2017 was a productive year of reading with the completion of 39 books.
Here are a few of the stats to accompany the list:
19 were read digitally (all on the Kindle)
10 were audiobooks (all through Audible)
10 paper bound
17 Fiction
22 Non-Fiction
March was the most productive month with 7 books completed
November and December the least productive with only 1 book completed in each month
Here is my commentary:
Best Book Overall: A Gentleman in Moscow (Fiction)
Best Next Fiction: My Absolute Darling
Best Non-Fiction: Evicted
Best Next Non-Fiction: H is for Hawk
Most Overrated: Lincoln in the Bardo
Most Underrated: The Dry
Best Audio Book: Endurance
Most Memorable Fiction: The Sport of Kings
Most Memorable Non-Fiction: The Road to Character
Book I didn't think I would like but did: The Conscientious Conservative
Book I thought I would like but didn't much care for: Wonder
Most beautifully written: Moonglow
Best Author Debut Book: My Absolute Darling
Here's to a Happy 2018 of reading for all!
Rusty
(d) The Sympathizer: A Novel - Nguyen F
(d) Born to Run- Springsteen NF
(d) Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned...- Wear NF
(d)
The Dry - Harper F
(a) Running for My Life- Lomong NF
(d) Whiplash-Ito/Howe NF
(a) Shoe Dog - Knight NF
(d) Moonglow - Chabon NF
(a) Truevine- Macy NF
Not I, But Christ- Henderson NF
Beloved- Morrison F
Mindset- Dweck NF
(d) The Vegetarian- Kang F
(d) The Sport of Kings- Morgan F
(d) Difficult Women- Gay F
The Blood Pressure Solution- Merritt NF
(d) Lincoln in the Bardo- Saunders F
On to the Next Dream- Madonna NF
(a) Evicted- Desmond NF
The Winning Horseplayer- Beyer NF
(d) A Gentleman in Moscow-Towles F
On Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses- Corin F
(d) Commonwealth- Patchett F
(a) The Road to Character- Brooks NF
(a) H is for Hawk- Macdonald NF
(d) Into the Water - Hawkins F
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a... - Manson NF
(d) The Conscientious Conservative- Flake NF
(d) Sudden Sea- Scotti NF
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace- Cottrell F
(d) New People- Senna F
(d) My Absolute Darling- Tallent F
(d)
Swing Time- Smith F
(a) What Happened- Clinton NF
(a) Troublemaker: Scientology...- Remini NF
(a)
Endurance- Kelly NF
(d)
Girls- Cline F
(a) Rocket Men: The Epic Story of First... -Nelson NF
(d) Wonder- Palacio F