All the books I’ve read since January 2020.

Book title Author Year published Date completed Rating (out of 5)
Lady Audley's Secret Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1862 March 2025 4
The Patron Saint of Liars Ann Patchett 1992 March 2025 4
State of Wonder Ann Patchett 2011 March 2025 5
Behind the Scenes at the Museum Kate Atkinson 1995 March 2025 5
Cousin Bette Honoré de Balzac 1846 March 2025 4
Shrines of Gaiety Kate Atkinson 2022 February 2025 4
The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2023 February 2025 4
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas 1844 February 2025 5
If We Were Villains M.L. Rio 2017 February 2025 3
The Dutch House Ann Patchett 2019 January 2025 3
Commonwealth Ann Patchett 2016 January 2025 5
Tom Lake Ann Patchett 2023 January 2025 5
Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy 1990 January 2025 4
The Sequel Jean Hanff Korelitz 2024 January 2025 4

Intermezzo Sally Rooney 2023 December 2024 3
The Story of the Lost Child Elena Ferrante 2015 December 2024 4
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley 2024 December 2024 3
The Remains of the Day Kazuo Ishiguro 1989 December 2024 4
Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories Colombe Schneck 2024 December 2024 4
Admission Jean Hanff Korelitz 2009 December 2024 4
So Late in the Day Claire Keegan 2023 November 2024 3
A Month in the Country J.L Carr 1980 November 2024 5
Long Island Colm Toibin 2023 November 2024 4
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb Cat Sebastian 2021 November 2024 3
We Could Be So Good Cat Sebastian 2023 November 2024 5
You Should Be So Lucky Cat Sebastian 2023 November 2024 5
Trespasses Louise Kennedy 2022 November 2024 4
Life After Life Kate Atkinson 2013 October 2024 5
The Claverings Anthony Trollope 1867 October 2024 3
On Beauty Zadie Smith 2005 October 2024 4
The Rector and the Doctor's Family Margaret Oliphant 1863 September 2024 2
Bel Canto Ann Patchett 2001 September 2024 5
Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1920 September 2024 4
Happy Place Emily Henry 2023 September 2024 4
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan 2021 August 2024 5
Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton 2018 August 2024 1
Ghosts Dolly Alderton 2020 August 2024 5
Bellies Nicola Dinan 2023 August 2024 4
Foster Claire Keegan 2010 August 2024 5
Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 August 2024 5
The Rachel Incident Caroline O'Donoghue 2023 August 2024 5
Good Material Dolly Alderton 2023 August 2024 4
Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 July 2024 1
Mary Barton Elizabeth Gaskell 1848 July 2024 3
Anne of the Island L.M. Montgomery 1915 June 2024 3
East of Eden John Steinbeck 1952 June 2024 5
Either/Or Elif Batuman 2022 June 2024 5
The Cross Sigrid Undset 1922 June 2024 4
The Wife Sigrid Undset 1921 May 2024 3
The Wreath Sigrid Undset 1920 May 2024 5
Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray 1848 May 2024 5
Outlander Diana Galbadon 1991 May 2024 3
The True Deceiver Tove Jansson 1982 April 2024 5
The Town in Bloom Dodie Smith 1965 March 2024 3
Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen 1811 March 2024 5
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Elena Ferrante 2013 March 2024 3
The New Moon with the Old Dodie Smith 1963 March 2024 4
The Plot Jean Hanff Korelitz 2021 February 2024 5
The Mill on the Floss George Eliot 1860 February 2024 3
The Story of a New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 February 2024 5
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2011 February 2024 5
Doctor Glas Hjalmar Söderberg 1905 January 2024 2
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 1817 January 2024 5
Witches' Rings Kerstin Ekman 1974 January 2024 4
Return of the Native Thomas Hardy 1878 January 2024 5

Portrait of a Scotsman Evie Dunmore 2021 December 2023 4
Trust Hernan Diaz 2022 December 2023 3
Bringing Down the Duke Evie Dunmore 2019 December 2023 4
Winter in the Blood James Welch 1974 December 2023 4
The End of Drum-Time Hanna Pylväinen 2023 December 2023 4
In Memoriam Alice Winn 2023 December 2023 5
Longbourn Jo Baker 2013 November 2023 4
Belinda Maria Edgeworth 1801 November 2023 5
The Semi-Detached House Emily Eden 1859 November 2023 5
Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier Marisa Meltzer 2023 October 2023 4
The Semi-Attached Couple Emily Eden 1860 October 2023 5
No Time to Spare Ursula K. Le Guin 2017 October 2023 5
Slightly Married Mary Balogh 2003 September 2023 3
The Latecomer Jean Hanff Korelitz 2022 September 2023 5
Transcription Kate Atkinson 2018 September 2023 4
A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson 2015 September 2023 5
The Whistling Season (reread) Ivan Doig 2006 August 2023 5
Matrix Lauren Groff 2021 August 2023 3
Cranford Elizabeth Gaskell 1853 August 2023 5
The True Deceiver (reread) Tove Jansson 1982 July 2023 5
The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer 1950 July 2023 4
A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller Jr. 1959 July 2023 4
Stay True Hua Hsu 2022 July 2023 5
Evelina Frances Burney 1778 July 2023 5
The Wave in the Mind Ursula K. Le Guin 2004 June 2023 4
Changing Planes Ursula K. Le Guin 2003 June 2023 5
People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry 2021 June 2023 3
Tess of the D'Ubervilles Thomas Hardy 1891 June 2023 5
The Plague of Doves Louise Erdrich 2008 May 2023 5
The Hearts of Horses (reread) Molly Gloss 2007 May 2023 5
Emma Jane Austen 1815 April 2023 5
Persuasion Jane Austen 1817 April 2023 5
Desperate Characters Paula Fox 1970 March 2023 3
The Jump-Off Creek Molly Gloss 1989 March 2023 5
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 1813 March 2023 5
The Wall Marlen Haushofer 1963 March 2023 3
Love on the Brain Ali Hazelwood 2022 February 2023 2
Honey in the Horn H.L. Davis 1935 February 2023 5
Cassandra at the Wedding Dorothy Baker 1962 February 2023 4
Hunt, Gather, Parent Michaeleen Doucleff 2021 January 2023 5
Bucking the Sun Ivan Doig 1996 January 2023 3
Cribsheet Emily Oster 2019 January 2023 4

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1890 December 2022 4
Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser 1900 December 2022 4
Fair Play Tove Jansson 1989 December 2022 4
Exciting Times Naoise Dolan 2020 December 2022 3
The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1887 November 2022 4
The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 2021 November 2022 4
Expecting Better Emily Oster 2013 November 2022 4
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy Scott Meslow 2022 November 2022 4
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1886 October 2022 4
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan 1989 October 2022 3
The Summer Book Tove Jansson 1972 October 2022 4
The Return of the Native Thomas Hardy 1878 October 2022 5
Equal Partners: Improving Gender Equality at Home Kate Mangino 2022 September 2022 4
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell 1866 September 2022 5
Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin 1953 September 2022 3
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren 2021 September 2022 4
The Hating Game Sally Thorne 2016 August 2022 3
Book Lovers Emily Henry 2022 August 2022 5
The True Deceiver Tove Jansson 1982 August 2022 5
Sea of Tranquility Emily St. John Mandel 2022 August 2022 5
The Three Brontes May Sinclair 1912 August 2022 3
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton 1911 August 2022 4
Quicksand Nella Larsen 1928 August 2022 5
Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books Ursula K. Le Guin 2016 August 2022 5
Under the Greenwood Tree Thomas Hardy 1872 July 2022 4
The Best of R.A. Lafferty R.A. Lafferty 2019 July 2022 4
Lady Chatterley's Lover D.H. Lawrence 1928 June 2022 2
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison 1970 June 2022 5
Ramon and Julieta Alana Quintana Albertson 2022 June 2022 2
The Namesake (reread) Jhumpa Lahiri 2003 June 2022 5
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel 2014 June 2022 5
The Captain's Daughter Alexander Pushkin 1836 May 2022 5
Passing Nella Larsen 1929 May 2022 5
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro 2021 May 2022 5
The Last Utopians: Four Late Nineteenth-Century Visionaries and Their Legacy Michael Robertson 2018 May 2022 5
Far From the Madding Crowd (reread) Thomas Hardy 1874 May 2022 5
Conversations with Friends (reread) Sally Rooney 2017 April 2022 3
Brooklyn (reread) Colm Toibin 2009 April 2022 5
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories Sarah Orne Jewett 1896 April 2022 5
Jude the Obscure Thomas Hardy 1895 March 2022 5
Poetic Sisters: Early Eighteenth-Century Women Poets Deborah Kennedy 2013 March 2022 1
Free Food for Millionaires (reread) Min Jin Lee 2007 March 2022 5
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures Anne Fadiman 1997 February 2022 5
Exit Strategy Martha Wells 2018 February 2022 5
May Sinclair: A Modern Victorian Suzanne Raitt 2000 January 2022 5
Rogue Protocol Martha Wells 2018 January 2022 5
Life After Life Kate Atkinson 2013 January 2022 5
The Doomed City Arkady and Boris Sturgatsky 1989 January 2022 3

Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong 2020 December 2021 3
Giovanni's Room James Baldwin 1956 December 2021 5
Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid 2019 December 2021 4
Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata 2016 December 2021 5
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Bronte 1848 December 2021 5
Artificial Condition Martha Wells 2018 December 2021 5
Agnes Grey Anne Bronte 1847 November 2021 5
Bringing up Bebe Pamela Druckerman 2012 November 2021 3
The Tree of Heaven May Sinclair 1917 November 2021 5
The Left Hand of Darkness (reread) Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 November 2021 5
Mary Olivier May Sinclair 1919 October 2021 5
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind Ivan Doig 1978 October 2021 5
Eugene Onegin Alexander Pushkin 1833 October 2021 4
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte 1847 October 2021 5
Frederica Georgette Heyer 1965 September 2021 5
The Man of Property John Galsworthy 1906 September 2021 4
Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney 2021 September 2021 1
Lavinia Ursula K. Le Guin 2008 September 2021 4
Scenes of Clerical Life George Eliot 1858 September 2021 4
Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner 2021 September 2021 5
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 August 2021 4
Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 August 2021 2
Daisy Jones and The Six Taylor Jenkins Reid 2019 August 2021 2
All Systems Red Martha Wells 2017 August 2021 5
Arnold Waterlow, a Life May Sinclair 1924 August 2021 3
Free Food for Millionaires Min Jin Lee 2007 July 2021 5
Laboring to Play: Home Entertainment and the Spectacle of Middle-Class Cultural Life, 1850-1920 Melanie Dawson 2005 July 2021 5
The Life and Death of Harriet Frean May Sinclair 1922 July 2021 5
Searoad Ursula K. Le Guin 1991 July 2021 2
Don't Sleep, There are Snakes Daniel Everett 2008 July 2021 3
White Teeth Zadie Smith 2000 June 2021 3
A Moveable Feast Ernest Hemingway 1964 June 2021 4
Parable of the Talents Octavia Butler 1998 June 2021 2
There, There Tommy Orange 2018 June 2021 4
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler 1993 June 2021 2
Pachinko Min Jin Lee 2017 May 2021 5
A Society without Fathers or Husbands: The Na of China Cai Hua 2001 May 2021 4
Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides 2002 May 2021 2
Severance Ling Ma 2018 May 2021 4
Piranesi Susanna Clarke 2020 April 2021 5
The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 April 2021 4
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 April 2021 2
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Charles Mann 2005 April 2021 5
Lot Bryan Washington 2019 April 2021 5
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014 April 2021 2
Dancing at the Rascal Fair Ivan Doig 1987 March 2021 3
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller 2011 March 2021 5
Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern Southwest Andrew Needham 2014 March 2021 5
Circe Madeline Miller 2018 March 2021 5
Silas Marner George Eliot 1861 February 2021 4
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015 February 2021 3
The Awakening Kate Chopin 1899 February 2021 4
A Person of Interest Susan Choi 2008 January 2021 3
The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1905 January 2021 4
Kindred Octavia Butler 1979 January 2021 5
LaRose Louise Erdrich 2016 January 2021 5

Conversations with Friends (reread) Sally Rooney 2017 December 2020 5
Capitalist Realism Mark Fisher 2009 December 2020 4
The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton 1920 December 2020 5
Lady Susan Jane Austen 1794 December 2020 5
How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn 1939 December 2020 1
The Mothers Brit Bennett 2016 November 2020 5
Memorial Bryan Washington 2020 November 2020 4
The Master Butchers Singing Club Louise Erdrich 2003 October 2020 5
The Foreign Student Susan Choi 1998 October 2020 4
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories Ken Liu 2020 October 2020 2.5
Middlemarch George Eliot 1871 October 2020 5
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett 2020 September 2020 5
The First Four Years (reread) Laura Ingalls Wilder 1971 September 2020 5
Farmer Boy (reread) Laura Ingalls Wilder 1933 September 2020 5
American Woman Susan Choi 2003 August 2020 5
This is How You Lose the Time War Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone 2019 August 2020 3.5
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 August 2020 3.5
Red, White, and Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 2019 August 2020 3.5
The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin 2015 August 2020 4
I Capture the Castle (reread) Dodie Smith 1948 July 2020 5
My Education Susan Choi 2013 July 2020 4
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens 2018 July 2020 3
Trust Exercise Susan Choi 2019 July 2020 5
Love Medicine Louise Erdrich 1984 July 2020 5
What Matters in Jane Austen John Mullan 2012 July 2020 5
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages Brandon Sanderson 2008 June 2020 3
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension Brandon Sanderson 2007 June 2020 2.5
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward 2017 May 2020 4
North and South Elizabeth Gaskell 1854 May 2020 4
Persuasion (reread) Jane Austen 1817 May 2020 5
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson 2006 May 2020 4.5
Definitely Maybe Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky 1974 May 2020 4.5
Elantris Brandon Sanderson 2005 April 2020 5
Normal People (reread) Sally Rooney 2018 April 2020 5
The Solace of Open Spaces Gretel Ehrlich 1985 April 2020 0.5
Man in the High Castle Phillip K. Dick 1962 April 2020 4
Villette Charlotte Bronte 1853 April 2020 1.5
Exhalation Ted Chiang 2019 March 2020 3.5
Jane Austen: A Life Claire Tomalin 1997 March 2020 3.5
The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang 2018 February 2020 4
Howards End E.M. Forster 1910 February 2020 2
Emma Jane Austen 1815 February 2020 5
How to Do Nothing Jenny Odell 2019 January 2020 5
The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 January 2020 4