Since I work in news and a lot of the writing I do is non-fiction, all the books I read this year were fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of them and yes, I read 3 Murakami books this year and loved them all. Will definitely be reading more of his work in 2020. I’ve also made a goal to read 20 books next year, 15 fiction and 5 non-fiction. I’ve written a review for all of these books which can be found here. Any recommendations for both genres are welcome!

*Most disappointing book I read this year was The Plague. Was expecting something more exciting given the premise, but didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would

** Toughest book to read was Kafka’s collection of short stories

1. Fatherland - Robert Harris

2. The Chrysalids - John Wyndham

3. Empire of Dragons - Valerio Massimo Manfredi

4. South of the Border, West of the Sun - Haruki Murakami

5. Dune - Frank Herbert

6. The Outsider - Albert Camus

7. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

8. Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert

9. One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich - Alexander Solzhenitsyn

10. The Gilt Kid - James Curtis

11. The Sound Of Waves - Yukio Mishima

12. Money: A Suicide Note - Martin Amis

13. Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

14. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick

15. Rendezvous With Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

16. The Plague - Albert Camus

17. The Dog Stars - Peter Heller

18. Anthem - Ayn Rand

19. The Metamorphosis & Other Short Stories - Franz Kafka

20. 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami