Book Wish List

The one thing I promised myself whilst I was in my final year of university, was that after it was over I would start reading for pleasure again. Something I hadn't managed to do since I was in Brussels. 

I actually promised myself two things; the second one was that I would never think about the UN again. That one was just a stressed promise though, I've already thought about the UN numerous times actually, because that's how I choose to enjoy myself.

So this is a wish list post of all the books I want to read, hopefully within the next year. 

Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China - Guy Delisle

Burma Chronicles - Guy Delisle

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City - Guy Delisle

Footnotes in Gaza - Joe Sacco

The Great War - Joe Sacco

Safe Area Goradze - Joe Sacco 

The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo - Joe Sacco

Palestine - Joe Sacco

The books in the first section are graphic novels from two travelling journalists/cartoonists who document their travels in graphic novel form. They're part of my new found love affair with graphic novels which also feed my want to buy physical books because I can justify not buying them on my Kindle. However much I appreciate it as a space saver, illustrations deserve to be on paper.

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee 

These three are the books everyone else seemed to do at school and I've probably just pretended to have read because I've seen the film/TV adaptation or, in the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, the stage play. Basically the books that I know the entire plot to, but I still feel like I should read so I can properly understand why they're considered classics (also thank you to Jenny for recommending Jane Eyre so highly when I'd convinced myself I wouldn't like it).

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut 

American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis 

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

Middlemarch - George Eliot

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Outsider - Albert Camus & Sandra Smith 

These are books that seem to be on every '100 books to read...' list I've ever seen and, after having a quick scan of the blurbs, I've decided I might quite enjoy.

Hard Choices - Hillary Rodham Clinton

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson

A History of the World - Andrew Marr

Dear Leader - Jang Jin-Sung

How to be a Woman - Caitlin Moran

The Zhivago Affair - Peter Finn & Petra Couvee

The final section is non-fiction, the majority of which being history related as I look forward to my masters/worry that I don't know every event so far in history. 

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

These final two are because I feel like I don't read enough new literature and they've both had brilliant reviews whilst at the same time looking like exactly the sort of thing I would enjoy. 

I'll definitely do reviews on these as I read them so I'll post those either here or over on the Student Noodles site. Hope you've enjoyed my list! 

xx