Reading 2019

A collection by title and date of my reading for the year. A few details in each entry, but more than anything, this is a simple chronological record. You will find previous years’ lists and my “Watching” list for Films and TV in my DayBook directory. 69 total: 33 Kindle; 13 Audible. (Date shown represents either day completed or abandoned.)

December

  1. Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow. Kindle. Highlights. 010220
  2. Master Historians, David Rubinstein. Audible. 1230. Interview with David Rubinstein in NYT.
  3. Night Boat to Tangier, Kevin Barry. Kindle. 1223
  4. The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, Rick Atkinson. Kindle. 1219
  5. Desk 88, Sherrod Brown. Audible. 1204
  6. Agent Running in the Field, John le Carre. Hardcover. 1202

November

  1. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett. Kindle. 1129
  2. Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout. Kindle. 1122
  3. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout. Kindle. 1116
  4. Quantum, Patricia Cornwell. Kindle. 1109 (abandoned)
  5. Blue Moon (Reacher 24), Lee Child. Kindle. 1104

October

  1. Run, Ann Patchett. Paperback. 1019
  2. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell. Audible. 1017
  3. On the Plain of Snakes, Paul Theroux. Kindle. 1015
  4. The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg: Innovation, Money and Politics, Eleanor Randolph. Audible. 0927

September

  1. You Have Arrived at Your Destination, Amor Towles. Kindle (novella). 0928
  2. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt. Kindle (reread). 0927
  3. Why Religion? Elaine Pagels. Kindle. 0918
  4. To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee. Audible. 0917
  5. First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on life and living, Richard Bode. Hardcover. 0916
  6. The Unwinding of the Miracle, Julie Yip-Williams. Kindle. 0914
  7. Boca Raton, Lauren Groff. Kindle (novella). 0909.
  8. Hillside, Jane Smiley. Kindle (novella). 0909
  9. Controller, Jesse Kellerman. Kindle (novella). 0905
  10. The Moment of Lift: How empowering women changes the world, Melinda Gates. Audible. 0901

August

  1. The Way the World Ends, Jess Walter. Kindle (novella). 0831
  2. The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf, Mark Frost. Paperback. 0830
  3. Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide, Tony Horwitz. Kindle. 0824
  4. Normal People, Sally Rooney. Kindle. 0813
  5. Horizon, Barry Lopez. Kindle. 0812
  6. Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth. Hardcover (LofA). 0805
  7. The Seekers, Daniel Boorstin. Paperback (abandoned). 0806
  8. A Tuscan Childhood, Kinta Beevor. Hardcover (abandoned). 0805

July

  1. Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens. Kindle. 0729
  2. Let the Devil Speak: Articles, Essays, and Incitements, Steven Hart. Kindle (partial). 0714
  3. The Good Times, Russell Baker. Kindle. 0712
  4. A Short Guide to a Happy Life, Anna Quindlen. Hardcover (reread). 0710
  5. Growing Up, Russell Baker. Paperback. 0708
  6. Not Becoming My Mother: And other things she taught me along the way, Ruth Reichl. 0707
  7. As They Were, MFK Fisher. Kindle. 0707
  8. Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney. Kindle. 0704
  9. Case Histories (Brodie 1), Kate Atkinson. Kindle. 0703

June

  1. The Guns at Last Light: The war in western Europe, 1944-1945 (WW2 Liberation Trilogy 3), Rick Atkinson. Hardcover. 0628
  2. The Day of Battle: The war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (WW2 Liberation Trilogy 2), Rick Atkinson. Hardcover. 0610
  3. The Pioneers: The heroic story of the settlers who brought the American ideal west, David McCullough. Kindle. 0609
  4. The Conservative Sensibility, George Will. Audible (abandoned).
  5. This America: The Case for the Nation, Jill Lepore. Hardcover. 0606
  6. The Quiet American, Graham Greene. Kindle. 0604
  7. The Source, James Michener. Kindle. 0601

May

  1. Billion Dollar Coach, Eric Schmidt, et al. Audible. 0531
  2. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Elizabeth Kolbert. Kindle. 0506
  3. To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History, Lawrence Levy. Audible. 0506

April

  1. American Moonshot, Douglas Brinkley. Kindle. 0429
  2. How To Live on an Island, Sandy Gingras. Hardcover (reread). 0422
  3. Evenings at Five, Gail Godwin. Hardcover (reread). 0422
  4. Creative Selection: Inside Apple’s Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs, Ken Kocienda. Audible. 0419
  5. A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole. Paperback (reread, abandoned). 0418
  6. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, Tom Kelley, David Kelley. Audible. 0410
  7. Change by Design, Tim Brown. Audible. 0403

March

  1. Nobody’s Looking at You: Essays, Janet Malcolm. Hardcover. 0330
  2. The Human Stain, Philip Roth. Hardcover (LofA) (reread). 0326
  3. The Odyssey, Homer, Emily Wilson. Kindle. 0324
  4. Beloved, Toni Morrison. Hardcover. 0314
  5. The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results, Gary Keller, Jay Papasan. Hardcover. 0307
  6. The Tree of Man, Patrick White. Paperback. 0305

February

  1. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown. Audible. 0226
  2. The Soul of America, Jon Meacham. Hardcover. 0220
  3. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Robert Caro. Paperback. 0216

January

  1. Washington: A Life, Ron Chernow. Kindle. 0119