I thought I’d make a post at the end of every month listing the books I’ve read. I already keep track of this on Goodreads, but I thought a month-by-month breakdown might be fun. Here’s the post for January.
Nonfiction
- Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg
- Give ‘Em What They Want: The Right Way to Pitch Your Novel to Editors and Agents, A Novelist’s Complete Guide to : Query Letters, Synopses, Outlines, by Blythe Camenson
- The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, by Michael J. Sandel
- Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction, edited by James Gunn and Matthew Candelaria
- Opium Culture: The Art and Ritual of the Chinese Tradition, by Peter Lee
Fiction
- Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
- Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
- Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
- The Unincorporated Man, by Dani Kollin and Etyan Kollin
- The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
- Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters, by Kathleen Ragan
- Biting The Sun, by Tanith Lee
- Genesis, by Bernard Beckett
- Everything That Rises Must Converge, by Flannery O’Connor


You just reminded me to start a Goodreads account. Thanks!
Plus, great selection!
Any favorites from the lot? Of those, I’ve only read Neverwhere, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft, and Everything That Rises Must Converge…but I am soon to be book shopping and am always looking for recommendations. :)
That’s a whole lot of reading for one month. I’m impressed. I was looking forward to The Road on film (w/V. Mortensen) but it must have been a limited release.
K, I enjoyed all of them but I definitely recommend Anansi Boys if you enjoyed Neverwhere.
Yvonne, I haven’t seen the film adaptation either, but now you’ve reminded me to!
Wow! I’m also impressed/awed by how much others read. I read six books in January and thought I was doing good :)
That looks like an awesome list of books. I see four authors I love and a couple of others I’ve been interested in checking out. :)
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I know! I’m always so impressed by “prolific reading.” I read only three books and I’m proud. And sure, I may say I’m fast reader, but it sure doesn’t show!