Challenge: 50 Books discussion

Here's wishing all Gentle Readers a Happy New Year of Great Reading!

And a happy year of reading to you, too! :)

January 2020
1. Robert Galbraith--Lethal White finished 1/2/20
2. Madeline Miller--The Song of Achilles finished 1/7/20
3. Vercors (Jean Marcel Bruller)--The Silence of th Sea finished 1/8/20
4. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley--The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) finished 1/11/20
5. Georgette Heyer--Regency Buck finished 1/15/20
6. Seth Haines--Coming Clean: A Story of Faith finished 1/16/20
7. Jean Webster--Daddy-Long-Legs finished 1/17/20
8. Jo Baker--Longbourn finished 1/22/20
9. Denis O'Connor--Paw Tracks in the Moonlight finished 1/23/20
10. Sheila Roberts--The Nine Lives of Christmas finished 1/24/20
11. Judith Kerr--When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit finished 1/26/20
12. Viet Thanh Nguyen--The Sympathizer finished 1/29/20
13. James Patterson--Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas finished 1/30/20

February 2020
14. Shannon Hale--The Goose Girl finished 2/1/20
15. Malcolm Gladwell--Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know finished 2/8/20
16. Judith Kerr--The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time #2) finished 2/9/20
17. Judith Kerr--A Small Person Far Away (Out of the Hitler Time, #3) finished 2/11/20
18. Shannon Hale--Enna Burning (The Books of Bayern, #2) finished 2/12/20
19. Shannon Hale--River Secrets (The Books of Bayern #3) finished 2/13/20
20. Shannon Hale--Forest Born (The Books of Bayern #4) finished 2/14/20
21. Bernard Cornwell--The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories #1) finished 2/21/20
22. Bernard Cornwell--The Pale Horseman (The Saxon Stories #2) finished 2/22/20
23. Bernard Cornwell--Sword Song (The Saxon Stories, #4) finished 2/24/20
24. Bernard Cornwell--Lords of the North (The Saxon Stories, #3) finished 2/25/20
25. Bernard Cornwell--The Burning Land (The Saxon Stories #5) finished 2/27/20

March 2020
26. Bill Bryson--The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way finished 3/2/20
27. Alex Grecian--The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1) finished 3/4/20
28. Bernard Cornwell--Redcoat finished 3/7/20
29. Matthew Quick--The Reason You're Alive finished 3/8/20
30. Bernard Cornwell--Death of Kings (The Saxon Stories #6) finished 3/13/20
31. Matt Haig--To Be A Cat finished 3/15/20
32. Bernard Cornwell--The Pagan Lord (The Saxon Stories #7)
finished 3/17/20
33. Katherine Applegate--The One and Only Ivan finished 3/18/20
34. Janet Evanovich--Twisted Twenty-Six (Stephanie Plum #26) finished 3/19/20
35. Ruta Sepetys--Salt to the Sea finished 3/20/20
36. Lee Child--Blue Moon (Jack Reacher #24) finished 3/21/20
37. Jenny Han--To All the Boys I've Loved Before finished 3/22/20
38. Bernard Cornwell--The Empty Throne (The Saxon Stories, #8) finished 3/23/20
39. Andrzej Sapkowski--The Last Wish finished 3/24/20
40. Michael Connelly--Night Fire (Harry Bosch #22) finished 3/25/20
41. V.E. Schwab--A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic #1) finished 3/27/20
42. V.E. Schwab--A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic #2) finished 3/28/20
43. Andrzej Sapkowski--Blood of Elves finished 3/30/20
44. Ann Patchett--The Dutch House finished 3/31/20

April 2020
45. Leigh Bardugo--Six of Crows finished 4/2/20
46. Kate Quinn--The Alice Network finished 4/5/20
47. Jennifer Donnelly--A Northern Light finished 4/6/20
48. Erik Larson--The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz finished 4/8/20
49. J.D. Robb--Golden in Death (In Death, #50) finished 4/9/20
50. Patrick Süskind--Perfume: The Story of a Murderer finished 4/11/20
51. Min Jin Lee--Pachinko finished 4/13/20
52. Jeanine Cummins--American Dirt finished 4/14/20
53. Maria V. Snyder--Poison Study (Poison Study #1), finished 4/15/20
54. Maria V. Snyder-- Magic Study (Poison Study #2), finished 4/16/20
55. Maria V. Snyder--Fire Study (Poison Study #3), finished 4/17/20
56. Jacqueline Winspear--Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) finished 4/19/20
57. Kate Quinn--The Huntress finished 4/23/20
58. Edgar Rice Burroughs and Joe R. Lansdale--Tarzan: The Lost Adventure finished 4/24/20
59. Joyce Dunbar and Jill Barton--Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde finished 4/25/20
60. Jojo Moyes--The Giver of Stars finished 4/26/20
61. Trevor Noah--Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood finished 4/28/20

May 2020
62. Jodi Picoult--A Spark of Light finished 5/3/20
63. Sarah Orne Jewett--The Country of the Pointed Firs finished 5/4/20
64. Les Standiford--The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits finished 5/7/20
65. Chris Bohjalian--The Light in the Ruins finished 5/9/20
66. Sarah Orne Jewett--A Country Doctor finished 5/10/20
67. Andrew Krivak--The Sojourn finished 5/11/20
68. Kim Michele Richardson--The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek finished 5/13/20
69. Jim Harrison--Legends of the Fall finished 5/13/20
70. W. Bruce Cameron--A Dog's Purpose finished 5/14/20
71. Jonathan L. Howard--Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1) finished 5/16/20
72. Emily St. John Mandel--The Glass Hotel finished 5/17/20
73. Michael Connelly--The Fifth Witness finished 5/18/20
74. Mark T. Sullivan--Beneath a Scarlet Sky finished 5/20/20
75. Bill Bryson--The Body: A Guide for Occupants finished 5/21/20
76. Allan W. Eckert--The Frontiersmen finished 5/24/20
77. Jon Krakauer--Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town finished 5/27/20
78. Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell--Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures finished 5/28/20
79. Katherine Paterson--Jacob Have I Loved finished 5/29/20
80. Norman Maclean--A River Runs Through it and Other Stories finished 5/31/20

June 2020
81. Jonathan L. Howard--Johannes Cabal the Detective (Johannes Cabal #2) finished 6/3/20
82. John Grisham--The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town finished 6/5/20
83. Émile Ajar (pseudonym of Romain Gary)--Momo (The Life Before Us) finished 5/8/20
84. Robert Westall--Blitzcat finished 6/10/20
85. Marguerite Henry--Misty of Chincoteague (Misty, #1) finished 6/12/20
86. Marguerite Henry--Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague (Misty, #2) finished 6/12/20
87. Marguerite Henry--Stormy, Misty's Foal (Misty, #2) finished 6/13/20
88. Allen Say-- Grandfather's Journey finished 6/14/20
89. Robert Westall--The Kingdom by the Sea finished 6/15/20
90. Josie Silver--One Day in December finished 6/17/10
91. John Grisham--The Guardians finished 6/19/20
92. John Carreyrou--Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup finished 6/23/20
93. Marguerite Henry--Misty's Twilight finished 6/24/20
94. Maya Angelou--I know Why the Caged Bird Sings finished 6/26/20
95. Michael Morpurgo--Kensuke's Kingdom finished 6/27/20
96. Michael Morpurgo--Butterfly Lion finished 6/28/20

July 2020
97. Julie Klassen--The Painter's Daughter finished 7/2/20
98. Jon Krakauer-- Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains finished 7/6/20
99. Geoffrey Wellum--First Light finished 7/10/20
100. Wiley Cash--A Land More Kind Than Home finished 7/11/20
101. Courtney Milan--The Duchess War finished 7/14/20
102. Susan Cain--Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking finished 7/17/20
103. Casey McQuiston--Red, White & Royal Blue finished 7/18/20
104. Robert Westall--The Machine-Gunners finished 7/19/20
105. Kendare Blake--Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) finished 7/21/20
106. Kendare Blake--Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) finished 7/22/20
107. Stephen King--The Institute finished 7/24/20
108. Taylor Jenkins Reid--Daisy Jones & The Six finished 7/25/20
109. Blake Crouch--Dark Matter finished 7/26/20
110. Helen Brown--Cleo: How an Uppity Cat Helped Heal a Family finished 7/27/20
111. Julia Romp--The Cat Who Came Back for Christmas-How a Cat Brought a Family the Gift of Love finished 7/28/20
112. John Ajvide Lindqvist--Let the Right One In finished 7/31/20

August 2020
113. Richard and Florence Atwater--Mr. Popper's Penguins finished 8/1/20
114. Ursula Moray Williams--Gobbolino The Witch's Cat
115. James Bowen--A Street Cat Named Bob: How One Man and His Cat Found Hope on the Streets finished 8/3/20
116. James Bowen--The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Streetwise Cat finished 8/4/20
117. James Bowen--A Gift from Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas finished 8/5/20
118. Dinah Jefferies--The Tea Planter's Wife finished 8/7/20
119. Noelle Stevenson--Nimona finished 8/8/20
120. L.M. Montgomery--The Road to Yesterday finished 8/9/20
121. William Kent Krueger--This Tender Land finished 8/11/20
122. Patrick Ness--The Rest of Us Just Live Here finished 8/12/20
123. Ursula Moray Williams--Bogwoppit finished 8/13/20
124. Patrick Ness--More Than This finished 8/15/20
125. Oscar Wilde--The Canterville Ghost finished 8/16/20
126. Thomas Mann--Death in Venice finished 8/18/20
127. Ruta Sepetys--The Fountains of Silence finished 8/19/20
128. Lucy Foley--The Guest List finished 8/20/20
129. Bernard Cornwell--Warriors of the Storm (The Last Kingdom #9) finished 8/21/20
130. Edith Maude Hull--The Sheik finished 8/21/20
131. E.M. Hull--Sons of the Sheik finished 8/23/20
132. E.M. Hull--The Desert Healer finished 8/25/20
133. E.M. Hull--The Captive of the Sahara finished 8/26/20
134. James Welch--Winter in the Blood finished 8/27/20
135. Richard Peck--On the Wings of Heroes finished 8/27/20
136. Richard Peck--The River Between Us finished 8/29/20

September 2020
137. William Boyd--Any Human Heart finished 9/2/20
138. Sally Rooney--Normal People finished 9/6/20
139. Frank E. Peretti--Tilly finished 9/7/20
140. Carolyn Reeder--Shades of Gray finished 9/7/20
141. Taylor Jenkins Reid--The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo finished 9/9/20
142. Lisa Wingate--The Book of Lost Friends finished 9/10/20
143. Davalynn Spencer--Loving the Horseman finished 9/11/20
144. Connie Willis--To Say Nothing of the Dog finished 9/14/20
145. Caleb Carr--The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #2) finished 9/20/20
146. Jean Grainger--The Star and the Shamrock finished 9/22/20
147. Jennifer Rosner--The Yellow Bird Sings finished 9/23/20
148. Lauren Francis-Sharma--Book of the Little Axe finished 9/25/20
149. Kevin Wilson--Nothing to See Here finished 9/26/20
150. J.D. Robb--Shadows in Death (In Death #51) finished 9/28/20
151. Fiona Valpy--The Beekeeper's Promise finished 9/29/20
152. W.O. Mitchell--Who Has Seen the Wind finished 9/30/20

October 2020
153. Sarah M. Broom--The Yellow House finished 10/2/20
154. Bernardine Evaristo--Girl, Woman, Other finished 10/4/20
155. Michael Connelly--Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy #3) finished 10/6/20
156. Michael Morpurgo--The Nine Lives of Montezuma finished 10/6/20
157. Heather Morris--Cilka's Journey finished 10/7/20
158. C. S. Lewis--The Great Divorce finished 10/8/20
159. C. S. Lewis--The Abolition of Man finished 10/8/20
160. Michel Faber--The Crimson Petal and the White finished 10/12/20
161. Michel Faber--The Apple: New Crimson Petal Stories finished 10/13/20
162. George R.R. Martin--Fevre Dream finished 10/15/20
163. Daniel Abraham (Adaptor), George R.R. Martin (Story), Rafa Lopez (Illustrator)--Fevre Dream finished 10/15/20
164. Simone St. James--The Haunting of Maddy Clare finished 10/18/20
165. Candice Millard--Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President finished 10/19/20
166. Neil deGrasse Tyson--Astrophysics for People in a Hurry finished 10/20/20
167. Joe Hill--Heart-Shaped Box finished 10/21/20
168. Matt Haig--Midnight Library finished 10/22/20
169. James McBride--Deacon King Kong finished 10/23/20
170. Elizabeth Wein--Rose Under Fire finished 10/24/20
171. Katherine Applegate--The One and Only Bob finished 10/25/20
172. Katherine Applegate--Crenshaw finished 10/25/20
173. Candice Millard--The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey finished 10/28/20
174. Jennifer McMahon--The Winter People finished 10/30/20
175. Yaa Gyasi--Transcendent Kingdom finished 10/31/20

November 2020
176. Honoré Willsie Morrow--On to Oregon! finished 11/1/20
177. Leigh Bardugo--Crooked Kingdom (The Six of Crows Trilogy #2) finished 11/2/20
178. Kate Beaton--Hark! A Vagrant finished 11/3/20
179. Roald Dahl--Revolting Rhymes & Dirty Beasts finished 11/4/20
180. Barbara Pym--Jane and Prudence finished 11/6/20
181. Alexis Coe--You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington finished 11/7/20
182. Fiona Davis--The Lions of Fifth Avenue finished 11/8/20
183. Stuart Turton--The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle finished 11/9/20
184. Grady Hendrix--The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires finished 11/10/20
185. Carter Sickels--The Prettiest Star finished 11/12/20
186. Silvia Moreno-Garcia--Mexican Gothic finished 11/13/20
187. Thanhha Lai--Inside Out & Back Again finished 11/13/20
188. Ruth Ware--One By One finished 11/15/20
189. Anthony Horowitz--The House of Silk finished 11/16 20
190. Guy Vanderhaeghe--The Englishman's Boy finished 11/17/20
191. Fannie Flagg--The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop finished 11/18/20
192. Hallie Rubenhold--The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper finished 11/21/20
193. Fredrik Backman--Anxious People finished 11/23/20
194. Ellen Marie Wiseman--The Orphan Collector finished 11/29/20

December 2020
195. Ann Napolitano--Dear Edward finished 12/2/20
196. Kiley Reid--Such a Fun Age finished 12/3/20
197. Robert Galbraith--Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike, #5) finished 12/8/20
198. V.E. Schwab--The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue finished 12/12/20
199. J.K. Rowling--The Ickabog finished 12/13/20
200. Michael Connelly--The Law of Innocence (Mickey Haller, #7; Harry Bosch Universe #34) finished 12/15/20
201. Henrik Ibsen--The Master Builder finished 12/15/20
202. Cleveland Amory--The Cat Who Came for Christmas finished 12/16/20
203. Donna VanLiere--The Christmas Promise finished 12/17/20
204. John Connolly--The Dirty South (Charlie Parker #18) finished 12/20/20
205. Ruth Ware--The Turn of the Key finished 12/22/20
206. Kate Elizabeth Russell--My Dark Vanessa finished 12/24/20
207. Gwen Cooper--Homer's Odyssey finished 12/24/20
208. Shelley Shepard Gray--Peace: A Crittenden County Christmas Novel finished 12/25/20
209. Miss Read--Christmas at Fairacre finished 12/27/20
210. Alan Moore--Watchmen finished 12/31/20