2022
I read 38 individual works: 21 novels/novellas; two short story collections; three Sherlock Holmes short stories; two plays; one mythology/folklore; one Shakespeare play; one biography; three other non-fiction; three Christmas reads; and The Bible: Gospels, The Acts, and Romans.
Novels:
The Recognitions by William Gaddis
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bown
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation andEmpire by Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation by Isaace Asimov
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock
A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Legends of The Fall by Jim Harrison
Bang the Drum Slowly by Mark Harris
Short Story collections:
The Haunted House by Charles Dickens and others
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Sherlock Holmes short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:
Mythology and Folklore:
The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
Shakespeare Historical Play:
Biography:
Lion of Liberty:The Life and Times of Patrick Henry
By Harlow Giles Unger
Non-Fiction:
The Prince by Niccoló Machiavelli
The Life of our Lord by Charles Dickens
Thru the Bible:
Volume 4 by J. Vernon McGee
Christmas reads:
Is there a Santa Claus New York Sun editorial by Francis Church
A Country Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
author unknown, translation by J. R. R. Tolkien
Reading Challenges:
And finally, I read 18 books for The Classics Club, Round III
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I had not thought of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as a Christmas read, but I suppose it is. Such a great poem!
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I didn't really think of it that way either, but yeah. It is a great story. I hope you and yours have a blessed new year also.
DeleteI have yet to read Princess Bride!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm intrigued by Hawthorne's short stories. Have only read his A Scarlett Letter so far.
Happy New Year! Wishing you a joyful reading journey in 2023!
I have put The Princess Bride on my "TBR" this year, Fanda...! (wink, wink)
DeleteI think I may be a bigger fan of the film than the book, but both are wonderfully quirky.
DeleteWhat a splendid year of reading!
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DeleteLooks like a great year! I'm impressed you're still chugging along on the Classics Club, I've all but abandoned it.
ReplyDeleteYep...still sticking around :)
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