I read 19 books this year, pretty far off my goal of 35, but it's OK because some of the ones I did read have become definite favourites and I rediscovered some old favourites as well, and that's pretty great in itself. So, these are the books I read this year:
From top to bottom:
- Henry V by Shakespeare
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
- Beowulf
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Storm of Swords Part 2: Blood and Gold by George R.R. Martin
- A Storm of Swords Part 1: Steel and Snow by George R.R. Martin
- The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Down Under by Bill Bryson
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
- Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
- Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
In terms of the books I read for the first time, The Silmarillion, Down Under and Beowulf were probably my favourites and there were none that I absolutely hated (though I did get 3/4 of the way through 1984 by George Orwell and couldn't finish it).
Hopefully I'll read more next year and finish Anna Karenina in the next month (please please please) but it's been alright reading-wise. Hopefully yours was better!
Happy New Year!
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