Book List 2020

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Books I've Read (with date finished)
1. Dear Girls by Ali Wong, (started in 2019), 213pp (Jan 3).
2.Sword of Destiny by Andrej Sapkowski [in Russian, translated from Polish], 525pp (Jan 17).
3.Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 267pp (Jan 22).
4.The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli, 336pp (Jan 26).
5.Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, 279pp (Feb 4).[Hugo book]
6.The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe,(translated from Spanish) 421pp (Feb 12).
7.The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and other clinical tales by Oliver Sacks, 233pp (Feb 19).
8. The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diane Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 329pp (Feb 27).
9. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 426pp (Mar 10).
10. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, 418pp (Mar 30).
11. Cyteen by C.J. Cherryh, 1040pp (Apr 29).[Hugo book].
12. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon, 647pp (May 5)
13. Conrad's Fate by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 225pp (May 9).
14. Network Effect by Martha Wells, 350pp (May 17).
15. Persuasion by Jane Austen, 238pp (May 25) [reread]
16. Orlando: a biography by Virginia Woolf, 203pp (May 29).
17. The Magicians of Caprona by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 191pp (June 5).
18. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, 286pp (June 8) [reread]
19. Star Trek Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack, 322pp (June 11).
20. The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof [translated from Swedish], c.400pp (June 16).
21. A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker, 344pp (June 17).
22. Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 365pp (June 25).
23. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 197pp (June 28).
24. Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch [Rivers of London 3], 302pp (July 4).
25. The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling, 64 chapters (July 13).
26. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry, 461pp (July 14).
27. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm, 227pp (July 18) [Hugo book]
28. Churchill & Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks, 270pp (July 21).
29. The Minsk Ghetto, 1941-1943: Jewish Resistance and Soviet Internationalism by Barbara Epstein, 292pp (July 23).
30. The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 268pp (July 25).
31. A People's Future of the United States edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams, 406pp (July 31)
32. Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci by Diana Wynne Jones [Chrestomanci book], 118pp (July 31).
33. Peace Talks by Jim Butcher [Dresden Files 16], 340pp (Aug 6).
34. Love, Creekwood: A Simonverse novella by Becky Albertalli, 111pp (Aug 9).
35. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, 448pp (Aug 13) [Hugo book]
36. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, 549pp (Aug 30).
37. The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang, 529pp (Sept 14).
38. Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible by Ursula Vernon, 247pp (Sept 17).
39. Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon, 702pp (Sept 23).
40. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, The New Translation by Gerald J. Davis, 431pp (Sept 26).
41. This Immortal by Roger Zelazny, 191pp (Sept 29) [Hugo book].
42.Battle Ground by Jim Butcher [Dresden Files 17], 402pp (Oct 15).
43.Trouble on Triton: an ambitious heterotopia by Samuel R. Delany, 278pp (Oct 23).
44.The Odyssey of Homer translated by Richmond Lattimore, 359pp (Oct 24).
45.A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, 312pp (Nov 3).
46.A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 548pp (Nov 19).
47.Small Gods by Terry Pratchett, 329pp (Nov 29).
48.The Sixties: Diaries 1960-1969 by Christopher Isherwood, ed. and introduced by Kathrine Bucknell, 600pp (Dec 6).
49.Monday Starts on a Saturday by Strugasky brothers [in Russian], 345pp (Dec 13).
50.Hamster Princess: Of Mice and Magic by Ursula Vernon, 225pp (Dec 21)
51.Встретимся на Кассандре ["Let's Meet on Cassandre"] by Olga Gromyko [in Russian], 425pp (Dec 23)
52. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, 375pp (Dec 31).


Books I Aim to Read

1. 3 books by Bujold - Memory, Komarr, A Civil Campaign
2. 5 books that won a Hugo for Best Novel
a. Starship Troopers b. Cyteen c. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang d. A Memory Called Empire e. This Immortal
3. 3 history books - a. The Great Pandemic b. Churchill & Orwell c. The Minsk Ghetto
4. The Saga of Gosta Berling by Selma Lagerlof
5. Monday Starts on a Saturday by Strugasky brothers
6. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
7. Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
8. The Odyssey by Homer
9. Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
10. A Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
11 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
12. a book by Samuel Delaney
13. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
14. 3rd Rivers of London book
15. The Poppy War by R.F.Kuang
16. Martha Wells new book
17. Christopher Isherwood 1960s diaries
18. Peace Talks by Jim Butcher
19. Sword of Destiny by Andrej Sapkowski
20. new Gromyko book (Let's meet on Cassandre)
21. Charmed Life by Diane Wynne Jones
22. The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe