June Wrap-Up

It’s hard to believe that we are already at the hinge of the year, starting the second half tomorrow. The longest day of the year has come and gone, and days are getting shorter, although not noticeably so, yet.

I read 18 books in June, which is a fairly average month for me. So far this year, I’ve read 107 books, which works out to 17.8 books per month.

1. Abundance by Ezra Klein
2. Any Shape or Form (Henry Gamadge #9) by Elizabeth Daly
3. The Waiting (Ballard & Bosch #6) by Michael Connelly
4. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
5. Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire #4) by Anthony Trollope
6. The Dragon Man by Garry Disher
7. The Tragedy at Freyne by Anthony Gilbert
8. Confusion by Elizabeth Jane Howard
9. The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire #5) by Anthony Trollope
10. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1) by Raymond Chandler
11. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe #2) by Raymond Chandler
12. Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
13. The High Window (Philip Marlowe #3) by Raymond Chandler
14. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
15. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West
16. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
17. The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
18. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe #4) by Raymond Chandler

I started my Summer of Noir reading them, and read 5 books from my list: The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake and The Killer Inside Me. I also read Double Indemnity, which is definitely a piece of noir fiction, but it isn’t on my list so it doesn’t technically count.

My 20 Books of Summer list largely overlaps with the Summer of Noir list, but also includes some other genres, including a couple of classics. I’m about half done with The Last Chronicle of Barset and I will be starting Kristin Lavransdatter tomorrow and He Knew He Was Right very soon