The Usual Disappointment

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I like the idea of keeping track of what I read throughout a year but as usual, when the end of the year comes round, I'm disappointed that I didn't manage to read more books. Again, the number isn't impressive at all. The list is as long as it was last year but this time I abandoned two novels and there's a third book I still haven't finished, although I definitely intend to do so.

Howard Linskey, The Drop, novel
Thomas Enger, Verleumdet (Blodtåke), novel
Julian Fellowes, Snobs, novel
Claude Izner, Madame ist leider verschieden (Mystère rue des Saints-Pères), novel
Arne Dahl, Bußestunde (Himmelsöga), novel
Marianne Fredriksson, Simon (Simon och ekarna), novel (abandoned)
Leif GW Persson, Eine andere Zeit, ein anderes Leben (En annan tid, ett annat liv), novel
Katie Fforde, Highland Fling, novel
Ninni Schulman, Das Mädchen im Schnee (Flickan med snö i håret), novel
Volker Kutscher, Der nasse Fisch, novel
Nicci French, Thursday's Children, novel
Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?, novel
Hans Pleschinski, Königsallee, novel (not finished yet)
Rita Falk, Winterkartoffelknödel, novel
Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, novel (reread, first time was in German)
Camilla Läckberg, Der Leuchtturmwärter (Fyrvaktaren), novel
Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed, novel
Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, Endstation für neun (Den skrattande polisen), novel
David Dickinson, Goodnight Sweet Prince, novel (abandoned)
Jussi Adler-Olsen, Erwartung (Marco Effekten), novel
Jan Zweyer, Persilschein, novel
Viveca Sten, Die Toten von Sandhamn (I grunden utan skult), novel
Val McDermid, Cross and Burn, novel
Ann Rosman, Die Wächter von Marstrand (Porto Francos väktare), novel
Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö, Und die Großen lässt man laufen (Polis, polis, potatismos!), novel

Better luck next year, eh?