50 x 40

I set a goal to read 50 books this year before I turn 40. I started this list last November, forgot to update it for quite a few months, and have spent the past few minutes wracking my brain to remember what I've been reading lately! I'm sure I've forgotten one or two. Maybe they'll come to me later.

Books I've read since November 2008


§ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

Twilight by Elie Weisel
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
§ The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Gothic Classics Volume 14


Fables Volume 1

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
The Silent Cry by Anne Perry
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
Night by Elie Wesiel
Double Indenmity by James M. Cain
§ An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
* Peyton Place by Grace Metalious


Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear

§ The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordian
§ The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordian
Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters
Infidel by Aayan Hirisi Ali
§ Rose by Martin Cruz Smith
§ The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordian
§ The Battle of the Labirynth by Rick Riordian
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordian
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith


Double Indemnity by James M. Cain

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Fables: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham & Steve Leialoha
† § Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
† Before Amelia by Eileen Lebos


† An Incomplete History of World War I by Edwin Kiester, Jr.

† The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
† Jane Austen: A Life by Clair Tomalin
† The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
† The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

*Not finished
† In progress
§ Re-read

If asked before I made this list, I would have told you that I don't read more than one book at a time. That's mostly true. Four of the in progress books are non-fiction, which I find much easier to put down and pick up at random. One is a re-read, one I have on my iPhone and read when I'm out and bookless and one (The Postman Always Rings Twice) I know the story because of the classic movie. These are all books I plan to continue to read. Peyton Place has a different designation because I'm not sure I'll pick that one back up in the future.