All the books I have read this year

So far I have read the following books in 2007:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
The Master by Colm Toíbín
The Light of Day by Graham Swift
The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
The Accidental by Ali Smith
The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Story of the Night by Colm Toíbín
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Silas Marner by George Eliot
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Jude The Obscure by Thomas Harding
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
White Noise by Don Delillo
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Tempest-Tost by Robertson Davies
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Child In Time by Ian McEwan
Où es-tu? by Marc Levy
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks
Everyman by Philip Roth
The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penny
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
La Prochaine Fois by Marc Levy
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Digging to America by Anne Tyler
El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
Stupeur et Tremblements by Amélie Nothomb
Regeneration by Pat Barker
The Sea by John Banville
The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Fair Play by Tove Jansson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Je Voudrais que Quelqu'un M'attende Quelque Part by Anna Gavalda
The Ghost Road by Pat Barker
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
L'Amant de la Chine du Nord by Marguerite Duras
Historia Universal de la Infamia by Jorge Luis Borges
Corazón Tan Blanco by Javier Marias


53 books in 3 different languages.

Books for 2007

I have been asked to publish the list of books I intend to read in 2007 in advance. So far I have a pile of books on my desk that I intend to read (and write about) on the next few months. Here they are in no particular order:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Master by Colm Tóibín

Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

The Passion by Jeanette Winterton

The Light of Day by Graham Swift

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Accidental by Ali Smith

The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

As you can see, the list is quite varied and mainly reflects my personal interest in contemporary literature. Mostly, I will be reading 20th and 21st century books although readers will find the occasional 19th century novels like Jane Eyre.

This list is not intended to be a suggestion - I would never suggest books I haven't read. It is merely some information I was asked to make public by one of you.

Happy 2007 and happy reading!

Looking back: 2006

These are the best books I've read since August this year:

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Hours by Micheal Cunnigham
Enduring Love, Saturday and Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
Howards End by E. M.Forster