This is a page that so many PCVs start on their blogs–a running list of the books they’ve read. So here’s mine:
July 2016
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
September 2016
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
October 2016
Year of Wonder by Geraldine Brooks
A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
November 2016
A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
December 2016
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
January 2017
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox by William Foege
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
February 2017
A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
March 2017
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
Teatime for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
April 2017
The Institute for Taxi Poetry by Imraan Coovadia
O’Mandingo! The Only Black at a Dinner Party by Eric Miyeni
May 2017
The 40 Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Coconut by Kopano Matlwa
Green Lion by Henrietta Rose-Innes
Bossypants by Tina Fey
June 2017
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, and Obsession by David Grann
July 2017
The Apothecary’s Daughter by Patricia Schonstein
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
August 2017
The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits by Dave Barry
September 2017
The Darling by Russel Banks
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel James Brown
The Best American Essays of 2014 edited by John Jeremiah Sullivan
The Translator by Daoud Hari
October 2017
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
November 2017
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
Larger than Life by Jodi Picoult
At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
Black Milk by Elif Shafak
The Stranger by Albert Camus
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Jazz by Toni Morrison
December 2017
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade by Julian Rademeyer
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Run by Ann Patchett
The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
Newman’s Birds by Colour by Kenneth Newman
January 2018
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sex for Dummies by Ruth Westheimer
February 2018
Beat About the Bush: Mammals by Trevor Carnaby
March 2018
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu by Michael Stanley
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi
The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Elephant Dawn by Sharon Pincott
April 2018
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Among Flowers by Jamaica Kincaid
Felicity by Mary Oliver
Nine African Stories by Doris Lessing
101 Kruger Tales: Extraordinary Stories from Ordinary Visitors to the Kruger National Park complied by Jeff Gordon
May 2018
The Essential Rumi edited by Coleman Barks
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
The Love Poems of Rumi edited by Deepak Chopra
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
June 2018
Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon and
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
July 2018
The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye by David Lagercrantz
October 2018
The Complete Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
December 2018
One Hand Does Not Catch a Buffalo, a collection of short stories about PCVs who served in Africa
Zulu Inspired Beadwork: Weaving Techniques and Projects by Diane Fitzgerald
January 2019
Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsebet Bathory by Kimberly L. Craft
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
February 2019
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
March 2019
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Lonely Planet’s Egypt guidebook
The Tutankhamun Deception by Gerald O’Farrell
Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz
Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics by Bridget McDermott
April 2019
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery by Bob Brier and Jean-Pierre Houdin
May 2019
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
June 2019
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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