Ruth's Book List

[Ruth]

January Guilty Pleasure

Shadow of the Wind and Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

February Fairytale/Retelling

Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Krampus: the Yule Lord by Gerald Brom

March Based on a true story

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman

April Read a classic

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Turn of the Screw by Henry James

May Biographies/non-fiction

The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Magic and Mystery in Tibet by Alexandra David-Neel

June Sci fi/fantasy

The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

July New release

Not sure yet


August “summer reading” (books with sun, sand, summer)

Extra Virgin: Amongst the Olive Groves of Liguria by Annie Hawes
Sacred Sierra: A year on a Spanish Mountain by Jason Webster

September Giving back – read your favourite book and do one activity that benefits literacy in your community

Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh
The Good Father by Noah Hawley

October Horror

The Matrix by Jonathon Aycliffe
Shadowland by Peter Straub

November Historical fiction

Crucible of Secrets S G McLean
Possession by A.S Byatt

December Happy holidays (books about holidays)

The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
The Cat who came for Christmas by Cleveland Amory