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Trim List 2022

1. Circe by Madeline Miller;
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors by Dan Jones

2. The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penney;
Impostor Syndrome by Kathy Wang

3. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach;
Soviet Milk by Nora Ikstena

4. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman;
Bewilderment by Richard Powers

5. Madam by Phoebe Wynne;
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

6. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel;
A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavril Kay

7. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado;
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

8. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon;
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

9. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright

10. Matrix by Lauren Groff ;
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

11. Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard;
Slavic Folklore: A Handbook by Natalie Kononenko

12. The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark

13. The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien;
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

14. The Black Company by Glen Cook;
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

15. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro;
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline

16. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny;
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

17. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles;
The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

18.The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber;
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark

19. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones;
The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O’Donnell

20. Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis;
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

21. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro;
Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

22. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia;
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

23. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz;
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century England by Keith Thomas

24. Intimacies by Katie Kitamura; - checked out from library
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor - checked out from library

Tracking post here

Possible Authors to Read for Who's PBT's Favorite

Round 1
Allende, Isabel - A Long Petal of the Sea - eliminated
Bryson, Bill - Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States - DNF
Davis, Fiona - The Lions of Fifth Avenue - eliminated
Ferrante, Elena - My Brilliant Friend - eliminated
Gabaldon, Diana - Outlander - eliminated
Jones, Stephen Graham - My Heart Is a Chainsaw - eliminated
Morton, Kate - The House at Riverton - eliminated
Pratchett, Terry - The Wyrd Sisters - 3 stars
Russell, Mary Doria - Children of God - eliminated
Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring eliminated
Willis, Connie - Doomsday Book - eliminated

Round 2
Bradbury, Ray - Dandelion Wine - eliminated
Atwood, Margaret - Alias Grace
Follett, Ken - The Pillars of the Earth - 4 stars
Hannah, Kristin - The Nightingale
Hoffman, Alice - The Museum of Extraordinary Things
Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible
Moriarty, Liane - Apples Never Fall - 5 stars
Ozeki, Ruth - A Tale for the Time Being - eliminated
Patchett, Ann - Bel Canto
Reid, Taylor Jenkins - Daisy Jones & The Six - eliminated
Towles, Amor - A Gentleman in Moscow

Round 3
Atwood, Margaret - Alias Grace
Hannah, Kristin - The Nightingale
Hoffman, Alice - The Dovekeepers
Ishiguro, Kazuo - Klara and the Sun, The Buried Giant - both on Trim list
Kingsolver, Barbara - The Poisonwood Bible
Patchett, Ann - Bel Canto
Towles, Amor - A Gentleman in Moscow - on Trim list


Round 2 Tracking

Bracket A - Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
Bracket B - Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow ?
Bracket C - Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall - Review here
Bracket D - P.D. James, The Children of Men ? Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion ?

Total: 2

Books Read

January
1. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett - 3 stars
2. Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman - 4 stars

February
3. Matrix by Lauren Groff - 4 stars

March
4. A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark - 3 stars
5. Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard - 4 Stars

April
6. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin - 5 stars
7. The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers - 3 Stars
8. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty - 5 stars
9. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 5 stars

June
10. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - 4 stars
11. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead - 4 stars
12. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - 5 stars
13. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz - 5 Stars

July
14. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller - 3 stars
15. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel - 4 stars
16. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - 5 stars

August
17. Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - 5 stars
18. Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian - 5 stars
19. Klara and the Sun - 5 stars

September
20. Necroscope by Brian Lumley - 1 star
21. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 4 stars