Here's where I'll be tracking my reading in 2021.
For the last couple of years I've had 40 books as my goal, and in 2020 I actually did a little better than that — managed to read 46 books. I'd love to do that well again in 2021, but I'll keep 40 books as my official goal, just to stay realistic.
JANUARY
1. Nemesis (Miss Marple #11). Agatha Christie (1971; fiction / mystery; 282 pages)
2. 1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England. W.C. Sellar & R.J. Yeatman, illus. by John Reynolds (1930; humor; 115 pages)
3. Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury #5). Martha Grimes (1984; fiction; 300 pages)
4. Suspicious Death (Inspector Thanet #8). Dorothy Simpson (1988; fiction / mystery; 256 pages)
FEBRUARY
5. Bryant & May: Oranges and Lemons (Peculiar Crimes Unit #17). Christopher Fowler (2021; fiction / mystery; about 400 pages, ARC)
MARCH
6. The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew #16). Carolyn Keene (1939; fiction / mystery; abt 200 pages)
7. Planting a Rainbow. Lois Ehler (1988; children's picture book; 32 pages)
8. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. William Steig (1969; children's literature / fantasy; 32 pages)
9. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1). Mary Pope Osborne; illus. by Sal Murdocca (1992; children's literature / sci-fi fantasy; 68 pages)
10. A Guilty Thing Surprised (Inspector Wexford #5). Ruth Rendell (1970; fiction / mystery; 209 pages)
11. Faithful Unto Death (Chief Inspector Barnaby #5). Caroline Graham (1996; fiction / mystery; 387 pages)
APRIL
12. My San Antonio Childhood: A Memoir. Michael L. Hall (2021; nonfiction / memoir; 196 pages)
13. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22). Carolyn Keene (1945 (original text); fiction / mystery; 217 pages)
14. The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2). Elly Griffiths (2021; fiction / mystery; 335 pages, ARC)
15. An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox #14). Charles Finch (2021; fiction / mystery; 304 pages, ARC)
16. The Dark Side of Alice in Wonderland. Angela Youngman (2021; nonfiction / literary history; 193 pages)
MAY
17. A Body at the Tea Rooms (Kate Palmer #3). Dee MacDonald (2021; fiction / cozy mystery; 246 pages, ARC)
18. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Dr. Seuss; illus. by author (1958; children's literature; 80 pages)
19. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Dr. Seuss; illus. by author (1938; children's literature; 56 pages)
20. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers. Nancy Willard; illus. by Alice & Martin Provensen (1981; children's literature; 48 pages)
21. The Lost Village. Camilla Sten (2019/2021; fiction / horror; 336 pages, ARC)
22. Life in Miniature: A History of Dolls' Houses. Nicola Lisle (2020; nonfiction / history; 190 pages, ARC)
JUNE
23. Dead Dead Girls. Nekesa Afia (2021; fiction; 320 pages, ARC)
24. In the Night Kitchen. Maurice Sendak; illus. by author (1970; children's literature; 40 pages)
25. Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot #17). Agatha Christie (1929; fiction / mystery; 320 pages)
26. Castle Shade (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes #17). Laurie R. King (2021; fiction / mystery; 384 pages, ARC)
27. Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond (Murder, She Wrote #53). "Jessica Fletcher" and Terrie Farley Moran (2021; fiction / mystery; 288 pages, ARC)
28. Smilla's Sense of Snow. Peter Høeg (1992; fiction / mystery; 482 pages)
JULY
29. Franklin Endicott and the Third Key (Tales from Deckawoo Drive #6). Kate DiCamillo; illus. by Chris Van Dusen (2021; children's literature / middle grade; 112 pages)
30. The Religious Body (Inspector Sloan #1). Catherine Aird (1966; fiction / mystery; 158 pages)
31. Summer. Edith Wharton (1917; fiction; 143 pages)
32. Outside Over There. Maurice Sendak; illus. by author (1981; children's literature; 40 pages)
33. The Funny Little Woman. Retold by Arlene Mosel; illus. by Blair Lent (1972; children's literature; 40 pages)
34. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope #10). Susan Elia MacNeal (2021; fiction / mystery; 368 pages)
AUGUST
35. Wolf Lake (Dave Gurney #5). John Verdon (2016; fiction / mystery / thriller; 386 pages)
36. Jumanji. Chris Van Allsburg; illus. by author (1981; children's literature; 32 pages)
37. The Victim in Victoria Station (Dorothy Martin #5). Jeanne M. Dams (1999; fiction / mystery; 178 pages)
SEPTEMBER
38. The Return of the Pharaoh: From the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D. (Holmes Pastiche #5). Nicholas Meyer (2021; fiction / mystery / adventure; 272 pages)
39. Palm Springs Noir (Akashic Noir Series). Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, ed. (2021; fiction / mystery / short stories; 304 pages, reading now)
40. Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot #25). Agatha Christie (1942; fiction / mystery; 288 pages)
41. Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X (Tom Swift Jr #17). Victor Appleton II (1961; fiction / sci-fi / young adult; audiobook, about 150 pages)
42. The Giving Tree. Shel Silverstein; illus. by author (1964; children's literature; 64 pages)
43. John Prine Beyond Words. John Prine (2017; nonfiction / biography / music / photos; 179 pages)
OCTOBER
44. Our Lady of Darkness. Fritz Leiber (1977; fiction / horror-fantasy; 221 pages)
45. Oh William! Elizabeth Strout (2021; fiction; 256 pages)
46. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories. Algernon Blackwood (1906; fiction / horror / short stories; 166 pages)
NOVEMBER
47. Bloodless (Pendergast #20). Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2021; mystery / thriller; 368 pages)
48. Zathura. Chris Van Allsburg; illus. by author (2002; children's literature / sci-fi fantasy; 32 pages)
49. Plot It Yourself (Nero Wolfe #32). Rex Stout (1959; fiction; 208 pages)
DECEMBER
50. Queen of the Falls. Chris Van Allsburg; illus. by author (2011; children's literature / nonfiction: history; 38 pages)
51. Capote's Women. Laurence Leamer (2021; nonfiction / biography; 368 pages)
52. The Golden Spiders (Nero Wolfe #22). Rex Stout (1953; fiction / mystery; 22 pages)
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You are off to a promising start in your reading this year. I read Jerusalem Inn too, and most of that series. I write down the books as I read them, last year was very conducive to reading for me, more time at home.
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