spanish, one Pakistani, and the rest American.
My favorites in the order in which I read them:
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Nightingale, by Kristin Hannah
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedre Paatrick
The Light of Day, by Eric Ambler
Allie and Bea, by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Exit West, by Mohsin Hamid
Lilac Girls, by Martha Hall Kelly
Feel free to pass on your own recommendations.
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