2022

• Night Watch by Terry Pratchett. Sam Vimes gets sent back in time and has to re-enact historical events.
• ⭐ Argonautit by Maggie Nelson, translated by Kaijamari Sivill (original: The Argonauts). On queerness and motherhood. (reread)
• Sateenkaarimurhat by Janne Toivoniemi. A detective story set in Kallio, Helsinki. Hipster comedy.
• Pimeä kuilu by Jussi Marttila. A brutal (nordic noir?) detective story set in Turku.
• Ilmastoja by Jenny Offill, translated by Marja Luoma (original: Weather). A US mom deals with despair due to Trump and climate grief.
• Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz. Intellectual life is good life.
• I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett. A demon tries to take over a young witch’s body.
• Thud! by Terry Pratchett. Racial tensions in Ankh-Morpork.
• A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett. A demon tries to take over a young witch’s mind.
• Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. A reformed con-man fixes the postal system.
• Mies ja merilehmä by Aura Koivisto. On George Steller’s adventures.
• Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Court intrigue. (reread)
• Lyhyet luennot by Anne Carson, translated by Aki Salmela. I don’t know how to read poems. Excellent translation.
• The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd. You don’t have to become a management consultant.
• A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine. A court intrigue followed by a space opera.
• ⭐ The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Chaos in Moscow. Fun.
• The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. On the origins of inequality. Iconoclastic, but I know the field so poorly that I’m not sure how much weight to give to it.
• The Truth by Terry Pratchett. Somebody invents a printing press.
• ⭐ Radalla by Iida Sofia Hirvonen. Moments in the life of a 30-something writer living in Helsinki. For people who have used Internet too much.
• ⭐ The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin. A story about anarchists on the moon.
• Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett. Somebody steals a weapon; guards investigate.
• Sieppari ruispellossa by J. D. Salinger, translated by Pentti Saarikoski (original: The Catcher in the Rye). Man wanders in the streets, a bit like in Crime and Punishment, but different. Saarikoski’s translation gets bad rap, but I liked it. (reread)
• Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. Somebody summons a dragon; guards investigate.
• Viisi aihetta by Jorge Luis Borges (original: Borges oral). Borges waxes philosophical.
• Practical Doomsday by Michal Zalewski. Level-headed prepper advice.
• A Bond Undone by Jin Yong. More cheesy kung-fu.