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1. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Novel: marriage, infidelity, parenting
21st century, American
Public library
Finished January 6, 2019
2. The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down: Our Belief in Property and the Cost of That Belief by Howard Mansfield
Nonfiction: essays, property, land
21st century, American
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished January 23, 2019
3. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fiction: novel, gender, dystopia
20th century, Canadian
Public library
Finished January 28, 2019
4. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Fiction: novel in verse, slam poetry, Dominican, coming of age
21st century, American
Public library, CA book club
Finished February 3, 2019
5. Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
Fiction: stories
20th century, Finnish (Swedish)
My library
Finished February 17, 2019
6. The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality by Georgia Blain
Nonfiction: memoir, writing, terminal illness
21st century, Australian
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished March 2019
7. Educated by Tara Westover
Nonfiction: memoir, Idaho, family
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished March 2019
8. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction: memoir, race, criminal justice, mass incarceration
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished April 2019
9. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
Nonfiction: science, memoir, history, spirituality, neuroscience
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished: April 30, 2019
10. Becoming by Michelle Obama
Nonfiction:memoir
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished May 2019
11. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Fiction: novel, fantasy
20th century, English
Public library
Finished May 29, 2019
12. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Nonfiction: libraries, fire, Los Angeles
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished May 30, 2019
13. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Nonfiction: feminism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished June 8, 2019
14. Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Nonfiction: history, Hawaii
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished June 21, 2019
15. Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty MD
Nonfiction: memoir, mindfulness, meditation
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished July 2019
16. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb
Nonfiction: psychology
21st century, American
Public library
Finished July 27, 2019
17. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
Nonfiction: anti-racism
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished August 22, 2019
18. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nonfiction: ecology, spirituality, memoir, native perspective
21st century, American, Native American
Library: audiobook
Finished September 10, 2019
19. We Are Still Here: Stories & A Novella by Emily Koon
Fiction: dystopian, surrealist, Lizzie Borden
21st century, American
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished in September 2019
20. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Nonfiction: history, indigenous history
21st century, Native American
Library: audiobook
Finished September 29, 2019
21. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Nonfiction: antiracism, social justice
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 6, 2019
22. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
Nonfiction: history, literary history, politics
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 10, 2019
23. Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson
Fiction: novel, children's book
20th century, Finnish (Swedish)
Public library
Finished October 24, 2019
24. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Nonfiction: antiracism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 29, 2019
25. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Fiction: novel, family, chimpanzees, animal research
21st century, American
My library
Finished November 11, 2019
26. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Nonfiction: essays, literature, writing, black culture
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 12, 2019
27. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Nonfiction: antiracism
20th century, American, African American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 2018
28. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Ghirardas
Nonfiction: sociology, economics
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 24, 2019
29. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Graphic biography: autobiography, memoir
21st century, American
Public library
Finished November 27, 2019
30. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Nonfiction: antiracism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 7, 2019
31. Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays by Rebecca Solnit
Nonfiction: essays, politics, antiracism, activism
21st century, American
Public library
Finished December 8, 2019
32. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Fiction: novel, family, place
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 15, 2019
33. Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier by Alexandra Fuller
Nonfiction: war, Africa, memoir, journalism
21st century, British-Zimbabwean
Borrowed (from Carrie)
Finished December 22, 2019
34. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nonfiction: creativity, writing
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 26, 2019
Novel: marriage, infidelity, parenting
21st century, American
Public library
Finished January 6, 2019
2. The Habit of Turning the World Upside Down: Our Belief in Property and the Cost of That Belief by Howard Mansfield
Nonfiction: essays, property, land
21st century, American
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished January 23, 2019
3. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Fiction: novel, gender, dystopia
20th century, Canadian
Public library
Finished January 28, 2019
4. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Fiction: novel in verse, slam poetry, Dominican, coming of age
21st century, American
Public library, CA book club
Finished February 3, 2019
5. Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson
Fiction: stories
20th century, Finnish (Swedish)
My library
Finished February 17, 2019
6. The Museum of Words: A Memoir of Language, Writing, and Mortality by Georgia Blain
Nonfiction: memoir, writing, terminal illness
21st century, Australian
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished March 2019
7. Educated by Tara Westover
Nonfiction: memoir, Idaho, family
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished March 2019
8. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Nonfiction: memoir, race, criminal justice, mass incarceration
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished April 2019
9. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
Nonfiction: science, memoir, history, spirituality, neuroscience
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished: April 30, 2019
10. Becoming by Michelle Obama
Nonfiction:memoir
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished May 2019
11. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Fiction: novel, fantasy
20th century, English
Public library
Finished May 29, 2019
12. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Nonfiction: libraries, fire, Los Angeles
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished May 30, 2019
13. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
Nonfiction: feminism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished June 8, 2019
14. Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Nonfiction: history, Hawaii
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished June 21, 2019
15. Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty MD
Nonfiction: memoir, mindfulness, meditation
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished July 2019
16. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb
Nonfiction: psychology
21st century, American
Public library
Finished July 27, 2019
17. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
Nonfiction: anti-racism
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished August 22, 2019
18. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nonfiction: ecology, spirituality, memoir, native perspective
21st century, American, Native American
Library: audiobook
Finished September 10, 2019
19. We Are Still Here: Stories & A Novella by Emily Koon
Fiction: dystopian, surrealist, Lizzie Borden
21st century, American
My library: Early Reviewers
Finished in September 2019
20. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Nonfiction: history, indigenous history
21st century, Native American
Library: audiobook
Finished September 29, 2019
21. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Nonfiction: antiracism, social justice
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 6, 2019
22. The Death of Truth: Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump by Michiko Kakutani
Nonfiction: history, literary history, politics
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 10, 2019
23. Moominvalley in November by Tove Jansson
Fiction: novel, children's book
20th century, Finnish (Swedish)
Public library
Finished October 24, 2019
24. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Nonfiction: antiracism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished October 29, 2019
25. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Fiction: novel, family, chimpanzees, animal research
21st century, American
My library
Finished November 11, 2019
26. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Nonfiction: essays, literature, writing, black culture
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 12, 2019
27. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Nonfiction: antiracism
20th century, American, African American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 2018
28. Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Ghirardas
Nonfiction: sociology, economics
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished November 24, 2019
29. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Graphic biography: autobiography, memoir
21st century, American
Public library
Finished November 27, 2019
30. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Nonfiction: antiracism, history
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 7, 2019
31. Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays by Rebecca Solnit
Nonfiction: essays, politics, antiracism, activism
21st century, American
Public library
Finished December 8, 2019
32. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Fiction: novel, family, place
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 15, 2019
33. Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier by Alexandra Fuller
Nonfiction: war, Africa, memoir, journalism
21st century, British-Zimbabwean
Borrowed (from Carrie)
Finished December 22, 2019
34. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Nonfiction: creativity, writing
21st century, American
Library: audiobook
Finished December 26, 2019
2seidchen
Tally:
Fiction: 9
– Novels: 7
– Stories: 2
Nonfiction: 25
– Ecology: 1
– Essays: 2
– Memoirs: 6
– General: 3
– History: 2
– Feminism: 1
– Psychology: 1
– Antiracism: 6
– Graphic biography: 1
– Writing: 1
American: 26
Australian: 1
Canadian: 1
English: 1
Finnish (Swedish): 2 (same author)
British-Zimbabwean: 1
21st century: 19
20th century: 5
Public library: 8
My library: 5
Audiobooks: 19
Borrowed: 1
Early Reviewers: 3
CA book club: 1
Fiction: 9
– Novels: 7
– Stories: 2
Nonfiction: 25
– Ecology: 1
– Essays: 2
– Memoirs: 6
– General: 3
– History: 2
– Feminism: 1
– Psychology: 1
– Antiracism: 6
– Graphic biography: 1
– Writing: 1
American: 26
Australian: 1
Canadian: 1
English: 1
Finnish (Swedish): 2 (same author)
British-Zimbabwean: 1
21st century: 19
20th century: 5
Public library: 8
My library: 5
Audiobooks: 19
Borrowed: 1
Early Reviewers: 3
CA book club: 1
