Beyond Words

Books of 2011

1. Treat Me, Not My Age by Mark Lachs
2. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
3. Free Fall, A Late-In-Life Love Affair by Rae Padilla Francoeur
4. Let Me Go by Helga Schneider
5. The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
6. Adam and Eve by Sena Jeter Naslund
7. Heartstone by CJ Sansom
8. Slow Love by Dominique Browning
9. Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
10. The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
11. The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan ( read about 50% before deciding it wasn’t for me)
12. Elegy for April by Benjamin Black
13. The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruis Zafon
14. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
15. The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott
16. Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
17. Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
18. Piece of My Heart by Peter Robinson

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A noted in an earlier post, I am joining a challenge to read 100 books this year (2010). As I’m writing a memoir, I’ll be focusing more on memoirs. I’ll keep the list updated as time goes on.

1. The Snake Stone  by Jason Goodwin
2. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
3. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
4. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
5. Writing Your Life by Lou Wilett Stanek
6. Sister Pelagia and The White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
7. Tales of a Female Nomad by Rita Golden Gelman
8. The Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet   Didn’t finish
   
9. Death of An Ordinary Man by Glen Duncan
10. The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr
11. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee
12. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
13. The Discomfort Zone, A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen
14. The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin
15. (SORTA) The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, read 99 pages and just couldn’t get into it!
16. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
17. The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
18. Secrets of a Freelance Writer, by Robert W. Bly
19. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
20. Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell
21. First Family by David Baldacci
22. Small Island by Andrea Levy
23. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
24. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
25. Revelation by C J Sansom
26. A Sonata for Miriam by Linda Olsson
27. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
28. The Diary of a Sex Fiend
29. Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
30. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson
31. In Fact; The Best of Creative Nonfiction, edited by Lee Gutkind
32. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
33. March Violets by Philip Kerr
34. The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte
35. Reading, Writing and Leaving Home by Lynn Freed
36. After Life by Rhian Ellis
37. Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson
38. Project Happily Ever After by Alisa Bowman