In August of 2027 I will be turning 50. Not sure how that happened, but here we are. I got the great idea from @BarbaraJean on Litsy to come up with a list of books I want to read before then.
I decided to go back and re-read my old favorites. They’re mostly published pre-2020. They are the books I read before I was tuned in to new releases and what’s trending. These are the books I picked out based on the cover while wandering through the library or bookstore.
As I read through my list I’ll post quasi reviews- my memories of what made me read these books in the first place, and what I think of them now.
11/22/63 Stephen King
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
A Piece of the World Christina Baker Kline
Above All Things Tanis Rideout
All Fall Down Jennifer Weiner
And The Band Played On Randy Shilts
Assassination Vacation Sarah Vowell
At Home in Mitford Jan Karon
Beach Read Emily Henry
Cataloochee Wayne Cadwell
City of Thieves David Benioff
Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
Crossing To Safety Wallace Stegner
Cutting For Stone Abraham Verghese
Destiny of the Republic Candice Millard
Disappearing Earth Julia Phillips
Divergent Veronica Roth
Elizabeth Street Laurie Fabino
Ethan Frome Edith Wharton
Everything I Never Told You Celeste Ng
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi
Indianapolis Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
Leaving Orbit Margaret Lazarus Dean
Little Heathens Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry
Margot Jillian Cantor
Matterhorn Karl Marlantes
Moneyball Michael Lewis
No Ordinary Time Doris Kearns Goodwin
Prep Curtis Sittenfeld
Sandworm Andy Greenberg
Shakespeare In A Divided America James Shapiro
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward
Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson
The Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese
The Food Lover's Garden Angelo M. Pellegrini
The Garden of Evening Mists Tan Twan Eng
The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Lowland Jhumpa Lahiri
The Martian Andy Weir
The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell Nadia Hashimi
The Street Gang Michael Davis
The Time In Between Maria Duenas
The Wilder Life Wendy McClure
Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Haruki Murakami
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