New Years Eve Flakes: Corn Nation’s Fourth Annual Book Club – 2021 Edition

This is the fourth annual Corn Nation book club.

The first, second and third can be found here, here and here, respectively.

Here is a list of books I read in 2021. It really appears that I need to take a break from the Charlie Parker series though the timing was just right. Three or so years ago I wandered onto The Woman in the Woods. I was about to ask my library to find it until I found out it was actually book #15 of a series. So instead I started with the first book of the series instead. This year I finally caught up to The Woman in the Woods. I’m a big fan of the series.

I have bolded my other recommendations. Those books that I’ve italicized are books that I definitely do not recommend.

1. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware
2. Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
3. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
4. The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack by Jim Dutcher
5. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlies Mackesy
7. Cinderella Man by Jeremy Schaap
8. The Hunger by Alma Katsu
9. Brain Wars by Mario Beauregard
10. Beyond Oder: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
11. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Laurie Woolever
12. The Burning Soul (Charlie Parker #10) by John Connolly
13. The Wrath of Angels (Charlie Parker #11) by John Connolly
14. The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker #12) by John Connolly
15. The Song of Shadows (Charlie Parker #13) by John Connolly
16. A Time of Torment (Charlie Parker #14) by John Connolly
17. A Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker #15) by John Connolly
18. The Woman in the Wood (Charlie Parker #16) by John Connolly

Happy New Years Eve!

SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS!

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