Books of 2018

This year, I read 33 books and discovered 17 new authors.

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged was undeniably the book of the year for me. I divided it into three parts and read it over three months. I still find myself thinking about it because it changed something in me. Although I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand's philosophy, I found her work somewhat aligned with my way of thinking.

I also realized that audiobooks are not suitable for me because I struggle to concentrate while listening.

December

December 25, 2018 Unknown Soldier by Väinö Linna (1954)

October

October 15, 2018 Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley (1958)

October 5, 2018 The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry (2016)

September

September 6, 2018 Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh (1942)

August

August 31, 2018 Verde Brillante by Stefano Mancuso, Alessandra Viola (2013)

August 27, 2018 Мёртвый ноль (Сновидения Ехо #7) by Макс Фрай (2018)

August 21, 2018 When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka (2002)

August 18, 2018 The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2011)

August 15, 2018 The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh (1948)

August 13, 2018 The Forbidden Garden by Ellen Herrick (2017)

July

July 31, 2018 Afterdark by Haruki Murakami (2007)

July 24, 2018 Atlas Shrugged: Book 3 by Ayn Rand (1957)

June

June 20, 2018 Atlas Shrugged: Book 2 by Ayn Rand (1957)

June 10, 2018 Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh (1945)

May

May 31, 2018 Finding Sisu: In Search of Courage, Strength, and Happiness the Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar (2018)

May 24, 2018 Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy (1874)

May 16, 2018 The Golem by Gustav Meyrink (1915)

May 11, 2018 The High Places by Fiona McFarlane (2016)

May 1, 2018 My Estonia. Passport Forgery, Meat Jelly Eaters, And Other Stories by Justin Petrone (2009)

April

April 24, 2018 The Early Stories of Truman Capote (2015)

April 20, 2018 Atlas Shrugged: Book 1 by Ayn Rand (1957)

April 14, 2018 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (2010)

April 9, 2018 From Death to Morning by Thomas Wolfe (1935)

April 8, 2018 The Web and the Rock by Thomas Wolfe (1939)

March

March 25, 2018 South of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami (1992)

March 9, 2018 Wołoka by Mariusz Wilk (2005)

March 8, 2018 Wilczy Notes by Mariusz Wilk (2005)

March 6, 2018 Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1847)

March 1, 2018 Geek Love by Katherine Dunn (1989)

February

February 4, 2018 Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes (1984)

January

January 25, 2018 Lagom: The Swedish Secret of Living Well by Lola A. Åkerström (2017)

January 10, 2018 Les Misérables: Part 3 by Victor Hugo (1862)

January 9, 2018 Les Misérables: Part 2 by Victor Hugo (1862)