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This “reading goals blog entry” is more of a personal accountability post which I intend to update yearly.

Many years ago, I decided I wanted a (probably lifelong) challenge of reading the Daria Morgendorffer reading list, the Rory Gilmore reading list, and (potentially, though I’m still debating its feasibility) the Lisa Simpson reading list. This year, I’ve added a new reading goal to my life: reading at least one author from every country. Below you will find both tables. Feel free to steal this if you have the same goals!

A Note on Gilmore Girls: the list is not 100% cleaned yet from books that were just, for example, mentioned by Richard at a Friday dinner vs what Rory actually read.

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Now, the lists:

#Book TitleAuthorLists appearing onMy Status (30/433)
1The Red Badge of CourageStephen CraneDaria M.
Rory G.		Read (3/5)
2Sense and SensibilityJane AustenDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
3The Divine ComedyDante AlighieriDaria M.
Rory G. 		To Read
4Paul Auster’s City of GlassPaul Karasik and David MazzucchelliDaria M.To Read
5Rule of the BoneRussell BanksDaria M.To Read
6How to win friends and influence peopleDale CarnegieDaria M.Dreading this
7Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
8Fifth BusinessRobertson DaviesDaria M.To Read
9A Journal of The Plague YearDaniel DefoeDaria M.Looking forward!!
10The Brothers KaramazovFyodor DostoyevskyDaria M.To Read
11The House of the DeadFyodor DostoyevskyDaria M.To Read
12Madame BovaryGustave FlaubertDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
13As I Lay DyingWilliam FaulknerDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
14The Sound and the FuryWilliam FaulknerDaria M.
Rory g.		To Read
15On Moral FictionJohn GardnerDaria M.To Read
16The Life and Complete Work of Francisco GoyaPierre GassierDaria M.To Read
17Howl and other poemsAllen GinsbergDaria M.
Rory G. 		To Read
18The Chess GardenBrooks HansenDaria M.To Read
19Catch-22Joseph HellerDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
20The IliadHomerDaria M.
Rory G. 		Read a simplified version
in my teens | Need to read the real deal
21Daisy MillerHenry JamesDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
22MetamorphosisFranz KafkaDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
23Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel KantDaria M.To Read
24The Dharma BumsJack KerouacDaria M.To Read
25One flew over the cuckoo’s nestKen KeseyDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
26Sons and LoversD. H. LawrenceDaria M.To Read
27Death in VeniceThomas MannDaria M.To Read
28Blood MeridianCormac McCarthyDaria M.To Read
29Moby DickHerman MelvilleDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
30Death of a SalesmanArthur MillerDaria M.To Read
311984George OrwellDaria M.
Rory G.		Read in my teens |
Want to re-read
32Animal FarmGeorge OrwellDaria M.To Re-read
33The Bell JarSylvia PlathDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
34The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan PoeDaria M.Read (5/5)
35Being and NothingnessJean-Paul SartreDaria M.To Read
36NauseaJean-Paul SartreDaria M.To Read
37Black BeautyAnna SewellDaria M.To Read
38MacBethShakespeareDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
39Romeo and JulietShakespeareDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
40FrankensteinMary ShelleyDaria M.
Rory G.		Haven’t read the
original v.
41BabbittSinclair LewisDaria M.To Read
42The PrinceNiccolo MachiavelliDaria M.To Read
43The Gulag ArchipelagoAleksandr SolzhenitsynDaria M.To Read
44Angle of ReposeWallace StegnerDaria M.To Read
45The Grapes of WrathJohn SteinbeckDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
46Our American CousinTom TaylorDaria M.To Read
47WaldenHenry David ThoreauDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
48Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
49War and peaceLeo TolstoyDaria M.To Read
50The LeopardGiuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaDaria M.To Read
51Henry & Glenn ForeverIgloo TornadoDaria M.To Read
52The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark TwainDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
53The Prince and the PauperMark TwainDaria M.To Read
54The Art of WarSun TzuDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
55Breakfast of ChampionsKurt VonnegutDaria M.To Read
56The island of Dr. MoreauH.G. WellsDaria M.To Read
57Ethan FromeEdith WhartonDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
58Backlash: The undeclared war against american womenSusan FaludiDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
59Going after CacciatoTim O’BrienDaria M.To Read
60The Scarlet LetterNathaniel HawthorneDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
61The SportswriterRichard FordDaria M.To Read
62The House of the Seven GablesNathaniel HawthorneDaria M.To Read
63FanshaweNathaniel HawthorneDaria M.To Read
64Gone with the WindMargaret MitchellDaria M.
Rory G.		To Read
65Julius CaesarShakespeareDaria M.
Rory g.		To Read
66The war of the worldsH.G. WellsDaria M.To Read
67Ego is the EnemyRyan HolidayDaria M.To Read
68Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn PerkinsDaria M.To Read
69Lo que no tiene nombrePiedad BonnettDaria M.To Read
70In MemoriamAlfred TennysonDaria M.To Read
71The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerDaria M.To Read
72The Call of the WildJack LondonDaria M.To Read
73The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark TwainRory G.To Read
74An American TragedyTheodore DreiserRory G.To Read
75And then there were noneAgatha ChristieRory G.To Read
76Angela’s AshesFrank McCourtRory G.Read (5/5)
77AtonementIan McEwanRory G.To Read
78The AwakeningKate ChopinRory G.To Read
79Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressDai SijieRory G.To Read
80BelovedToni MorrisonRory G.To Read
81Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyRory G.Read (5/5)
82CandideVoltaireRory G.To Read
83The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. SalingerRory G.Read (3/5)
84The Celebrated Jumping FrogMark TwainRory G.To Read
85A Christmas CarolCharles DickensRory G.To Read
86A Clockwork OrangeAnthony BurgessRory G.To Read
87The Code of the WoostersP.G. WodehouseRory G.To Read
88The Collected StoriesEudora WeltyRory G.To Read
89The Portable Dorothy ParkerDorothy ParkerRory G.To Read
90A Confederacy of DuncesJohn Kennedy TooleRory G.To Read
91A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s CourtMark TwainRory G.To Read
92The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre DumasRory G.To Read
93Cousin BetteHonore de BalzacRory G.To Read
94Crime and PunishmentFyodor DostoyevskyRory G.To Read
95David CopperfieldCharles DickensRory G.To Read
96Dead SoulsNikolai GogolRory G.To Read
97DemonsFyodor DostoyevskyRory G.To Read
98Don Quijote de la ManchaMiguel de Cervantes SaavedraRory G.Read (4/5)
99DraculaBram StokerRory G.To Read
100EmmaJane AustenRory G.To Read
101Fahrenheit 451Ray BradburyRory G.To Read
102The Fellowship of the RingJ. R. R. TolkienRory G.To Read
103Finnegan’s WakeJames JoyceRory G.To Read
104Franny and ZooeyJ. D. SalingerRory G.To Read
105GalapagosKurt VonnegutRory G.To Read
106The GodfatherMario PuzoRory G.To Read
107The Good SoldierFord Madox FordRory G.To Read
108Great ExpectationsCharles DickensRory G.To Read
109The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldRory G.Read (3/5)
110The Hunchback of Notre DameVictor HugoRory G.To Read
111IndianaGeorge SandRory G.To Read
112Jane EyreCharlotte BrontëRory G.To Read
113The Joy Luck ClubAmy TanRory G.To Read
114The JungleUpton SinclairRory G.To Read
115Lady Chatterley’s LoverD.H. LawrenceRory G.To Read
116Little DorritCharles DickensRory G.To Read
117Little WomenLouisa May AlcottRory G.To Read
118Lord of the FliesWilliam GoldingRory G.To Re-read
119The Lottery: And Other StoriesShirley JacksonRory G.To Read
120The ManticoreRobertson DaviesRory G.To Read
121The Master and MargaritaMikhail BulgakovRory G.To Read
122MolloySamuel BeckettRory G.To Read
123The Mourning BrideWilliam CongreveRory G.To Read
124Mrs. DallowayVirginia WoolfRory G.To Read
125The Naked and the DeadNorman MailerRory G.To Read
126Naked LunchWilliam S. BurroughsRory G.To Read
127Nicholas NicklebyCharles DickensRory G.To Read
128Northanger AbbeyJane AustenRory G.Read (5/5)
129Of Mice and MenJohn SteinbeckRory G.Read (4/5)
130Oliver TwistCharles DickensRory G.To Read
131One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichAleksandr SolzhenitsynRory G.To Read
132Cien años de soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude)Gabriel García MárquezRory G.Read (5/5)
133On the RoadJack KerouacRory G.Read (3/5)
134Our Mutual FriendCharles DickensRory G.To Read
135The OutsidersS.E. HintonRory G.To Read
136A Passage to IndiaE.M. ForsterRory G.To Read
137The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar WildeRory G.To Read
138Pride and PrejudiceJane AustenRory G.To Read
139The Razor’s EdgeW. Somerset MaughamRory G.To Read
140RebeccaDaphne du MaurierRory G.To Read
141The Return of the KingJ. R. R. TolkienRory G.To Read
142Roman FeverEdith WhartonRory G.To Read
143A Room with a ViewE.M. ForsterRory G.To Read
144Sanctuary William FaulknerRory G.To Read
145The Satanic VersesSalman RushdieRory G.To Read
146A Separate PeaceJohn KnowlesRory G.Read (4/5)
147SexusHenry MillerRory G.To Read
148The Shadow of the WindCarlos Ruiz ZafónRory G.To Read
149ShaneJack ShaeferRory G.To Read
150SiddharthaHermann HesseRory G.To Read
151Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt VonnegutRory G.To Read
152The Snows of KilimanjaroErnest HemingwayRory G.To Read
153Something Wicked This Way ComesRay BradburyRory G.To Read
154The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. HydeRobert Louis StevensonRory G.To Read
155A Streetcar Named DesireTennessee WilliamsRory G.To Read
156The Sun Also RisesErnest HemingwayRory G.To Read
157In Search of Lost Time: Swann’s WayMarcel ProustRory G.To Read
158A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensRory G.To Read
159Tender is the NightF. Scott FitzgeraldRory G.To Read
160Terms of EndearmentLarry McMurtryRory G.To Read
161The Thin ManDashiell HammettRory G.To Read
162To have and have notErnest HemingwayRory G.To Read
163To Kill a MockingbirdHarper LeeRory G.Read (5/5)
164A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty SmithRory G.To Read
165The TrialFranz KafkaRory G.To Read
166UlyssesJames JoyceRory G.To Read
167The Unbearable Lightness of BeingMilan KunderaRory G.To Read
168Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher StoweRory G.To Read
169Vanity FairWilliam Makepeace ThackerayRory G.To Read
170Visions of CodyJack KerouacRory G.To Read
171War and PeaceLeo TolstoyRory G.To Read
172The Witches of EastwickJohn UpdikeRory G.To Read
173Wuthering HeightsEmily BrontëRory G.To Read
174The YearlingMarjorie Kinnan RawlingsRory G.To Read
175Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandLewis CarrollRory G.Read (5/5)
176Babe: The Gallant PigDick King-SmithRory G.Read
177Charlotte’s WebE.B. WhiteRory G.Read (5/5)
178Deenie Judy BlumeRory G.To Read
179Eloise at the PlazaKay ThompsonRory G.To Read
180Emily the StrangeRob RegerRory G.To Read
181Encyclopedia Brown: Boy DetectiveDonald J. SobolRory G.To Read
182Goldilocks and the Three BearsJan BrettRory G.Read
183Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ.K. RowlingRory G.To Read
184Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneJ.K. RowlingRory G.Read
185Horton Hears a Who!Dr. SeussRory G.Read
186How the Grinch Stole ChristmasDr. SeussRory G.Read
187Little House in the Big WoodsLaura Ingalls WilderRory G.To Read
188The Little Match GirlHans Christian AndersenRory G.To Read
189Nancy Drew and the Witch Tree SymbolCarolyn KeeneRory G.To Read
190PinocchioCarlo CollodiRory G.Read
191RapunzelBrothers GrimmRory G.Read
192Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmKate Douglas WigginRory G.To Read
193The Scarecrow of OzL. Frank BaumRory G.To Read
194Snow White and Rose RedBrothers GrimmRory G.Read
195Stuart LittleE. B. WhiteRory G.Read
196The Wonderful Wizard of OzL. Frank BaumRory G.To Read
197All the president’s menCarl Bernstein and Bob WoodwardRory G.To Read
198The Archidamian WarDonald KaganRory G.To Read
199The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as a HistoryNorman MailerRory G.To Read
200The Art of FictionHenry JamesRory G.To Read
201The Art of LivingEpictetusRory G.To Read
202Autobiography of a FaceLucy GrealyRory G.To Read
203The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 JewsPeter DuffyRory G.To Read
204Bitch: In Praise of Difficult WomenElizabeth WurtzelRory G.To Read
205A Bolt from the Blue and Other EssaysMary McCarthyRory G.To Read
206Consider the Lobster: And Other EssaysDavid Foster WallaceRory G.To Read
207The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed AmericaErik LarsonRory G.To Read
208The Diary of a Young GirlAnne FrankRory G.Read
209The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock BandTommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki SixxRory G.To Read
210Eleanor RooseveltBlanche Wiesen CookRory G.To Read
211The Electric Kool-Aid Acid TestTom WolfeRory G.To Read
212EthicsSpinozaRory G.To Read
213Europe through the Back Door: The Travel Skills HandbookRick StevesRory G.To Read
214The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 ReaderMichael MooreRory G.To Read
215The Fall of the Athenian EmpireDonald KaganRory G.To Read
216Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the WorldGreg CritserRory G.To Read
217Gender TroubleJudith ButlerRory G.To Read
218George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd PresidentJacob WeisbergRory G.To Read
219A Girl from YamhillBeverly ClearyRory G.To Read
220The Gnostic GospelsElaine PagelsRory G.To Read
221A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering GeniusDave EggersRory G.To Read
222Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle GangsHunter S. ThompsonRory G.To Read
223Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson MurdersVincent Bugliosi and Curt GentryRory G.To Read
224He’s Just Not That Into YouGreg Behrendt and Liz TuccilloRory G.To Read
225The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireEdward GibbonRory G.To Read
226The Holy BarbariansLawrence LiptonRory G.To Read
227I feel bad about my neckNora EphronRory G.To Read
228I’m with the BandPamela Des BarresRory G.To Read
229In Cold BloodTruman CapoteRory G.To Read
230Inherit the WindJerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeRory G.To Read
231It Takes a VillageHillary ClintonRory G.To Read
232Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary UnderbellyAnthony BourdainRory G.To Read
233The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000Gore VidalRory G.To Read
234Letters of Ayn RandAyn RandRory G.To Read
235Letters of Edith WhartonEdith WhartonRory G.To Read
236Letters to a Young PoetRainer Maria RilkeRory G.To Read
237Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell ThemAl FrankenRory G.To Read
238The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie KondoRory G.To Read
239Lisa and DavidTheodore Isaac RubinRory G.To Read
240The Little LocksmithKatharine Butler HathawayRory G.To Read
241Living HistoryHillary ClintonRory G.To Read
242Memoirs of General William T. ShermanWilliam Tecumseh ShermanRory G.To Read
243Men are from Mars, Women are from VenusJohn GrayRory G.To Read
244A Mencken ChrestomathyH. L. MenckenRory G.To Read
245Me talk pretty one dayDavid SedarisRory G.To Read
246The Mojo Collection: The Greatest Albums of All TimeJim IrvinRory G.To Read
247Moliere: A Biography by Hobart Chatfield TaylorHobart Chatfield TaylorRory G.To Read
248A Monetary History of the United StatesMilton FriedmanRory G.To Read
249Monsieur ProustCéleste AlbaretRory G.To Read
250A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My sisterJulie MarsRory G.To Read
251Motley CrueSeamus CraicRory G.To Read
252A Moveable FeastErnest HemingwayRory G.To Read
253Mutiny on the BountyCharles Nordhoff and James Norman HallRory G.To Read
254My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and its AftermathSeymour M. HershRory G.To Read
255My Life as Author and EditorH. L. MenckenRory G.To Read
256My Life in Oange: Growing up with the GuruTim GuestRory G.To Read
257Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to EuropeMyra WaldoRory G.To Read
258My StruggleKarl Ove KnausgaardRory G.To Read
259Nervous System: Or, Losing my Mind in LiteratureJan Lars JensenRory G.To Read
260The New Way Things WorkDavid MacaulayRory G.To Read
261Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in americaBarbara EhrenreichRory G.To Read
262NightElie WieselRory G.To Read
263The Norton Anthology of Theory and CriticismJeffrey J. Williams et alRory G.To Read
264The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing LifeAmy TanRory G.To Read
265The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian WarDonald KaganRory G.To Read
266Out of AfricaIsak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)Rory G.Read (5/5)
267The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian ExpeditionDonald KaganRory G.To Read
268Pigs at the TroughArianna HuffingtonRory G.To Read
269Please Kill me: The Uncensored Oral History of PunkLegs McNeil and Gillian McCainRory G.To Read
270The Pollysyllabic SpreeNick HornbyRory G.To Read
271The Portable NietzscheFriedrich NietzscheRory G.To Read
272The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’NeillRon SuskindRory G.To Read
273Primary ColorsJoe KleinRory G.To Read
274The Pump House GangTom WolfeRory G.To Read
275Pushkin: A Biography T. J. BinyonRory G.To Read
276Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in BooksAzar NafisiRory G.To Read
277Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories from a Decade Gone MadVirginia HolmanRory G.To Read
278Revolution from Within: A Book of self-esteemGloria SteinemRory G.To Read
279Robert’s Rules of OrderHenry M. RobertRory G.To Read
280A Room of One’s OwnVirginia WoolfRory G.Read (5/5)
281Seabiscuit: An American LegendLaura HillenbrandRory G.To Read
282Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent MillayNancy MilfordRory G.To Read
283The Second SexSimone de BeauvoirRory G.To Read
284Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of ColetteJudith ThurmanRory G.To Read
285Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965Dawn PowellRory G.To Read
286Social Origins of Dictratorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern WorldBarrington MooreRory G.To Read
287SongbookNick HornbyRory G.To Read
288Speak, MemoryVladimir NabokovRory G.To Read
289Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversMary RoachRory G.To Read
290The Story of My LifeHelen KellerRory G.To Read
291Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins, and SealsAnne ColletRory G.To Read
292SybilFlora Rheta SchreiberRory G.To Read
293Truth and Beauty: A FriendshipAnn PatchettRory G.To Read
294The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia PlathSylvia PlathRory G.To Read
295The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information AgePhilip MeyerRory G.To Read
296The Velvet Underground and NicoJoe HarvardRory G.To Read
297We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet The Collected InterviewsDaniel SinkerRory G.To Read
298What Color is Your Parachute?Richard Nelson BollesRory G.To Read
299Who Moved My Cheese?Spencer JohnsonRory G.Read
300WildCheryl StrayedRory G.To Read
301The Year of Magical ThinkingJoan DidionRory G.To Read
302BeowulfRory G.To Read
303The Bhagavad GitaRory G.To Read
304BrigadoonAlan Jay LernerRory G.To Read
305The Canterbury TalesGeoffrey ChaucerRory G.To Read
306A Comedy of ErrorsWilliam ShakespeareRory G.To Read
307The Complete Poems of Anne SextonAnne SextonRory G.To Read
308The CrucibleArthur MillerRory G.To Read
309Cyrano De BergeracEdmond RostandRory G.To Read
310Death of a SalesmanArthur MillerRory G.To Read
311Driving Miss DaisyAlfred UhrvRory G.To Read
312Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & PoemsEdgar Allan PoeRory G.Read (5/5)
313Fiddler on the RoofJoseph SteinRory G.To Read
314Haiku, Vol 2: SpringR. H. BlythRory G.To Read
315HamletShakespeareRory G.To Read
316Henry IV, Part IShakespeareRory G.To Read
317Henry IV, Part IIShakespeareRory G.To Read
318Henry VShakespeareRory G.To Read
319Henry VIShakespeareRory G.To Read
320The InfernoDante AlighieriRory G.To Read
321Leaves of GrassWalt WhitmanRory G.To Read
322The Libation BearersAeschylusRory G.To Read
323The Merry Wives of WindsorShakespeareRory G.To Read
324A Midsummer Night’s DreamShakespeareRory G.To Read
325The Miracle WorkerWilliam GibsonRory G.To Read
326New Poems of Emily DickinsonEmily DickinsonRory G.To Read
327Oedipus RexSophoclesRory G.To Read
328OthelloShakespeareRory G.To Read
329PygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawRory G.To Read
330Richard IIIShakespeareRory G.To Read
331Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia De BurgosJulia De BurgosRory G.To Read
332Sonnet 43Elizabeth Barrett BrowningRory G.To Read
333The SonnetsShakespeareRory G.To Read
334Sonnets from the PortugueseElizabeth Barrett BrowningRory G.To Read
335Waiting for GodotSamuel BeckettRory G.To Read
336Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woold?Edward AlbeeRory G.To Read
337The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and ClayMichael ChabonRory G.To Read
338Bel CantoAnn PatchettRory G.To Read
339Brick LaneMónica AliRory G.To Read
340CarrieStephen KingRory G.To Read
341The Children’s HourLillian HellmanRory G.To Read
342ChristineStephen KingRory G.To Read
343The Complete Novels of Dawn PowellDawn PowellRory G.To Read
344ContactCarl SaganRory G.To Read
345The Crimson Petal and the WhiteMichel FaberRory G.To Read
346CujoStephen KingRory G.To Read
347The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark HaddonRory G.To Read
348Hija de la Fortuna (Daughter of Fortune)Isabel AllendeRory G.To Read
349The Da Vinci CodeDan BrownRory G.To Read
350Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in LettersMark DunnRory G.To Read
351Empire FallsRichard RussoRory G.To Read
352Eva LunaIsabel AllendeRory G.To Read
353Everything is IlluminatedJonathan Safran FoerRory G.To Read
354The Executioner’s SongNorman MailerRory G.To Read
355ExtravaganceGary KristRory G.To Read
356Fear and Loathing in Las VegasHunter S. ThompsonRory G.To Read
357The Five People You Meet in HeavenMitch AlbomRory G.To Read
358FletchGregory McDonaldRory G.To Read
359Flowers for AlgernonDaniel KeyesRory G.To Read
360The Fortress of SolitudeJonathan LethemRory G.To Read
361The FountainheadAyn RandRory G.To Read
362Freaky FridayMary RodgersRory G.To Read
363GidgetFredrick KohnerRory G.To Read
364Girl, InterruptedSusanna KaysenRory G.To Read
365The God of Small ThingsArundhati RoyRory G.To Read
366Goodnight SpoonKeith RichardsRory G.To Read
367The Gospel According to Jesus ChristJosé SaramagoRory G.To Read
368The GraduateCharles WebbRory G.To Read
369The GroupMary McCarthyRory G.To Read
370High fidelityNick HornbyRory G.To Read
371Holidays on Ice: StoriesDavid SedarisRory G.To Read
372House of Sand and FogAndre DubusRory G.To Read
373La casa de los espíritus (The house of the spirits)Isabel AllendeRory G.To Read
374How to Breathe UnderwaterJulie OrringerRory G.To Read
375How the Light Gets InM. J. HylandRory G.To Read
376IronweedWilliam KennedyRory G.To Read
377Jurassic ParkMichael CrichtonRory G.Read (5/5)
378Just a Couple of DaysTony VigoritoRory G.To Read
379The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last TsarRobert AlexanderRory G.To Read
380The Kite RunnerKhaled HosseiniRory G.To Read
381The Legend of Bagger VanceSteven PressfieldRory G.To Read
382Less than ZeroBret Easton EllisRory G.To Read
383Life of PiYann MartelRory G.To Read
384Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)Laura EsquivelRory G.To Read
385The Love BonesAlice SeboldRory G.To Read
386Love StoryErich SegalRory G.To Read
387Marathon ManWilliam GoldmanRory G.To Read
388The Meaning of ConsueloJudith Ortiz CoferRory G.To Read
389MiddlesexJeffrey EugenidesRory G.To Read
390MiseryStephen KingRory G.To Read
391Mistress of MellynVictoria HoltRory G.To Read
392My Sister’s KeeperJodi PicoultRory G.To Read
393The Name of the RoseUmberto EcoRory G.To Read
394The NamesakeJhumpa LahiriRory G.To Read
395The Nanny DiariesEmma MclaughlinRory G.To Read
396Notes of a Dirty Old ManCharles BukowskiRory G.To Read
397Old SchoolTobias WolffRory G.To Read
398Oracle NightPaul AusterRory G.To Read
399Oryx and CrakeMargaret AtwoodRory G.To Read
400The Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen ChboskyRory G.To Read
401Peyton PlaceGrace MetaliousRory G.To Read
402PropertyValerie MartinRory G.To Read
403The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate: Two NovelsNancy MitfordRory G.To Read
404QuattrocentoJames McKeanRory G.To Read
405A Quiet StormRachel Howzell HallRory G.To Read
406The Red TentAnita DiamantRory G.To Read
407R is for RicochetSue GraftonRory G.To Read
408Rita HayworthStephen KingRory G.To Read
409Rosemary’s BabyIra LevinRory G.To Read
410Sacred TimeUrsula HegiRory G.To Read
411The Secret Life of BeesSue Monk KiddRory G.To Read
412The ShiningStephen KingRory G.To Read
413S is for SilenceSue GraftonRory G.To Read
414Small IslandAndrewa LevyRory G.To Read
415A Song of Ice and FireGeorge R. R. MartinRory G.To Read
416The Song of NamesNorman LebrechtRory G.To Read
417The Song ReaderLisa TuckerRory G.To Read
418Sophie’s ChoiceWilliam StyronRory G.To Read
419The Stepford WivesIra LevinRory G.To Read
420Summer of FearT. Jefferson ParkerRory G.To Read
421Tevya the Dairyman and the Railroad StoriesSholem AleichemRory G.To Read
422They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?Horace McCoyRory G.To Read
423Time and againJack FinneyRory G.To Read
424The Time Traveler’s WifeAudrey NiffeneggerRory G.To Read
425TrainspottingIrvine WelshRory G.To Read
426The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt SistersElisabeth RobinsonRory G.To Read
427Tuesdays with MorrieMitch AlbomRory G.Read (5/5)
428UnlessCarol ShieldsRory G.To Read
429Valley of the DollsJacqueline SusannRory G.To Read
430The Virgin SuicidesJeffrey EugenidesRory G.To Read
431What Happened to Baby Jane?Henry FarrellRory G.To Read
432When the Emperor Was DivineJulie OtsukaRory G.To Read
433Wicked: The life and times of the wicked witch of the westGregory MaguireRory G.To Read

As if that wasn’t enough…this year I decided to include in my readings more diversity in authors. I was going through my Goodreads data for one BYOD from TidyTuesday (i.e. I was making a data visualization about the nationalities of the authors I’ve read), and I’m not happy with the result. Most of the author’s I have read throughout my life are predominantly from the U.S. and U.K., a nice variety of Latin American authors but not enough as I would like to. Therefore, my new (probably also lifelong) reading goal is to read at least one book from an author of each country.

(if more than 5, I’m not listing them all)

#CountryAuthor’s read
1AfghanistanSaira Shah
2Albania
3Algeria
4Andorra
5Angola
6Antigua and Barbuda
7ArgentinaErnesto Sabato;
8Armenia
9Australia
10AustriaJoy Adamson
11Azerbaijan
12Bahamas
13Bahrain
14Bangladesh
15Barbados
16Belarus
17Belgium
18Belize
19Benin
20Bhutan
21Bolivia
22Bosnia and Herzegovina
23Botswana
24BrazilMalba Tahan (pseudonym); Paulo Coelho;
25Brunei
26Bulgaria
27Burkina Faso
28Burundi
29Ivory Coast
30Cabo Verde
31Cambodia
32Cameroon
33CanadaJennifer Gunter; Nancy Baron; Liz Neeley; Stephen B. Heard; Cat Bohannon; +++
34Central African Republic
35Chad
36ChileIsabel Allende
37China
38ColombiaGabriel García Márquez; Hector Abad Faciolince;
39Comoros
40Congo Brazzaville
41Costa Rica
42CroatiaSlavenka Drakulic;
43Cuba
44Cyprus
45Czechia (Czech Republic)Franz Kafka; Magdalena Wagnerova;
46Democratic Republic of the Congo
47DenmarkKaren Blixen (Isak Dinesen);
48Djibouti
49Dominica
50Dominican Republic
51Ecuador
52Egypt
53El Salvador
54Equatorial Guinea
55Eritrea
56Estonia
57Eswatini
58Ethiopia
59Fiji
60Finland
61FranceAntoine de Saint-Exupery
62Gabon
63Gambia
64Georgia
65GermanyHermann Hesse; Anne Frank;
66Ghana
67Greece
68Grenada
69GuatemalaMiguel Ángel Asturias; Virgilio Rodríguez Macal;
70Guinea
71Guinea-Bissau
72Guyana
73Haiti
74Honduras
75Hungary
76Iceland
77IndiaSangu Mandanna;
78Indonesia
79Iran
80Iraq
81IrelandMary Robinson; Sally Rooney
82Israel
83ItalyAntonio Tintori; Rossella Palomba
84Jamaica
85JapanMichiko Aoyama;
86Jordan
87Kazakhstan
88Kenya
89Kiribati
90Kuwait
91Kyrgyzstan
92Laos
93Latvia
94Lebanon
95Lesotho
96Liberia
97Libya
98Liechtenstein
99Lithuania
100Luxembourg
101Madagascar
102Malawi
103Malaysia
104Maldives
105Mali
106Malta
107Marshall Islands
108Mauritania
109Mauritius
110MexicoJuan Rulfo; Octavio Paz;
111Micronesia
112Moldova
113Monaco
114Mongolia
115Montenegro
116Morocco
117Mozambique
118Myanmar
119Namibia
120Nauru
121Nepal
122NetherlandsRutger Bregman;
123New Zealand
124NicaraguaEdgar Gomez;
125Niger
126NigeriaChimamanda Ngozi Adichie;
127North Korea
128North Macedonia
129Norway
130Oman
131PakistanAli Abdaal;
132Palau
133Palestine State
134PanamaCarlos Fuentes;
135Papua New Guinea
136Paraguay
137Peru
138Philippines
139PolandWładysław Konopczyński;
140Portugal
141Qatar
142Romania
143Russia
144Rwanda
145Saint Kitts and Nevis
146Saint Lucia
147Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
148Samoa
149San Marino
150Sao Tome and Principe
151Saudi Arabia
152Senegal
153SerbiaSvetlana Alter;
154Seychelles
155Sierra Leone
156Singapore
157Slovakia
158Slovenia
159Solomon Islands
160Somalia
161South AfricaTrevor Noah;
162South Korea
163South Sudan
164SpainCamilo José Cela; Miguel de Cervantes; José Zorrilla; Federico García Lorca; Gustavo Adolfo Becquer; +++
165Sri Lanka
166Sudan
167Suriname
168Sweden
169Switzerland
170Syria
171Tajikistan
172Tanzania
173Thailand
174Timor-Leste
175Togo
176Tonga
177Trinidad and Tobago
178Tunisia
179Turkey
180Turkmenistan
181Tuvalu
182Uganda
183Ukraine
184United Arab Emirates
185United KingdomMore than enough +++
186United States of AmericaMore than enough +++
187UruguayMario Benedetti
188Uzbekistan
189Vanuatu
190Venezuela
191Vietnam
192Yemen
193Zambia
194Zimbabwe

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