The year 2013 drew to a close with me achieving the English reading target but running short of the French one. As 2014 is slated to be a busy year of learning, my leisure reading time will undoubtedly be reduced. Staying realistic-ish, let’s hope I make my reading target of 25 books this year: 20 in English and 5 in French.

En français
01 | La promesse de l’aube – Romain Gary
02 | La vie devant soi – Émile Ajar / Romain Gary
03 | Oscar et la dame rose – Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
04 | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran – Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

In English
01 | Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
02 | Home Again in Paris: Oscar, Leo and Me – Matthew Fraser
03 | Happily Ever After – Harriet Evans
04 | The Painted Girls – Cathy Marie Buchanan
05 | Into Wine: An Invitation to Pleasure – Olivier Magny
06 | The Keeper of Secrets – Amanda Brooke
07 | Predictably Irrational – Dan Ariely
08 | The Upside of Irrationality – Dan Ariely
09 | The Honest Truth About Dishonesty – Dan Ariely
10 | Splendid – Julia Quinn
11 | Dancing at Midnight – Julia Quinn
12 | Minx – Julia Quinn
13 | The Bridgertons – Julia Quinn
14 | Unnatural Creatures – Neil Gaiman
15 | Fluent in 3 Months – Benny Lewis
16 | The Truth – Michael Palin
17 | Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne
18 | Things a Little Bird Told Me – Biz Stone
19 | Orange is the New Black – Piper Kerman
20 | The Secret Letters of the Monk who Sold his Ferrari – Robin Sharma
21 | Gifted and Talented – Wendy Holden
22 | Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – David Sedaris
23 | My Paris Kitchen – David Lebovitz
24 | Amateur Gourmet – Adam D Roberts
25 | Stir Fry – Emma Donoghue
26 | My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places – Mary Roach
27 | The Unexpected Waltz – Kim Wright
28 | The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu – Dan Jurafsky
29 | The Hundred-Foot Journey – Richard Morais
30 | How Google Works – Eric Schmidt and Alan Eagle
31 | Care to Make Love in That Gross Little Space Between Cars? – Louis CK, Amy Sedaris
32 | The Time Keeper – Mitch Albom
33 | Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? – Mindy Kaling
34 | American on Purpose – Craig Ferguson
35 | American Gods – Neil Gaiman
36 | Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
37 | The Word I’m Thinking Of – Michael Gates
38 | Everything and the Moon – Julia Quinn
39 | Brighter than the Sun – Julia Quinn
40 | Lost in Translation – Ella Frances Sanders