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Books Read in 2010
Saturday, January 1st, 2011 09:54I read 55 books in 2010, which is only just over half my total of the previous three years, and only 6 of them were non-fiction. Part of the blame is due to my discovery of podcasts, which cut the amount of commuting time available for reading.
Top 10 fiction:
Island of the Sequinned Love Nun - Christopher Moore
Virtual Light - William Gibson
A Madness of Angels - Kate Griffin
Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds
My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk
Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man - Siegfried Sassoon
Meltdown - Ben Elton
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
Top 3 non-fiction:
Due to lack of interest tomorrow has been canceled - Irene Kampen
Alfred the Great - tr. Simon Keynes & Michael Lapidge
Salt: A World History
Here is the full list:
1) Web of Everywhere - John Brunner
2) Matter - Iain M. Banks
3) Island of the Sequinned Love Nun - Christopher Moore
4) Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
5) Monsieur, or, the Prince of Darkness - Lawrence Durrell
6) Virtual Light - William Gibson
7) Livia, or Buried Alive - Lawrence Durrell
8) Idoru - William Gibson
9) All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson
10) A Madness of Angels - Kate Griffin
11) Human Traces - Sebastian Faulks
12) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
13) Death of a Red Heroine - Qiu Xiaolong
14) Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
15) Due to lack of interest tomorrow has been canceled - Irene Kampen
16) Paths not Taken - Simon R. Green
17) Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth - Simon R. Green
18) Constance, or, Solitary Practices - Lawrence Durrell
19) Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds
20) Sebastian, or, Ruling Passions - Lawrence Durrell
21) Quinx, or, The Ripper's Tale - Lawrence Durrell
22) My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
23) The Shock of the Old: A Guide to British Buildings - Philip WIlkinson
24) Alfred the Great - tr. Simon Keynes & Michael Lapidge
25) Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
26) Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds
27) Salt: A World History
28) Barking! - Liz Evans
29) Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov
30) Precious Cargo - Peter Luther
31) My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk
32) Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds
33) Blind WIllow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami
34) The Fever of the Bone - Val McDermid
35) Absolution Gap - Alastair Reynolds
36) Shikasta - Doris Lessing
37) The War of the Flowers - Tad Williams
38) This Book Will Save Your Life - A.M. Homes
39) Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
40) The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
41) The Annals of Imperial Rome - Tacitus
42) Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man - Siegfried Sassoon
43) The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five - Doris Lessing
44) Necrophenia - Robert Rankin
45) Meltdown - Ben Elton
46) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith
47) Mr Finchley Discovers His England - Victor Canning
48) Fitzpatrick's War - Theodore Judson
49) The Rapture - Liz Jensen
50) Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
51) The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
52) Halting State - Charles Stross
53) Never the Bride - Paul Magrs
54) Odd Hours - Dean Koontz
55) The Girl Who Married a Lion - Alexander McCall Smith
Top 10 fiction:
Island of the Sequinned Love Nun - Christopher Moore
Virtual Light - William Gibson
A Madness of Angels - Kate Griffin
Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds
My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk
Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man - Siegfried Sassoon
Meltdown - Ben Elton
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
Top 3 non-fiction:
Due to lack of interest tomorrow has been canceled - Irene Kampen
Alfred the Great - tr. Simon Keynes & Michael Lapidge
Salt: A World History
Here is the full list:
1) Web of Everywhere - John Brunner
2) Matter - Iain M. Banks
3) Island of the Sequinned Love Nun - Christopher Moore
4) Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
5) Monsieur, or, the Prince of Darkness - Lawrence Durrell
6) Virtual Light - William Gibson
7) Livia, or Buried Alive - Lawrence Durrell
8) Idoru - William Gibson
9) All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson
10) A Madness of Angels - Kate Griffin
11) Human Traces - Sebastian Faulks
12) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
13) Death of a Red Heroine - Qiu Xiaolong
14) Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
15) Due to lack of interest tomorrow has been canceled - Irene Kampen
16) Paths not Taken - Simon R. Green
17) Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth - Simon R. Green
18) Constance, or, Solitary Practices - Lawrence Durrell
19) Chasm City - Alastair Reynolds
20) Sebastian, or, Ruling Passions - Lawrence Durrell
21) Quinx, or, The Ripper's Tale - Lawrence Durrell
22) My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
23) The Shock of the Old: A Guide to British Buildings - Philip WIlkinson
24) Alfred the Great - tr. Simon Keynes & Michael Lapidge
25) Smoke and Mirrors - Neil Gaiman
26) Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds
27) Salt: A World History
28) Barking! - Liz Evans
29) Forward the Foundation - Isaac Asimov
30) Precious Cargo - Peter Luther
31) My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk
32) Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days - Alastair Reynolds
33) Blind WIllow, Sleeping Woman - Haruki Murakami
34) The Fever of the Bone - Val McDermid
35) Absolution Gap - Alastair Reynolds
36) Shikasta - Doris Lessing
37) The War of the Flowers - Tad Williams
38) This Book Will Save Your Life - A.M. Homes
39) Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
40) The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
41) The Annals of Imperial Rome - Tacitus
42) Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man - Siegfried Sassoon
43) The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five - Doris Lessing
44) Necrophenia - Robert Rankin
45) Meltdown - Ben Elton
46) Tea Time for the Traditionally Built - Alexander McCall Smith
47) Mr Finchley Discovers His England - Victor Canning
48) Fitzpatrick's War - Theodore Judson
49) The Rapture - Liz Jensen
50) Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
51) The Sirian Experiments - Doris Lessing
52) Halting State - Charles Stross
53) Never the Bride - Paul Magrs
54) Odd Hours - Dean Koontz
55) The Girl Who Married a Lion - Alexander McCall Smith
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