Inspired by 3m, I'm going to make some more summary lists of my 2007 reading. (I have made a list of lists to make, mwah ha ha). It turns out I read 14 nonfiction books this year, which is more than ten percent, and I wouldn't have thought I read that many. I must thank Joy for hosting the Nonfiction challenge from May to September, which inspired me to look for nonfiction books.Longitude - Dava Sobel
Dispatches from the Edge - Anderson Cooper
Istanbul - Orhan Pamuk
Night - Elie Wiesel
A Man Without a Country - Kurt Vonnegut
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell
So Many Books, So Little Time - Sara Nelson
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
Zlata's Diary - Zlata Filipovic
Galileo's Daughter - Dava Sobel
Other Colors - Orhan Pamuk
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman - Richard P Feynman
Hockey Dreams - David Adams Richards
I can't decide which was the best book. I can manage a top 3:
In Cold Blood Capote's masterpiece of murder in the midwest
Devil in the White City Larson ties up a serial killer and the Chicago World Fair
Istanbul Pamuk's memoir of a city and his life
I've never read In Cold Blood. I think I'm scared to since I grew up in the middle of nowhere on a farm!
ReplyDeleteI'll probably read Istanbul for the Nobel Project--at some point!
Oh, "In Cold Blood" was incredible. I really wasn't expecting to like it as well as I did. I'm glad I read that one too.
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read "In Cold Blood" as well. Th eonly one on your list that I've read is Hockey Dreams.
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I'm hoping that Joy hosts the nonfiction challenge again!! I missed it the first time.
ReplyDelete3M - it is really creepy, but so well written. The movie Capote covers most of the book.
ReplyDeletekookie - yeah, it kind of snuck up on me. I dont' know what I was expecting.
john - Rock on! Party now!
samantha - yes! Joy is a great one to host challenges.
I read In Cold Blood when it first came out, and was pretty scared. :<) Just saw the dvd this year and loved it. I actually wrote a blog entry on it, and if you are interested :<), here is the address:
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My husband has read Longitude and loved it, Devil in the White City and liked it, and his junior high class reads Night each year. I'm a big nonfiction fan, and think I will follow your example and divide my "bests" up into two lists this year. Thanks for the idea.