May as well get this going for people to start compiling 2021 reading lists. I managed to hit 39 books last year, acheiving my 35 books goal.

I know I can hit 35 again so I think a 40 Book goal in 2021 will be a good challenge.

Already have lots of books I want to check out compiled in the old thread that I will transfer over to start this years list.

The Belgariad - Eddings

Happy New Year!

(1) Heir of Novron by Michael J. Sullivan ~ 900 pages (Finished)
(2) Operation Gladio by Paul Williams ~ 320 pages
(3) The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre ~ 330 pages
(4) Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson ~ 950 pages
(5) House of Chains by Steven Erikson


Audiobooks:
(1) From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra (Finished)
(2) A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived by Adam Rutherford (Finished)
(3) Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
(4) A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
(5) Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
(6) SPQR by Mary Beard
(7) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
(8) The Tangled Tree by David Quammen
(9) Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie (Finished)
(10) Empire of the Summer Moon
(11) The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant (Finished)

To Read List:

The Peregrine
Persian Fire by Tom Holland ~ 370 pages
Hyperspace
The Fabric of the Cosmos
Tigana
Ordinary Men
Shadow rising
Towers of Midnight
Memory of Light
Rise of Endymion
A Good Day to Die by Jim Harrison
My Dog Skip
Ready Player One
No Country For Old Men
Rising Tide
Power of the Dog
The Cartel
The Border
The Orphan Masters Son
City of Theives

Water Margin: Heroes of the Marsh
- 14th century Chinese masterpiece, kind of like Robin Hood but with way more wine and murder.

Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 169 AD and ending with the reunification of the land in 280 by Western Jin.

Shogun
- About a European who lands in Japan and gets caught up in this dudes quest to become Shogun. Based on a true story. S

Goal: 30 books

There will be a healthy mix between history/politics/foreign affairs, novels, and spiritual/theological.

The list will be challenging, undoubtedly.

My reading year starts on 25 December because I have time off and I get new books.

1. The Evening and the Morning. Ken Follett
2. Prisoners of Geography. Tim Marshall
3. The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy. William F. Burns

However you want to categorize it.

My goal is just books but i will still be marking down my audiobooks separately.

If you want to group them together or just do audiobooks i dont think it matters

Scaling back to 48 this year.

Completed

1) The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson 354p
2) Daylight by David Baldacci 404p
3) Dark City by F Paul Wilson 364p
4) Johnny U: The Life and Times of Johnny Unitas by Tom Callahan 276p...4*

30 books is my goal. I ordered 8 tonight from Amazon, and have 5 on standby at the house. All history

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As per usual, I really don’t have a set goal in mind. Just read ‘em as I get to them, as I float between hobbies and tv/movies. Last year (15.5 read) was a much better reading year than 2019, a year in which I did not finish a book.

Hopefully I’ll get more done this year than last. My list will be below.

0.5. Mark of the Beast - Scott David Aniolowski (editor), paperback 282 pp. 3.5*

I’ll try 14

Read 56 books in 2020

2021 Completed 3. Best of the year in bold

1. Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
2. The Law of Innocence - Michael Connelly
3. Washington: A Life - Ron Chernow

Trying to hit 60 books this year. I won't be counting graphic novels. Will be counting audio books. Audiobooks might dominate my list this year; much easier to get through with a newborn.

[Title] by [Author], [page count/audio], [rating out of 5]

1. Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha-Lee (Baton Rouge-based sci-fi author), audio, 4/5
2. Alexandria by Paul Kingsnorth, 393 pages, 5/5
3.

Goal 30 books