Book List 2022

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Books I've Read (with date finished)
1. Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, 142pp [translated from Arabic] (Jan 10).
2.What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, 296pp (Jan 12).
3.Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski, 493pp [Witcher Book 2] [In Russian, translated from Polish] (Jan 21).
4.The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel, 233pp (Jan 21). [Graphic novel]
5.Dirty Daddy: the chronicles of a family man turned filthy comedian by Bob Saget, 330pp (Jan 23).
6.The Switch by Beth O'Leary, 328pp (Jan 26).
7.Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold, 328pp [Vorkosigan Saga] (Feb 6).
8.Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks, 320pp (Feb 11).
9.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, 322pp (Feb 21).
10.The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, 241pp (Feb 24) [Hugo book]
11.The Christmas Pig by J.K.Rowling, 271pp (Mar 5).[started in 2021]
12.Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon, 148pp (Mar 9).
13.Cloud Cockoo Land by Anthony Doerr, 622pp (Mar 11).
14.Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones, 316pp (Mar 21).
15.Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold, 344pp [Vorkosigan Saga] (Mar 29).
16. The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold, 74pp [Vorkosigan Saga] (Mar 31).
17.Дядя Ваня [Uncle Vanya] by Anton Chekhov, 61pp [in Russian] (Apr 4)
18.Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, 206pp (Apr 12) [Hugo book]
19.Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon, 206pp (Apr 13) [Dragonbreath 2].
20.The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, 159pp (Apr 27).[slightly abridged]
21.The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman, 658pp [280 pages in 2021] (Apr 29).
22.Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, 667pp [in Russian] (May 18).
23.The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan, c. 657pp (May 19).
24.A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, 127pp (May 25).
25.Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener by Ursula Vernon, 204pp (May 27) [Dragonbreath 3].
26.Out of the Corner by Jennifer Grey, 331pp (May 28).
27.Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age by Dennis Duncan, 273pp (Jun 10).
28.Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster by Ursula Vernon,202pp (Jun 13) [Dragonbreath 4].
29.A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark, 390pp (Jun 23).
30.Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, 337pp (Jun 29) [reread].
31.Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch, 323pp [Rivers of London 5] (July 8).
32.Just Like You by Nick Hornby, 355pp (Jul 11).
33.Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, 132pp (Jul 14).
34.A Case of Conscience by James Blish, 191pp (Jul 20).[Hugo book]
35.Dragonbreath: No Such Things as Ghosts by Ursula Vernon, 201pp (Jul 27) [Dragonbreath 5].
36.On a Night Like This by Lindsey Kelk, 342pp (Jul 31).
37.East of Eden by John Steinbeck, 708pp (Aug 10).
38.Ten Steps to Nanette: a memoir situation by Hannah Gadsby, 379pp (Aug 19).
39. The Law by Jim Butcher, 99pp (Aug 22) [Dresden Files novella].
40.The Huntress by Kate Quinn, 531pp (Sept 2).
41.Dragonbreath: Revenge of the Horned Bunnies by Ursula Vernon, 195pp (Sept 7).[Dragonbreath 6]
42.Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein, 155pp (Sept 15). [Hugo book]
43.Yendi by Stephen Brust, 142pp (Sept 21).
44. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull, 319pp (Sept 29).
45.Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr, 202pp (Oct 5).
46.A Woman's Story by Annie Erneux, 96pp (Oct 10) [translated from French].
47.The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark, 65pp (Oct 11).
48.The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith, 1452pp (Oct 25) [Strike 6]
49.Dragonbreath: When Fairies Go Bad by Ursula Vernon, 201pp (Oct 25) [Dragonbreath 7].
50.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, 272pp (Oct 29) [reread].
51.The Sandman: Act III by Neil Gaiman (Nov 2) [Audible audiobook, for Sandman books 6 to 8].
52.The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik, 407pp (Nov 5) [Scholomance 3].
53.Madly, Deeply: the diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman, edited by Alan Taylor, 455pp (Nov 15).
54.Husband Material by Alexis Hall, 416pp (Nov 24).
55.Dragonbreath: Nightmare of the Iguana by Ursula Vernon, 203pp (Nov 27) [Dragonbreath 8].
56.Dragonbreath: The Case of the Toxic Mutants by Ursula Vernon, 201pp (Dec 5) [Dragonbreath 9].
57.In Love: a memoir of love and loss by Amy Bloom, 222pp (Dec 7).
58.The City and the city by China Mieville, 316pp (Dec 9).[Hugo book]
59. Dragonbreath: Knight-Napped! by Ursula Vernon, 203pp (Dec 19) [Dragonbreath 10].
60. Consider the Fork: A History of how we Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson, 280pp (Dec 22).



Books I Aim to Read
1. 3 books by Bujold - Cryoburn, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen , Flowers of Vashtoi
2. 5 books that won a Hugo for Best Novel
a. The Demolished Man b. Rendezvous with Rama c. A Case of Conscience d. Double Star e. The City and the city
3. 3 history books - Edward III, The Silk Roads, Index book , Consider the Fork
4. Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski [Witcher Book 2]
5. Archer's Goon by Diane Wynn Jones
6. Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
7. Yendi by Stephen Brust
8. Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch [Rivers of London 5]
9. The Land Beyond the Sea by Sharon Kay Penman [280pp in 2021]
10. a book by Oliver Sacks
11. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
12. War for the Oaks by Emma Bull
13. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
14. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in French
15. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik [Scholomance 3]