Annabel from AnnaBookbel and Emma from Words and Peace are hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge this year. The challenge is straightforward – read the books between June 1st and August 31st. I reckon this is the most relaxed reading challenge you can participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever).

As I’ve done in previous years, I’m using this challenge to read predominantly from my to-be-read stack and to fill a few other reading challenge gaps.

Of course, it’s winter in Melbourne. So while Annabel and Emma et al. are enjoying the northern hemisphere sunshine, I’ll be rugging up. I’m delighted that Emma created a special logo for those of us wintering 🙂

Here is my Summer (Winter) reading list (with spots free for whatever takes my fancy):

01. Everything Nothing Someone by Alice Carrière
02. Vagablonde by Anna Dorn
03. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
04. How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
05. The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li
06. Uses for Obsession by Ben Shewry
07. Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
08. Pissants by Brandon Jack
09. The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart
10. The Wedding People by Alison Espach
11. I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena
12. The Unwilding by Marina Kemp
13. Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth
14. The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch
15. Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins
16. On the Calculation of Volume by Solvej Balle
17. The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
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And audios that I’ll only count if the timeline is tight…

01. Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin
02. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams
03. The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones
04. The Bearcat by Georgia Rose Phillips
05. Cult Bride by Liz Cameron