Creativity – Questlove
A Man Called Ove – Backman
Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants – Mathias Enard
While the Dreamers – Imbolo Mbue
The Janissery Tree/Yashim – Jason Goodwin
The Snakestone/Yashim – Jason Goodwin
The Tourist – Olen Steinhauer
A Gentleman in Moscow – Amor Towles
The Nearest Exit – Olen Steinhauer (audio)
An American Spy – Olen Steinhauer (audio)
Salvation of a Saint – Keigo Higashino (audio)
The Cairo Affair- Olen Steinhauer (audio)
The Bellini Card – Jason Goodwin
Havana Fever – Leonardo Padura
Havana Blue – Leonardo Padura
The Baklava Club – Jason Goodwin
An Evil Eye – Jason Goodwin
A Rising Man – Abir Mukherjee
A Necessary Evil – Abir Mukherjee
Smoke and Ashes – Abir Mukherjee
Grab a Snake by the Tail – Leonardo Padura
Fall – Neal Stephenson
Incident at Twenty-Mile – Trevanian
The Girl from Berlin – Ronald H. Balsen
The Eiger Sanction – Trevanian (audio)
The Loo Sanction – Trevanian (audio)
Why Buddhism is True – Robert Wright
Outsider in Amsterdam – Willem Van De Wetering
Rock and Hard Places – Andrew Mueller
Tumbleweed – Willem Van de Wetering
As you can see I prefer reading to movies or TV. I might make it to 35 or even 40 books this year… :-)
That’s some list, Mr.Liebert, thanks for sharing it! I’m a slow reader and this inspires me to consider a speed-reading course. My current pace is, “The Forest Feast Gatherings,” Simple Vegetarian Menus for Hosting Friends & Family by Erin Gleeson. After watching the science-based documentary, “Forks Over Knives” I became a vegetarian about eight months ago. This was after working at going meatless for decades. As for Erin Gleeson’s book, it has me convinced I can turn preparing vegetables into an art. It’s full of the author’s colorful, vibrant photographs and artsy, yet simple (or so I hope) recipes. All this book chat reminds me of the Betty Smith quote, “From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood.” (from “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”). Happy reading, Ottmar. . . .