2019 books

I haven’t yet shared my list of the books I read last year, so here it is. I read slightly less than I had in other years, especially towards the end of the year. But I’ve been making up for that since the new year started! 

I read books mostly by women, with, I think, 8 out of 48 being by men. I read books by a couple of local authors, Val McDermid and Jenny Colgan, a couple of fascinating books about algorithms by Hannah Fry and Cathy O’Neil, and some books in French, most of which were graphic novels. 

I read some series, or bits of them, including Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan, some Tony Hill/Carol Jordan books by Val McDermid, some of the Brunetti books by Donna Leon, the Rosie Hopkins books by Jenny Colgan, and started a reread of the Rei Shimura books by Sujata Massey. 

My favourite factual books this year were Joyful, which was really inspiring, and Invisible Women which I think everyone should read. In terms of fiction I most enjoyed the Val McDermid and Sujata Massey books, and I’m planning to read more of theirs this year.

This was also the year that I moved away from reading so much on my Kindle - most of the books were paper books. That's continued into this year.

1. The Wild Remedy - Emma Mitchell
2. Joyful - Ingrid Fetell Lee
3. My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
4. The Prodigal Tongue - Lynne Murphy
5. Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez
6. Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
7. Hello World - Hannah Fry
8. The Secret Lives of Colour - Kassia St Clair
9. The Curated Closet - Anuschka Rees
10. Weapons of Math Destruction - Cathy O'Neil
11. Gossip from the Forest - Sara Maitland
12. China Rich Girlfriend - Kevin Kwan
13. Rich People Problems - Kevin Kwan
14. Tell Me of a Girl - L H Johnson
15. Fever of the Bone - Val McDermid
16. The Retribution - Val McDermid
17. La Différence Invisible - Mademoiselle Caroline et Julie Dachez
18. Cross and Burn - Val McDermid
19. Splinter the Silence - Val McDermid
20. Insidious Intent - Val McDermid
21. Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
22. All Systems Red - Martha Wells
23. How to Live Plastic Free - Marine Conservation Society
24. Short Stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott
25. Indian Takeaway - Hardeep Singh Kohli
26. Écumes - Ingrid Chabbert et Carole Maurel
27. Love For Imperfect Things - Haemin Sunim
28. Record of a Spaceborn Few - Becky Chambers
29. Meet Me at the Cupcake Café - Jenny Colgan
30. A Noble Radiance - Donna Leon
31. Fatal Remedies - Donna Leon
32. Friends in High Places - Donna Leon
33. A Sea of Troubles - Donna Leon
34. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference - Greta Thunberg
35. Wilful Behaviour - Donna Leon
36. Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch
37. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
38. The Bellwether Revivals - Benjamin Wood
39. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
40. The Salaryman's Wife - Sujata Massey
41. Zen Attitude - Sujata Massey
42. The Flower Master - Sujata Massey
43. The Distant Echo - Val McDermid
44. The Floating Girl - Sujata Massey
45. War of the Worlds - H G Wells
46. A Darker Domain - Val McDermid
47. Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop - Jenny Colgan
48. The Christmas Surprise - Jenny Colgan