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Indio777
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Usual rather vague goals: more non-fiction, more "classics" in literature. But also a bit more specific, including Victorian novels & Russian literature, Gene Wolfe's "Sun" cycles. Also Proust.
01.
Kept
- D.J. Taylor (03 Jan.)
02.
The Knight
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
03.
The Wizard
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
04.
Pirate Freedom
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
05.
Sorceror's House
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
06.
Peace
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
07.
The Land Across
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
08.
An Evil Guest
- Gene Wolfe (Jan.)
09.
North and South
- Elizabeth Gaskell (Jan.)
10.
Holy Desperation
- Heather King (Jan.)
11.
Redeemed
- Heather King (Jan.)
12.
Mary Barton
- Elizabeth Gaskell (Jan.)
13.
Congo: the Epic History of a People
- David Van Reybrouck (Jan.)
14.
The Warden (Barsetshire 1)
- Anthony Trollope (Jan.)
15.
Barchester Towers (Barsetshire 2)
- Anthony Trollope (Jan.)
16.
Dr. Thorne (Barsetshire 3)
- Anthony Trollope (Feb.)
17.
The House of Government
- Yuri Slezkine (Feb.)
18.
Revival
- Stephen King (Feb.)
19.
Oliver Twist
- Charles Dickens (Feb.)
20.
A Concise History of Russia
- Paul Bushkovitch (Feb.)
21.
Nicholas Nickleby
- Charles Dickens (Feb.)
22.
Pickwick Papers
- Charles Dickens (Feb.)
23.
Framley Parsonage (Barsetshire 4)
- Anthony Trollope (Feb.)
24.
The Small House at Allington (Barsetshire 5)
- Anthony Trollope (Feb.)
25.
The Old Curiosity Shop
- Charles Dickens (Feb.)
26.
The Last Chronicle of Barsetshire (Barsetshire 6)
- Anthony Trollope (Feb.)
27.
Barnaby Rudge
- Charles Dickens (Feb.)
28.
Martin Chuzzlewit
- Charles Dickens (Mar.)
29.
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser 1)
- Anthony Trollope (Mar.)
30.
Summerland
- Michael Chabon (Mar.)
31.
Phineas Finn (Palliser 2)
- Anthony Trollope (Mar.)
32.
Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921
- Laura Engelstein (Mar.)
33.
The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser 3)
- Anthony Trollope (Mar.)
34.
Phineas Redux (Palliser 4)
- Anthony Trollope (Mar.)
35.
The Prime Minister (Palliser 5)
- Anthony Trollope (Mar.)
36.
The Duke's Children (Palliser 6)
- Anthony Trollope (Apr.)
27.
Dombey & Son
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
38.
David Copperfield
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
29.
Bleak House
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
40.
Hard Times
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
41.
A Tale of Two Cities
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
42.
Great Expectations
- Charles Dickens (Apr.)
43.
The Last London
- Iain Sinclair (Apr.)
44.
Our Mutual Friend
- Charles Dickens (May)
45.
After Silence
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
46.
Where All the Light Tends to Go
- David Joy (May)
47.
Pravda
- Edward Docx (May)
48.
Natural Causes
- James Oswald (May)
49.
London & the South-East
- David Szalay (May)
50.
Above the Waterfall
- Ron Rash (May)
51.
Bones of the Moon
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
52.
The Wooden Sea
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
53.
Glass Soup
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
54.
The Efficiency Paradox
- Edward Tenner (May)
55.
China: Its History and Culture
- W. Scott Morton & Charlton M. Lewis (May)
56.
The Land of Laughs
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
57.
The Tragedy of Liberation: a History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957
- Frank Dikotter (May)
58.
Mao's Great Famine
- Frank Dikotter (May)
59.
The World Made Straight
- Ron Rash (May)
60.
The Cultural Revolution: a People's History 1962-1976
- Frank Dikotter (May)
61.
Voice of Our Shadow
- Jonathan Carroll (May)
62.
Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power
- Howard W. French (May)
63.
Saints at the River
- Ron Rash (May)
64.
The Risen
- Ron Rash (May)
65.
Kaputt
- Curzio Malaparte (May)
66.
The End of the Asian Century
- Michael R. Auslin (May)
67.
The Skin
- Curzio Malaparte (May)
68.
The Kremlin Ball
- Curzio Malaparte (May)
69.
Generations of Winter
- Vassily Aksyonov (June)
70.
The Winter's Hero
- Vassily Aksyonov (June)
71.
Life and Fate
- Vasily Grossman (June)
72.
Everything Flows
- Vasily Grossman (June)
73.
One Foot in Eden
- Ron Rash (June)
75.
The Heavenly Table
- Donald Ray Pollock (June)
76.
Orfeo
- Richard Powers (June)
77.
The Siege
- Helen Dunmore (June)
78.
Kissing the Beehive
- Jonathan Carroll (June)
79.
Emotional Weird
- Kate Atkinson (June)
80.
Lady Audley's Secret
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (June)
81.
The Woman in White
- Wilkie Collins (June)
82.
Poor Miss Finch
- Wilkie Collins (June)
83.
Man & Wife
- Wilkie Collins (July)
84.
Armadale
- Wilkie Collins (July)
85.
Heart of Europe: a History of the Holy Roman Empire
- Peter H. Wilson (July)
86.
No Name
- Wilkie Collins (July)
87.
Basil
- Wilkie Collins (July)
88.
Hide & Seek
- Wilkie Collins (July)
89.
The Habsburg Empire: a New History
- Peter M. Judson (July)
90.
The Law & the Lady
- Wilkie Collins (July)
91.
The Dead Secret
- Wilkie Collins (July)
92.
Touch
- Claire North (July)
93.
Twilight of Empire: the Tragedy at Mayerling & the End of the Habsburgs
- Greg King & Penny Wilson (July)
94.
Aurora Floyd
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)
95.
John Marchmont's Legacy
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)
96.
East Lynne
- Ellen Wood (July)
97.
Cometh Up as a Flower
- Rhoda Broughton (July)
98.
Belinda
- Rhoda Broughton (July)
99.
The Doctor's Wife
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (July)
100.
The Moonstone
- Wilkie Collins (July)
101.
Jezebel's Daughter
- Wilkie Collins (July)
102.
Barry Lyndon
- William Thackeray (August)
103.
The History of Pendennis
- William Thackeray (August)
104.
The Newcomes
- William Thackeray (August)
105.
Vanity Fair
- William Thackeray (August)
106.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
- William Thackeray (August)
107.
Victorious Century
- David Cannadine (September)
108.
He Knew He Was Right
- Anthony Trollope (September)
109.
Rachel Ray
- Anthony Trollope (September)
110.
The Victorian City
- Judith Flanders (September)
111.
Life at the Bottom
- Theodore Dalrymple (September)
112.
Lady Anna
- Anthony Trollope (September)
113.
Foundation (History of England 1)
- Peter Ackroyd (September)
114.
Tudors (History of England 2)
- Peter Ackroyd (September)
115.
The Way We Live Now
- Anthony Trollope (September)
116.
Rebellion (History of England 3)
- Peter Ackroyd (September)
117.
Revolution (History of England 4)
- Peter Ackroyd (September)
118.
Adam Bede
- George Eliot (September)
119.
Inside the Victorian Home: a Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
- Judith Flanders (September)
120.
The Mill on the Floss
- George Eliot (September)
121.
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death & Detection & Created Modern Crime
- Judith Flanders (October)
122.
A Royal Experiment: the Private Lives of King George III & Queen Charlotte
- Janice Hadlow (October)
123.
A Fiery & Furious People: a History of Violence in England
- James Sharpe (October)
124.
Middlemarch
- George Eliot (September)
125.
Felix Holt: the Radical
- George Eliot (September)
126.
The Fighters
- C. J. Chivers (October)
127.
The Rook
- Daniel O'Malley (October)
128.
Stiletto
- Daniel O'Malley (October)
129.
City of Stairs
- Robert Jackson Bennet (October)
130.
City of Blades
- Robert Jackson Bennet (October)
131.
City of Miracles
- Robert Jackson Bennet (November)
132.
Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648 (Penguin History of Europe)
- Mark Greengrass (November)
133.
The Gray House
- Mariam Petrosyan (November)
134.
Little Sister Death
- William Gay (November)
135.
The Devil All the Time
- Donald Ray Pollard (November)
136.
Knockemstiff
- Donald Ray Pollard (November)
137.
Daniel Deronda
- George Eliot (November)
138.
Dark Sleeper (Western Lights 1)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (November)
139.
The House in the High Wood (Western Lights 2)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)
140.
Breathless
- Dean Koontz (December)
141.
Angels
- Denis Johnson (December)
142.
Strange Cargo (Western Lights 3)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)
143.
Bertram of Butter Cross (Western Lights 4)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)
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Anchorwick (Western Lights 5)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (December)
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