As much as a record for myself as a sharing for others, I wanted to create this list of books read this year. No reviews, no synopsis just a list that you might use as inspiration, or you might just choose to skim by :)

Read any of these yourself? Let me know!

I say no reviews, but I did add an asterisk to the ones I particularly enjoyed, and a double asterisk to the ones I loved…

• Afternoons With The Blinds Drawn | Brett Anderson *
• Mindfulness And Surfing | Sam Bleakley
• The Dalai Lama’s Cat | David Michie *
• Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race | Reni Eddo-Lodge ** (also see here)
• Autumn | Ali Smith
• A Fine Balance | Rohinton Mistry *
• The Goldfinch | Donna Tartt
• Love Warrior | Glennon Doyle ** (also see here)
• Girl, Woman, Other | Bernadine Evaristo
• Not Forgetting The Whale | John Ironmonger *
• The Rosie Result | Graeme Simsion
• Snuff | Terry Pratchett
• North | Scott Jurek
• Adults | Emma Jane Unsworth
• The Other Half of Augusta Hope | Joanna Geln
• Bird By Bird | Ann Lamott
• Home | Salman Rushdie
• Calm | Tim Parks
• Well Read Black Girl | Glory Edim *
• The Gifts Of Imperfection | Brené Brown *
• Black, White & Jewish | Rebecca Walker *
• Wild Power | Alexandra Pope
• A Journey Around My Room | Xavier de Maistre
• A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara
• Being Mortal | Atul Gawande *
• The Salt Path | Raynor Winn
• Outline | Rachel Cusk
• Such A Fun Age | Kiley Reid *
• Queenie | Candice Carty-Williams
• Healing Back Pain | John Sarno
• More Myself | Alicia Keys *
• American Dirt | Jeanne Cummins **
• City of Djinns | William Darymple
• Braised Pork | An Yu
• Wolfpack | Abby Wambach
• To Shake The Sleeping Self | Jedediah Jenkins *
• The Heart’s Invisible Furies | John Boyne
• The Glass Hotel | Emily St. John Mandel
• The Godmother | Hannelore Cayre
• Do Open | David Hieatt
• The God Child | Nana Oforiatta Ayim
• Outrageous Acts & Everyday Rebellions | Gloria Steinem
• Do Story | Bobette Buster
• Dreams From My Father | Barack Obama *
• Untamed | Glennon Doyle
• Little Eyes | Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell
• Over The Top | Jonathan Van Ness
• Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston
• When Things Fall Apart | Pema Chödrön **
• The Book of Dharma | Simon Haas **
• All At Sea | Decca Aitkenhead *
• Dear Edward | Ann Napolitano
• It’s OK That You’re Not OK | Megan Devine
• On Connection | Kae Tempest