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Readings in Retirement: A Progress Report

I retired from teaching English Literature in 2022, and since then I have read or listened to only books I wanted to as opposed to books I was required to read or reread for work, as well as the teaching materials that accompanied them. Here, in the order in which I read or listened to them, are the books I've "experienced in the 2 years and 3 months since I retired.
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Last Stands (Walsh)
Last Stands
1
Walsh
The Silent Girl (Tess Gerritsen)
The Silent Girl
2
Tess Gerritsen
The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
The Dead Zone
3
Stephen King
Widespread Panic (James Ellroy)
Widespread Panic
4
James Ellroy
Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles #10) (Tess Gerritsen)
Last to Die (Rizzoli & Isles #10)
5
Tess Gerritsen
Die Again (Gerritsen)
Die Again
6
Gerritsen
I Know a Secret (Tess Gerritsen)
I Know a Secret
7
Tess Gerritsen
Listen to Me (Tess Gerritsen)
Listen to Me
8
Tess Gerritsen
Idiot America (Charles P. Pierce)
Idiot America
9
Charles P. Pierce
Gravity (Gerritsen)
Gravity
10
Gerritsen
The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind (Jackson Ford)
The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind
11
Jackson Ford
The Q Document (James Hall Roberts)
The Q Document
12
James Hall Roberts
Random Sh*T Flying Through the Air (Jackson Ford)
Random Sh*T Flying Through the Air
13
Jackson Ford
Station Eleven (Emily St. John Mandel)
Station Eleven
14
Emily St. John Mandel
Eye of the Sh*T Storm (Jackson Ford)
Eye of the Sh*T Storm
15
Jackson Ford
A Sh*Tload of Crazy Powers (Ford)
A Sh*Tload of Crazy Powers
16
Ford
Sea of Tranquility (Emily St.John Mandel)
Sea of Tranquility
17
Emily St.John Mandel
Disappearance at Devil's Rock (Paul Tremblay)
Disappearance at Devil's Rock
18
Paul Tremblay
Final Girls (Riley Sager)
Final Girls
19
Riley Sager
The Sun Down Motel (Simone St. James)
The Sun Down Motel
20
Simone St. James
The Cabin at the End of the World (Paul Tremblay)
The Cabin at the End of the World
21
Paul Tremblay
Nuclear Folly (Plokhy)
Nuclear Folly
22
Plokhy
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
23
Emily St. John Mandel
Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow)
Ragtime
24
E.L. Doctorow
Welcome to the Universe 3D (Tyson Et Al)
Welcome to the Universe 3D
25
Tyson Et Al
A Brief Welcome to the Universe (Tyson)
A Brief Welcome to the Universe
26
Tyson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
27
Neil Degrasse Tyson
A More Perfect Heaven (Dava Sobel)
A More Perfect Heaven
28
Dava Sobel
The Egyptian Necklace (Palmer)
The Egyptian Necklace
29
Palmer
Treachery in Crete (Palmer)
Treachery in Crete
30
Palmer
Redshirts (John Scalzi)
Redshirts
31
John Scalzi
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village (Maureen Johnson)
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
32
Maureen Johnson
The Broken Girls (Simone St James)
The Broken Girls
33
Simone St James
The Winter People (Jennifer McMahon)
The Winter People
34
Jennifer McMahon
Starry Messenger (Neil Degrasse Tyson)
Starry Messenger
35
Neil Degrasse Tyson
The Book of Cold Cases (Simone St. James)
The Book of Cold Cases
36
Simone St. James
John Dies at the End (Jason Pargin)
John Dies at the End
37
Jason Pargin
Broken Promise (Linwood Barclay)
Broken Promise
38
Linwood Barclay
Far From True (Linwood Barclay)
Far From True
39
Linwood Barclay
The Twenty-Three (Linwood Barclay)
The Twenty-Three
40
Linwood Barclay
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