Books Ive Read in 2017* (This one actually works!)

I read a total of 76 (ish) books this year, which was more than I read last year, so I’m happy with the overall outcome. As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t count all the books I read in my annual end-of-year list, like parenting books, kids books, or the short story advent calendar I just completed, which is why I’ve included the ‘ish’ portion of the number above.

Most of the books listed below are linked to my review-I seem to be getting better at writing out reviews right after I finish reading, although I don’t always have time if I’m putting together a long list of recommendations for my CBC gig, etc.

I sort of doubt my reading stats will improve for 2018 because I’m pregnant with second kid who is due around May, so my one and only goal for this year is to simply ‘survive’. Hopefully I’ll be able to read around 60-ish books which is what I accomplished when my first was born. Thanks to everyone who keeps following along with me, I’ll try to keep my blogging up while keeping a second little human alive.

1. The Break by Katherena Vermette
2. Juliet’s Answer by Glenn Dixon
3. Little Heaven by Nick Cutter
4. The Sweetest One by Melanie Mah
5. How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids by Jancee Dunn
6. A Word for Love by Emily Robbins
7. Where I Live Now by Sharon Butala
8. I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid
9. Without the Moon by Cathi Unsworth
10. The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
11. Heroes of the Frontier by Dave Eggers
12. Nevermore, Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick
13. Perfect World by Ian Colford
14. Gizelle’s Bucket List by Lauren Fern Watt
15. The Tourist by Robert Dickinson
16. Today Will be Different by Maria Semple
17. The Dark and Other Love Stories by Deborah Willis
18. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
19. Unflinching-The Making of a Canadian Sniper by Jody Mitic
20. Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
21. Every Man a Menace by Patrick Hoffman
22. Juniper, The Girl Who was Born Too Soon by Kelley and Thomas French
23. Faithful by Alice Hoffman
24. Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller
25. Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
26. The World According to Bob by James Bowen
27. Next Year For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson
28. The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker
29. Class by Lucinda Rosenfeld
30. The Inner Life of Cats by Thomas McNamee
31. A Small Madness by Dianne Touchell
32. Mannheim Rex by Rob Pobi
33. The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
34. The Substitute by Nicole Lundrigan
35. All Waiting is Long by Barbara J. Taylor
36. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
37. Sex & Death (Stories), Edited by Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs
38. Winter Child by Virginia Pesemapeo Bordeleau
39. The Trophy Child by Paula Daly
40. You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
41. Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
42. Be Ready for the Lightning-Grace O’Connell
43. One Brother Shy by Terry Fallis
44. The Change Room by Karen Connelly
45. Bleaker House by Nell Stevens
46. Just Like Family by Kate Hilton
47. Little Deaths by Emma Flint
48. Beyond the Wild River by Sarah Maine
49. I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg
50. Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld
51. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
52. The Late Show by Michael Connelly
53. The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
54. How to Fall in Love With Anyone by Mandy Len Catron
55. Daisy in Exile by J.T. Allen
56. The Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
57. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
58. Odd Child Out by Gilly Macmillan
59. In the Cage by Kevin Hardcastle
60. Brother by David Chariandy
61. The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
62. Norma by Sofi Oksanen
63. The Good People by Hannah Kent
64. Give me the Child by Mel McGrath
65. Darwin’s Moving by Taylor Lambert
66. Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente
67. American War by Omar El Akkad
68. Jesus on the Dashboard by Lisa Murphy-Lamb
69. We All Love the Beautiful Girls by Joanne Proulx
70. The Usual Santas (Collection of Stories), foreword by Peter Lovesey
71. Swearing is Good For You by Emma Byrne
72. Worry-Free Money by Shannon Lee Simmons
73. A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena (review to come)
74. Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit (review to come)
75. City Mouse by Stacey Lender (review to come)
76. By Gaslight by Steven Price (review to come)

*Already this year is off to a rocky start, I mis-published this post before I had completed it! My bad :)