My Year in Books

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I’ve always been an avid reader and my guess is, that many of you share my passion for books and reading. And if you happen to follow me on Instagram you know how books make a regular appearance there on my stories. 😉

My friend Lani from over at “Life, the Universe, and Lani” (hint: if you’re in the know, you can already guess from her blog’s name how much she loves books 😉 ) recently talked about books on her Instagram account and inspired me to write a post about the books I’ve read in the last year.

Considering the amount of time I, like so many others, spend in lockdown and at home, I was surprised to learn that with 70 books all in all, I only read 7 books more than in 2019 (63 books). So maybe I spend more time being creative, but my guess is, that I simply spend more time in front of the tv!

Anyway, here are my books from 2020! I’d love to hear from you if you’ve read some of them as well and compare notes. ;). (Where possible I added the original title in brackets if I’ve read the book in German. Also I added an exclamation mark to those book I especially enjoyed reading. Oh, and I also count audio books in my list which I like to listen to when drawing or painting, or when I’m too tired to read but not tired enough to fall asleep.)

 

January:

• „The Reverse of the Medal“ by Patrick O’Brian
• „The Giver of Stars“ by Jojo Moyes
• „Strange the Dreamer“ by Lani Taylor (audio)  (!)
• „Der Reporter“ von John Katzenbach („In the Heat of the Summer“)

February:

• „The Chef“ by James Patterson
• „Catching Fire“ by Suzanne Collins
• „Devil’s River“ von Thomas Thiemeyer (!)
• „Rein soll deine Seele sein“ von Faye Kellerman („The Ritual Bath“)
• „Mr. Vertigo“ by Paul Auster
• „Maximum Ride – Der Zerberus-Effekt“ von James Patterson

March:

• Blut vergisst nicht“ von Kathy Reichs („Spider Bones“)
• „Das Haus der roten Dämonen“ von Peter Dempf
• „Machines Like Me“ by Ian McEwan (audio) (!)
• „The Black Country“ by Alex Grecian (!)

 

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April:

 – „Die Ermordung des Commendatore“ von Haruki Murakami (audio) („Killing Commendatore“) (!)

 – „The Sunday Philosophy Club“ by Alexander McCall Smith

 – „Muse of Nightmares“ by Lani Taylor (audio) (!)

 – „Dunkles Blut“ von Stuart MacBride („Dark Blood“)

 – „Aus der Dunkelkammer des Bösen“ von Mark Benecke

 – „Die Phoenix-Chroniken: Blut“ von Lori Handelnd („The Phoenix Chronicles“)

May:

• „Libellen im Kopf“ von Gavin Extence („The Mirror World of Melody Black“)
• „Into the Wild“ by Jon Krakauer (!)
• „Die Ermordung des Commendatore, Bd. II“ von Haruki Murakami (audio) („Killing Commendatore II“) 
• „Engelslieder“ von Kat Martin („The Summit“)
• „Of Blood and Bone, Chronicles of The One II“ by Nora Roberts (!)

June:

• „Hush, hush“ by James Patterson&Candice Fox
• „Der Outsider“ von Stephen King (audio) („The Outsider“)
• „A Conspiracy of Bones“ by Kathy Reichs (!)
• „The Inn“ by James Patterson&Candice Fox

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July:

• „The Cockroach“ by Ian McEwan
• „How the Dead Speak“ by Val McDermid (!)
• „The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes“ by Suzanne Collins (!)
• „The Near Witch“ by V.E. Schwab (audio)
• „Wenn der Wind singt“ von Haruki Murakami (audio) („Hear the wind sing“)
• „If it Bleeds“ by Stephen King (!)

August:

• „Die Glocke von Whitechapel“ von Ben Aaronovitch (audio) („Lies Sleeping“) (!)
• „The Boy from the Woods“ by Harlan Coben
• „Old Bones“ by Preston&Child (!)
• „Vendetta in Death“ by J.D. Robb
• „Mort“ by Terry Pratchett (audio)
• „Pinball 1973“ von Haruki Murakami (audio)
• „The Familiars“ by Stacey Halls (audio)
• „Trace Elements“ by Donna Leon (!)
• „The Secrets We Kept“ by Lara Prescott (!)
• „Aufgetaut“ von David Safier (audio) (!)
• „The Blue“ by Nancy Bilyeau
• „Ausgeliefert“ von Lee Child (audio) („Die Trying“) (!)

September:

• „The Sun Sister“ by Lucinda Riley (!)
• „The Second Sleep“ by Robert Harris
• „Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets“ by Joanne K. Rowling
• „Still Life“ by Val McDermid (!)
• „Mord in Sunset Hall“ von Leonie Swann (audio)

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October:

• „Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban“ by J.K. Rowling
• „The Big Kahuna“ by Janet Evanovitch
• „Crooked River“ by Preston&Child (!)
• „Agent Running in the Field“ by Jon Le Carré (!)
• „The Midwife Murders“ by James Patterson
• „Magnus Chase – Geschichten aus den Neun Welten“ von Rick Riordan (audio)

November:

• „Golden in Death“ by J.D. Robb
• „The Institute“ by Stephen King (!)
• „Ans andere Ende der Welt“ von Philip Pullman (audio) („His Dark Materials 4“)
• „Die Abenteuer des Apollon – Die Gruft des Tyrannen“ von Rick Riordan („The Trials of Apollon – The Tyrant’s Tomb“)
• „The Rise of Magicks“ by Nora Roberts (!)
• „The Martian“ by Andy Weir (!)

December:

• „The Book of Two Ways“ by Jodi Picoult (!)
• „The Hazel Wood“ by Melissa Albert (audio) (!)
• „Highfire“ by Eoin Colfer (!)
• „Breakfast at Tiffany’s“ by Truman Capote
• „Teufelsgold“ von Andreas Eschenbach
• „Vox“ by Christina Dalcher (audio)