Saturday, 31 May 2025

Books I Read in May 2025

 May - 5

Total to date:  (25 new/9 re-read) 8 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *The Little Book of Hygge, Miek Wiking

- Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata

- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor

- *Walden, Henry David Thoreau

- Let Me In, Claire McGowen 


April -  10

Total to date:  (20 new/9 re-read) 6 *non-fiction - Best Book

- A is for Alibi, Sue Grafton

B is for Burglar, Sue Grafton

- C is for Corpse, Sue Grafton

- D is for Deadbeat, Sue Grafton

- E is for Evidence, Sue Grafton

- F is for Fugitive, Sue Grafton

G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton

H is for Homicide, Sue Grafton

I is for Innocent, Sue Grafton

*Jane Austen at Home, Lucy Worsley

March - 7

Total to date:  (19 new/0 re-read) 5 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles

The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah

Model Misfit, Holly Smale

She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan

The Girl with All the Gifts, M. R. Carey

- *The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Margareta Magnusson

February - 5

Total to date:  (12 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- Sisters of Treason, Elizabeth Fremantle

The Warden, Anthony Trollope

Yellowface, Rebecca F. Kuang

Margot and Me, Juno Dawson 

Miss Austen, Gill Hornby

 January - 7

Total to date:  (7 new/0 re-read) 4 *non-fiction - Best Book

- *MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

Silent Witness, R. Austin Freeman

*The Lazy Genius Way, Kendra Adachi

*The Devonshires, Roy Hattersley

Jane and Prudence, Barbara Pym

- *The Zero-Waste Chef, Anne-Marie Bonneau

Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel