At the end of 2011, I read a study that discussed the reading habits of American adults that showed that the median of books read in a year is 8. The study made me curious on how many books I read in a year. I decided for 2012 to record all the books that I read so I could figure it out. At the end of the year, I had read 41 books and found that I really enjoyed getting to look back over all the books that I read, so I decided to continue the project in 2013.
I was somewhat less diligent about recording each one in 2013, so I found at least 2 books that I had forgotten at the end of the year and I may have forgotten more. For 2013, I read 39 books total and found that I had surprisingly read quite a few books written in the last 30 years or so, which is pretty unusual for me. A few I read were recommendations from trustworthy people. Others, including the Percy Jackson and Ender's Game series along with Austenland were inspired by movie adaptations being released. I often get impatient when movies are scheduled to come out based on books and rather than just waiting to read the book after watching the movie, I typically end up reading it before. It's pretty much always a bad idea because it makes enjoy the movies less because I recognize all the errors and changes more!
Of the books I read this year, though it's a tough call, I think I can say that I enjoyed reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn most. It's been one of my favorite books for a long time and getting to return to it after a number of years was great. In my opinion, it is the best piece of American fiction ever written, though I admit, I'm not keen on American authors in general!
So without further ado, I'm including my list of books read for both 2013 and 2012. Both lists only include books read entirely. Although I've read portions of many other books, those are not shown. The formating is terrible, which irks me, because even though it looks nice in this editor, it looks like a mess on the actual blog for some reason. But, here it is, such as it is.
2013 Books
1.
Reality Show—The Lords and the Ladies Alan Cannon
2.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
3.
The Winter’s Tale William Shakespeare
4.
The God Who Weeps Terryl and Fiona Givens
5.
Wolf Hall Hillary Mantel
6.
A Short Stay in Hell Steven L. Peck
7.
Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
8.
The Girl on the Boat P.G. Wodehouse
9.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
10.
The Gem Collector P.G. Wodehouse
11.
Jill the Reckless P.G. Wodehouse
12.
Code of the Woosters P.G. Wodehouse
13.
The Sea
of Monsters Rick Riordan
14.
The Titan’s Curse Rick Riordan
15.
The Battle of the Labyrinth Rick Riordan
16.
The Last Olympian Rick Riordan
17.
Prometheus Bound Aeschylus
18.
The Secret Adversary Agatha Christie
19.
The Innocence of Father Brown GK Chesterton
20.
Austenland Shannon Hale
21.
The Man Who Knew Too Much GK Chesterton
22.
Philippine Folklore Stories John Maurice Miller
23.
The Red House Mystery A.A. Milne
24.
History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith
25.
Othello William Shakespeare
26.
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
27.
Ender in Exile Orson Scott Card
28.
Ender’s Shadow Orson Scott Card
29.
Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card
30.
Shadow Puppets Orson Scott Card
31.
The Memoires of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
32.
The Wizard of Oz Frank L. Baum
33.
Shadow of the Giant Orson Scott Card
34.
Anne’s House of Dreams Lucy Maude Montgomery
35.
Shadows in Flight Orson Scott Card
36.
Midnight in Austenland Shannon Hale
37.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
38.
As You Like It William
Shakespeare
39.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
2012 Books
1.
The Aeneid Virgil
2.
The Hound of the Baskervilles(2) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
3.
A Study in Scarlet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
4.
The Valley of Fear Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
5.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7.
The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
8.
The Case-book of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10.
The Sign of Four Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11.
The Lost Gate Orson Scott Card
12.
Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
13.
Mike and Psmith P.G. Wodehouse
14.
Psmith in the City P.G. Wodehouse
15.
Psmith, Journalist P.G. Wodehouse
16.
A Man of Means P.G. Wodehouse
17.
The Adventures of Sally P.G. Wodehouse
18.
My Man Jeeves P.G. Wodehouse
19.
Right Ho, Jeeves P.G. Wodehouse
20.
Something New P.G. Wodehouse
21.
Leave it to Psmith P.G. Wodehouse
22.
Piccadilly Jim P.G. Wodehouse
23.
The Princess and Curdie George Macdonald
24.
The Princess and the Goblin George Macdonald
25.
At the Back of the North Wind George Macdonald
26.
The Strange History of Doctor Jekyll and Mister
Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
27.
The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28.
The Life of Heber C Kimball Orson F Whitney
29.
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
30.
The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories
31.
Indian Ghost Stories Second Edition
32.
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
33.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
34.
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
35.
Once Upon a Time A.A. Milne
36.
The Hobbit J.R.R Tolkien
37.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
38.
The Book of Mormon
39.
The Christmas Books William Makepeace Thackeray
40.
A Christmas Greeting Hans Christian Andersen
41.
The Abbot’s Ghost, or Maurice Treherne’s Temptation Louisa May Alcott
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