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Saturday, January 1, 2011

LIST: Books Read in 2010

A Few Stats, and the List of the Year
total books read:  123
NF: 12             fiction: 112
library: 64

male: 53          female: 68
male & female team: 2


Countries of Authors:
Canada 31
United States 40
United Kingdom 28


Australia 4
Sweden, Italy 3
Brazil, Iceland, France, Pakistan, South Africa, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Japan, Nigeria, Finland: 1 or 2


My favorites are highlighted:
December
  • 123. Unless - Carol Shields
  • 122. The Man on the Balcony - Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo
  • 121. Earth, the book - Jon Stewart
  • 120. We Need to Talk About Kelvin - Marcus Chown
  • 119. King Leary - Paul Quarrington
  • 118. A Tiny Bit Marvellous - Dawn French
  • 117. Hardboiled & Hard Luck - Banana Yoshimoto
  • 116. Bound - Antonya Nelson
  • 115. Essex County (vol 1 &2) - Jeff Lemire
  • 114. What Child is This? - Caroline B Cooney
November
  • 113. Minding Frankie - Maeve Binchy
  • 112. Alone in the Crowd - Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
  • 111. What is Stephen Harper Reading? - Yann Martel
  • 110. Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
  • 109. The Mind's Eye - Oliver Sacks
  • 108. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvager
October
  • 107. Thirteen Hours - Deon Meyer
  • 106. Gretzky's Tears - Stephen Brunt
  • 105. The Murder Stone - Louise Penny
  • 104. Code Orange - Caroline B Cooney
  • 103. Fear the Worst - Linwood Barclay
  • 102. The Darkest Room - Johan Theorin
  • 101. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Winifred Watson
  • 100. You Comma Idiot - Doug Harris
  • 99. Room - Emma Donoghue
September
  • 98. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
  • 97. The Blue Castle - LM Montgomery
  • 96. Mini Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
  • 95. Barney's Version - Mordecai Richler
  • 94. Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
  • 93. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
  • 92. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams - Wayne Johnston
August
  • 91. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
  • 90. When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
  • 89. Feeling Sorry for Celia - Jaclyn Moriarty
  • 88. Blockade Billy - Stephen King
  • 87. Trespass - Rose Tremain
  • 86. Spies of the Balkans - Alan Furst
  • 85. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
  • 84. The Wings of the Sphinx - Andrea Camilleri
  • 83. The Silence of the Rain - Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
  • 82. Driving Over Lemons - Chris Stewart
  • 81. One Day - David Nicholls
  • 80. February - Lisa Moore
  • 79. Heart of the Matter - Emily Giffin
July
  • 78. The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
  • 77. What Was Lost - Catherine O'Flynn
  • 76. Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris
  • 75. The News Where You Are - Catherine O'Flynn
  • 74. Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
  • 73. The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
  • 72. Burnt Shadows - Kamila Shamsie
  • 71. August Heat - Andrea Camilleri
  • 70. Death in the Truffle Wood - Pierre Magnan
  • 69. Birds of a Feather - Jacqueline Winspear
  • 68. The Nobodies Album - Carolyn Parkhurst
  • 67. The Girls - Lori Lansens
  • 66. A Tangled Web - LM Montgomery
  • 65. Invincible Louisa - Cornelia Meggs
  • 64. Thimble Summer - Elizabeth Enright
June
  • 63. Caddie Woodlawn - Carol Ryrie Brink
  • 62. Tainted Blood (Jar City) - Arnaldur Indridason
  • 61. The Brontes Went to Woolworths - Rachel Ferguson
  • 60. A Little Yellow Dog - Walter Mosley
  • 59. The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
  • 58. The Cruellest Month - Louise Penny
  • 57. Truth - Peter Temple
  • 56. Motorcycles & Sweetgrass - Drew Hayden Taylor
May
  • 55. The Age of Persuasion - Terry O'Reilly & Mike Tennant
  • 54. Out Backward - Ross Raisin
  • 53. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
  • 52. The Tale of Hill Top Farm - Susan Wittig Albert
  • 51. Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh
  • 50. Generation A - Douglas Coupland
  • 49. The Rehearsal - Eleanor Catton
  • 48. Bethlehem Road - Anne Perry
  • 47. Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont - Elizabeth Taylor
  • 46. A Kid for Two Farthings - Wolf Mankowitz
April
  • 45. Every Last One - Anna Quindlan
  • 44. Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
  • 43. Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
  • 42. Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
  • 41. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
  • 40. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
  • 39. The Missing Ink - Karen E. Olson
  • 38. The Swimming Pool - Holly LeCraw
  • 37. Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff
  • 36. Zero - Diane Tullson
  • 35. Paper Towns - John Green
  • 34. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson
March
  • 33. The Paper Moon - Andrea Camilleri
  • 32. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
  • 31. The Green Mill Murder - Kerry Greenwood
  • 30. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
  • 29. The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris
  • 28. Through Black Spruce - Joseph Boyden
  • 27. La's Orchestra Saves the World - Alexander McCall Smith
  • 26. The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
  • 25. Blankets - Craig Thompson
  • 24. Broken For You - Stephanie Kallos
  • 23. Red Mandarin Dress - Qiu Xiaolong
  • 22. Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie
Februrary
  • 21. Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
  • 20. Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre
  • 19. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
  • 18. Nikolski - Nicolas Dickner
  • 17. Deloume Road - Matthew Hooton
  • 16. The Tenth Gift - Jane Johnson
  • 15. She Got Up Off the Couch - Haven Kimmel
  • 14. Nellie McClung - Charlotte Gray
  • 13. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
  • 12. Dead Cold - Louise Penny
  • 11. Why Shoot a Butler? - Georgette Heyer
 January
  • 10. The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald
  • 9. The Spellman Files - Lisa Lutz
  • 8. I am Morgan le Fay - Nancy Springer
  • 7. The Incident Report - Martha Baillie
  • 6. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley
  • Tales from Shakespeare - Marcia Williams
  • 5. Snow Angels - James Thompson
  • 4. Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • 3. Crossfire - Miyuki Miyabe
  • 2. Poppy Shakespeare - Clare Allan
  • 1. The Jade Peony - Wayson Choy

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