Since I know I won’t be finishing up any other books this month, I thought I’d post my mid-year reading list. I’m a few behind where I should be (I should be around 25 or 26 books) but I never underestimate my ability to catch up (or fail completely).
In any case:
21. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
20. Against the Grain by Joris-Karl Huysmans
19. Mercy by Jodi Picoult
18. Persuasion by Jane Austen
17. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
16. The Trial by Franz Kafka
15. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
14. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
13. Diaries of Franz Kafka
12. Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
11. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
10. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
9. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8. Essays in Existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre
7. Lyrical and Critical Essays by Albert Camus
6. I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg by Bill Morgan
5. Queer by William S. Burroughs
4. Junky by William S. Burroughs
3. Deliberate Prose: Selected Essays, 1952-1995 by Allen Ginsberg
2. Allen Ginsberg in America by Jane Kramer
1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez