These are the books I read in March of 2016 – 17 books; 15 general fiction, 2 classics, 8 crime books, 1 sci-fi, and 1 nonfiction. There were also 4 by women authors, and 2 translated – 12 audios (some of these also in e-book format) and 1 paperback (3 e-book only). – Ratings are 1-10 for all but Crimei novels which are rated A-F.
GENERAL FICTION
*In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist
by Ruchama King Feuerman
2013/ 281 pages
read by Sam Gunder 9h 36m
rating 8 / general fiction (religious)
* My Struggle – Book 1
by Karl Ove Knausgaard
2012 / 448 pages
read by
CLASSICS
* Daisy Miller
by Henry James
1878/ 104 pages (?)
rating – 10 / classic of classics –
* The Cossacks
by Leo Tolstoy
1864/ 104 pages (Kindle)
read by David Thorne – 7h 16m
rating – 9.25 / classic
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CRIME NOVELS
* Betrayal: A Dismas Hardy Novel
by John Lescroart / 2008
(#12 in the Dismas Hardy series)
read by David Collacci 14h 43m
rating: B+
* Orphan X
by Greg Hurwitz
2016/ 368 pages
Read by Scott Brick 11h 15m
Rating: B-
Mean Streak
by Sandra Brown
2014/ 496 pages
read by Jonathan Davis 11h 51m
rating – A- / suspense-thriller-romance
NYPD Red 3
by James Patterson with Marshall Karp
2015/ 384 pages
read by Edoardo Ballerina 7h 5m
rating: A / crime – detective
(#3 in the NYPD Red series)
Reconstructing Amelia
by Kimberly McWreight
2013 / 382 pages
read by Khristine Hvam
rating – B+ / crime (YA?)
The Quiet Game
by Greg Iles
1999 / 640 pages
read by Tom Stechschulte 20h
rating: B+ / crime –
(Penn Cage series #1)
The Kind Worth Killing
by Peter Swanson
2015 / 320 pages
read by four narrators – 10h 18 m
rating: A
The Hot Countries
by Tim Hallinan
2015/ 336 pages
read by Victor Bovine – 10h 3m
rating: A++ / literary crime
(#7 in the Poke Rafferty series)
SCI-FI
The Water Knife
by Pablo Bacigalupi
2015 / 379 pages
read by Almarie Guerra 14h 5m
rating: A+/ dystopian future-thriller
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NONFICTION
Jesus Before the Gospels
by Bart Ehrman
2015 / 336 pages
read by Joe Barrett
Rating: 9 – 10h 5m