2020 Reading List

Last year, I did a reading challenge where I had to read 24 books in 2019. I accomplished this challenge and was a bit surprised that I did accomplish it. My life now, doesn’t leave much space for reading. I’m delighted that I’m back in the habit of picking up a book.
For 2020, I don’t want to read a quantity of books. I want to broaden my reading horizon and improve my writing skills. To do this, I’ve come up with a new plan: a reading list. Today, I jotted down a whole heap of books I want to read, and I’ll list them here. My one rule is that I’m not allowed to re-read a book. Absolutely no book that I’ve already read, because I always go down that rabbit hole and then wonder why I’m bored. This list won’t be set in stone, I may read other books that aren’t on this list. This is a guide of what I would like to read this year. If I don’t succeed in reading these books, I’ll add them to the 2021 reading list post that I’ll do next year.
So far the books are in three categories: English, français and Buddhism/Meditation. In no specific order:
English
- Macbeth, William Shakespeare
- Motherfocloir, Darach O’Séaghdha
- Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
- The Good Girls Revolt, Lynn Povich
- Bleak House, Charles Dickens
- Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
- The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien
- Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
- Beloved, Toni Morrison
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
- The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
- Fear of Flying, Erica Jong
Français
- L’Etranger, Albert Camus
- L’Enfant Noir, Camara Laye
- Entre les Murs, François Bégaudeau
- La Maison de Claudine, Colette
- Candide, Voltaire
- Notre Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
- Soumission, Michel Houellebeg
- Le Père Goriot, Honoré de Balzac
- Les Fleurs du Mal, Honoré de Balzac
- Fables, Jean de La Fontaine
- Le petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Buddhism & Meditation
- Approaching the Dhamma: Buddhist Texts and Practices in South and South-East Asia, Anne M. Blackburn
- The Art of Dying, Osho
- The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. N. Goenka, William Hart
- The Buddha’s Ancient Path, Piyadassi Thera
- Mindfulness in Plain English, Henepolo Gunaratana
- What the Buddha Taught, Walpola Rahula
- The Dhammapada, Anonymous
- A Practical and Spiritual Path: An Introduction to Vipassana Meditation
Image: English: A Bookshelf by Stewart Butterfield License