Reading List for May 2022
A full third of the year has now passed and we have reached meteorological summer, it is time to provide my reading list for May 2022. For the month of May 2022 I read a total of 23 titles, 2 of which are new, or about 8.70% being first time listens for me.
The title I want to highlight this month is "Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population
I think next three months will be lighter on books I will listen to due to personal projects going on throughout the summer.
| Title | Author | First Listen | Amazon | Apple |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway | Frederick Pohl | No | Amazon | Apple |
| When to Rob a Bank: ...And 131 More Warped Suggestions and Well-Intended Rants | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Freakonomics: A Rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | No | Amazon | Apple |
| One Second After | William Fortschen | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World (Great Courses) | Robert Heinlein | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Kill Decision | Daniel Suarez | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest | Stephen E. Ambrose | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters | Dick Winters, Cole C. Kingseed | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | Yes | Amazon | Apple |
| #1 in Customer Service (Complete Tom Stranger Series) | Larry Correia | Yes | Amazon | - |
| Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Ordinary Heroes | Scott Turow | No | Amazon | Apple |
| The Jester | James Patterson and Andrew Gross | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter Book 1) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book 2) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book 3) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book 4) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book 5) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book 6) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book 7) | J.K. Rowling | No | Amazon | Apple |
| You're Going To Mars | Rob Dircks | No | Amazon | - |
| Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge Book 1) | Ken Follett | No | Amazon | Apple |
| Total | 23 |