Cumulative Reading List
Here's where I'll be tracking my reading in 2020.
My reading goal for last year was 40 books, and I very nearly made it. I'd love to up the number to 50, but guess I really should try to be realistic; so I'm sticking with 40 again for this year.
JANUARY
1. Bitter End (The First Nero Wolfe Novella). Rex Stout (1940; fiction / mystery; 90 pages; e-book)
2. In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler #1). Amanda Cross (1964; fiction / mystery; 217 pages)
3. The Circus. Jonas Karlsson (2020; fiction; ARC; 192 pages)
4. Unexplained Laughter. Alice Thomas Ellis (1985; fiction; 202 pages)
6. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Judith Viorst; illus. by Ray Cruz (1972; children's fiction / children's picture book; 32 pages)
7. The Light After the War. Anita Abriel (2020; historical fiction; ARC; 320 pages )
8. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs. John Bloom, Jim Atkinson (1984; nonfiction / true crime; 330 pages)
9. The Illness Lesson. Clare Beams (2020; historical fiction; 288 pages)
10. You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children. Dr. Seuss (1986; fiction / picture book for adults; 42 pages)
12. The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe #11). Rex Stout (1946; fiction / mystery; 289 pages)
13. Big Summer. Jennifer Weiner (2020; women's fiction / mystery; 352 pages)
14. A Fragment of Fear. John Bingham (1965; fiction / mystery-suspense; 176 pages)
15. The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster. Cary Fagan (2019; children's fiction / young adult; 188 pages)
16. The Haunted Lady (A Hilda Adams/"Miss Pinkerton" Mystery). Mary Roberts Rinehart (1942; fiction / mystery; 241 pages)
2. In the Last Analysis (Kate Fansler #1). Amanda Cross (1964; fiction / mystery; 217 pages)
3. The Circus. Jonas Karlsson (2020; fiction; ARC; 192 pages)
4. Unexplained Laughter. Alice Thomas Ellis (1985; fiction; 202 pages)
FEBRUARY
5. Ramona and Her Father (Ramona Quimby #4). Beverly Cleary; illus. by Jacqueline Rogers (1977; children's fiction; 192 pages)6. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Judith Viorst; illus. by Ray Cruz (1972; children's fiction / children's picture book; 32 pages)
7. The Light After the War. Anita Abriel (2020; historical fiction; ARC; 320 pages )
8. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs. John Bloom, Jim Atkinson (1984; nonfiction / true crime; 330 pages)
9. The Illness Lesson. Clare Beams (2020; historical fiction; 288 pages)
10. You're Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children. Dr. Seuss (1986; fiction / picture book for adults; 42 pages)
MARCH
11. Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (Miss Pickerell #1). Ellen MacGregor; illus. by Paul Galdone (1951; children's fiction / sci-fi fantasy; 94 pages)12. The Silent Speaker (Nero Wolfe #11). Rex Stout (1946; fiction / mystery; 289 pages)
13. Big Summer. Jennifer Weiner (2020; women's fiction / mystery; 352 pages)
14. A Fragment of Fear. John Bingham (1965; fiction / mystery-suspense; 176 pages)
15. The Collected Works of Gretchen Oyster. Cary Fagan (2019; children's fiction / young adult; 188 pages)
16. The Haunted Lady (A Hilda Adams/"Miss Pinkerton" Mystery). Mary Roberts Rinehart (1942; fiction / mystery; 241 pages)
APRIL
17. Where There's a Will (Nero Wolfe #8). Rex Stout (1940; fiction / mystery; 255 pages) 18. And Be a Villain (Nero Wolfe #13). Rex Stout (1948; fiction / mystery; 256 pages)
20. Goops and How to Be Them. Gelett Burgess (1900; children's lit; 96 pages)
21. Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1). Louise Penny (2005; fiction / mystery; 321 pages)
23. The List of Things That Will Not Change. Rebecca Stead (2020; children's fiction / middle grade; 224 pages)
24. Kill Your Darlings (Mallory #3). Max Allan Collins (1984; fiction / mystery; 209 pages)
26. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby #1). Beverly Cleary (1955; children's fiction / middle grade; 117 pages)
27. Knot of This World (Quilting Mystery #8). Mary Marks (2020; fiction / cozy mystery; 288 pages, ARC)
29. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1983; children's picture book / fairy tale, folk tale; 32 pages)
30. The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip (Happy Hollisters #2). Jerry West; illus. by Helen S. Hamilton (1953; children's fiction / middle grade; 190 pages)
31. A Few Figs from Thistles. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1920; poetry)
33. The Suicide House. Charlie Donlea (2020; fiction / horror; ARC from NetGalley; 304 pages)
34. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin #5). M.C. Beaton (1996; fiction / cozy mystery; 196 pages)
MAY
19. Murder, She Wrote: Gin & Daggers (Murder, She Wrote #01). "Jessica Fletcher" and Donald Bain (1989; fiction / mystery; 276 pages)20. Goops and How to Be Them. Gelett Burgess (1900; children's lit; 96 pages)
21. Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1). Louise Penny (2005; fiction / mystery; 321 pages)
JUNE
22. Access Point. Tom Gabbay (2020; fiction / sci-fi / mystery; 207 pages) 23. The List of Things That Will Not Change. Rebecca Stead (2020; children's fiction / middle grade; 224 pages)
24. Kill Your Darlings (Mallory #3). Max Allan Collins (1984; fiction / mystery; 209 pages)
JULY
25. The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9). Susan Elia MacNeal (2020; historical fiction / mystery; 339 pages)26. Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby #1). Beverly Cleary (1955; children's fiction / middle grade; 117 pages)
27. Knot of This World (Quilting Mystery #8). Mary Marks (2020; fiction / cozy mystery; 288 pages, ARC)
AUGUST
28. A Death Long Overdue (Lighthouse Library Mystery #7). Eva Gates (2020; fiction / cozy mystery; 372 pages, ARC)29. Little Red Riding Hood. Retold and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1983; children's picture book / fairy tale, folk tale; 32 pages)
30. The Happy Hollisters on a River Trip (Happy Hollisters #2). Jerry West; illus. by Helen S. Hamilton (1953; children's fiction / middle grade; 190 pages)
31. A Few Figs from Thistles. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1920; poetry)
SEPTEMBER
32. The Virgin Suicides. Jeffrey Eugenides (1993; fiction; 260 pages)33. The Suicide House. Charlie Donlea (2020; fiction / horror; ARC from NetGalley; 304 pages)
34. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage (Agatha Raisin #5). M.C. Beaton (1996; fiction / cozy mystery; 196 pages)
35. The Talented Miss Farwell. Emily Gray Tedrowe (2020; fiction; ARC from Library Thing; 350 pages)
OCTOBER
36. Snow (St. John Strafford #1). John Banville (2020; fiction / mystery; ARC from NetGalley; 304 pages) 37. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book. Diane Muldrow (2013; fiction; 96 pages)
38. Dear Mr. Henshaw. Beverly Cleary (1983; children's fiction; Newbery Medal 1984; 160 pages)
39. The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1). Agatha Christie (1930; fiction / mystery; 307 pages)
NOVEMBER
40. Amok. Stefan Zweig (1922; fiction / novella; about 70 pages) 41. The Queen of the Tambourine. Jane Gardam (1991; fiction; 226 pages)
DECEMBER
42. An Artist of the Floating World. Kazuo Ishiguro (1986; fiction; 212 pages)
43. Sarah, Plain and Tall. Patricia MacLachlan (1985; children's fiction; Newbery Medal 1986; 76 pages)
44. Take a Look at the Five and Ten. Connie Willis (2020; fiction / sci-fi; ARC from NetGalley; 120 pages)
45. The Bennett Case (Markham Sisters #2). Diana Xarissa (2015; fiction; 108 pages)
46. Eloise. Kay Thompson; illus. by Hilary Knight (1955; children's fiction; 65 pages)
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