2016 reading

It seems that every year since I got my Kindle and started keeping track of my reading, I read even fewer books than the year before! This year, even though I made a big effort in December, I couldn't manage the previous year's total of 44 and only read 41. I'm determined that this year I will beat that!

I started to get into local author Val McDermid's books later in the year, and saw her speaking at Bloody Scotland. I will definitely be reading more of hers this year. Another local author whose books I really enjoyed was Jenny Colgan.

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

2. The World According to Anna - Jostein Gaarder

3. The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua

4. Neurotribes - Steve Silberman

5. Hollow City - Ransom Riggs

6. Among Others - Jo Walton

7. Slaughterhouse-five - Kurt Vonnegut

8. The River at Green Knowe - Lucy M Boston

9. The Town in Bloom - Dodie Smith

10. Alex Through the Looking Glass - Alex Bellos

11. Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach

12. Wicked - Gregory Maguire

13. The Year of Living Danishly - Helen Russell

14. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro

15. Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate - Cynthia Kim

16. The Undrowned Child - Michelle Lovric

17. The Magic Finger - Roald Dahl

18. Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

19. A Game of Thrones - George R R Martin

20. The Elephant Vanishes - Haruki Murakami

21. Concretopia - John Grindrod

22. All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders

23. Everyday Aspergers - Samantha Craft

24. Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer - Jane Brocket

25. Vincent - Barbara Stok

26. I am AspienWoman - Tania A Marshall

27. The Periodic Table - Primo Levi (audio)

28. The Mourning Emporium - Michelle Lovric

29. Class - Jenny Colgan

30. Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime - Val McDermid

31. Rules - Jenny Colgan

32. The Mermaids Singing - Val McDermid

33. The Humans - Matt Haig

34. The Wire in the Blood - Val McDermid

35. The Last Temptation - Val McDermid

36. The Lady Astronaut of Mars - Mary Robinette Kowal

37. The Torment of Others - Val McDermid

38. The Man in the Queue - Josephine Tey

39. Hercule Poirot's Christmas - Agatha Christie

40. The Kerracher Man - Eric MacLeod

41. The Little Book of Hygge - Meik Wiking