January 10, 2012

• a book list

  A response to Ryan’s 2011 booklist

  I love a booklist.

  My own booklist, had i kept one, would have been way shorter last year, maybe the shortest in years, because I have never re-read so many books before, and in so short a space of time. My age of sail obsession saw me read and re-read my first 6 copies of patrick o’brian’s Aubrey Maturin books, as well as The Bounty.

   

  but on to Ryan’s list:

   

  IN PURPLE those I’ve read.(in any language – actually probably if i’ve read it, I’ve read it in English)

  * those i’ve heard of and would like to read

  @ those i’ve heard of and WOULDN’T like to read.

  / maybe would read

  unmarked: not read, nor knowingly heard of

   

   

  52. Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet

  51. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack - Chuck Sambuchino

  50. The Bridges of Madison County - Robert James Waller   (vomit vomit)

  49. The Wedding - Nicholas Sparks@ (because i read a TERRIBLE nicholas sparks book and hated it)

  48. 11/22/63 – Stephen King*

  47. The Visible Man - Chuck Klosterman*

  46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling – only it was the Philosopher’s Stone, and in REAL ENGLISH that I read it.

  45. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett*

  44. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer

  43. Downtown Owl - Chuck Klosterman

  42. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks @ (because i read a TERRIBLE nicholas sparks book and hated it)

  41. Daisy Miller - Henry James – mmm maybe would read. read some henry james and found very dull.

  40. A Fringe of Leaves - Patrick White

  39. Brida - Paulo Coelho @ (because i read a TERRIBLE Coelho book and hated it)

  38. Death in Venice – Thomas Mann @ because it sounds dull

  37. Ett land du aldrig sett: 36 berättelser om Sverige - (Various)

  36. Interview With The Vampire - Anne Rice /maybe

  35. Einstein’s Refrigerator - Steve Silverman

  34. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

  33. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

  32. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins * and got an electronic version in the queue

  31. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse

  30. Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

  29. Shopgirl - Steve Martin

  28. Der Träumende Delphin - Sergio Bambaren

  27. Illusions - Richard Bach

  26. Inés del Alma Mía - Isabel Allende

  25. The Giver - Lois Lowry

  24. Under a Cruel Star - Heda Margolius Kovály

  23. Hamlet - William Shakespeare

  22. El Principito - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  21. Germs, Genes, & Civilization - David P. Clark

  20. El Viejo y el Mar - Ernest Hemingway*

  19. The Graduate - Charles Webb

  18. Red Alert - Peter Bryant

  17. Das Letzte Gefecht/(The Stand) – Stephen King* but in English

  16. Fodor’s Exploring Japan – David Scott

  15. Pigeon Poo, the Universe & Car Paint – Karl Kruszelnicki

  14. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

  13. The Story of English - Philip Gooden*

  12. Rebelión en la granja/(Animal Farm) – George Orwell

  11. The Plague – Albert Camus

  10. Understanding Exposure – Bryan Peterson

  9. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad did i read this? i know i started it…..

  8. The History of Love – Nicole Krauss

  7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe

  6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson

  5. The Dispossessed – Ursula Le Guin

  4. The Art of Non-Conformity (1) (2) – Chris Gillebeau

  3. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres

  2. Eating the Dinosaur – Chuck Klosterman

  1. La chica que soñaba con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina/
  (The Girl Who Played With Fire) – Steig Larsson

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