Books Read in 2019

~January~

1. They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy (translated from the Hungarian by Patrick Thursfield and Katalin Bánffy-Jelen)
2. Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami (translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin, for JLC12)
3. Still Is The Land by Beryl Markham
4. The Master Key by Masako Togawa (translated from the Japanese by Simon Grove, for JLC12)

~February~

1. The Traveling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel, for JLC12)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (for Book Club)
3. The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon (translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney, for JLC12)
4. The Reckoning by John Grisham
5. Desire by Haruki Murakami (translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin, Ted Goossen, and Philip Gabriel, for JLC12)
6. Star by Yukio Mishima (translated from the Japanese by Sam Bett, for JLC12)
7. The Emissary (Last Children of Tokyo in the UK) by Yoko Tawada

~March~

1. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
2. We & Me by Saskia de Coster (translated from the Dutch by Nancy Forest-Flier) for Boekenweek
3. Craving by Esther Gerritsen (translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison) for Boekenweek
4. You Have Me to Love by Jaap Robben (translated from the Dutch by David Doherty) for Boekenweek
5. The Shape of The Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean, Man Booker International Prize 2019 short list)
6. The Four Soldiers by Hubert Mingarelli (translated from the French by Sam Taylor, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
7. A Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin (translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
8. The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann (translated from the German by Jen Calleja, Man Booker International Prize, 2019 short list)
9. Jokes for the Gunman by Mazan Maarouf (translated from the Arabic by Jonathan Wright, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
10. At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong (translated from the Korean by Sora Kim-Russell, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
11. The Years by Annie Ernaux (translated from the French by Alison Strayer, Man Booker International Prize 2019 short list)
12. The Death of Murat Idrissi by Tommy Wieringa (translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
13. Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth, Man Booker International Prize 2019 short list)

~April~

1. The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg (translated from the Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
2. Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Man Booker International Prize 2019 short list)
3. The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran (translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes, Man Booker International Prize 2019 short list)
4. Love in The New Millennium by Can Xue (translated from the Chinese by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen, Man Booker International Prize 2019 long list)
5. Love In The Haystacks by D. H. Lawrence
6. The Ladybird by D. H. Lawrence
7. Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (translated from the Japanese by Geraldine Harcourt)
8. What’s Mine is Mine by George MacDonald (Wheaton College)
9. The Third Victim by Philip Margolin
10. Have Dog, Will Travel by Stephen Kuusisto (for Book Club)
11. If Cats Disappeared From The World by Genki Kawamura (translated from the Japanese by Eric Selland)
12. Hotel by Arthur Hailey (1965 Club)

~May~

1. Hum If You Don’t Know The Words by Bianca Marais (for Book Club)
2. My Cousin Rachel by Daphne DuMaurier (for Daphne DuMaurier Week)
3. Jamaica Inn by Daphne DuMaurier (for Daphne DuMaurier Week)
4. Frenchman’s Creek by Daphne DuMaurier (for Daphne DuMaurier Week)
5. Things That Matter by Charles Krauthammer (for Book Club)

~July~

1. The Linden Tree by César Aira (for Spanish Lit Month)
2. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (abandoned 300 pages in)
3. At The Back of The North Wind by George MacDonald
4. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler (reread)
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (for Spanish Lit Month)

~August~

1. Sons of Chaos by Chris Jaymes, a graphic novel illustrated by Ale Aragon
2. This Poison Will Remain by Fred Vargas (for Women In Translation Month)
3. Luke (from the New Testament)

~September~

1. The Chain by Adrian McKinty (R.I.P. XIV)
2. The Whisperer by Karin Fossum (translated from the Norwegian by Kari Dickson) (R.I.P. XIV)
3. The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (R.I.P. XIV)
4. Death Among Company by Craig Johnson (R.I.P. XIV)

~October~

1. The Institute by Stephen King (R.I.P. XIV)
2. The Virgin and the Gypsy by D. H. Lawrence (1930 Club)

~November~

1. Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
2. Into Bones Like Oil by Kaaron Warren
3. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

~December~

• The Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
• The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada (translated from the Japanese by David Boyd)
• The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili