January
The Gift by Danielle Steele (er, just checking out the competition!)
The Accomplice by Kathryn Heyman
English Passengers by Matthew Kneale |
February
The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain |
March
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
The Gift by David Flusfeder
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April
The Bitch in the House, edited by Cathy Hanauer (most likely to appeal to women 30-50; everyone else will be irritated)
Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow (reread) |
May
Come Home, Timoleon Vieta by Dan Rhodes
Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
(Reread - this was a favorite during my childhood, and is set in Cornwall, where I was just on vacation)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood |
June
The Colour by Rose Tremain
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The Summer Book by Tove Jannson
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (reread, for nostalgia; it's kind of overwrought but I still love it) |
July
The Voices by Susan Elderkin
Property by Valerie Martin
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
Mr Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers |
August
The Preservationist by Dave Maine
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Old Man Goya by Julia Blackburn
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith |
September
Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Caravaggio (a novel) by Christopher Peachment |
October
If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor
The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Kalahari School of Typing for Men by Alexander McCall Smith
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November
The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Astonishing splashes of Colour by Clare Morall
The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith |
December
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller |