My 2018 Reading List
Being the book nerd that I am, every time I’ve finished reading a book I write the title and author in a wee notebook. I’ve done it since 2008.
Why?
Who knows…
Maybe I like lists too much. But I do like looking back and seeing what I’ve read. Seeing the titles sometimes triggers a memory. For instance, I’ve just flicked back to 2012 and seen My Search for Truth by Henry Thomas Hamblin. Instantly, I see myself sitting up in bed with a chest infection, the book on my lap.
Not a good memory, but a memory nonetheless.
Anyhow, I thought I’d share with you my reading list for 2018… without the memories. Most of them I read for the first time, but there are several that I revisited just for the sheer pleasure of it. I’ve finished the year off by reading screenplays, so I’ve included those, too.
Let’s see if I’ve read anything you like:
Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf – David AlmondScottish Folk and Fairy Tales – Gordon JarvieSeason of Secrets – Sally NichollsJunk – Melvin BurgessJust So Stories – Rudyard KiplingSeeds from a Birch Tree – Clark StrandLittle Women – Louisa M. AlcottQuiet Influence – J. B. KahnweilerThe War of Art – Steven Pressfield (audiobook)As a Man Thinketh – James Allen (audiobook)The Alchemist – Paulo CoelhoHowl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne JonesThe Philosopher Next Door – Anna WallisHow to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method – Randy IngermansonLiterary History of Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples: Volume 1 – Pasuya PoiconSabriel – Garth NixA New Illustrated History of Taiwan – Wan-yao ChouThe Hobbit – J.R.R. TolkienAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis CarrollTortilla Flat – John SteinbeckA Theory of Human Motivation – A. H. MaslowGod Needs to Go – J. D. BruckerCannery Row – John SteinbeckFrindle – Andrew ClementsAcres of Diamonds – Russell ConwellLord of the Flies – William GoldingStopping for a Spell – Diana Wynne JonesCoraline – Neil GaimanThe White Mercedes – Philip PullmanLyra’s Oxford – Philip PullmanNatives of Formosa: British Reports of the Taiwanese Indigenous People, 1650-1950 – Edited by Henrietta HarrisonPoppy – AviBig Magic – Elizabeth GilbertReading Like a Writer – Francine Prose (only read 50%… got bored)The Coral Island – R. M. Ballantyne (only read 50%… got bored)Slaughterhouse-Five – Kurt VonnegutThe Formosan Encounter: Notes on Formosa’s Aboriginal Society: A Selection of Dutch Documents – Edited by Leonard BlusseCall of the Wild – Jack LondonA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James JoyceThe Indian in the Cupboard – L. R. BanksHard Times – Charles DickensTaiwan’s 400-Year History – Su BengBabe: Pig in the City – Justine KormanPride and Prejudice – Jane AustenThe Red Badge of Courage – Stephen CraneRogue Trader – Nick LeesonK-PAX – Gene BrewerIntimacy – Hanif KureshiDisgrace – J. M. CoetzeeAnna’s Book – FynnA Street Cat Named Bob – James BowenPaperboy – Vince VawterMy Name is Mina – David AlmondThe One and Only Ivan – Katherine ApplegateThe Tightrope Walkers – David AlmondFive Children and It – Edith NesbitSteppenwolf – Hermann HesseTheodore Boone: The Abduction – John GrishamFiesta – Ernest HemingwayThe Sorrows of Young Werther – Johann Wolfgang von GoetheEveryman – Philip RothHappy – Derren BrownHigh Fidelity – Nick HornbyThe Stolen Bicycle – Wu Ming YiMindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World – Mark Williams & Danny PenmanKafka on the Shore – Haruki MurakamiEat Pray Love – Elizabeth GilbertDemian – Hermann HesseMeditations – Marcus AureliusItalian Neighbours – Tim ParksJoyland – Stephen KingThe Bird of Night – Susan HillWaking Up – Sam HarrisWuthering Heights – Emily BronteSkellig – David AlmondFrankenstein – Mary ShelleyThe Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWithnail and I – Bruce Robinson (screenplay)Writing Screenplays That Sell – Michael HaugeGood Will Hunting – Matt Damon & Ben Affleck (screenplay)Storytelling Made Easy – Michael HaugeThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth (screenplay)Reservoir Dogs – Quentin Tarantino (screenplay)Man on the Moon – S. Alexander & L. Karaszewski (screenplay)The Man Who Invented Christmas – Susan Coyne (screenplay)The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
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