Read in 2018

Last year I read 62 books (see the list here) and have set myself a challenge to read 65 in 2018. I'll be listing the books below as I read them and you can click on the hyperlinks to read the reviews as the year progresses. Click here to read my reviews alphabetically by author.

January
How To Be A Tudor by Ruth Goodman

The Commando - The Life And Death Of Cameron Baird, VC, MG by Ben Mckelvey
How to Draw Cute Stuff by Angela Nguyen
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. Jerome
The Little Bullet Book by David Sinden

February
How We Eat with Our Eyes and Think with Our Stomachs by Melanie Mühl, Diana von Kopp
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
West Cork by Sam Bungey & Jennifer Forde
Hangman by Jack Heath
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

March
Beauty In Thorns by Kate Forsyth
Pentridge: Voices From the Other Side by Rupert Mann
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
The Suitcase Baby by Tanya Bretherton
Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter
The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
The Flying Optometrist by Joanne Anderton
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

April
She's Not There by Joy Fielding
The Wonder Down Under: A User's Guide to the Vagina by Nina Brochmann & Ellen Stokken Dahl
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

May
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Bring Me Back by B A Paris
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader
Giftwrapped by Jane Means
Dear Fahrenheit 451 by Annie Spence

June
Geek Ink: The World's Smartest Tattoos for Rebels, Nerds, Scientists, and Intellectuals by the creators of Inkstinct
Ache by Eliza Henry-Jones
Cicada by Shaun Tan
The Story of Shit by Midas Dekkers
The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse

July
1,342 QI Facts To Leave You Flabbergasted by John Lloyd
The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
Australia's Most Unbelievable True Stories by Jim Haynes
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer
Lies by T.M. Logan
The Name of Death by Klester Cavalcanti

August
The Yellow House by Emily O’Grady
Scrublands by Chris Hammer

Best Foot Forward by Adam Hills
The Edible Cookie Dough Cookbook by Olivia Hops
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
Always With You by Debbie Malone

September
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
The Long and Winding Way to the Top by Andrew P Street
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory

October
Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak
Paramedic by Sandy Macken
The Girl On The Page by John Purcell
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

November
Well Read Cookies by Lauren Chater
Stalked by Rachel Cassidy
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Elevation by Stephen King
Sh*t Towns of New Zealand by Anonymous
The Corset by Laura Purcell

It's All a Game: A Short History of Board Games by Tristan Donovan

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