WHAT I READ IN 2011

 

 

JANUARY

Until May I will be reading books as a judge for the Orange Prize. There are too many to list here.

MAY

Huckleberry Finn (reread) Mark Twain

JUNE

A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry
The Wilder Life Wendy McClure (a must-read for
Laura Ingalls Wilder fans!)
In-Flight Entertainment (short stories) Helen Simpson

JULY

The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid
Dissolution C.J. Sansom

AUGUST

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet David Mitchell
Wench Doren Valdez-Perkins
Gillespie and I Jane Harris (excellent!)

SEPTEMBER

The Submission Amy Waldman
The Sisters Brothers Patrick de Witt
The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern

OCTOBER

Tony and Susan Austin Wright
The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes
The Butterfly Isles Patrick Barkham

 

NOVEMBER

State of Wonder Ann Patchett

DECEMBER

Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson
Charles Dickens: A Life  Claire Tomalin
The House of Silk Anthony Horowitz

 

 

* means really excellent and recommended

What I read in:
2010
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