2021 reading list (so far…)
2 min readJan 4, 2021
- Beyond the Tape by Dr. Marie Cassidy — the striking memoir written by Ireland’s former State Pathologist Dr. Marie Cassidy, a name which is all too familiar and yet a person about whom we know relatively little.
- Home Stretch by Graham Norton — the second novel by the Irish national treasure which was received as a Christmas gift, I am keen to see how Graham Norton’s talent for extracting and facilitating stories translates to storytelling.
- Swing Time by Zadie Smith — admittedly, I did not love White Teeth or NW, but Smith's writing is so highly regarded by so many that I regard highly that I felt the need to give Swing Time a shot.
- The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain — the description of this novel on the Costa Book Awards instagram page had me adding this book to my cart quicker than I could double click to like.
- Milkman by Anna Burns — I admit that I abandoned this book a chapter or two in a couple of years ago (I remember having some difficulty with the writing style), but it has been staring at me unread from my bookshelf for too long and I am determined to re-attempt it this year.
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng — a novel set in suburban US which has since been made into a television series, this has never been at the top of my list of must-reads but has been on the long list long enough to make this list.
- The Thorn Girl by June Considine — a suspenseful page-turner received as a gift from a good friend that I cannot wait to dive into.
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah— a recommendation from a friend whose previous recommendations (The Heart’s Invisible Furies and the Nightingale) have gone straight in at the top of the leaderboard as all time favourite reads, this is another that I can't wait to get stuck into.
