Reading List

My list of finished books: https://emilylinginfelter.com/books/read.

Reading Challenge: Around the World in 150 Books

https://geediting.com/most-iconic-book-set-in-every-country/

On My Shelf — To Read

[ ] Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beat
[ ] Cuba: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (Joe's shelf)
[ ] Cyprus: Othello by William Shakespeare
[ ] Lebanon: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
[ ] Netherlands: The Diary of Anne Frank
[ ] Denmark: Beowulf

Complete

[x] United Kingdom: Pride and Prejudice
[x] Afghanistan: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
[x] Switzerland: Heidi by Joanna Spyri
[x] Japan: The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
[x] United States of America: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Reading Challenge #2: Penguin English Library

https://taleaway.com/penguin-english-library-complete-list/

To Purchase and Read

Novels | Interests

[ ] Poems of Sleep and Dreams collected by Everyman’s Library
[ ] Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
[ ] The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson 8
[ ] This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay
[ ] The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks *
[ ] The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair
[ ] On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A’Lelia Bundles
[ ] The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
[ ] Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
[ ] The Liars’ Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr
[ ] The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
[ ] The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
[ ] Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
[ ] Emma by Jane Austen
[ ] A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King, Jr.
[ ] Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
[ ] No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani
[ ] The Immoralist by Chloe Benjamin
[ ] The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
[ ] Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King
[ ] The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
[ ] Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
[ ] Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
[ ] Over to You by Roald Dahl
[ ] Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill
[ ] The Boat People by Sharon Bala
[ ] A Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure
[ ] Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
[ ] All You Could Ask For by Mike Greenberg
[ ] The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes
[ ] A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
[ ] Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
[ ] The Soloist by Steve Lopez
[ ] Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce
[ ] Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Badden Keefe
[ ] Sleeping With the Enemy: Coco Chanel’s Secret War by Hal Vaughan

English | Writing | Communication

[ ] Words that Work by Dr. Frank Luntz
[ ] Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People by Vanessa Van Edwards
[ ] Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter by Joel Schwartzberg
[ ] The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team by Joel Schwartzberg
[ ] Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
[ ] Crystallizing Public Opinion by Edward Bernays
[ ] Writing that Works by Richard Anderson
[ ] Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
[ ] Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
[ ] Woe is I by Patricia T. O’Conner
[ ] You Are What You Speak by Robert Lane Greene
[ ] A Writer’s Guide to Powerful Paragraphs by John Walsh
[ ] The Art of Readable Writing by Rudolf Flesch, Ph.D.
[ ] Tribe by Sebastian Junger
[ ] On Writing by Stephen King
[ ] The Subversive Copy Editor by Carol Fisher Saller
[ ] The Technologization of the Word by Walter J. Ong
[ ] Everybody Writes by Ann Handley

Etiquette | Style

[ ] Manners Begin at Breakfast by Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece
[ ] Estée Lauder: A Beautiful Life by Aerin and Jane Lauder
[ ] How to Dress for Success by Edith Head
[ ] The Little Pink Book of Etiquette: A Civilized Guide to Getting It Right by Ruth Cullen
[ ] The Little Dictionary of Fashion by Christian Dior
[ ] How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline De Maigret, Sophie Mas and Carrington McDuffie
[ ] All in Good Taste by Kate Spade New York
[ ] Emily Post’s Etiquette: The Definitive Guide to Manners by Peggy Post
[ ] Proper, Poised and Polished by Patricia Napier-Fitzpatrick
[ ] 100 Years of Fashion by Cally Blackman
[ ] Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart
[ ] The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking

Self-Help | Psychology

[ ] Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek
[ ] Effective Remote Work for Yourself, Your Team and Your Company by James Stanier
[ ] Reality-based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace, and Turn Excuses into Results by Cy Wakeman
[ ] Happy Campers by Audrey Monkey
[ ] 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
[ ] The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
[ ] The Givers and the Takers by Cris Evatt and Bruce Feld
[ ] Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
[ ] Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington
[ ] Anatomy for Runners by Jay Dicharry
[ ] Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

To Read On My Shelf

Novels | Interests

[ ] The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O’Connor
[ ] The Spy Wore Red by Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
[ ] The Spy Went Dancing by Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
[ ] The Spy Wore Silk by Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
[ ] 1984 by George Orwell
[ ] The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
[ ] ‘Cherry’ Ingram: The Englishman Who Saved Japan’s Blossoms by Naoko Abe

English | Writing | Communication

[ ] The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker
[ ] The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White
[ ] Bird by Bird by Anne Lammott