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Books Read in 2009

Thursday December 31, 2009 in |

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Fiction

  1. A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz 3/5 (Whole Lotta Love)
  2. Netherland by Joseph O’Neill 1/5
  3. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 2/5 (Secrets and Lies)
  4. 2666 by Roberto Bolano 3/5 (2666 the First)
  5. 1974 by David Peace 3/5 (Grim Lives)
  6. Mr Toppit by Charles Eldon 1/5
  7. 1977 by David Peace 4/5 (Anarchy in the UK: The World of David Peace)
  8. 1980 by David Peace 4/5 (Anarchy in the UK: The World of David Peace)
  9. 1983 by David Peace 4/5 (Anarchy in the UK: The World of David Peace)
  10. The Girl on the Landing by Paul Torday 2/5 (The Girl on the Landing)
  11. The Damned United by David Peace 2/5
  12. The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith 1/5 (The Secret Speech)
  13. Tokyo: Year Zero by David Peace 4/5 (Tokyo Year Zero)
  14. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute 2/5
  15. Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith 4/5
  16. The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell 4/5 (The Kindly Ones)
  17. The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene 3/5 (Fear is the Key)
  18. Popco by Scarlett Thomas 2/5
  19. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 5/5 (The Little Stranger)
  20. Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro 2/5
  21. Colony by Hugo Wilcken 2/5
  22. The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant 2/5
  23. The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams 2/5 (The Behaviour of Moths)
  24. One Day by David Nicholls 5/5 (Dex and Em Forever)
  25. Occupied City by David Peace 2/5 (Occupied City)
  26. Breath by Tim Winton 4/5
  27. The Lost Dog by Michelle de Kretser 3/5
  28. The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas 4/5 (Meet Christos Tsiolkas)
  29. Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay 1/5
  30. Me Cheeta by James Lever 2/5 (Me Cheeta)
  31. Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas 3/5 (Meet Christos Tsiolkas)
  32. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby 1/5 (The Naked Truth)
  33. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel 4/5 (Wolf Hall)
  34. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger 3/5 (Her Fearful Symmetry)
  35. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 4/5 (Stardust)
  36. The Devil you Know by Mike Carey 3/5 (The Devil you Know)
  37. Vicious Circle by Mike Carey 4/5
  38. Duma Key by Stephen King 4/5

Non Fiction

  1. Gig by Simon Armitage 4/5 (Gig)
  2. The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin 4/5
  3. The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins 4/5

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That’s nearly a book a week – impressed with your selection and the pace, especially with such long books in there. My favourite of these has to be The Little Stranger – agreed it’s terrifically well-paced and ticks all the right boxes for creepy terror. Wish I’d kept it for Christmas now, would’ve been better than the Beeb effort of Turn of the Screw.

BookRambler    Thursday December 31, 2009   

The pace slackened towards the end of the year – too many abandoned novels. Yes the BBC Turn of the Screw was dreadful. I think the 1961 film The Innocents is on again soon – that’s worth checking out.

Stephen    Friday January 1, 2010   

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