At this point, I am obviously not going to make it to 100 books, as I would need to read 19 books in June to get back on pace. Curse having a "real life".
32. The Crucible Arthur Miller For PSBC. Reading plays makes me want to be in a play
31. A Discovery of witches Deborah Harkness You know how before I said I don't finish books I don't like? Not true in this case. This book is awful. Don't read it. It has an interesting enough story (why I finished it). But. Is there something about vampire books that makes authors tell you things instead of show them? In regular books you are supposed to show, not tell. The characters are awful. I hate them all and wish they would die. Also, this book is about vampires. Don't read it.
30. Cutting For Stone Abraham Verghese
29. 22 Brittania Road Amanda Hodgkinson
28. The Tiger's wife Tea Obreht amazing! It's a pretty quick read and so wonderful. One of my favorites ever.
27. Swamplandia! Karen Russell also amazing! Story of a family who runs an Alligator wrestling theme park in the swampy part of Florida. I loved it. It's told from the point of view of a 13 year old, and the author does a great job of tricking your adult sensibilities into not seeing danger until she does.
26. The Screwtape Letters, CS Lewis For PSBC's continuing Devil and God series. We found CSL to be an insufferable douchebag.
25. Galore, Michael Crummey Galore is beautiful! If you've read 100 Years of Solitude, it's a similar winding family tale told with magical realism, but in a very different setting.
24. Comedy in a Minor Key, Hans Kielson
23.Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides This one is really good, but tricky. There is incest and hermaphroditism, and you have to get over any icky feelings you have about it immediately. If you do, it's a great book. Another one that goes on the all time favorite list.
Previously
22. Great House Nicole Krauss
21. The Children's Book A. S. Byatt.
20. Room Emma Donaghue
19. The Lady Matador's Hotel Cristina Garcia
18. The Lonely Polygamist, Brady Udall
17. Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee
16. The Wordy Shipmates Sarah Vowell
15. The Warmth of Other Suns: The epic story of America's great Migration, Isabelle Wilkerson
14. Little Bee Chris Cleave
13 Fool Christopher Moore
12. A Dirty Job Christopher Moore
10. Lolita Vladimir Nabakov
9. Super Sad True Love Story Gary Shteyngart
8. The Swan Thieves, Elizabeth Kostova.
7.Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood.
6. Faithful Place, Tana French.
5. The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read them, Elif Batuman.
4. Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri.
3. The Scarpetta Factor, Patricia Cornwell.
2. Bite Me, Christopher Moore.
1. Devil in the White City Eric Larson.
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