Whew! The year is over and for the first time ever, I listed every book read during the year. Little did I know as the year started what an excellent year this would be for staying at home and reading a book. And how lucky I was to be able to do that.
Here’s the list:
Lucky Galah – Tracy Sorensen
Monkey Grip – Helen Garner
Happily Never After – Jill Stark
Peace – Garry Disher
The Family Law- Benjamin Law
The Sorrow of War – Bao Tinh
Transcription – Kate Atkinson
A God in Ruins – Kate Aktinson
Not The End of The World – Kate Atkinson
Superpower – Ross Garnaut
The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Testaments – Margaret Atwood
Kidnapped – Robert Louis Stevenson
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Bring Up The Bodies – Hilary Mantel
The Mirror and the Light – Hilary Mantel
The Happiest Refugee – Anh Do
Woman of Substances – Jenny Valentish
Walking – Kim Kelly
Phosphorescence – Julia Baird
The Lido – Libby Page
Bass Rock – Evie Wyld
Drink? – Dr David Nutt
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle – Sophie Green
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober – Catherine Gray
All The Birds Singing – Evie Wyld
Amos Barton – George Eliot
Dry – Augusten Burroughs
Bad Behaviour – Liz Byrski
Defying The Enemy Within – Joe Williams
How To Be A Mindful Drinker – Club Soda
The Good Turn – Dervla McTiernan
Welcome To Country – Marcia Langton
The Ruín – Dervla McTiernan
The Scholar – Dervla McTiernan
Control – Hugh Montgomery
Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach
Lust and Wonder – Augusten Burroughs
The Details – Tegan Bennett Daylight
Big Magic – Elizabeth Gilbert Audible
The Casual Vacancy – JK Rowling
Living Forward – Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy
The Pandemic Century – Mark Honigsbaum
Hot Pursuit – Rebecca Freeborn
Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
One Life, my mother’s story – Kate Grenville
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
Wired For Story – Lisa Cron
The Authenticity Project – Clare Pooley
Influenza – Dr Jeremy Brown
Sand Talk – Tyson Yunkaporta
Eggshell Skull – Bri Lee
Night Boat To Tangier – Kevin Barry
Shuggie Bain – Douglas Stuart
In My Skin – Katie Holden
Mayflies – Andrew O’Hagan
Skylarking – Kate Mildenhall
Her Last Words – Kim Kelly
Tell Me Why – Archie Roach
Three Women – Lisa Taddeo
The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
No Matter Our Wreckage – Gemma Carey
The Last Act of Love – Cathy Rentsenbrink
Loving What Is – Byron Katie
Empty Sky – UTS Writers’ Anthology
The Fall of the Roman Empire – Peter Heather
Burnt Sugar – Avni Doshi
Leave The World Behind – Rumaan Alam
A Room Full of Leaves – Kate Grenville
The Memoir Book – Patti Miller
The Friend – Sigrid Nunez
The Wild Silence – Raynor Winn
The Weekend – Charlotte Wood
Becoming – Michelle Obama
The Yield – Tara June Winch
Just My Luck – Adele Parks
The Sharp End – Gabrielle Lord
The Lieutenant – Kate Grenville
78 books, blimey…
