List of Books Read in 2019
In 2019 I decided to keep track of the books I read, and, as it turns out, I set a lively reading pace. By the end of December 2019, I’d read a total of sixty-three books, most of them fiction. Only those books I finished made the list. If I set them aside or am still working on reading them, I left them off the list. Titles in bold are books I’ve read before and reread in 2019. Two are my books (more on that another time).
I’m trying to get a handle on what it is about the books I read quickly that captivate me so much that I can’t put them down, or if I must put them down, I can’t get them out of my head and must pick them up again as soon as possible. I think the writing style has the most to do with it and genre the least. This also goes for authors that grab me so much with their stories that I have to read everything they write. As you can see from the list, Sue Grafton has me hooked, and I started reading her books in March 2019 with A is for Alibi.
I used to read more non-fiction, but lately, I prefer the escape of fiction, though literary fiction isn’t the same type of escape as genre fiction. Most literary fiction rubs your nose in reality rather than allows you to escape it.
A number of indie books made my reading list. I’m an indie author and I read other indie authors. I often get them in e-book format, which takes me much longer to read. When I find a compelling story, though, the format doesn’t prevent me from getting addicted to it; however, it might prevent me from picking it up as frequently as I do paperback stories I’m addicted to.
Here is my complete reading list for 2019:
Month
Title
Author
January
The Host
Stephenie Meyer
January
The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
Fannie Flagg
January
Leaving Time
Jodi Picoult
January
Whiskey Sour
J. A. Konrath
January
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson
January
Saving Grace
Hannah Howe
January
Watership Down
Richard Adams
February
Dune
Frank Herbert
February
Leverage in Death
J. D. Robb
February
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
February
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
Jessica Brody
February
The Rules of Magic
Alice Hoffman
March
The Lake House
Kate Morton
March
A is for Alibi
Sue Grafton
March
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams
March
Stones from the River
Ursula Hegi
April
Of Blood and Bone
Nora Roberts
April
Final Year
MJ Moores
April
Sam’s Song
Hannah Howe
April
Twe12lve
Ceri Bladen
April
The Lucky One
Nicholas Sparks
May
B is for Burglar
Sue Grafton
May
C is for Corpse
Sue Grafton
May
Half-Blood Blues
Esi Edugyan
May
Blood and Circuses
Aliya Smyth
May
The Birth House
Ami McKay
May
The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah
June
Blithe Images
Nora Roberts
June
Strands of Starlight
Gael Baudino
June
Death of an Expert Witness
P. D. James
July
Bloody Mary
J. A. Konrath
July
A Fatal Inversion
Barbara Vine
July
Soothed by Magic: Hidden Coven Series Book 2
Kim McDougal
August
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
August
Blank Space
Jennifer Young
August
The Wonder
Emma Donoghue
August
Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly
August
The Midnight Line
Lee Child
August
Past Tense
Lee Child
August
Connections in Death
Nora Roberts
September
The Accidental Tourist
Anne Tyler
September
After Eden
Jennifer Young
September
An Irish Country Girl
Patrick Taylor
September
Born a Crime
Trevor Noah
September
Persuader
Lee Child
September
One Shot
Lee Child
September
Lo’ Mae
John Erwin
October
Assassin’s Apprentice
Robin Hobb
October
Inborn Magic: Hidden Coven Series Book 1
Kim McDougal
October
The Godfather
Mario Puzzo
October
The Hunted
Val Tobin
November
Innocence
Roald Dahl
November
Trigger Magic: Hidden Coven Series Book 3
Kim McDougal
November
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz
December
Practical Magic
Alice Hoffman
December
Body in the Harbour
Nanci M. Pattenden
December
Two Solitudes
Hugh MacLennan
December
Could it be Forever? My Story
David Cassidy
December
E is for Evidence
Sue Grafton
December
F is for Fugitive
Sue Grafton
December
Storm Child
Jennifer Young
December
G is for Gumshoe
Sue Grafton
December
Earthbound
Val Tobin
