In 2015 I decided to start to track the books I have read. I am not someone who reads volumes and volumes and I will confess I find reading to be a challenge at times and a book will lay unread for long periods.

Also in 2015, I set myself a rule about reading books – I would go back to a book 3 times and if after the 3rd attempt the book was still not gripping me then I would class it as a Did Not Finish and move on.
By this I mean I would pick a book and try to read it if I faltered or struggled I would stop and start something else. I would, however, keep the book on my reading list. I would repeat this 3 times.
- More Than This by Patrick Ness 480pp – 2015
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett – 288pp – 2015
- The Northern Lights (His Dark Materials #1) by Philip Pullman – 448pp – 2015
- The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials #2) by Philip Pullman – 368pp – 2015
- Ordinary People, Extraordinary lives by Nikki Emerson – 208pp – 2015
- Amber Spy Glass (His Dark Materials #3) by Philip Pullman – 544pp – 2015
- The Sweet Smell of Decay by Paul Lawrence – 449pp – 2015
- Hell and High Water: One Man’s Attempt to Swim the Length of Britain by Sean Conway – 336pp – 2015
- The BFG by Roald Dahl – 224pp – 2015 {RD}
- Matilda by Roald Dahl – 256pp – 2015 {RD}
- One Day by David Nicholls – 448pp – 2016
- The Boy Who Biked the World: On The Road to Africa by Alastair Humpherys – 128pp – 2016
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins – 416pp – 2016
- The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness – 320pp – 2016
- Rolling Rocks Downhill: by Clarke Ching – 320pp – 2016
- Tribes by Seth Godin – 144pp – 2017
- The Miracle Morning: 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8 am by Hal Elrod – 224pp – 2017
- The Escape Manifesto Quit your Corporate Job Do Something Different by Escape the City – 280pp – 2017
- ReWork Change the Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson – 288pp – 2017
- The Vesuvius Club by Mark Gatiss – 256pp – 2017
- Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll – 128pp – 2017
- The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg – 226pp – 2017
- Dot Con by James Veitch – 144pp – 2018
- Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dhal -240pp – 2018 {RD}
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – 288pp – 2018
- How to Stop Time by Matt Haig – 336pp – 2018
- Sherlock Homes a Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle – 123pp – 2018 {AB}
- Sherlock Homes the Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle – 160pp – 2018 {AB}
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris – 320pp – 2018 {AB}
- Awful Aunty by David Walliams – 416pp – 2018 {RD}
- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig – 272pp – 2018 {AB}
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle – 336pp – 2019 {AB}
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle – 304pp 2019 {AB}
- The Hundred – Year – Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson – 400pp – 2019 {AB}
- The Humans by Matt Haig – 320pp – 2019 {AB}
- Baby Aliens Got my Teacher by Pamela Butchart – 128pp – 2019 {RD}
- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that tell you everything you need to know about global politics by Tim Marshal – 320pp – 2019 {AB}
- The Year of Less by Cait Flanders – pp216 – 2019{AB}
- Holding by Graham Norton – pp320 – 2019 {AB}
- Dare to Do – Sarah Outen – pp320 – 2019
- The Trouble with Goats and Sheep – Joanna Cannon – pp464 – 2019 {AB}
- The Subtle art of not giving a Fu*k – Mark Manson – pp224 – 2019 {AB}
- Fox Tossing Octopus Wrestling and other Forgotten Sports – Edward Brooke-Hitching – pp288 – 2019
- My Midsummer Morning Rediscovering a Life of Adventure – Alastair Humphreys – pp258 – 2019
- Ruby in the Smoke – Philip Pullman – p240 – 2019 {AB}
- The Three-Body Problem – Cixin Liu – pp416 – 2019 {AB}
- The Diary of a Book Seller – Shaun Bythell – pp320 – 2019 {AB}
- The Little Prince – Antoine De Saint-Exupery – pp96 – 2019 {AB}
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – Arther Conan Doyle – pp208 -2019 {AB}
- Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres – pp534 – 2019 {AB}
- Roof toppers – Katherine Rundell – pp288 – 2019 {AB}
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Susanne Clarke – pp865 – 2020[AB}
- Locke and Key Vol 1 – Welcome to Lovecraft – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp152 – 2020{GN}
- Locke and Key Vol 2 – Head Games – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp156 – 2020{GN}
- Locke and Key Vol 3 – Crown of Shadows – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp152 – 2020{GN}
- Not My Fathers Son – Alan Cumming – pp304 – 2020 {AB}
- Locke and Key Vol 4 – Keys to the Kingdom – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp160 – 2020{GN}
- Locke and Key Vol 5 – Clockwork – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp154 – 2020{GN}
- Locke and Key Vol 6 – Alpha and Omega – Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – pp190 – 2020{GN}
- The Salt Path – Raynor Winn – pp288 – 2020
- Around the World in 80 Trains – Monisha Rajesh – pp318 – 2020
- The Explorer – Katherine Rundell – pp416 -2020 {AB}
- The Umbrella Academy Volume 1 by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá – pp192 – 2020{GN}
- The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country – Helen Russell- pp368 – 2020 {AB}
- Gipsy Boy – Mikey Walsh – pp304 – 2020 {AB}
- Afloat: A Memoir – Danie Couchman -pp224 – 2020{AB}
- The Umbrella Academy Volume 2, Dallas – Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá – pp192 – 2020{GN}
- Boy Under Water – Adam Baron – pp256 – 2021{AB}
- The Umbrella Academy Volume 3, The Hotel Oblivion – Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá – pp216 – 2021{GN}
- Two Steps Forward – Graeme Simsion & Anni Buist – pp387 – 2021{AB}
- Can you see me – Libby Scott & Rebecca Westcott – pp368 – 2021{AB}
- Fangland – Jonh Marks – pp400 – 2021
- The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray – pp384 – 2021{AB}
- Starter for ten – David Nichols – pp473 -2021{AB}
- Room with a View – E. M Forster – pp256 – 2021{AB}
- Who Fears Death – Nnedi Okorator – pp400 – 2021{AB}
- Vile Bodies – Evelyn Waugh – pp288 – 2021{AB}
- The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd – pp160 – 2021{AB}
- Our Towns by James and Deborah Fallows – pp404 – 2021{AB}
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir – pp448 – 2021{AB}
- Skyfairing – A Journey With a Pilot by Mark Vanhoenacker – pp352 – 2021{AB}
- The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle – pp304 – 2021
- The Little Paris Book Shop by Nina George – pp368 – 2021{AB}
- The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom – pp240 – 2021{AB}
- My Life in Pieces by Simon Callow – pp448 – 2021{AB}
- The Midnight Libary by Matt Haig – p304 – 2021{AB}
- The Martian by Andy Weir – pp384 – 2021{AB}
- A Boy called Christmas by Matt Haig – pp228 – 2021{AB}
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman – pp224 – 2021{AB}
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson – pp672 – 2022{AB}
- Children of time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
This Year (2020) I have decided to start an end of a year review post, I will link back to them here when they go live:
Reading Stats
Total Books In List | 91 |
Total Books Finished | 90 |
Total Equivalent Pages Read | 27,633 |
Total Audio Book time | 15 days 10 hours 42 mins |
Books read in 2015 | 10 |
Books read in 2016 | 5 |
Books read in 2017 | 7 |
Books read in 2018 | 11 |
Books read in 2019 | 20 |
Books read in 2020 | 16 |
Books read in 2021 | 22 |