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2006 Reading List
03 Jan 07 @ 10:36 AM
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I've read quite a mixture of fiction and non-fiction this year. I'm finding that my trend is slowly edging towards more non-fiction than not but I have to say I've just finished two novels which might count amongst my favourite of the last decade: The Shadow of the Wind, and Any Human Heart. Oh, and some trash too!
The Lost Horizon - James Hilton
A Devil's Chaplain - Richard Dawkins
The Age of Wire and String - Ben Marcus
Search - John Battelle
What is Life - Erwin Schrodinger
The Devil's Cub - Georgette Heyer
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
Tabloid Love - Bridget Harrison
Letters to a young Contrarian - Christopher Hitchens
Winkler - Giles Coren
The Rescue Artist - Edward Dolnick
The Proposal - Owen Slot
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Luis Razan
They Fuck You Up - Oliver James
Who's Who in Hell - Robert Chalmers
Any Human Heart - William Boyd
Salt - Mark Kurlansky
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my, a terrific list.
how'd you make out with marcus' wire and string?
i'd like to suggest... on your journey toward non fiction, peter behrens' The Law of Dreams. just won the gov. general's prize in canada, a tale through one young boy's voice, of the plight and travels of a survivor of the irish potato famine. i'd never have picked it to read had i not known the author... and now i'm a convert who believes all are amiss for not having read it. historical fiction at its very best. am taking a further look at your choices too... will consult. x amy
Posted by: amy chase | Jan 15, 2007 11:55:38 PM
