Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy explains, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). The challenge is straightforward – read twenty books between June 1st and September 1st.
As I’ve done in previous years, I’m using this challenge to read predominantly from my to-be-read stack.
Of course, it’s winter in Melbourne. So while Cathy et al. is enjoying the Irish sunshine, I’ll be rugging up. The last few years, I’ve compared the Irish summer with the Melbourne winter on the day I finished each book. I’ll do it again this year.
Here is my Summer (Winter) reading list (with spots free for my book group picks and whatever takes my fancy):
01. To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
02. 100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul
03. Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Mos
04. Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley
05. The Draft by Emma Quayle
06. Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
07. My Nemesis by Charmaine Craig
08. Temper by Phoebe Walker
09. Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
10. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O’Farrell
11. The Polygamist’s Daughter by Anna LeBaron
12. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
13. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
14. Antarctica by Claire Keegan
15. What I’d Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma
16. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
17. Ransom by David Malouf
18. A Kind of Magic by Anna Spargo-Ryan
19. Wifedom by Anna Funder
20. Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin
21. Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
And audios that I’ll only count if the timeline is tight…
01. Undoctored by Adam Kay
