This goal was supposed to help me have more time for other, more life-changing goals but I think that the time I saved by reading less, I just wasted on the internet. I’ve realised that high-achievers do manage to fit a lot in to their lives by being organised and not wasting time, rather than cutting stuff out. Next year I want to really stretch myself by pursuing several demanding goals. 3 years ago

33 The Little Friend – Donna Tartt
32 The Cleft – Doris Lessing 3 years ago

31 Hotel du Lac – Anita Brookner 3 years ago

30 Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgeworth 3 years ago

29 The Cellist of Sarajevo – Steven Galloway
28 The Other Hand – Chris Cleave
27 The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
26 Knots and Crosses – Ian Rankin 3 years ago

25 Notes on a Scandal – Zoe Heller
24 The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson 3 years ago

23 The Road – Cormac McCarthy
22 The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
21 Mr Golightly’s Holiday – Salley Vickers
20 The Woman in Black – Susan Hill
19 White Oleander – Janet Fitch
18 The Girl who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson
17 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
16 The Power and the Glory – Graham Greene 3 years ago

15 The Bell – Iris Murdoch 3 years ago

14 The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
13 Miss Garnet’s Angel – Salley Vickers
12 Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes 3 years ago

11 The Believers by Zoe Heller 3 years ago

10 The Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
9 The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 3 years ago

9 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
8 The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier 4 years ago

7 House of Leaves – Mark Z Danielewski 4 years ago

6 The Reader – Bernhard Schlink 4 years ago

5 The Accidental – Ali Smith
4 Girlfriend in a Coma – Douglas Coupland 4 years ago

3 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and other stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4 years ago

2 Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
1 I, Claudius by Robert Graves 4 years ago

Because one of my goals last year was to read 100 books, I spent a huge amount of time reading. While that may have been right for last year, for this year I want to focus on learning Spanish and completing my writing so I’m going to limit myself to no more than fifty novels. I won’t include non-fiction books as I may have to read those for my work, plus I don’t usually feel the need to finish a non-fiction book. As part of this goal, I may also give up finishing novels I’m not enjoying. A bonus may be that I read fewer books but really enjoy all of them instead of reading some for the sake of it. 4 years ago