2019 Reading List

[catlarks]

As promised, I present to dreamwidth the following: my intended reading list for 2019!

I have chosen to color-code it to communicate my own progress; anything in plain text has yet to be read, anything in red is currently in progress, and anything in green has been completed. I will not be REMOVING anything from this list, however, I may add more books if anything comes up during the year that seems worth preemptively recommending. I will try to keep it updated with my progress; if I read something not on this list and didn't find it worth sharing, that book will not be added.

That all said, the list:

• Autonomous, by Annalee Newitz
  
• The Bear and the Nightengale, by Katherine Arden
  
• A Darker Shade of Magic, by V. E. Schwab
  
• The Devourers, by Indra Das
  
• Fall, or Dodge in Hell, by Neal Stephenson
  
• The Grace of Kings, by Ken Liu
  
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N. K. Jemisin
  
• In An Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire
  
• Infomocracy, by Malka Older
  
• The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers
  
• The Poppy War, R. F. Kuang
  
• The Rise and Fall of DODO, by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
  
• The Rules of Magic, by Alice Hoffman
  
• Too Like the Lightning, by Ada Palmer
  
• An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon
  
• The Witches of New York, Ami McKay

I make no guarantees that I will read and finish all of these books in 2019 (or possibly ever) but this is the list of novels I'm excited to read and which I would be excited to talk about with friends! I know a formal book club is a big commitment so rather than trying to organize anything like that, I hope folks will join me for this kind of, opening the doors for informal book discussion.

Comments

[yusukesjeans]

Oh, The Devourers is on my list too! My friend read it for a book club and really didn’t like it but her talking about it made me want to check it out.

[catlarks]

I've been enjoying it!! It's really, messy and gross in a very viscerally sensory way so if you don't want really evocative descriptions of how nasty people are and also of people being eaten, I understand that the book may not be for you, lol. Probably that was your friend's response!

On the other hand, if you are into that, it should be a super good read. I think I recced it directly to friends Damien and Ling because of everyone I know, they should read the cannibalism book.

Let me know what you end up thinking of it!!