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In 2022 it will be five years since Rebecca (rebeccanyc) passed away. As many of you know, she was an active member here in Club Read and in some other groups here on LT. Her excellent taste in books, her willingness to share her love and enthusiasm for books with us, and her kind responses on our threads made her much loved by many. In the years that I have known her here at LT, she has left an indelible impression on me. And the fact that five years after her death I still think of her only underlines this.
As a tribute to her, I propose a plan to read all the books she still wanted to read with all her friends here at LT. I looked in her library and downloaded her Hope to read soon collection (which I suspect was her wish list) and listed it below. My suggestion is that this year we all try to read all the books on that list for her and post our comments (also) in this thread. I'm happy to check the books off. Of course, different participants can also read the same or more books. Or participants can also name books they have already read from this list.
I'm pretty sure Rebecca would have applauded any book activity and I'm also pretty sure if there's one way we can pay tribute to Rebecca, it's through us reading the list she had wanted to read. I hope you'll join me and read at least one book and preferably more. I will also invite her friends in other groups she actively participated in (75ers and Reading Globally) to join us. Because one thing you can be sure of: Rebecca had exceptionally good taste and read a wide variety of books, so there is probably something for everyone.
As a tribute to her, I propose a plan to read all the books she still wanted to read with all her friends here at LT. I looked in her library and downloaded her Hope to read soon collection (which I suspect was her wish list) and listed it below. My suggestion is that this year we all try to read all the books on that list for her and post our comments (also) in this thread. I'm happy to check the books off. Of course, different participants can also read the same or more books. Or participants can also name books they have already read from this list.
I'm pretty sure Rebecca would have applauded any book activity and I'm also pretty sure if there's one way we can pay tribute to Rebecca, it's through us reading the list she had wanted to read. I hope you'll join me and read at least one book and preferably more. I will also invite her friends in other groups she actively participated in (75ers and Reading Globally) to join us. Because one thing you can be sure of: Rebecca had exceptionally good taste and read a wide variety of books, so there is probably something for everyone.
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Book 1-100
1. Abasiyanik, Sait Faik. A Useless Man : Selected Stories - read by DieFledermaus
2. Abe, Kobo. Secret Rendezvous - read by pamelad
3. Ābele, Inga. High Tide - read by Dilara
4. Achebe, Chinua. A Man of the People - read by PaulCranswick, by SassyLassy
5. Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah - read by thorold, by FAMeulstee
6. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Americanah - read by Caroline_McElwee, by japaul22, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee, by cindydavid4
7. Agnon, S. Y.. A Book that Was Lost: and Other Stories - TBR by PaulCranswick
8. Agus, Milena. From the Land of the Moon - read by DieFledermaus
9. Ahamed, Liaquat. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World - read by PaulCranswick
10. Aidt, Naja Marie. Rock, Paper, Scissors - read by AlisonY
11. Aira, César. How I Became a Nun - read by DieFledermaus, by kidzdoc
12. Aira, César. The Seamstress and the Wind- TBR by avatiakh
13. Akpan, Uwem. Say You're One of Them - read by labfs39
14. Aleksievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster - read by pamelad, by FAMeulstee
15. Allen, Esther. The Man Between : Michael Henry Heim & a Life in Translation
16. Allen, Frederick Lewis. Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929-September 3, 1939 - read by pamelad
17. Alter, Robert. The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary - read by dchaikin
18. Amado, Jorge. Tieta
19. Amato, George. Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics
20. Amundsen, Roald. The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912 - read by thorold
21. Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
22. Anderson, Jessica. Tirra Lirra by the River - read by Caroline_McElwee- TBR by pamelad
23. Andrić, Ivo. The Slave Girl: and Other Stories about Women
24. Ang, Li. The Butcher's Wife (Peter Owen Modern Classics) - read by arubabookwoman
25. Anonymous. Beowulf : a new verse translation - read by Caroline_McElwee (Seamus Heaney trans), by WelshBookworm (in the original Anglo-Saxon and in translation), by laytonwoman3rd (multiple transl.), by DieFledermaus (a new verse transl.), by thorold (Heaney version and bits of the original), by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy (the Seamus Heaney translation)
26. Anonymous. The Mabinogion - read by WelshBookworm
27. Anonymous. The Song of Roland - read by Settings
28. Atta, Sefi. A Bit of Difference
29. Attlee, James. Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight
30. Babel, Isaac. The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
31. Baez, Fernando. A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
32. Bailey, Anthony. Vermeer: A View of Delft - read by Caroline_McElwee
33. Bainbridge, Beryl. According to Queeney - read by pamelad
34. Bainbridge, Beryl. Another Part of the Wood - read by edwinbcn - TBR by PaulCranswick
35. Bainbridge, Beryl. Injury Time - read by PaulCranswick
36. Bainbridge, Beryl. The Bottle Factory Outing - read by thorold
37. Bainbridge, Beryl. Winter Garden - read by Caroline_McElwee
38. Baingana, Doreen. Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe
39. Banerjee, Abhijit V.. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
40. Banville, John. Doctor Copernicus - read by SassyLassy - TBR by PaulCranswick
41. Basara, Svetislav. The Cyclist Conspiracy - read by DieFledermaus
42. Beard, Mary. Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
43. Beattie, Owen. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
44. Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad - read by labfs39, by SassyLassy
45. Beinecke, Frances. Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change
46. Bellos, Alex. Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion through the Astonishing World of Math - read by NanaCC, by wandering_star
47. Bellos, David. Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything - read by thorold
48. Bely, Andrey. Petersburg - read by PaulCranswick, by SassyLassy, by FAMeulstee
49. Benjamin, Arthur. The Magic of Math : Solving for x and Figuring Out Why
50. Bergelson, David. The End of Everything- TBR by avatiakh
51. Bernanos, Georges. Mouchette
52. Béroul. The Romance of Tristan; and The Tale of Tristan's Madness
53. Bhattacharya, Rahul. The Sly Company of People Who Care
54. Binding, Tim. A Perfect Execution - read by Caroline_McElwee, by SassyLassy
55. Bodor, Ádám. The Sinistra Zone
56. Bondurant, Matt. The Wettest County in the World
57. Borges, Jorge Luis. Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings - read by thorold, by tonikat
58. Bradbury, Malcolm. To the Hermitage - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
59. Brennan, Maeve. The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin
60. Broch, Hermann. The Sleepwalkers: A Trilogy - read by arubabookwoman
61. Brockman, Max. Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge
62. Brod, Max. Reubeni, Prince of the Jews: A Tale of the Renaissance
63. Bronsky, Alina. The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine - read by thorold
64. Brown, Frederick. Flaubert: A Biography
65. Browne, E. Janet. Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
66. Browne, E. Janet. Charles Darwin: Voyaging
67. Bruder, Edith. The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity
68. Bryce Echenique, Alfredo. A World for Julius - read by ELiz_M
69. Buarque, Chico. Spilt Milk
70. Budiansky, Stephen. The Nature of Horses : Exploring Equine Evolution, Intelligence, and Behavior
71. Bulgakov, Mikhail. Diaboliad and Other Stories
72. Bulgakov, Mikhail. Heart of a Dog - read by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy, by laytonwoman3rd- TBR by pamelad
73. Bulgakov, Mikhail. Notes on the Cuff & Other Stories
74. Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe - read by ELiz_M, by tonikat, by FAMeulstee
75. Cabrera Infante, G.. Three Trapped Tigers - read by pamelad
76. Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics - read by DieFledermaus
77. Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? - read by thorold
78. Camara, Laye. The Dark Child - read by ELiz_M
79. Camus, Albert. L'étranger - read by Trifolia, Caroline_McElwee, by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee, by tonikat, by SassyLassy
80. Canfield Jr., Cass. Masterworks of Latin American short fiction : Eight nNovellas
81. Cao Xueqin. The Story of the Stone, Volume I: The Golden Days - read by ELiz_M
82. Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two Pockets - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus
83. Čapek, Karel. Three Novels : Hordubal; Meteor; An Ordinary Life - read by pamelad
84. Cărtărescu, Mircea. Blinding: The Left Wing
85. Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by thorold- TBR by japaul22, by rhian_of_oz
86. Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Senselessness - read by DieFledermaus, by kidzdoc
87. Castellanos, Rosario. The Book of Lamentations- TBR by arubabookwoman
88. Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries - read by Trifolia, by lisapeet, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee
89. Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca. Genes, Peoples, and Languages
90. Chandra, Vikram. Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories - read by avatiakh
91. Chandra, Vikram. Red Earth and Pouring Rain - read by Dilara86
92. Chaucer, Geoffrey. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (selected): An Interlinear Translation - read by WelshBookworm, by laytonwoman3rd, by thorold, by cindydavid4
93. Chejfec, Sergio. My Two Worlds - read by PaulCranswick
94. Chejfec, Sergio. The Dark
95. Chejfec, Sergio. The Planets
96. Chekhov, Anton. A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire
97. Chekhov, Anton. Sakhalin Island - read by thorold
98. Chekhov, Anton. The Essential Tales of Chekhov - read by thorold- TBR by laytonwoman3rd
99. Cheney, Dorothy L.. Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
100. Cherchesov, Alan. Requiem for the Living
7. Agnon, S. Y.. A Book that Was Lost: and Other Stories - TBR by PaulCranswick
12. Aira, César. The Seamstress and the Wind- TBR by avatiakh
15. Allen, Esther. The Man Between : Michael Henry Heim & a Life in Translation
18. Amado, Jorge. Tieta
19. Amato, George. Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics
21. Anderson, Fred. Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766
23. Andrić, Ivo. The Slave Girl: and Other Stories about Women
28. Atta, Sefi. A Bit of Difference
29. Attlee, James. Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight
30. Babel, Isaac. The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
31. Baez, Fernando. A Universal History of the Destruction of Books: From Ancient Sumer to Modern Iraq
38. Baingana, Doreen. Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe
39. Banerjee, Abhijit V.. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
42. Beard, Mary. Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations
43. Beattie, Owen. Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
45. Beinecke, Frances. Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change
49. Benjamin, Arthur. The Magic of Math : Solving for x and Figuring Out Why
50. Bergelson, David. The End of Everything- TBR by avatiakh
51. Bernanos, Georges. Mouchette
52. Béroul. The Romance of Tristan; and The Tale of Tristan's Madness
53. Bhattacharya, Rahul. The Sly Company of People Who Care
55. Bodor, Ádám. The Sinistra Zone
56. Bondurant, Matt. The Wettest County in the World
59. Brennan, Maeve. The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin
61. Brockman, Max. Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge
62. Brod, Max. Reubeni, Prince of the Jews: A Tale of the Renaissance
64. Brown, Frederick. Flaubert: A Biography
65. Browne, E. Janet. Charles Darwin: The Power of Place
66. Browne, E. Janet. Charles Darwin: Voyaging
67. Bruder, Edith. The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity
69. Buarque, Chico. Spilt Milk
70. Budiansky, Stephen. The Nature of Horses : Exploring Equine Evolution, Intelligence, and Behavior
71. Bulgakov, Mikhail. Diaboliad and Other Stories
73. Bulgakov, Mikhail. Notes on the Cuff & Other Stories
80. Canfield Jr., Cass. Masterworks of Latin American short fiction : Eight nNovellas
84. Cărtărescu, Mircea. Blinding: The Left Wing
87. Castellanos, Rosario. The Book of Lamentations- TBR by arubabookwoman
89. Cavalli-Sforza, Luigi Luca. Genes, Peoples, and Languages
94. Chejfec, Sergio. The Dark
95. Chejfec, Sergio. The Planets
96. Chekhov, Anton. A Journey to the End of the Russian Empire
99. Cheney, Dorothy L.. Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
100. Cherchesov, Alan. Requiem for the Living
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Book 101-200
101. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World - TBR by SassyLassy
102. Chevillard, Eric. Prehistoric Times - read by kidzdoc
103. Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service - read by pamelad, by thorold, by FAMeulstee, by SassyLassy
104. Christensen, Clayton M.. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
105. Claus, Hugo. Wonder - read by kidzdoc- TBR by FAMeulstee
106. Coe, Michael D.. The Maya, 8th ed.
107. Cohen, Albert. Book of My Mother - read by kidzdoc
108. Cohen, Patricia Cline. The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth Century New York
109. Cohn, Norman. The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages, Revised and expanded edition - read by SassyLassy
110. Cokinos, Christopher. The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
111. Colley, Linda.. The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh : A Woman in World History - read by wandering_star
112. Collier, Paul. The Plundered Planet: Why We Must, and How We Can, Manage Nature for Global Prosperity
113. Collins, Wilkie. Hide and Seek - read by SassyLassy
114. Conquest, Robert. The Great Terror: A Reassessment - read by SassyLassy
115. Coover, Robert. The Origin of the Brunists - read by SassyLassy
116. Cortázar, Julio. From the Observatory - read by kidzdoc
117. Couperus, Louis. Eline Vere: A Novel of The Hague - read by Trifolia, Caroline_McElwee, by thorold, by FAMeulstee
118. Couto, Mia. The Tuner of Silences - read by kidzdoc - TBR by japaul22
119. Crane, Peter R.. Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot - TBR by SassyLassy?
120. Currey, Mason. Daily Rituals : How Artists Work- TBR by arubabookwoman
121. da Cunha, Euclides. Rebellion in the Backlands
122. Danticat, Edwidge. Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work - read by kidzdoc
123. Darío, Rubén. Selected Writings
124. Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life - read by lisapeet
125. Darwīsh, Maḥmoud. Journal of an Ordinary Grief
126. Darwīsh, Maḥmūd. In the Presence of Absence - read by kidzdoc
127. Davies, Peter. The Fairies Return: or, New Tales for Old
128. Davies, Robertson. The Cunning Man - read by SassyLassy - TBR by thorold
129. Davis, Mike. Planet of Slums - read by SassyLassy
130. de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
131. de Lorris, Guillaume. The Romance of the Rose
132. de Loyola Brandão, Ignácio. Zero
133. de Nerval, Gérard. The Salt Smugglers - read by kidzdoc
134. de Ségur, Philippe-Paul. Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign - TBR by SassyLassy
135. del Paso, Fernando. Palinuro of Mexico
136. DeLay, Brian. War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War
137. Demick, Barbara. Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street - read by labfs39
138. Dennys, Joyce. Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942 - read by pamelad, laytonwoman3rd
139. Denon, Vivant. No Tomorrow - read by DieFledermaus
140. Déry, Tibor. Niki: The Story of a Dog - read by DieFledermaus
141. Deutscher, Guy. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages - read by Bragan
142. Di Benedetto, Antonio. Zama
143. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - read by ELiz_M, by kidzdoc
144. Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities - read by WelshBookworm, by pamelad, by laytonwoman3rd, by japaul22, by thorold, by cindydavid4, by tonikat, by SassyLassy
145. Dikötter, Frank. Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 - read by SassyLassy
146. Dillard, Annie. Three by Annie Dillard - read by laytonwoman3rd
147. Dirda, Michael. On Conan Doyle, or, The Whole Art of Storytelling
148. Doctorow, E. L.. Creationists: Selected Essays - read by dchaikin
149. Doerries, Bryan. The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
150. Donoso, José. The Obscene Bird of Night - read by kidzdoc- TBR by FAMeulstee?
151. Douglas, Ann. Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s
152. Dovlatov, Sergei. The Zone : A Prison Camp Guard's Story
153. Dowden, Stephen D.. A Companion to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
154. Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud. Thirst
155. Drakulić, Slavenka. Two Underdogs and a Cat : three reflections on communism
156. Dudman, Clare. One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead - read by Linda92007
157. Duras, Marguerite. The Lover - read by pamelad, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy
158. Duras, Marguerite. Yann Andréa Steiner
159. Eagleman, David. Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives - read by Caroline_McElwee
160. Eco, Umberto. The Prague Cemetery - read by Caroline_McElwee
161. Edelman, Gerald M.. Wider than the Sky : The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
162. Edlow, Jonathan A.. The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories - read by arubabookwoman
163. Ehle, John. The Land Breakers - read by japaul22, by SassyLassy
164. Ehrenburg, Ilya. The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry
165. Eliach, Yaffa. There Once Was a World: A Nine-Hundred-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok- TBR by laytonwoman3rd
166. Elkins, James. What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting Using the Language of Alchemy
167. Emecheta, Buchi. The Joys of Motherhood - read by DieFledermaus
168. Emmerson, Charles. The Future History of the Arctic
169. Énard, Mathias. Street of Thieves - read by thorold
170. Epstein, Edward Jay. The Annals of Unsolved Crime
171. Farmer, Paul. Haiti after the Earthquake
172. Farmer, Paul. Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues - read by kidzdoc
173. Farmer, Paul. Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader
174. Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War- TBR by laytonwoman3rd
175. Fenyvesi, Charles. When the World Was Whole: Three Centuries of Memories
176. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor - read by thorold
177. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese - read by Caroline_McElwee, by thorold, by FAMeulstee, by cindydavid4, by tonikat
178. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece - read by thorold, by cindydavid4, by tonikat
179. Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend - read by Trifolia, by WelshBookworm, by thorold, by FAMeulstee
180. Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka
181. Finley, M. I.. The World of Odysseus - TBR by WelshBookworm
182. Firestein, Stuart. Ignorance: How It Drives Science - read by Bragan
183. Fisher, M. F. K.. How To Cook a Wolf - read by lisapeet, by laytonwoman3rd
184. Fishman, Charles. The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water - TBR by cindydavid4
185. Flannery, Tim F.. The Eternal Frontier : An Ecological History of North America and its peoples
186. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary - read by Caroline_McElwee, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by FAMeulstee, by SassyLassy
187. Foner, Eric. The Story of American freedom
188. Forster, E. M.. Aspects of the Novel - read by pamelad, by thorold - TBR by Caroline_McElwee
189. Foster (ed.), David R.. Forests in Time : The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 years of Change in New England
190. Foster, Thomas C. How To Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide To Reading between the Lines - read by Trifolia
191. Fowles, John. The Tree - read by thorold
192. Fox, Paula. News from the World: Stories and Essays
193. Frazier, Ian. Family
194. Fumaroli, Marc. When the World Spoke French - TBR by SassyLassy
195. Fussell, Paul. The Great War and Modern Memory - read by Nickelini
196. Gadda, Carlo Emilio. That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana - read by thorold
197. Galeano, Eduardo. Century of the Wind - read by ELiz_M
198. Galeano, Eduardo. Faces and Masks - read by ELiz_M
199. Galeano, Eduardo H.. Genesis - read by ELiz_M
200. Galsan Tschinag. The Blue Sky, - read by pamelad, by labfs39 - TBR by PaulCranswick
101. Cherry-Garrard, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World - TBR by SassyLassy
104. Christensen, Clayton M.. The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth
106. Coe, Michael D.. The Maya, 8th ed.
108. Cohen, Patricia Cline. The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth Century New York
110. Cokinos, Christopher. The Fallen Sky: An Intimate History of Shooting Stars
112. Collier, Paul. The Plundered Planet: Why We Must, and How We Can, Manage Nature for Global Prosperity
119. Crane, Peter R.. Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot - TBR by SassyLassy?
120. Currey, Mason. Daily Rituals : How Artists Work- TBR by arubabookwoman
121. da Cunha, Euclides. Rebellion in the Backlands
123. Darío, Rubén. Selected Writings
125. Darwīsh, Maḥmoud. Journal of an Ordinary Grief
127. Davies, Peter. The Fairies Return: or, New Tales for Old
131. de Lorris, Guillaume. The Romance of the Rose
132. de Loyola Brandão, Ignácio. Zero
134. de Ségur, Philippe-Paul. Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign - TBR by SassyLassy
135. del Paso, Fernando. Palinuro of Mexico
136. DeLay, Brian. War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War
142. Di Benedetto, Antonio. Zama
147. Dirda, Michael. On Conan Doyle, or, The Whole Art of Storytelling
149. Doerries, Bryan. The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today
151. Douglas, Ann. Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s
152. Dovlatov, Sergei. The Zone : A Prison Camp Guard's Story
153. Dowden, Stephen D.. A Companion to Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
154. Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud. Thirst
155. Drakulić, Slavenka. Two Underdogs and a Cat : three reflections on communism
158. Duras, Marguerite. Yann Andréa Steiner
161. Edelman, Gerald M.. Wider than the Sky : The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness
164. Ehrenburg, Ilya. The Complete Black Book of Russian Jewry
165. Eliach, Yaffa. There Once Was a World: A Nine-Hundred-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok- TBR by laytonwoman3rd
166. Elkins, James. What Painting Is: How to Think about Oil Painting Using the Language of Alchemy
168. Emmerson, Charles. The Future History of the Arctic
170. Epstein, Edward Jay. The Annals of Unsolved Crime
171. Farmer, Paul. Haiti after the Earthquake
173. Farmer, Paul. Partner to the Poor: A Paul Farmer Reader
174. Faust, Drew Gilpin. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War- TBR by laytonwoman3rd
175. Fenyvesi, Charles. When the World Was Whole: Three Centuries of Memories
180. Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka
181. Finley, M. I.. The World of Odysseus - TBR by WelshBookworm
184. Fishman, Charles. The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water - TBR by cindydavid4
185. Flannery, Tim F.. The Eternal Frontier : An Ecological History of North America and its peoples
187. Foner, Eric. The Story of American freedom
189. Foster (ed.), David R.. Forests in Time : The Environmental Consequences of 1,000 years of Change in New England
192. Fox, Paula. News from the World: Stories and Essays
193. Frazier, Ian. Family
194. Fumaroli, Marc. When the World Spoke French - TBR by SassyLassy
4Trifolia
Book 201-300
201. Garfield, Simon. Just My Type: A Book about Fonts - read by thorold
202. Garvey, Mark. Stylize : A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style
203. Gellhorn, Martha. The View from the Ground - read by pamelad, by laytonwoman3rd
204. Gelman, Juan. Dark Times Filled with Light: The Selected Work of Juan Gelman
205. Ghosh, Amitav. In an Antique Land - read by laytonwoman3rd, by cindydavid4
206. Gibbons, Stella. Westwood, or The Gentle Powers
207. Gibler, John. Mexico Unconquered : Chronicles of Power and Revolt
208. Gilliatt, Penelope. A State of Change - TBR by PaulCranswick
209. Glantz, Margo. The Wake
210. Glassie, John. A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
211. Glatstein, Jacob. The Glatstein Chronicles
212. Gleeson-White, Jane. Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works - read by pamelad
213. Godden, Rumer. The Greengage Summer - read by arubabookwoman, by PaulCranswick, by SassyLassy
214. Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls - read by Trifolia, by DieFledermaus
215. Gogol, Nikolai. Taras Bulba - read by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy, by labfs39
216. Gogol, Nikolai. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol - read by ELiz_M
217. Goldberger, Paul. Why Architecture Matters
218. Goldstein, Daniel B.. Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish history
219. Gombrowicz, Witold. Bacacay
220. Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke - read by ELiz_M
221. Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy
222. Goossen, Theodore W.. The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories
223. Gopnik, Adam. Winter: Five Windows on the Season
224. Gopnik, Alison. The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us about Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life - read by WelshBookworm
225. Gordon, Jaimy. Shamp of the City-Solo
226. Gospodinov, Georgi. The Physics of Sorrow - read by AnnieMod, by DieFledermaus
227. Gotthelf, Jeremias. The Black Spider - read by DieFledermaus
228. Gracq, Julien. A Dark Stranger
229. Grenville, Kate. The Lieutenant - read by arubabookwoman - TBR by PaulCranswick
230. Gribbin, Mary. Flower Hunters - read by SassyLassy
231. Grimm, Jacob. Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm - read by WelshBookworm
232. Grossman, Edith. Why Translation Matters - read by kidzdoc
233. Grunberg, Arnon. Tirza - read by Trifolia, by FAMeulstee
234. Gruša, Jiří. The Questionnaire, or Prayer for a Town & a Friend - read by DieFledermaus
235. Grushin, Olga. The Dream Life of Sukhanov - read by DieFledermaus
236. Gur, Batya. Murder in Jerusalem - read bylaytonwoman3rd
237. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Desertion - read by kidzdoc
238. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Paradise - read by thorold, by kidzdoc - TBR by japaul22
239. Gutiérrez, Pedro Juan. Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories - read by ELiz_M - TBR by SassyLassy
240. Haddad, Hubert. Rochester Knockings : A Novel of the Fox Sisters
241. Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire
242. Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd - read by AlisonY, by pamelad, by laytonwoman3rd, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by FAMeulstee, by SassyLassy
243. Hareven, Gail. Lies, First Person
244. Hartley, L. P.. The Hireling - TBR by PaulCranswick
245. Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war - read by pamelad, by thorold, by FAMeulstee - TBR by SassyLassy
246. Hawkes, G. W.. Surveyor - read by laytonwoman3rd
247. Heather, Peter. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
248. Hemming, John. Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
249. Hemon, Aleksandar. Best European Fiction 2010 - read by pamelad
250. Henderson, Gretchen E.. The House Enters the Street
251. Higgins, Aidan. Balcony of Europe
252. Hoffman, David E.. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
253. Hoffman, Eva. Time
254. Horne, Alistair.. A Savage War of Peace : Algeria, 1954-1962 - read by kidzdoc - TBR by SassyLassy
255. Hrabal, Bohumil. Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age - read by labfs39
256. Hrabal, Bohumil. I Served the King of England - read by DieFledermaus, by thorold
257. Hua, Yu. Brothers: A Novel - read by Dilara86, by arubabookwoman, by SassyLassy - TBR by PaulCranswick
258. Hugo, Victor. The Last Day of a Condemned Man - TBR by PaulCranswick
259. Hustvedt, Siri. The Blazing World - read by japaul22, by thorold
260. Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point - read by pamelad, by thorold, by SassyLassy
261. Igov, Angel. A Short Tale of Shame - read by AnnieMod
262. Irwin, Robert. The Alhambra - TBR by wandering_star
263. Jacoby, Karl. Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
264. James, Bill. Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence
265. James, C. L. R.. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution - read by thorold
266. James, Clive. Cultural amnesia : necessary memories from history and the arts
267. James, P. D.. Talking about Detective Fiction - read by laytonwoman3rd
268. Jamie, Kathleen. Findings - read by PaulCranswick, by tonikat
269. Jančar, Drago. The Galley Slave
270. Jaramillo Levi, Enrique. Duplications and Other Stories
271. Jergović, Miljenko. Mama Leone
272. Jergović, Miljenko. Sarajevo Marlboro - read by Dilara86
273. Jiles, Paulette. News of the World - read by WelshBookworm, by cindydavid4
274. Johnson, Denis. The Name of the World - TBR by SassyLassy?
275. Josipovici, Gabriel. What Ever Happened to Modernism?
276. Judt, Tony. Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on our Present Discontents
277. Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 - TBR by PaulCranswick
278. Kalman, Maira. And the Pursuit of Happiness
279. Kamen, Henry. The Escorial: Art and power in the Renaissance
280. Kamenetz, Rodger. Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
281. Kaniuk, Yoram. Life on Sandpaper
282. Karabashliev, Zachary. 18% Gray - read by AnnieMod
283. Kästner, Erich. Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist - read by thorold, by kidzdoc
284. Keene, Donald. The Pleasures of Japanese Literature - read by kidzdoc
285. Khouri, Elias. As Though She Were Sleeping - read by kidzdoc
286. Khoury, Elias. White Masks - read by labfs39
287. Kidder, Tracy. Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction - read by Linda92007
288. King, Charles. Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams - TBR by SassyLassy
289. King, Gilbert. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America - read by arubabookwoman - TBR by japaul22
290. Kiš, Danilo. The Attic
291. Kiš, Danilo. The Encyclopedia of the Dead - read by DieFledermaus, by thorold
292. Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars
293. Klima, Ivan. Judge On Trial - read by pamelad
294. Klima, Ivan. Lovers for a Day: New and Collected Stories on Love
295. Knausgaard, Karl O.. A Time for Everything - read by dchaikin
296. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book 1: A Death in the Family - read by AlisonY, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee
297. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love - read by AlisonY, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee
298. Koerner, David. Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
299. Kolbert, Elizabeth. The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic - TBR by wandering_star, by arubabookwoman
300. Konrád, George. The Case Worker - read by ELiz_M
202. Garvey, Mark. Stylize : A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White's The Elements of Style
204. Gelman, Juan. Dark Times Filled with Light: The Selected Work of Juan Gelman
206. Gibbons, Stella. Westwood, or The Gentle Powers
207. Gibler, John. Mexico Unconquered : Chronicles of Power and Revolt
208. Gilliatt, Penelope. A State of Change - TBR by PaulCranswick
209. Glantz, Margo. The Wake
210. Glassie, John. A Man of Misconceptions: The Life of an Eccentric in an Age of Change
211. Glatstein, Jacob. The Glatstein Chronicles
217. Goldberger, Paul. Why Architecture Matters
218. Goldstein, Daniel B.. Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish history
219. Gombrowicz, Witold. Bacacay
222. Goossen, Theodore W.. The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories
223. Gopnik, Adam. Winter: Five Windows on the Season
225. Gordon, Jaimy. Shamp of the City-Solo
228. Gracq, Julien. A Dark Stranger
240. Haddad, Hubert. Rochester Knockings : A Novel of the Fox Sisters
241. Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire
243. Hareven, Gail. Lies, First Person
244. Hartley, L. P.. The Hireling - TBR by PaulCranswick
247. Heather, Peter. The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians
248. Hemming, John. Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon
250. Henderson, Gretchen E.. The House Enters the Street
251. Higgins, Aidan. Balcony of Europe
252. Hoffman, David E.. The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
253. Hoffman, Eva. Time
258. Hugo, Victor. The Last Day of a Condemned Man - TBR by PaulCranswick
262. Irwin, Robert. The Alhambra - TBR by wandering_star
263. Jacoby, Karl. Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
264. James, Bill. Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence
266. James, Clive. Cultural amnesia : necessary memories from history and the arts
269. Jančar, Drago. The Galley Slave
270. Jaramillo Levi, Enrique. Duplications and Other Stories
271. Jergović, Miljenko. Mama Leone
274. Johnson, Denis. The Name of the World - TBR by SassyLassy?
275. Josipovici, Gabriel. What Ever Happened to Modernism?
276. Judt, Tony. Ill Fares the Land: A Treatise on our Present Discontents
277. Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 - TBR by PaulCranswick
278. Kalman, Maira. And the Pursuit of Happiness
279. Kamen, Henry. The Escorial: Art and power in the Renaissance
280. Kamenetz, Rodger. Burnt Books: Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
281. Kaniuk, Yoram. Life on Sandpaper
288. King, Charles. Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams - TBR by SassyLassy
290. Kiš, Danilo. The Attic
292. Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars
294. Klima, Ivan. Lovers for a Day: New and Collected Stories on Love
298. Koerner, David. Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
299. Kolbert, Elizabeth. The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic - TBR by wandering_star, by arubabookwoman
5Trifolia
Book 301-400
301. Konwicki, Tadeusz. The Polish Complex - read by DieFledermaus
302. Kopperud, Gunnar. The Time of Light - read by arubabookwoman
303. Kourouma, Ahmadou. Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote - read by kidzdoc
304. Kpomassie, Tété-Michel. An African in Greenland - read by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by kidzdoc - TBR by SassyLassy
305. Kraf, Elaine. The Princess of 72nd Street
306. Krasznahorkai, László. Satantango - read by Caroline_McElwee
307. Krasznahorkai, László. Seiobo There Below
308. Krasznahorkai, László. The Melancholy of Resistance - read by FAMeulstee
309. Kroodsma, Donald E.. Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds
310. Kroodsma, Donald E.. The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong >>> Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist - TBR by karspeak
311. Kropotkin, Peter. In Russian and French Prisons - read by SassyLassy
312. Kross, Jaan. The Czar's Madman - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
313. Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund. Memories of the Future - read by DieFledermaus - TBR by SassyLassy314. Kuznetsov, Anatoli. Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel; New, Complete, Uncensored Version - read by SassyLassy
315. Kyomuhendo, Goretti. Waiting - read by Eliz_M
316. Laâbi, Abdellatif. The Rule of Barbarism
317. Labbé, Carlos. Navidad & Matanza - read by kidzdoc
318. Lakhous, Amara. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by kidzdoc
319. Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by FAMeulstee
320. Lao She. Camel Xiangzi - read by arubabookwoman - TBR by SassyLassy
321. Lathrop Jr., Richard G.. The Highlands: Critical Resources, Treasured Landscapes
322. Lazarus, Arnold A.. In the Mind's Eye: The Power of Imagery for Personal Enrichment
323. le Carré, John. The Little Drummer Girl - read by Caroline_McElwee, by thorold, by SassyLassy
324. Lehrer, Jonah. Proust was a Neuroscientist
325. Leigh Fermor, Patrick. The Traveller's Tree: A Journey through the Caribbean Islands - read by cindydavid4
326. Leigh, Julia. Disquiet - read by Settings
327. Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
328. Lepore, Jill. The Secret History of Wonder Woman - read by dchaikin - TBR by cindydavid4
329. Leskov, Nikolai. The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories - read by ELiz_M?
330. Levi-Strauss, Claude. Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
331. Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World
332. Lezama Lima, José. Paradiso- TBR by arubabookwoman
333. Lind, Jakov. Soul of Wood
334. Lindqvist, Sven. "Exterminate All the Brutes"
335. Loeb Classical Library. A Loeb Classical Library Reader
336. Louv, Richard.. Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder - read by cindydavid4
337. Ma, Jian. The noodle maker - read by SassyLassy - TBR by PaulCranswick
338. Machado de Assis. The Alienist - read by kidzdoc, by cindydavid4
339. Madden, Deirdre. The Birds of the Innocent Wood - TBR by wandering_star
340. Magris, Claudio. Danube - TBR by PaulCranswick
341. Mak, Geert. In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century - read by thorold, Caroline_McElwee, by FAMeulstee
342. Malcolm, Janet. In the Freud Archives - read by DieFledermaus
343. Manea, Norman. The Lair
344. Manguel, Alberto. The library at Night - read by Caroline_McElwee
345. Mannes, Elena. The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song
346. Marable, Manning. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention - read by kidzdoc
347. Marai, Sandor. Embers - read by Caroline_McElwee, by pamelad, by laytonwoman3rd, by DieFledermaus, by cindydavid4
348. March, Jenny. The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
349. Marías, Javier. All Souls - read by thorold
350. Marías, Javier. Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me - read by DieFledermaus, by thorold
351. Marie de France. The Lais of Marie de France - read by Settings
352. Marinković, Ranko. Cyclops
353. Martin, Simon. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya, 2nd ed.
354. Matthiessen, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord - read by lisapeet
355. Matthiessen, Peter. Bone by Bone
356. Matthiessen, Peter. Killing Mister Watson- TBR by arubabookwoman
357. Matthiessen, Peter. Lost Man's River
358. McCann, Colum. Dancer - read by Linda92007
359. McCann, Colum. This Side of Brightness - read by Linda92007 - TBR by PaulCranswick
360. McCann, Colum. Zoli - TBR by PaulCranswick
361. McCarthy, Dennis. Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Pplant Distributions Revolutionized Our Biews of Life and Earth
362. McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is aLonely Hunter - read by Caroline_McElwee, by AlisonY, by lisapeet, by pamelad, by laytonwoman3rd, by kidzdoc, by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy
363. McKelway, St. Clair. Reporting at Wit's End: Tales from The New Yorker
364. Mendelsund, Peter. What We See When We Read: A Phenomenology - read by labfs39
365. Mengestu, Dinaw. How to read the air - read by kidzdoc
366. Mercier, Pascal. Night Train to Lisbon - read by pamelad, by thorold, by cindydavid4
367. Meyer, G. J.. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914-1918
368. Michalopoulou, Amanda. Why I Killed My Best Friend
369. Michon, Pierre. The Eleven - read by kidzdoc, by SassyLassy
370. Miles, Valerie. A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction
371. Miller, Larissa. Dim and Distant Days
372. Miłosz, Czesław. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
373. Miłosz, Czesław. The Captive Mind - TBR by PaulCranswick, by tonikat
374. Mishra, Pankaj. From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia - TBR by wandering_star
375. Mo Yan. The Garlic Ballads - read by labfs39, by SassyLassy
376. Mochulsky, Fyodor Vasilevich. Gulag Boss: A Soviet Memoir
377. Mokeddem, Malika. Of Dreams and Assassins
378. Monzó, Quim. A Thousand Morons - read by kidzdoc
379. Monzó, Quim. Guadalajara - read by kidzdoc
380. Moore, Brian. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne - read by Caroline_McElwee, by japaul22, by SassyLassy
381. Moore, Brian. The Temptation of Eileen Hughes - read by Caroline_McElwee
382. Morris, Craig. The Incas
383. Mosbahi, Hassouna. A Tunisian Tale
384. Mosley, Charlotte. The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
385. Mozzi, Giulio. This Is the Garden
386. Munro, Alice. The Love of a Good woman: Stories - read by Nickelini - TBR by wandering_star
387. Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans - read by Trifolia, by FAMeulstee
388. Myśliwski, Wiesław. Stone upon Stone - read by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee
389. Nadler, Steven. Rembrandt's Jews
390. Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind
391. Natsume, Sōseki. And Then - TBR by PaulCranswick
392. Neuman, Andrés. The Things We Don't Do
393. Neuman, Andrés. Traveler of the Century - read by thorold
394. Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo. The Black Hermit
395. Nguyen, Kien. Le Colonial
396. Norwid, Cyprian. Poems
397. Nthunya, Mpho 'M'atsepo. Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman
398. O'Brien, Edna. The Country Girls - read by Caroline_McElwee, by laytonwoman3rd
399. O'Brien, Flann. At Swim-Two-Birds - read by thorold
400. O'Brien, Flann. The Third Policeman - read by thorold
305. Kraf, Elaine. The Princess of 72nd Street
307. Krasznahorkai, László. Seiobo There Below
309. Kroodsma, Donald E.. Birdsong by the Seasons: A Year of Listening to Birds
310. Kroodsma, Donald E.. The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong >>> Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist - TBR by karspeak
316. Laâbi, Abdellatif. The Rule of Barbarism
321. Lathrop Jr., Richard G.. The Highlands: Critical Resources, Treasured Landscapes
322. Lazarus, Arnold A.. In the Mind's Eye: The Power of Imagery for Personal Enrichment
324. Lehrer, Jonah. Proust was a Neuroscientist
327. Lepore, Jill. The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity
330. Levi-Strauss, Claude. Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
331. Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World
332. Lezama Lima, José. Paradiso- TBR by arubabookwoman
333. Lind, Jakov. Soul of Wood
334. Lindqvist, Sven. "Exterminate All the Brutes"
335. Loeb Classical Library. A Loeb Classical Library Reader
339. Madden, Deirdre. The Birds of the Innocent Wood - TBR by wandering_star
340. Magris, Claudio. Danube - TBR by PaulCranswick
343. Manea, Norman. The Lair
345. Mannes, Elena. The Power of Music: Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song
348. March, Jenny. The Penguin Book of Classical Myths
352. Marinković, Ranko. Cyclops
353. Martin, Simon. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya, 2nd ed.
355. Matthiessen, Peter. Bone by Bone
356. Matthiessen, Peter. Killing Mister Watson- TBR by arubabookwoman
357. Matthiessen, Peter. Lost Man's River
360. McCann, Colum. Zoli - TBR by PaulCranswick
361. McCarthy, Dennis. Here Be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Pplant Distributions Revolutionized Our Biews of Life and Earth
363. McKelway, St. Clair. Reporting at Wit's End: Tales from The New Yorker
367. Meyer, G. J.. A World Undone: The Story of the Great War, 1914-1918
368. Michalopoulou, Amanda. Why I Killed My Best Friend
370. Miles, Valerie. A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction
371. Miller, Larissa. Dim and Distant Days
372. Miłosz, Czesław. A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
373. Miłosz, Czesław. The Captive Mind - TBR by PaulCranswick, by tonikat
374. Mishra, Pankaj. From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia - TBR by wandering_star
376. Mochulsky, Fyodor Vasilevich. Gulag Boss: A Soviet Memoir
377. Mokeddem, Malika. Of Dreams and Assassins
382. Morris, Craig. The Incas
383. Mosbahi, Hassouna. A Tunisian Tale
384. Mosley, Charlotte. The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters
385. Mozzi, Giulio. This Is the Garden
389. Nadler, Steven. Rembrandt's Jews
390. Nash, Roderick. Wilderness and the American Mind
391. Natsume, Sōseki. And Then - TBR by PaulCranswick
392. Neuman, Andrés. The Things We Don't Do
394. Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo. The Black Hermit
395. Nguyen, Kien. Le Colonial
396. Norwid, Cyprian. Poems
397. Nthunya, Mpho 'M'atsepo. Singing Away the Hunger: The Autobiography of an African Woman
6Trifolia
Book 401-500
401. O'Connor, Flannery. Wise Blood - read by laytonwoman3rd, by japaul22, by kidzdoc
402. Ojaide, Tanure. Stars of the Long Night
403. Onetti, Juan Carlos. A Brief Life - read by baswood
404. Oppenheimer, Judy. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson - read by pamelad
405. Orr, David W.. Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse
406. Ouředník, Patrik. Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century - read by DieFledermaus
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle - read by AnnieMod, by FAMeulstee - TBR by PaulCranswick
408. Pastoureau, Michel. The Bear: History of a Fallen King
409. Pavić, Milorad. Dictionary of the Khazars (F): a lexicon novel in 100,000 words - read by ELiz_M
410. Pavlov, Oleg. Captain of the Steppe - read by SassyLassy
411. Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Fingerpost- read by Trifolia, by DieFledermaus, by cindydavid4
412. Pearson, Richard. Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity
413. Penny, Louise. Still Life - read by laytonwoman3rd
414. Perutz, Leo. Leonardo's Judas - read by DieFledermaus
415. Perutz, Leo. The Master of the Day of Judgment - read by DieFledermaus
416. Pilch, Jerzy. My First Suicide
417. Poe, Edgar Allan. Great Tales and Poems - read by Settings
418. Pollock, Lindsay. The Girl with the Gallery: Edith Gregor Halpert and the making of the Modern Art Market - read by japaul22
419. Porter, Katherine Anne. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter - read by lisapeet
420. Poulin, Jacques. Mister Blue - read by labfs39, by kidzdoc, by SassyLassy
421. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Footsteps
422. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. House of Glass
423. Pritchard, Evan. Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
424. Prose, Francine. Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles
425. Prose, Francine. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 - read by lisapeet
426. Prus, Bolesław. The Doll - read by DieFledermaus, by FAMeulstee
427. Queirós, Eça de. The City and the Mountains - read by DieFledermaus
428. Radiguet, Raymond. The Devil in the Flesh - read by ELiz_M, by SassyLassy
429. Rankin, Ian. Dead Souls - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
430. Rankin, Ian. Set in Darkness - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
431. Rankin, Ian. The Hanging Garden - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
432. Read, Herbert. The Green Child - read by cindydavid4
433. Redniss, Lauren. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout - read by labfs39
434. Rees, Siân. The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts - read by SassyLassy
435. Reinhart, Carmen M.. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
436. Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front - read by pamelad, by thorold, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee, by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy
437. Rexroth, Kenneth. Classics Revisited
438. Rhodes, Richard. John James Audubon: The Making of an American (Vintage)
439. Ribeyro, Julio Ramón. Chronicle of San Gabriel
440. Rilke, Rainer Maria. Auguste Rodin
441. Ritsos, Giannēs. Diaries of Exile
442. Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio. I, the Supreme - TBR by thorold
443. Roberts, David. Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars
444. Roberts, Paul. The End of Oil : On the Edge of a Perilous New World
445. Rodoreda, Mercè. War, So Much War
446. Romer, Stephen. French Decadent Tales - read by DieFledermaus
447. Ross, Alex. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century - read by DieFledermaus
448. Rotem, Śimḥa. Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto fighter: The Past within Me - read by avatiakh
449. Roth, Joseph. The Antichrist
450. Roth, Joseph. The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth
451. Roth, Joseph. One Hundred Days - read by FAMeulstee
452. Roth, Joseph. The Wandering Jews - read by SassyLassy
453. Roth, Philip. Zuckerman Bound : The Ghost Writer, Zuckerman Unbound, the Anatomy Lesson, Epilogue : The Prague Orgy - read by Caroline_McElwee
454. Rovelli, Carlo. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics - read by FAMeulstee
455. Rufin, Jean-Christophe. The Abyssinian- TBR by avatiakh
456. Rufin, Jean-Christophe. The Siege of Isfahan- TBR by avatiakh
457. Rulfo, Juan. The Burning Plain and Other Stories - read by ELiz_M
458. Ruskov, Milen. Thrown into Nature - read by AnnieMod
459. Rutkow, Eric. American Canopy: The Role of Trees in the Shaping of a Nation - read by karspeak
460. Rybczynski, Witold. A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century - read by SassyLassy
461. Rynell, Elisabeth. To Mervas - read by kidzdoc
462. Rytkhėu, Yuri. The Chukchi Bible - read by Dilara86
463. Saer, Juan José. La Grande
464. Saer, Juan José. The One Before
465. Saer, Juan José. The Witness - read by ELiz_M
466. Salter, James. The Art of Fiction
467. Sand, Shlomo. The Invention of the Jewish people
468. Sandweiss, Martha A.. Print the Legend: Photography and the American West
469. Sansal, Boualem. The German Mujahid - read by labfs39, by kidzdoc, by FAMeulstee
470. Saramago, José. Baltasar and Blimunda - read by thorold - CBR by SassyLassy
471. Saramago, José. Death with Interruptions - read by DieFledermaus, by kidzdoc
472. Saramago, José. The Stone Raft - read by thorold, by kidzdoc
473. Saramago, José. The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis - read by thorold, by kidzdoc
474. Sarduy, Severo. Firefly
475. Sarrazin, Albertine. The Runaway
476. Scarry, Elaine. Thinking in an Emergency
477. Schalansky, Judith. Atlas of Remote Islands: Fifty Islands I Have Never Set Foot On and Never Will - read by Nickelini
478. Schama, Simon. Landscape And Memory - read by thorold - CBR by SassyLassy
479. Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age - read by thorold, by FAMeulstee
480. Schele, Linda. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
481. Schlögel, Karl. Moscow, 1937
482. Schreiner, Olive. The Story of an African Farm - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
483. Schulz, Bruno. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus
484. Schwartz, Marion. A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
485. Schwarz-Bart, André. The Last of the Just - read by labfs39, by SassyLassy
486. Sciascia, Leonardo. The Moro Affair; and The Mystery of Majorana - read by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy
487. Scott, Walter. The Heart of Mid-Lothian - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
488. Sebold (ed.), Alice. The Best American Short Stories 2009 - TBR by wandering_star
489. Sedakova, Olga. In Praise of Poetry
490. Segalen, Victor. René Leys - read by SassyLassy
491. Seghers, Anna. The Seventh Cross - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
492. Selimović, Meša. Death and the Dervish - read by DieFledermaus
493. Serge, Victor. Memoirs of a Revolutionary - read by rebeccanyc (>71 labfs39:)
494. Seth, Vikram. From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet - read by thorold
495. Settle, Mary Lee. Learning to Fly: A Writer's Memoir
496. Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales - read by labfs39
497. Shamash, Violette. Memories of Eden: A Journey through Jewish Baghdad - read by wandering_star - TBR by cindydavid4
498. Shephard, Ben. The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War
499. Sherratt, Thomas N.. Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution
500. Shi Nai'an. Outlaws of the Marsh - read by ELiz_M
402. Ojaide, Tanure. Stars of the Long Night
405. Orr, David W.. Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse
408. Pastoureau, Michel. The Bear: History of a Fallen King
412. Pearson, Richard. Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity
416. Pilch, Jerzy. My First Suicide
421. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Footsteps
422. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. House of Glass
423. Pritchard, Evan. Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
424. Prose, Francine. Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles
435. Reinhart, Carmen M.. This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
437. Rexroth, Kenneth. Classics Revisited
438. Rhodes, Richard. John James Audubon: The Making of an American (Vintage)
439. Ribeyro, Julio Ramón. Chronicle of San Gabriel
440. Rilke, Rainer Maria. Auguste Rodin
441. Ritsos, Giannēs. Diaries of Exile
442. Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio. I, the Supreme - TBR by thorold
443. Roberts, David. Once They Moved Like the Wind: Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars
444. Roberts, Paul. The End of Oil : On the Edge of a Perilous New World
445. Rodoreda, Mercè. War, So Much War
449. Roth, Joseph. The Antichrist
450. Roth, Joseph. The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth
455. Rufin, Jean-Christophe. The Abyssinian- TBR by avatiakh
456. Rufin, Jean-Christophe. The Siege of Isfahan- TBR by avatiakh
463. Saer, Juan José. La Grande
464. Saer, Juan José. The One Before
466. Salter, James. The Art of Fiction
467. Sand, Shlomo. The Invention of the Jewish people
468. Sandweiss, Martha A.. Print the Legend: Photography and the American West
474. Sarduy, Severo. Firefly
475. Sarrazin, Albertine. The Runaway
476. Scarry, Elaine. Thinking in an Emergency
480. Schele, Linda. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
481. Schlögel, Karl. Moscow, 1937
484. Schwartz, Marion. A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
488. Sebold (ed.), Alice. The Best American Short Stories 2009 - TBR by wandering_star
489. Sedakova, Olga. In Praise of Poetry
495. Settle, Mary Lee. Learning to Fly: A Writer's Memoir
498. Shephard, Ben. The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War
499. Sherratt, Thomas N.. Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution
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Book 501-600
501. Shishkin, Mikhail. Maidenhair
502. Shore, Marci. The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
503. Sigurdsson, Sölvi Björn. The Last Days of My Mother
504. Silvers, Robert B.. Writers on Unforgettable Friendships: The Company They Kept, Vol. II
505. Simenon, Georges. Pedigree- TBR by arubabookwoman
506. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy - read by labfs39
507. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. More Stories from My Father's Court - TBR by PaulCranswick
508. Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - read by lisapeet, by WelshBookworm, by laytonwoman3rd, by DieFledermaus, by kidzdoc, by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy
509. Škvorecký, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy
510. Smith, Patti. M Train - read by Caroline_McElwee, by FAMeulstee
511. Smith, Patti. Woolgathering - read by Caroline_McElwee
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke - read by FAMeulstee
513. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Vol. 1 (Parts I and II) - read by thorold, by AnnieMod
514. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Vol. 2 (Parts III and IV) - read by AnnieMod
515. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Vol. 3 (Parts V-VII) - read by AnnieMod
516. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by kidzdoc, by cindydavid4
517. Sōseki, Natsume. The Gate - read by ELiz_M, by FAMeulstee
518. Soskice, Janet Martin. The Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Discovered the Hidden Gospels- read by Trifolia
519. Soufan, Ali H.. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against Al-Qaeda - TBR by PaulCranswick
520. Spar, Debora L.. The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception
521. Specter, Michael. Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens our Lives
522. Stambolova, Albena. Everything Happens As It Does - read by AnnieMod
523. Stange, Mary Zeiss. Woman the Hunter
524. Stavans, Ilan. Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion
525. Steegmuller, Francis. Flaubert and Madame Bovary
526. Stein, Benjamin. The Canvas
527. Steiner, George. After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
528. Steiner, George. George Steiner at The New Yorker
529. Stewart, George R.. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
530. Stockenstrom, Wilma. The Expedition to the Baobab Tree - read by Settings
531. Stone, Robert. Damascus Gate - read by DieFledermaus, by SassyLassy
532. Stone, Robert. Fun with Problems - read by SassyLassy
533. Stone, Roger D.. The Mightier Hudson: The Spirited Revival of a Treasured Landscape
534. Storm, Theodor. The Rider on the White Horse - read by FAMeulstee - TBR by SassyLassy
535. Stow, Randolph. The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea - read by PaulCranswick
536. Stradling, David. Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills
537. Stringer, Chris. Lone Survivors: How We Came To Be the Only Humans on Earth - read by Nickelini
538. Sullivan, Rosemary. Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille
539. Suma, Nova Ren. Imaginary Girls
540. Summers, Anthony. The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax - TBR by FAMeulstee
542. Sweeney, Edwin R.. Cochise: Chiricahua Apache chief
543. Szerb, Antal. The Third Tower - read by DieFledermaus
544. Szewc, Piotr. Annihilation
545. Tabucchi, Antonio. Little Misunderstandings of No Importance: Stories - read by kidzdoc
546. Tabucchi, Antonio. Requiem: A Hallucination - read by kidzdoc - TBR by PaulCranswick
547. Tabucchi, Antonio. The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico - read by kidzdoc
548. Tabucchi, Antonio. The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro - read by kidzdoc
549. Tabucchi, Antonio. The Woman of Porto Pim - read by kidzdoc
550. Tallamy, Douglas W.. Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in our Gardens - read by karspeak
551. Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi. A Mind at Peace - TBR by kidzdoc
552. Taylor, Elizabeth. A Game of Hide and Seek - read by DieFledermaus, by thorold
553. Teffi. Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
554. Teffi. Subtly Worded and Other Stories - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus
555. Teffi. Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me : The Best of Teffi - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
556. Tesson, Sylvain. The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga - read by FAMeulstee
557. Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero - read by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by thorold, by SassyLassy
558. The New York Times. Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
559. Thirlwell, Adam. The Delighted States: A Book of Novels, Romances, & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents, & Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, & a Variety of Helpful Indexes
560. Thomas, Hugh. Cuba: A History
561. Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic - read by dchaikin, by SassyLassy
562. Thompson, Mark. Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kiš
563. Thomson, Peter. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal
564. Tišma, Aleksandar. The Use of Man - read by SassyLassy
565. Todd, Charles. A False Mirror - read by NanaCC
566. Todd, Charles. A Matter of Justice - read by NanaCC
567. Todd, Charles. A Pale Horse - read by NanaCC
568. Tokarczuk, Olga. House of Day, House of Night - read by DieFledermaus, by FAMeulstee
569. Tomalin, Claire. Thomas Hardy - TBR by PaulCranswick
570. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Professor and the Siren - read by FAMeulstee
571. Tomkins, Calvin. Lives of the Artists
572. Trelles Paz, Diego. The Future Is Not Ours: New Latin American Fiction
573. Tressell, Robert. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
574. Trollope, Anthony. Marion Fay
575. Truxes, Thomas M.. Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York
576. Tsypkin, Leonid. Summer in Baden-Baden - read by arubabookwoman
577. Tuchman, Barbara W.. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century - read by WelshBookworm, by thorold, by SassyLassy
578. Turgenev, Ivan. Sketches from a Hunter's Album: The Complete Edition - read by thorold
579. Turgenev, Ivan. Virgin Soil - read by ELiz_M
580. Tutuola, Amos. The Palm-Wine Drinkard ; and, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - read by thorold
581. Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
582. Ugresic, Dubravka. Europe in Sepia
583. Ugrešić, Dubravka. Karaoke Culture - read by thorold
584. Undset, Sigrid. Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal - read by DieFledermaus
585. Unsworth, Barry. The Songs of the Kings - TBR by PaulCranswick
586. Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North - TBR by PaulCranswick
587. Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs - read by labfs39
588. Vaillant, John. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival - read by Linda92007
589. Vargas Llosa, Mario. A Fish in the Water
590. Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Bad Girl - read by pamelad, by SassyLassy
591. Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Way to Paradise
592. Venturi, Franco. Roots of Revolution: A History of the Populist and Socialist Movements in 19th century Russia, Revised Edition
593. Vicens, Josefina. The Empty Book: A Novel
594. Vitebsky, Piers. The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia - read by Nickelini
595. Voĭnovich, Vladimir. The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin - read by thorold - TBR by SassyLassy
596. Volodine, Antoine. Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven
597. von Kleist, Heinrich. Selected Prose of Heinrich von Kleist - read by thorold
598. von Rezzori, Gregor. Memoirs of an Anti-Semite - read by pamelad, by DieFledermaus
599. Wamsley, Douglas. Polar Hayes: The Life and Contributions of Isaac Israel Hayes, M.D.
600. Warhus, Mark. Another America : Native American Maps and the History of Our Land
501. Shishkin, Mikhail. Maidenhair
502. Shore, Marci. The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe
503. Sigurdsson, Sölvi Björn. The Last Days of My Mother
504. Silvers, Robert B.. Writers on Unforgettable Friendships: The Company They Kept, Vol. II
505. Simenon, Georges. Pedigree- TBR by arubabookwoman
507. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. More Stories from My Father's Court - TBR by PaulCranswick
519. Soufan, Ali H.. The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against Al-Qaeda - TBR by PaulCranswick
520. Spar, Debora L.. The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception
521. Specter, Michael. Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens our Lives
523. Stange, Mary Zeiss. Woman the Hunter
524. Stavans, Ilan. Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion
525. Steegmuller, Francis. Flaubert and Madame Bovary
526. Stein, Benjamin. The Canvas
527. Steiner, George. After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
528. Steiner, George. George Steiner at The New Yorker
529. Stewart, George R.. Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
533. Stone, Roger D.. The Mightier Hudson: The Spirited Revival of a Treasured Landscape
536. Stradling, David. Making Mountains: New York City and the Catskills
538. Sullivan, Rosemary. Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille
539. Suma, Nova Ren. Imaginary Girls
540. Summers, Anthony. The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax - TBR by FAMeulstee
542. Sweeney, Edwin R.. Cochise: Chiricahua Apache chief
544. Szewc, Piotr. Annihilation
551. Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi. A Mind at Peace - TBR by kidzdoc
558. The New York Times. Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times
559. Thirlwell, Adam. The Delighted States: A Book of Novels, Romances, & Their Unknown Translators, Containing Ten Languages, Set on Four Continents, & Accompanied by Maps, Portraits, Squiggles, Illustrations, & a Variety of Helpful Indexes
560. Thomas, Hugh. Cuba: A History
562. Thompson, Mark. Birth Certificate: The Story of Danilo Kiš
563. Thomson, Peter. Sacred Sea: A Journey to Lake Baikal
569. Tomalin, Claire. Thomas Hardy - TBR by PaulCranswick
571. Tomkins, Calvin. Lives of the Artists
572. Trelles Paz, Diego. The Future Is Not Ours: New Latin American Fiction
574. Trollope, Anthony. Marion Fay
575. Truxes, Thomas M.. Defying Empire: Trading with the Enemy in Colonial New York
581. Tyson, Neil deGrasse. Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
582. Ugresic, Dubravka. Europe in Sepia
585. Unsworth, Barry. The Songs of the Kings - TBR by PaulCranswick
586. Urrea, Luis Alberto. Into the Beautiful North - TBR by PaulCranswick
589. Vargas Llosa, Mario. A Fish in the Water
591. Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Way to Paradise
592. Venturi, Franco. Roots of Revolution: A History of the Populist and Socialist Movements in 19th century Russia, Revised Edition
593. Vicens, Josefina. The Empty Book: A Novel
596. Volodine, Antoine. Post-Exoticism in Ten Lessons, Lesson Eleven
599. Wamsley, Douglas. Polar Hayes: The Life and Contributions of Isaac Israel Hayes, M.D.
600. Warhus, Mark. Another America : Native American Maps and the History of Our Land
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Book 601-641
601. Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Summer Will Show - read by japaul22, by SassyLassy
602. Warren, Robert Penn. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce: Who Called Themselves the Nimipu "The Real People" - read by Linda92007
603. Watson, Winifred. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - read by pamelad, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy
604. Weatherford, Jack. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - TBR by SassyLassy
605. Wedgwood, C. V.. The Thirty Years War - TBR by PaulCranswick, by SassyLassy
606. Weinberger, Eliot. Elsewhere
607. Weiss, Gordon. The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers - read by SassyLassy
608. Wells, H. G.. In the Days of the Comet - read by thorold
609. Wells, H. G.. The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories - read by thorold
610. Wells, H. G.. Tono-Bungay - read by AnnieMod
611. West, Rebecca. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon - read by quondame
612. Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence - read by Caroline_McElwee, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus, by cindydavid4
613. Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth - read by AlisonY, by laytonwoman3rd, by japaul22, by DieFledermaus
614. Wharton, Edith. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton - read by DieFledermaus
615. Wharton, Thomas. Icefields - read by arubabookwoman, by SassyLassy
616. White, Patrick. Riders in the Chariot - read by thorold
617. Wilde, Oscar. The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray - read by Caroline_McElwee, by cindydavid4, by SassyLassy
618. Williams, Glyn. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
619. Williams, John. English Renaissance Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems - read by WelshBookworm
620. Williams, John. Stoner- read by Trifolia, by lisapeet, by thorold, by SassyLassy
621. Willis, Connie. Blackout - read by labfs39
622. Wilson, Jonathan. Marc Chagall
623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance
624. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Elusive Moth
625. Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life of Trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world - read by FAMeulstee - TBR by japaul22
626. Wolf, Christa. City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr. Freud - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
627. Wolf, Ror. Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions - read by thorold
628. Wood, James. How Fiction Works - read by thorold
629. Woodward, Christopher. In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature - TBR by cindydavid4
630. Yamashita, Karen Tei. I Hotel - read by kidzdoc
631. Yates, Richard. The Collected Stories of Richard Yates
632. Yŏm Sang-sŏp. Three Generations
633. Yoshimura, Akira. Storm Rider - read by arubabookwoman
634. Zola, Émile. La conquête de Plassans - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
635. Zola, Émile. The Conquest of Plassans - read by thorold, by SassyLassy
636. Zola, Émile. Thérèse Raquin - read by pamelad, - TBR by japaul22, by SassyLassy, CBR by laytonwoman3rd
637. Zupan, Vitomil. Minuet for Guitar (in twenty-five shots)
638. Zweig, Stefan. Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. von D. - read by DieFledermaus
639. Zweig, Stefan. Fear - read by DieFledermaus
640. Zweig, Stefan. Journeys
641. Zweig, Stefan. Selected Stories - read by DieFledermaus
604. Weatherford, Jack. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - TBR by SassyLassy
605. Wedgwood, C. V.. The Thirty Years War - TBR by PaulCranswick, by SassyLassy
606. Weinberger, Eliot. Elsewhere
618. Williams, Glyn. Arctic Labyrinth: The Quest for the Northwest Passage
622. Wilson, Jonathan. Marc Chagall
623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance
624. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Elusive Moth
629. Woodward, Christopher. In Ruins: A Journey Through History, Art, and Literature - TBR by cindydavid4
631. Yates, Richard. The Collected Stories of Richard Yates
632. Yŏm Sang-sŏp. Three Generations
637. Zupan, Vitomil. Minuet for Guitar (in twenty-five shots)
640. Zweig, Stefan. Journeys
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AlisonY
AnnieMod
arubabookwoman
avatiakh
baswood
bragan
Caroline_McElwee
cindydavid4
dchaikin
DieFledermaus
Dilara86
edwinbcn
ELiz_M
FAMeulstee
japaul22
karspeak
kidzdoc
labfs39
laytonwoman3rd
Linda92007
lisapeet
NanaCC
Nickelini
pamelad
PaulCranswick
quondame
rhian_of_oz
SassyLassy
Settings
thorold
tiffin
tonikat
Trifolia
wandering_star
WelshBookworm
AlisonY
AnnieMod
arubabookwoman
avatiakh
baswood
bragan
Caroline_McElwee
cindydavid4
dchaikin
DieFledermaus
Dilara86
edwinbcn
ELiz_M
FAMeulstee
japaul22
karspeak
kidzdoc
labfs39
laytonwoman3rd
Linda92007
lisapeet
NanaCC
Nickelini
pamelad
PaulCranswick
quondame
rhian_of_oz
SassyLassy
Settings
thorold
tiffin
tonikat
Trifolia
wandering_star
WelshBookworm
11thorold
That’s quite a list! — difficult to imagine that there were so many books she hadn’t read, given the number of times I’ve read something really obscure and gone to post a review only to see she’d been there before me, and already said the most important things there were to say about that book. But how wonderful to have ambitious plans like that still open when you get to the end of your life.
I’m not committing myself to anything, given the number of other projects I’ve got on the go, but I’ll certainly be watching this one. At a rough guess, I’ve read around 10% of the books listed here.
I’m not committing myself to anything, given the number of other projects I’ve got on the go, but I’ll certainly be watching this one. At a rough guess, I’ve read around 10% of the books listed here.
12AlisonY
Wow - that's some list. What a great idea, Monica. Thanks for pasting all those titles on here. I'll make a point of getting to a few of these in 2022.
Funny, only about a month ago I had a look in her library to get some suggestions. She was a unique reader.
Funny, only about a month ago I had a look in her library to get some suggestions. She was a unique reader.
13cindydavid4
I did not know her at all (but has it really been 5 years since I heard of her passing?!) One think I love about the net and particularly on line reading groups is that we get to know each other and care for each other even we've never met. I think this is a wonderful tribute to her, and plan to join in. bless you for doing this
Those who knew her well - Id love to know more about her. Anecdotes, memories that you might have that can give us a fragment of what she meant to other readers. Is it ok to do that here?
Those who knew her well - Id love to know more about her. Anecdotes, memories that you might have that can give us a fragment of what she meant to other readers. Is it ok to do that here?
14cindydavid4
Just browsing, came across this the big thirst Living in a desert area where they keep on building and building assuming there will be water, Im rather interested in this one.
I see some familiar authors and books but wow, I don't think Ive read a fraction of them
I see some familiar authors and books but wow, I don't think Ive read a fraction of them
15lisapeet
Monica, what a labor of love this is! And a great idea, too. I'll definitely stop by and check the list for ideas, and look to see if any of the older books I read are listed so I can post here. I'm sorry I didn't ever know Rebecca, because she has awesome taste and from everything I've heard about her was a wonderful online book friend.
16SassyLassy
This list reminds me so much of various discussions on threads when rebeccanyc was here. I've read about 10% of these books, and have about another 10% on the TBR pile
Thanks so much for posting it. I'll definitely be looking at that pile.
Thanks so much for posting it. I'll definitely be looking at that pile.
17Caroline_McElwee
Thank you for posting. Amazing, 5 years. I shall definitely pull a few from the list.
18rhian_of_oz
I didn't know Rebecca however I have The Luminaries on my TBR pile and am happy to commit to reading it this year.
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>11 thorold: Yes, it's incredible how well read she was. And she certainly did not restrict herself to a few specific genres.
>12 AlisonY: My pleasure, Alison. I'm not surprised to see that I'm not the only one who's still influenced by what she read. I thought the least we could do was complete her wishlist.
>13 cindydavid4: Rebecca was a wonderful person indeed. Of course, it's ok for people to talk and reminisce about Rebecca here. Lois (avaland) started a thread in CR back in 2017 when she passed away. The link to this thread is here .
>15 lisapeet: It's wonderful to notice that she's even an inspiration to people who did not know her. You're in awe of her wish list, but the list of books she did read is even more impressive. Feel free to take a look at that one too.
>16 SassyLassy: I can't help feeling a part of LT passed away with the passing of Rebecca. But I'm happy to see so many of us have such fond memories of her. She's so inspirational.
I've checked off the few books from the list that I've already read. They are books that I read in the past. I will comment on the new books I read in 2022 in this thread and welcome you to do so too.
Please let me know which ones you've read so I can check them off too.
>12 AlisonY: My pleasure, Alison. I'm not surprised to see that I'm not the only one who's still influenced by what she read. I thought the least we could do was complete her wishlist.
>13 cindydavid4: Rebecca was a wonderful person indeed. Of course, it's ok for people to talk and reminisce about Rebecca here. Lois (avaland) started a thread in CR back in 2017 when she passed away. The link to this thread is here .
>15 lisapeet: It's wonderful to notice that she's even an inspiration to people who did not know her. You're in awe of her wish list, but the list of books she did read is even more impressive. Feel free to take a look at that one too.
>16 SassyLassy: I can't help feeling a part of LT passed away with the passing of Rebecca. But I'm happy to see so many of us have such fond memories of her. She's so inspirational.
I've checked off the few books from the list that I've already read. They are books that I read in the past. I will comment on the new books I read in 2022 in this thread and welcome you to do so too.
Please let me know which ones you've read so I can check them off too.
20Caroline_McElwee
These are the books I have already read (27, if the Roth's are counted as 1)
Americanah
Tirra Lirra by the River
Winter Garden (Bainbridge)
Beowulf (Seamus Heaney trans)
Vermeer: A View of Delft
A Perfect Execution
L'Etranger
Eline Vere (I'm a big fan of Couperus's work)
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives - another favourite
The Prague Cemetery
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
Madam Bovary
Satantango
The Little Drummer Girl
The Library at Night
Embers - a favourite
The Heart of the Lonely Hunter
In Europe
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
The Country Girls
The Ghost Writer/Zuckerman Bound/Zuckerman Unbound
M Train
Woolgatherers
The Age of Innocence
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
I hope to add to this list through 2022.
Americanah
Tirra Lirra by the River
Winter Garden (Bainbridge)
Beowulf (Seamus Heaney trans)
Vermeer: A View of Delft
A Perfect Execution
L'Etranger
Eline Vere (I'm a big fan of Couperus's work)
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives - another favourite
The Prague Cemetery
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
Madam Bovary
Satantango
The Little Drummer Girl
The Library at Night
Embers - a favourite
The Heart of the Lonely Hunter
In Europe
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearn
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
The Country Girls
The Ghost Writer/Zuckerman Bound/Zuckerman Unbound
M Train
Woolgatherers
The Age of Innocence
The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray
I hope to add to this list through 2022.
21japaul22
What a lovely idea! I got so many fantastic recommendations from rebeccanyc and always loved her thread. I will look through the posted books to see if I've read any and commit to a few to read this year.
22AlisonY
Although Vanity Fair was the only choice in our Victorian group read poll to get 0 votes, I think it's the only one of the books included in the list (unless I've missed others - very possible). Maybe we could include it later on in the year as one of the Victorian reads.
I've not read much at all from the list:
242. Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
296. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book 1: A Death in the Family
297. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
362. McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is aLonely Hunter
613. Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth
I've not read much at all from the list:
242. Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
296. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book 1: A Death in the Family
297. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
362. McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is aLonely Hunter
613. Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth
23lisapeet
Only a handful read for me, though a lot more owned (of course):
Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Fisher, M. F. K.. How To Cook a Wolf
Matthiessen, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is aLonely Hunter
Porter, Katherine Anne. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Prose, Francine. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Williams, John. Stoner
Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries
Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection of the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Fisher, M. F. K.. How To Cook a Wolf
Matthiessen, Peter. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is aLonely Hunter
Porter, Katherine Anne. The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter
Prose, Francine. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Williams, John. Stoner
24cindydavid4
>19 Trifolia: thanks for that link, I obviously saw it back then, and posted. Ill read the stories that were left there
25WelshBookworm
Wow! I am clearly not in the same league with this woman, but I have read a few things, and I compiled a list of 30 some books I'd like to read! Whether I add another dozen to my lists (under Challenges) on my thread - I'll think about it. I already have a lot going on there! Anyway, here's what I've read:
Beowulf - in the original Anglo-Saxon and in translation
Mabinogion - in the original Middle Welsh and in translation
Canterbury Tales - at least most of them....some in the original Middle English
Tale of Two Cities
My Brilliant Friend - did not care for it, and no desire to read the rest of the quartet
Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm - if not all the tales
News of the World - loved it, and the movie was great, too!
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
A Distant Mirror - one of my all time favorites. Would like to reread one of these days.
English Renaissance Poetry - maybe not that exact collection...
About to read for my RL book club: The Philosophical Baby
Beowulf - in the original Anglo-Saxon and in translation
Mabinogion - in the original Middle Welsh and in translation
Canterbury Tales - at least most of them....some in the original Middle English
Tale of Two Cities
My Brilliant Friend - did not care for it, and no desire to read the rest of the quartet
Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm - if not all the tales
News of the World - loved it, and the movie was great, too!
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
A Distant Mirror - one of my all time favorites. Would like to reread one of these days.
English Renaissance Poetry - maybe not that exact collection...
About to read for my RL book club: The Philosophical Baby
26pamelad
Thank you for starting this thread in memory of RebeccaNYC. From the first 100, I plan to read Tirra Lirra by the River (a re-read) and Heart of a Dog in 2022 and possibly Stalingrad and The Tartar Steppe.
I've read the following, plus a few more that have been mentioned a number of times already. Whenever I read a book from Central or Eastern Europe, I'm reminded of Rebecca.
Aleksievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Bainbridge, Beryl. According to Queeney
Cabrera Infante, G. Three Trapped Tigers
Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two Pockets
Čapek, Karel. Three Novels : Hordubal; Meteor; An Ordinary Life
Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus
Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex
Dennys, Joyce. Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities
Duras, Marguerite. The Lover
Forster, E. M.. Aspects of the Novel
Gellhorn, Martha. The View from the Ground
Gleeson-White, Jane. Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works
Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point
Klima, Ivan. Judge On Trial
Kross, Jaan. The Czar's Madman
Lakhous, Amara. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Marai, Sandor. Embers
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Mercier, Pascal. Night Train to Lisbon
Oppenheimer, Judy. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front
Schulz, Bruno. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Seghers, Anna. The Seventh Cross
Škvorecký, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Teffi. Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea
Teffi. Subtly Worded and Other Stories
Teffi. Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me : The Best of Teffi
Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Bad Girl
von Rezzori, Gregor. Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Watson, Winifred. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Zola, Émile. Thérèse Raquin
I've read the following, plus a few more that have been mentioned a number of times already. Whenever I read a book from Central or Eastern Europe, I'm reminded of Rebecca.
Aleksievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
Bainbridge, Beryl. According to Queeney
Cabrera Infante, G. Three Trapped Tigers
Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two Pockets
Čapek, Karel. Three Novels : Hordubal; Meteor; An Ordinary Life
Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus
Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
de Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex
Dennys, Joyce. Henrietta's War: News from the Home Front 1939-1942
Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities
Duras, Marguerite. The Lover
Forster, E. M.. Aspects of the Novel
Gellhorn, Martha. The View from the Ground
Gleeson-White, Jane. Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works
Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point
Klima, Ivan. Judge On Trial
Kross, Jaan. The Czar's Madman
Lakhous, Amara. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Marai, Sandor. Embers
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Mercier, Pascal. Night Train to Lisbon
Oppenheimer, Judy. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front
Schulz, Bruno. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Seghers, Anna. The Seventh Cross
Škvorecký, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Teffi. Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea
Teffi. Subtly Worded and Other Stories
Teffi. Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me : The Best of Teffi
Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Bad Girl
von Rezzori, Gregor. Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Watson, Winifred. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Zola, Émile. Thérèse Raquin
27laytonwoman3rd
Thank you so much for doing this. I still think of Rebecca often, and some of my best recommendations came from her between 2007 and 2016. It does not seem possible she left us 5 years ago. Here is the list of books I have already read. I will definitely try to add to it in the coming year:
Henrietta's War
A Tale of Two Cities
Three by Annie Dillard (read separately, but I have read all 3)
How to Cook a Wolf
The View From the Ground
Surveyor by G. W. Hawkes (I dare to believe that this one was on Rebecca's list because of me. The author was my daughter's undergrad advisor many years ago, and I talked him up in the circles Rebecca and I shared. Hawkes has recently retired and I sincerely hope he intends to write more now.)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Talking About Detective Fiction
Embers (I'm surprised this was on Rebecca's "Hope to read" list, because I was sure she had recommended it.)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Country Girls
Wise Blood
Still Life
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The House of Mirth
I have also read Beowulf and Chaucer in multiple translations...I don't know if any of them are the ones on her list.
Henrietta's War
A Tale of Two Cities
Three by Annie Dillard (read separately, but I have read all 3)
How to Cook a Wolf
The View From the Ground
Surveyor by G. W. Hawkes (I dare to believe that this one was on Rebecca's list because of me. The author was my daughter's undergrad advisor many years ago, and I talked him up in the circles Rebecca and I shared. Hawkes has recently retired and I sincerely hope he intends to write more now.)
Far From the Madding Crowd
Talking About Detective Fiction
Embers (I'm surprised this was on Rebecca's "Hope to read" list, because I was sure she had recommended it.)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Country Girls
Wise Blood
Still Life
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The House of Mirth
I have also read Beowulf and Chaucer in multiple translations...I don't know if any of them are the ones on her list.
28japaul22
I've read the following (I wasn't thorough with posts, but tried not to include ones that others have already posted "as read"):
6. Americanah - a favorite read for me in 2021
144. A Tale of Two Cities
157. The Lover by Duras
163. The Land Breakers by John Ehle - a NYRB publication (she loved these!) that I read in 2021 and really loved
186. Madame Bovary
242 Far From the Madding Crowd
259 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt - still my favorite of the four novels of hers that I've read
380 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, another NYRB publication that is excellent
401 Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, this I didn't like as much - very dark, exploration of "sin" in the deep South
418 The Girl with the Gallery, nonfiction about a woman who owned art galleries in NYC and her influence on the art of her time - I read this quite a while ago but remember it being well done
557 Vanity Fair, have read this twice and enjoyed both times, though not my favorite Victorian novel
601 Summer Will Show - another nyrb, enjoyable to read but unmemorable in the long run
603 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - fun for a diversion, light read - kind of a Cinderella story for a middle aged woman
612 Age of Innocence - just reread this in 2021, an all time favorite
613 House of Mirth
On my list to read this year:
Paradise by Gurnah (I'm actually reading this right now, coincidentally!)
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
The Tuner of Silences by Mia Cuoto
Devil in the Grove
one of the Jill Lepore books - she introduced me to Jill Lepore's writing and I've really loved what I've read so far
The Hidden Life of Trees
Therese Raquin - I know there are plenty around here who have read more Zola than me, but Rebecca definitely was one who introduced me to Zola and this is one I haven't gotten to yet
It's an extensive list, but so fun to look through because I'm positive that I know for quite a few of these whose Club Read reviews added the books to her list. Really wonderful memories and makes me so grateful for the past decade that I've been following Club Read readers!
6. Americanah - a favorite read for me in 2021
144. A Tale of Two Cities
157. The Lover by Duras
163. The Land Breakers by John Ehle - a NYRB publication (she loved these!) that I read in 2021 and really loved
186. Madame Bovary
242 Far From the Madding Crowd
259 The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt - still my favorite of the four novels of hers that I've read
380 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, another NYRB publication that is excellent
401 Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor, this I didn't like as much - very dark, exploration of "sin" in the deep South
418 The Girl with the Gallery, nonfiction about a woman who owned art galleries in NYC and her influence on the art of her time - I read this quite a while ago but remember it being well done
557 Vanity Fair, have read this twice and enjoyed both times, though not my favorite Victorian novel
601 Summer Will Show - another nyrb, enjoyable to read but unmemorable in the long run
603 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - fun for a diversion, light read - kind of a Cinderella story for a middle aged woman
612 Age of Innocence - just reread this in 2021, an all time favorite
613 House of Mirth
On my list to read this year:
Paradise by Gurnah (I'm actually reading this right now, coincidentally!)
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter
The Tuner of Silences by Mia Cuoto
Devil in the Grove
one of the Jill Lepore books - she introduced me to Jill Lepore's writing and I've really loved what I've read so far
The Hidden Life of Trees
Therese Raquin - I know there are plenty around here who have read more Zola than me, but Rebecca definitely was one who introduced me to Zola and this is one I haven't gotten to yet
It's an extensive list, but so fun to look through because I'm positive that I know for quite a few of these whose Club Read reviews added the books to her list. Really wonderful memories and makes me so grateful for the past decade that I've been following Club Read readers!
29DieFledermaus
This is a really nice tribute! I was interested in Rebecca's reviews and reading even when I was a lurker in Club Read, and she (and other members) inspired me to actually join up. She always posted thoughtful and kind comments on other people's reviews, and she definitely contributed to my wishlist and bookpile. I often think of her when I see books by Zola and Mario Vargas Llosa. She is even partially responsible for one of my current projects (mid-20th c. crime fiction by women) since she first inspired me to pick up a novel by Dorothy Hughes.
I'll definitely read some of the books from her list this year. Here are the ones I've read and the ones on the pile:
Already read:
Agus, Milena. From the Land of the Moon
Aira, César. How I Became a Nun
Anonymous. Beowulf : a new verse translation
Basara, Svetislav. The Cyclist Conspiracy
Bulgakov, Mikhail. Heart of a Dog
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics
Camus, Albert. The Stranger
Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two Pockets
Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus
Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Senselessness
Denon, Vivant. No Tomorrow
Déry, Tibor. Niki: The Story of a Dog
Duras, Marguerite. The Lover
Emecheta, Buchi. The Joys of Motherhood
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary
Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls
Gogol, Nikolai. Taras Bulba
Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
Gotthelf, Jeremias. The Black Spider
Gruša, Jiří. The Questionnaire, or Prayer for a Town & a Friend
Grushin, Olga. The Dream Life of Sukhanov
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
Hrabal, Bohumil. I Served the King of England
Kiš, Danilo. The Encyclopedia of the Dead
Konwicki, Tadeusz. The Polish Complex
Kpomassie, Tété-Michel. An African in Greenland
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund. Memories of the Future
Lakhous, Amara. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
Malcolm, Janet. In the Freud Archives
Marai, Sandor. Embers
Marías, Javier. Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Fingerpost
Perutz, Leo. Leonardo's Judas
Perutz, Leo. The Master of the Day of Judgment
Prus, Bolesław. The Doll
Queirós, Eça de. The City and the Mountains
Ross, Alex. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Saramago, José. Death with Interruptions
Schulz, Bruno. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Sciascia, Leonardo. The Moro Affair; and The Mystery of Majorana
Selimović, Meša. Death and the Dervish
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Škvorecký, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Stone, Robert. Damascus Gate
Szerb, Antal. The Third Tower
Taylor, Elizabeth. A Game of Hide and Seek
Teffi. Subtly Worded and Other Stories
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
Tokarczuk, Olga. House of Day, House of Night
Undset, Sigrid. Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal
von Rezzori, Gregor. Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Watson, Winifred. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth
Wharton, Edith. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
Zweig, Stefan. Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. von D.
Zweig, Stefan. Fear
Zweig, Stefan. Selected Stories
On the pile:
Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
Cabrera Infante, G.. Three Trapped Tigers
de Loyola Brandão, Ignácio. Zero
del Paso, Fernando. Palinuro of Mexico
Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire: Genesis
Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke
Gospodinov, Georgi. The Physics of Sorrow
Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
Kiš, Danilo. The Attic
Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars
(Leskov - I have a different collection of stories, not sure if they are all the same; this is the NYRB version Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk : selected stories of Nikolai Leskov)
Lind, Jakov. Soul of Wood
Ouředník, Patrik. Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Pavić, Milorad. Dictionary of the Khazars (F): a lexicon novel in 100,000 words
Radiguet, Raymond. The Devil in the Flesh
Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio. I, the Supreme
Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
Szewc, Piotr. Annihilation
Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
Voĭnovich, Vladimir. The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Summer Will Show
Williams, John. Stoner
I'll definitely read some of the books from her list this year. Here are the ones I've read and the ones on the pile:
Already read:
Agus, Milena. From the Land of the Moon
Aira, César. How I Became a Nun
Anonymous. Beowulf : a new verse translation
Basara, Svetislav. The Cyclist Conspiracy
Bulgakov, Mikhail. Heart of a Dog
Calvino, Italo. Cosmicomics
Camus, Albert. The Stranger
Čapek, Karel. Tales from Two Pockets
Carter, Angela. Nights at the Circus
Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Senselessness
Denon, Vivant. No Tomorrow
Déry, Tibor. Niki: The Story of a Dog
Duras, Marguerite. The Lover
Emecheta, Buchi. The Joys of Motherhood
Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary
Gogol, Nikolai. Dead Souls
Gogol, Nikolai. Taras Bulba
Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
Gotthelf, Jeremias. The Black Spider
Gruša, Jiří. The Questionnaire, or Prayer for a Town & a Friend
Grushin, Olga. The Dream Life of Sukhanov
Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
Hrabal, Bohumil. I Served the King of England
Kiš, Danilo. The Encyclopedia of the Dead
Konwicki, Tadeusz. The Polish Complex
Kpomassie, Tété-Michel. An African in Greenland
Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund. Memories of the Future
Lakhous, Amara. Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
Malcolm, Janet. In the Freud Archives
Marai, Sandor. Embers
Marías, Javier. Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
Pears, Iain. An Instance of the Fingerpost
Perutz, Leo. Leonardo's Judas
Perutz, Leo. The Master of the Day of Judgment
Prus, Bolesław. The Doll
Queirós, Eça de. The City and the Mountains
Ross, Alex. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Saramago, José. Death with Interruptions
Schulz, Bruno. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Sciascia, Leonardo. The Moro Affair; and The Mystery of Majorana
Selimović, Meša. Death and the Dervish
Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Škvorecký, Josef. The Engineer of Human Souls
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Stone, Robert. Damascus Gate
Szerb, Antal. The Third Tower
Taylor, Elizabeth. A Game of Hide and Seek
Teffi. Subtly Worded and Other Stories
Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
Tokarczuk, Olga. House of Day, House of Night
Undset, Sigrid. Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal
von Rezzori, Gregor. Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Watson, Winifred. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence
Wharton, Edith. The House of Mirth
Wharton, Edith. The New York Stories of Edith Wharton
Zweig, Stefan. Confusion: The Private Papers of Privy Councillor R. von D.
Zweig, Stefan. Fear
Zweig, Stefan. Selected Stories
On the pile:
Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
Cabrera Infante, G.. Three Trapped Tigers
de Loyola Brandão, Ignácio. Zero
del Paso, Fernando. Palinuro of Mexico
Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire: Genesis
Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke
Gospodinov, Georgi. The Physics of Sorrow
Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
Kiš, Danilo. The Attic
Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars
(Leskov - I have a different collection of stories, not sure if they are all the same; this is the NYRB version Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk : selected stories of Nikolai Leskov)
Lind, Jakov. Soul of Wood
Ouředník, Patrik. Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
Pavić, Milorad. Dictionary of the Khazars (F): a lexicon novel in 100,000 words
Radiguet, Raymond. The Devil in the Flesh
Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio. I, the Supreme
Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
Szewc, Piotr. Annihilation
Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
Voĭnovich, Vladimir. The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Summer Will Show
Williams, John. Stoner
30SassyLassy
>6 Trifolia: 487 The Heart of Midlothian
Something was nagging in the back of my mind when I saw this on the list, so I did some digging. rebeccanyc did actually start this book and here are her comments:
ABANDONED (for now)
SassyLassy wrote an enthusiastic review of this that led me to buy it, but alas it probably wasn't the right time for me to read it. It is a TOME (500 plus pages of story but more than 800 pages in all with notes and introduction) and I'm too distracted to read a dense story with Scottish English now. I need more readable books just now but I hope to come back to it.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/221030
thorold also has some comments on the book in response
rebecca had the Penguin edition. For anyone contemplating it I would suggest the Oxford edition.
Something was nagging in the back of my mind when I saw this on the list, so I did some digging. rebeccanyc did actually start this book and here are her comments:
ABANDONED (for now)
SassyLassy wrote an enthusiastic review of this that led me to buy it, but alas it probably wasn't the right time for me to read it. It is a TOME (500 plus pages of story but more than 800 pages in all with notes and introduction) and I'm too distracted to read a dense story with Scottish English now. I need more readable books just now but I hope to come back to it.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/221030
thorold also has some comments on the book in response
rebecca had the Penguin edition. For anyone contemplating it I would suggest the Oxford edition.
31tiffin
What a lovely idea, and a very fitting tribute. I too treasured Rebecca's acquaintanceship (is there such a word?) and give you a respectful tip of my toque for all the hard work you've put into this.
Tui/Tiffin
Tui/Tiffin
32thorold
Read (69) — give or take minor variations of language or edition, and some of them a very long time ago:
5 Achebe, Chinua Anthills of the Savannah
20 Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
36 Bainbridge, Beryl The Bottle Factory Outing
47 Bellos, David Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
57 Borges, Jorge Luis Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
58 Bradbury, Malcolm To the Hermitage
63 Bronsky, Alina The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
77 Calvino, Italo Why Read the Classics?
79 Camus, Albert L'étranger
85 Carter, Angela Nights at the Circus
92 Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
97 Chekhov, Anton Sakhalin Island
98 Chekhov, Anton The Essential Tales of Chekhov
103 Childers, Erskine The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
117 Couperus, Louis Eline Vere: A Novel of The Hague
144 Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities
176 Fermor, Patrick Leigh In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
177 Fermor, Patrick Leigh Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
178 Fermor, Patrick Leigh Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
179 Ferrante, Elena My Brilliant Friend
188 Forster, E M Aspects of the Novel
196 Gadda, Carlo Emilio That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana
201 Garfield, Simon Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
238 Gurnah, Abdulrazak Paradise
242 Hardy, Thomas Far from the Madding Crowd
245 Hašek, Jaroslav The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
256 Hrabal, Bohumil I Served the King of England
259 Hustvedt, Siri The Blazing World
260 Huxley, Aldous Point Counter Point
265 James, C L R The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
291 Kiš, Danilo The Encyclopedia of the Dead
304 Kpomassie, Tété-Michel An African in Greenland
319 Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di The Leopard
323 le Carré, John The Little Drummer Girl
341 Mak, Geert In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century
349 Marías, Javier All Souls
350 Marías, Javier Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
366 Mercier, Pascal Night Train to Lisbon
393 Neuman, Andrés Traveler of the Century
399 O'Brien, Flann At Swim-Two-Birds
400 O'Brien, Flann The Third Policeman
429 Rankin, Ian Dead Souls
430 Rankin, Ian Set in Darkness
431 Rankin, Ian The Hanging Garden
436 Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
470 Saramago, José Baltasar and Blimunda
472 Saramago, José The Stone Raft
473 Saramago, José The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
478 Schama, Simon Landscape And Memory
479 Schama, Simon The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
482 Schreiner, Olive The Story of an African Farm
487 Scott, Walter The Heart of Mid-Lothian
494 Seth, Vikram From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet
513 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Vol
516 Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
552 Taylor, Elizabeth A Game of Hide and Seek
557 Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
573 Tressell, Robert The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
577 Tuchman, Barbara W A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
578 Turgenev, Ivan Sketches from a Hunter's Album
580 Tutuola, Amos The Palm-Wine Drinkard
583 Ugrešić, Dubravka Karaoke Culture
595 Voĭnovich, Vladimir The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
597 von Kleist, Heinrich Selected Prose of Heinrich von Kleist
608 Wells, H G In the Days of the Comet
609 Wells, H G The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories
616 White, Patrick Riders in the Chariot
620 Williams, John Stoner
626 Wolf, Christa City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr Freud
634 Zola, Émile La conquête de Plassans
635 Zola, Émile The Conquest of Plassans (same book as 634!)
Currently on the TBR:
128 Davies, Robertson The Cunning Man
442 Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio I, the Supreme
I'm certainly hoping to read more Gurnah shortly! And there are a huge number of books on that list that I would like to read...
5 Achebe, Chinua Anthills of the Savannah
20 Amundsen, Roald The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram, 1910-1912
36 Bainbridge, Beryl The Bottle Factory Outing
47 Bellos, David Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
57 Borges, Jorge Luis Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
58 Bradbury, Malcolm To the Hermitage
63 Bronsky, Alina The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
77 Calvino, Italo Why Read the Classics?
79 Camus, Albert L'étranger
85 Carter, Angela Nights at the Circus
92 Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
97 Chekhov, Anton Sakhalin Island
98 Chekhov, Anton The Essential Tales of Chekhov
103 Childers, Erskine The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
117 Couperus, Louis Eline Vere: A Novel of The Hague
144 Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities
176 Fermor, Patrick Leigh In Tearing Haste: Letters Between Deborah Devonshire and Patrick Leigh Fermor
177 Fermor, Patrick Leigh Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
178 Fermor, Patrick Leigh Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
179 Ferrante, Elena My Brilliant Friend
188 Forster, E M Aspects of the Novel
196 Gadda, Carlo Emilio That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana
201 Garfield, Simon Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
238 Gurnah, Abdulrazak Paradise
242 Hardy, Thomas Far from the Madding Crowd
245 Hašek, Jaroslav The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
256 Hrabal, Bohumil I Served the King of England
259 Hustvedt, Siri The Blazing World
260 Huxley, Aldous Point Counter Point
265 James, C L R The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution
291 Kiš, Danilo The Encyclopedia of the Dead
304 Kpomassie, Tété-Michel An African in Greenland
319 Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di The Leopard
323 le Carré, John The Little Drummer Girl
341 Mak, Geert In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century
349 Marías, Javier All Souls
350 Marías, Javier Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me
366 Mercier, Pascal Night Train to Lisbon
393 Neuman, Andrés Traveler of the Century
399 O'Brien, Flann At Swim-Two-Birds
400 O'Brien, Flann The Third Policeman
429 Rankin, Ian Dead Souls
430 Rankin, Ian Set in Darkness
431 Rankin, Ian The Hanging Garden
436 Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
470 Saramago, José Baltasar and Blimunda
472 Saramago, José The Stone Raft
473 Saramago, José The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
478 Schama, Simon Landscape And Memory
479 Schama, Simon The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
482 Schreiner, Olive The Story of an African Farm
487 Scott, Walter The Heart of Mid-Lothian
494 Seth, Vikram From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet
513 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, Vol
516 Solzhenitsyn, Alexander One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
552 Taylor, Elizabeth A Game of Hide and Seek
557 Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
573 Tressell, Robert The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
577 Tuchman, Barbara W A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
578 Turgenev, Ivan Sketches from a Hunter's Album
580 Tutuola, Amos The Palm-Wine Drinkard
583 Ugrešić, Dubravka Karaoke Culture
595 Voĭnovich, Vladimir The Life & Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
597 von Kleist, Heinrich Selected Prose of Heinrich von Kleist
608 Wells, H G In the Days of the Comet
609 Wells, H G The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories
616 White, Patrick Riders in the Chariot
620 Williams, John Stoner
626 Wolf, Christa City of Angels or The Overcoat of Dr Freud
634 Zola, Émile La conquête de Plassans
635 Zola, Émile The Conquest of Plassans (same book as 634!)
Currently on the TBR:
128 Davies, Robertson The Cunning Man
442 Roa Bastos, Augusto Antonio I, the Supreme
I'm certainly hoping to read more Gurnah shortly! And there are a huge number of books on that list that I would like to read...
33cindydavid4
I read 30, heard of several more, and read authors whose books are included here but not ones I read. and want to read several, esp Memories of Eden: a journey through Jewish Bagdhad. I remember in HS our rabbi told us about this time period and I long imagined it. Ill be coming back to this list often
34ELiz_M
Rebecca had the best reviews and some encouraging comments. I've read a number of books on her list, many already listed by others.
I believe these have not yet been mentioned:
68. Bryce Echenique, Alfredo. A World for Julius
74. Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
78. Camara, Laye. The Dark Child
81. Cao Xueqin. The Story of the Stone, Volume I: The Golden Days
143. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
197. Galeano, Eduardo. Century of the Wind
198. Galeano, Eduardo. Faces and Masks
199. Galeano, Eduardo H.. Genesis
216. Gogol, Nikolai. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
220. Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke
239. Gutiérrez, Pedro Juan. Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories
300. Konrád, George. The Case Worker
409. Pavić, Milorad. Dictionary of the Khazars (F): a lexicon novel in 100,000 words
428. Radiguet, Raymond. The Devil in the Flesh
457. Rulfo, Juan. The Burning Plain and Other Stories
465. Saer, Juan José. The Witness
500. Shi Nai'an. Outlaws of the Marsh
517. Sōseki, Natsume. The Gate
579. Turgenev, Ivan. Virgin Soil
I think all of the books above are either from the 1001-list or an nyrb edition (which I started collecting due to her frequent mentions/reviews of their works).
I believe these have not yet been mentioned:
68. Bryce Echenique, Alfredo. A World for Julius
74. Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
78. Camara, Laye. The Dark Child
81. Cao Xueqin. The Story of the Stone, Volume I: The Golden Days
143. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
197. Galeano, Eduardo. Century of the Wind
198. Galeano, Eduardo. Faces and Masks
199. Galeano, Eduardo H.. Genesis
216. Gogol, Nikolai. The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
220. Gombrowicz, Witold. Ferdydurke
239. Gutiérrez, Pedro Juan. Dirty Havana Trilogy: A Novel in Stories
300. Konrád, George. The Case Worker
409. Pavić, Milorad. Dictionary of the Khazars (F): a lexicon novel in 100,000 words
428. Radiguet, Raymond. The Devil in the Flesh
457. Rulfo, Juan. The Burning Plain and Other Stories
465. Saer, Juan José. The Witness
500. Shi Nai'an. Outlaws of the Marsh
517. Sōseki, Natsume. The Gate
579. Turgenev, Ivan. Virgin Soil
I think all of the books above are either from the 1001-list or an nyrb edition (which I started collecting due to her frequent mentions/reviews of their works).
35kidzdoc
Thank you so much for creating this lovely tribute to Rebecca, Monica! Long time members of Club Read may know that I often referred to her as my "book sister," as she was probably the one person in LibraryThing who influenced my reading the most. On a first pass I found 44 books from her Hope to Read Soon list that I also haven't read, but I didn't think to tally the books I have finished; I suspect that number will be higher.
Here is my list of unread books that I own from Rebecca's list:
Abasiyanik, Sait Faik: A Useless Man
Abe, Kobo: Secret Rendevous
Achebe, Chinua: A Man of the People
Achebe, Chinua: Anthills of the Savannah
Bellos, Daniel: Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Buarque, Chico: Spilt Milk
Calvino, Italo: Cosmicomics
Chandra, Vikram: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Darwish, Mahmoud: Journal of an Ordinary Grief
Dikötter, Frank: Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
?Farmer, Paul: Haiti After the Earthquake (I think I’ve read this already)
Figueras, Marcelo: Kamchatka
Galeano, Eduardo: Genesis
Gombrowicz, Witold: Bacacay
Grushin, Olga: The Dream Life of Sukhanov
Hua, Yu: Brothers
Hustvedt, Siri: The Blazing World
Judt, Tony: Ill Fares the Land
Keene, Donald: The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
King, Gilbert: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: A Time for Everything
Krasznahorkai, Laszlo: Satantango
Laab, Abdellatif: The Rule of Barbarism
Lehrer, Jonah: Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Jian, Ma: The Noodle Maker
Mak, Geert: In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
Marias, Javier: All Souls
Mercier, Pascal: Night Train to Lisbon
Mishra, Pankaj: From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia
Norwid, Cyprian: Poems
Ross, Alex: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Rythkeu, Yuri: The Chukchi Bible
Sand, Shlomo: The Invention of the Jewish People
Saramago, José: Baltasar and Blimunda
Sarduy, Severo: Firefly
Schulz, Bruno: The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi: A Mind at Peace
Tokarczuk, Olga: House of Day, House of Night
Tutuola, Amos: The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Vargas Llosa, Mario: A Fish in the Water
Vargas Llosa, Mario: The Bad Girl
Vargas Llosa, Mario: The Way to Paradise
Wood, James: How Fiction Works
Yan, Mo: The Garlic Ballads
I will create a new category in my thread, along with this list, and preferentially read these books as part of other challenges that I plan to participate in, particularly the Reading Globally quarterly theme and the 2022 Asian Book Challenge. I had already planned to read A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar in January for the Asian Book Challenge. I'll keep this list in mind in future years, as well.
I suspect that only a small handful of us met Rebecca, whose real first name was Sybil, in person. If I remember correctly, we met on January 1, 2013 at Book Culture, an independent bookshop affiliated with Columbia University, located on W 112th St between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side of Manhattan (Tom's Restaurant, of Seinfeld fame, is on the corner of Broadway & W 112th St, and the main entrance of the famed Cathedral of St John the Divine is on Amsterdam Ave & W 112th St). At that time Book Culture had an annual New Year's Day sale, in which everything in the store was discounted by 20%. I was visiting my parents in suburban Philadelphia, not far from Trenton, New Jersey, and from there it's an easy and relatively short (60-90 minute) train ride into Penn Station New York. We met inside the bookshop, and in keeping with her reputation as a book enabler, she encouraged me to buy more books at one visit than I ever had before, and undoubtedly ever will, probably 45-55 in all, while purchasing a modest number herself. She helped me lug my prodigious haul to a French bistro on the corner of Cathedral Parkway (W 110th St) & Amsterdam Ave, and we had a long and very enjoyable lunch together, as we talked about an upcoming LibraryThing project that we were working on, possibly a Reading Globally theme, before we parted ways that afternoon.
Rebecca was a quiet and modest person, and she made no reference to her prominent family or her generous philanthropic activities. She did not want to join in our annual Black Friday or Boxing Day LibraryThing meet ups, but we promised to meet up again privately. That never happened, presumably because of her illness, unfortunately. Rebecca was one of a small handful of people, along with Donah (@deebee1), Akeela (@akeela), Lois (@avaland) and one or two others, who welcomed me to LibraryThing and encouraged me to participate in groups such as Club Read, and broaden my literary horizon.
Here is my list of unread books that I own from Rebecca's list:
Abasiyanik, Sait Faik: A Useless Man
Abe, Kobo: Secret Rendevous
Achebe, Chinua: A Man of the People
Achebe, Chinua: Anthills of the Savannah
Bellos, Daniel: Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Buarque, Chico: Spilt Milk
Calvino, Italo: Cosmicomics
Chandra, Vikram: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Darwish, Mahmoud: Journal of an Ordinary Grief
Dikötter, Frank: Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962
?Farmer, Paul: Haiti After the Earthquake (I think I’ve read this already)
Figueras, Marcelo: Kamchatka
Galeano, Eduardo: Genesis
Gombrowicz, Witold: Bacacay
Grushin, Olga: The Dream Life of Sukhanov
Hua, Yu: Brothers
Hustvedt, Siri: The Blazing World
Judt, Tony: Ill Fares the Land
Keene, Donald: The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
King, Gilbert: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: A Time for Everything
Krasznahorkai, Laszlo: Satantango
Laab, Abdellatif: The Rule of Barbarism
Lehrer, Jonah: Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Jian, Ma: The Noodle Maker
Mak, Geert: In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
Marias, Javier: All Souls
Mercier, Pascal: Night Train to Lisbon
Mishra, Pankaj: From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia
Norwid, Cyprian: Poems
Ross, Alex: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Rythkeu, Yuri: The Chukchi Bible
Sand, Shlomo: The Invention of the Jewish People
Saramago, José: Baltasar and Blimunda
Sarduy, Severo: Firefly
Schulz, Bruno: The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories
Tanpinar, Ahmet Hamdi: A Mind at Peace
Tokarczuk, Olga: House of Day, House of Night
Tutuola, Amos: The Palm-Wine Drinkard and My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Vargas Llosa, Mario: A Fish in the Water
Vargas Llosa, Mario: The Bad Girl
Vargas Llosa, Mario: The Way to Paradise
Wood, James: How Fiction Works
Yan, Mo: The Garlic Ballads
I will create a new category in my thread, along with this list, and preferentially read these books as part of other challenges that I plan to participate in, particularly the Reading Globally quarterly theme and the 2022 Asian Book Challenge. I had already planned to read A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar in January for the Asian Book Challenge. I'll keep this list in mind in future years, as well.
I suspect that only a small handful of us met Rebecca, whose real first name was Sybil, in person. If I remember correctly, we met on January 1, 2013 at Book Culture, an independent bookshop affiliated with Columbia University, located on W 112th St between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue in the Upper West Side of Manhattan (Tom's Restaurant, of Seinfeld fame, is on the corner of Broadway & W 112th St, and the main entrance of the famed Cathedral of St John the Divine is on Amsterdam Ave & W 112th St). At that time Book Culture had an annual New Year's Day sale, in which everything in the store was discounted by 20%. I was visiting my parents in suburban Philadelphia, not far from Trenton, New Jersey, and from there it's an easy and relatively short (60-90 minute) train ride into Penn Station New York. We met inside the bookshop, and in keeping with her reputation as a book enabler, she encouraged me to buy more books at one visit than I ever had before, and undoubtedly ever will, probably 45-55 in all, while purchasing a modest number herself. She helped me lug my prodigious haul to a French bistro on the corner of Cathedral Parkway (W 110th St) & Amsterdam Ave, and we had a long and very enjoyable lunch together, as we talked about an upcoming LibraryThing project that we were working on, possibly a Reading Globally theme, before we parted ways that afternoon.
Rebecca was a quiet and modest person, and she made no reference to her prominent family or her generous philanthropic activities. She did not want to join in our annual Black Friday or Boxing Day LibraryThing meet ups, but we promised to meet up again privately. That never happened, presumably because of her illness, unfortunately. Rebecca was one of a small handful of people, along with Donah (@deebee1), Akeela (@akeela), Lois (@avaland) and one or two others, who welcomed me to LibraryThing and encouraged me to participate in groups such as Club Read, and broaden my literary horizon.
36labfs39
Wonderful tribute, Monica. Rebecca had a huge influence on my reading, and I still have 36 books on my wish list that were recommended by her. After she passed many of us read a book in her honor, but usually a book that she liked and recommended, not one that she wanted to read. Thank you for doing this!
It serves me right for waiting all day to post, I had to cross off almost all the books I had on my list! Here's what's left that I don't think has been mentioned:
13. Akpan, Uwem. Say You're One of Them
44. Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad
255. Hrabal, Bohumil. Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
286. Khoury, Elias. White Masks
364. Mendelsund, Peter. What We See When We Read: A Phenomenology
375. Mo Yan. The Garlic Ballads
420. Poulin, Jacques. Mister Blue
433. Redniss, Lauren. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
469. Sansal, Boualem. The German Mujahid
485. Schwarz-Bart, André. The Last of the Just
496. Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
506. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy
587. Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
621. Willis, Connie. Blackout
It serves me right for waiting all day to post, I had to cross off almost all the books I had on my list! Here's what's left that I don't think has been mentioned:
13. Akpan, Uwem. Say You're One of Them
44. Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad
255. Hrabal, Bohumil. Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
286. Khoury, Elias. White Masks
364. Mendelsund, Peter. What We See When We Read: A Phenomenology
375. Mo Yan. The Garlic Ballads
420. Poulin, Jacques. Mister Blue
433. Redniss, Lauren. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
469. Sansal, Boualem. The German Mujahid
485. Schwarz-Bart, André. The Last of the Just
496. Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
506. Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Love and Exile: An Autobiographical Trilogy
587. Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
621. Willis, Connie. Blackout
37Trifolia
I'm really pleased to see how many responses this thread has gotten. I knew that Rebecca still lives in the hearts of many of you, but I actually did not expect that you would respond en masse and extensively to my call. Thank you very much for that and also for your kind words towards me. I do it with a lot of love for Rebecca and for this group.
In the meantime, I have checked off all the books you have marked as read. Whoever has also clearly indicated that they will read a book, I have added a TBR. Please let me know if you want to adjust anything or have concrete plans to read a book and of course also if you have read one.
If I'm not mistaken, we've already read 208 of the 641 books. I think there are still many beautiful books waiting for us all. Keep us posted!
In the meantime, I have checked off all the books you have marked as read. Whoever has also clearly indicated that they will read a book, I have added a TBR. Please let me know if you want to adjust anything or have concrete plans to read a book and of course also if you have read one.
If I'm not mistaken, we've already read 208 of the 641 books. I think there are still many beautiful books waiting for us all. Keep us posted!
38thorold
>37 Trifolia: Just checking again, I missed a couple I've read:
169. Street of thieves, Mathias Énard
283. Kästner, Erich. Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
I went through the list late in the evening yesterday and missed those translated titles. I should probably have listed Beowulf too, I've read the Heaney version and bits of the original.
Gurnah and Amitav Ghosh are certainly going to be coming up in the new RG theme read, starting in a couple of days, but I don't know if I'll get to the right books from the list.
169. Street of thieves, Mathias Énard
283. Kästner, Erich. Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
I went through the list late in the evening yesterday and missed those translated titles. I should probably have listed Beowulf too, I've read the Heaney version and bits of the original.
Gurnah and Amitav Ghosh are certainly going to be coming up in the new RG theme read, starting in a couple of days, but I don't know if I'll get to the right books from the list.
39Caroline_McElwee
Although I can see other's have read it, I plan to read EM Forster's Aspects of a Novel, as a follow up to Howards End which I have just finished.
I will look for a couple of others to read in Spring.
I will look for a couple of others to read in Spring.
40labfs39
>37 Trifolia: Thanks again for doing this, updating the list must have taken a while. One question: I only gave you the titles that I have read that no one else had. Do you want all the titles I've read, so we see what we've read as a group, or are we just trying to cross things off? I'm ok either way.
P.S. I've read these as well. Sorry!
433. Redniss, Lauren. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
496. Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
587. Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
P.S. I've read these as well. Sorry!
433. Redniss, Lauren. Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout
496. Shalamov, Varlam. Kolyma Tales
587. Vaculík, Ludvík. The Guinea Pigs
41Caroline_McElwee
I have also read
37 Winter Garden (Bainbridge)
341 Geert Mak's in Europe
(I'll add to my list >20 Caroline_McElwee: too)
Thanks for all the effort you have put into this Monica.
37 Winter Garden (Bainbridge)
341 Geert Mak's in Europe
(I'll add to my list >20 Caroline_McElwee: too)
Thanks for all the effort you have put into this Monica.
42Trifolia
>17 Caroline_McElwee: >20 Caroline_McElwee: >39 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline. I too love the books by LOuis Couperus, but it's been a while since I read one. Maybe next year. I'll add the book you mentioned in your last post after I upload this post.
>18 rhian_of_oz: Thank you, I've added it as a TBR.
>21 japaul22: >28 japaul22: Thank you, too. I've added all the books and liked the short comments you added.
I'm positive that I know for quite a few of these whose Club Read reviews added the books to her list. : I find it wonderful to see how this group is tied together by books.
>22 AlisonY: Thank you for your contribution too, Alison. It doesn't matter how many books you read, as long as you enjoy them. I think that's the most important.
>23 lisapeet: Thank you, too, Lisa. Don't worry. It is a tradition to have many more books than to have read. I think Rebecca would agree.
>24 cindydavid4: You're welcome, Cindy.
>33 cindydavid4: Do let me know if you want me to check off the ones you have read.
>25 WelshBookworm: Thank you, too. May I suggest you also take a look at the books Rebecca did read, because she also wrote wonderful reviews for them.
>26 pamelad: Thank you, too. I checked off the books you read, but only added the first two as TBR. Do let me know if I should add the others as well. And yes, Rebecca seems to have had an interest in Central and Eastern European literature (among so many other interests).
>27 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you, too. I could not believe it either but perhaps that's because she is remembered so often and so fondly in this group. Thank you for sharing your story about G. W. Hawkes. That's wonderful.
I checked Embers but it was only in her Hope to read soon and Your library collection and not in any Read20yy collection. And she did not write a review, if I'm not mistaken?
>29 DieFledermaus: Thank you too, also for sharing your thoughts about the influence Rebecca had on you. And it seems, through her reviews, she's still an inspiration for many of us. That is quite a list you read!
>30 SassyLassy: Thanks for this information. Apparently that was right before she informed us about her illness, so it's understandable.
>31 tiffin: Thank you, Tui. I'm not sure if you will participate, but I've taken the liberty to add your name to the list.
>32 thorold: >38 thorold: What a list. Thank you, too. I'll add the ones you mentioned in your last post after I upload this post. I suspect you had a similar (or very broad?) reading preference as Rebecca?
>34 ELiz_M: Thank you, too. Going through all these lists, I find it so interesting to see how she all influenced us one way or the other.
>35 kidzdoc: Thank you for your comprehensive and heartwarming message. I remember you called her your book sister and you had a special bond with her. I'm glad you not only appreciate this tribute, but also want to contribute and create and integrate a new category in your thread. I think this is the best tribute you can pay her.
>36 labfs39: Thank you too, Lisa. 36 books is a lot (imo). Lol that you had to check off your list as the day progressed. The avalanche of reactions kept me quite busy today too. But as Lisa (lisapeet) said, it's a labour of love.
>40 labfs39: It takes forever to finish this post, but I just saw your last post (almost crossposted). About your last question. Both are possible for me. It would be easier for me if we just checked off the book and some members (like you) said they wouldn't mention the books other people had already mentioned. But other members may want to track down all the books they've read. So I check off the book as soon as it's mentioned and add the name of anyone who says he or she has read it. I think that this way we can more or less reconcile both choices. Thanks for asking btw.
>18 rhian_of_oz: Thank you, I've added it as a TBR.
>21 japaul22: >28 japaul22: Thank you, too. I've added all the books and liked the short comments you added.
I'm positive that I know for quite a few of these whose Club Read reviews added the books to her list. : I find it wonderful to see how this group is tied together by books.
>22 AlisonY: Thank you for your contribution too, Alison. It doesn't matter how many books you read, as long as you enjoy them. I think that's the most important.
>23 lisapeet: Thank you, too, Lisa. Don't worry. It is a tradition to have many more books than to have read. I think Rebecca would agree.
>24 cindydavid4: You're welcome, Cindy.
>33 cindydavid4: Do let me know if you want me to check off the ones you have read.
>25 WelshBookworm: Thank you, too. May I suggest you also take a look at the books Rebecca did read, because she also wrote wonderful reviews for them.
>26 pamelad: Thank you, too. I checked off the books you read, but only added the first two as TBR. Do let me know if I should add the others as well. And yes, Rebecca seems to have had an interest in Central and Eastern European literature (among so many other interests).
>27 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you, too. I could not believe it either but perhaps that's because she is remembered so often and so fondly in this group. Thank you for sharing your story about G. W. Hawkes. That's wonderful.
I checked Embers but it was only in her Hope to read soon and Your library collection and not in any Read20yy collection. And she did not write a review, if I'm not mistaken?
>29 DieFledermaus: Thank you too, also for sharing your thoughts about the influence Rebecca had on you. And it seems, through her reviews, she's still an inspiration for many of us. That is quite a list you read!
>30 SassyLassy: Thanks for this information. Apparently that was right before she informed us about her illness, so it's understandable.
>31 tiffin: Thank you, Tui. I'm not sure if you will participate, but I've taken the liberty to add your name to the list.
>32 thorold: >38 thorold: What a list. Thank you, too. I'll add the ones you mentioned in your last post after I upload this post. I suspect you had a similar (or very broad?) reading preference as Rebecca?
>34 ELiz_M: Thank you, too. Going through all these lists, I find it so interesting to see how she all influenced us one way or the other.
>35 kidzdoc: Thank you for your comprehensive and heartwarming message. I remember you called her your book sister and you had a special bond with her. I'm glad you not only appreciate this tribute, but also want to contribute and create and integrate a new category in your thread. I think this is the best tribute you can pay her.
>36 labfs39: Thank you too, Lisa. 36 books is a lot (imo). Lol that you had to check off your list as the day progressed. The avalanche of reactions kept me quite busy today too. But as Lisa (lisapeet) said, it's a labour of love.
>40 labfs39: It takes forever to finish this post, but I just saw your last post (almost crossposted). About your last question. Both are possible for me. It would be easier for me if we just checked off the book and some members (like you) said they wouldn't mention the books other people had already mentioned. But other members may want to track down all the books they've read. So I check off the book as soon as it's mentioned and add the name of anyone who says he or she has read it. I think that this way we can more or less reconcile both choices. Thanks for asking btw.
43Settings
A very nice idea. I can add these.
27. The Song of Roland (not that translation, I think)
326. Disquiet (Leigh, Julia)
351. The Lais of Marie de France
417. Edgar Allan Poem: Complete Tales and Poems (not that edition)
530: The Expedition to the Baobab Tree
27. The Song of Roland (not that translation, I think)
326. Disquiet (Leigh, Julia)
351. The Lais of Marie de France
417. Edgar Allan Poem: Complete Tales and Poems (not that edition)
530: The Expedition to the Baobab Tree
44Trifolia
>38 thorold: >39 Caroline_McElwee: >40 labfs39: >41 Caroline_McElwee: >43 Settings: Thank you, all. I have added these too. Along with Settings' contribution, I've checked off another 11 books, so we have a new total of 219 books today.
45laytonwoman3rd
>42 Trifolia: You are right about Embers; as I searched through the posted reviews, I suspect it was either @pamelad or @kambrogi who recommended this one to me; Rebecca may have learned of it from one of them as well.
46kidzdoc
I revisited Rebecca's list, and, as I expected, I've read more books on her Hope to Read List (50) than ones I haven't gotten to yet (43):
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi: Americanah
Aira, Cesar: How I Became a Nun
Camus, Albert: The Stranger
Castellanos, Horacio Moya: Senselessness
Catton, Eleanor: The Luminaries
Chevillard, Eric: Prehistoric Times
Claus, Hugo: Wonder
Cohen, Albert: Book of My Mother
Cortázar, Julio: From the Observatory
Couto, Mia: The Tuner of Silences
Danticat, Edwidge: Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Darwish, Mahmoud: In the Presence of Absence
de Nerval, Gérard: The Salt Smugglers
Diaz, Junot: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Donoso, José: The Obscene Bird of Night
Farmer, Paul: Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
Grossman, Edith: Why Translation Matters
Gurnah, Abdulrazak: Desertion
Gurnah, Abdulrazak: Paradise
Horne, Alistair: A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
Kastner, Erich: Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
Keene, Donald: The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
Khoury, Elias: As Though She Were Sleeping
Khoury, Elias: White Masks
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: My Struggle, Book One
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: My Struggle, Book Two
Kpomassie, Tété-Michel: An African in Greenland
Lakhous, Amara: Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Machado de Assis: The Alienist
Marable, Manning: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
McCullers, Carson: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Mengestu, Dinaw: How to Read the Air
Michon, Pierre: The Eleven
Monzo, Quim: A Thousand Morons
Monzo, Quim: Guadalajara
Mysliwski, Wieslaw: Stone Upon Stone
O’Connor, Flannery: Wise Blood
Poulin, Jacques: Mister Blue
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front
Rynell, Elisabeth: To Mervas
Sansal, Boualem: The German Mujahid
Saramago, José: Death with Interruptions
Saramago, José: The Stone Raft
Saramago, José: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
Skloot, Rebecca: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Solzhenitsyn, Alekandsr: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Tabucchi, Antonio: Little Misunderstandings of No Importance
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Woman of Porto Pim
_________________________
I plan to read A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar in January.
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi: Americanah
Aira, Cesar: How I Became a Nun
Camus, Albert: The Stranger
Castellanos, Horacio Moya: Senselessness
Catton, Eleanor: The Luminaries
Chevillard, Eric: Prehistoric Times
Claus, Hugo: Wonder
Cohen, Albert: Book of My Mother
Cortázar, Julio: From the Observatory
Couto, Mia: The Tuner of Silences
Danticat, Edwidge: Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work
Darwish, Mahmoud: In the Presence of Absence
de Nerval, Gérard: The Salt Smugglers
Diaz, Junot: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Donoso, José: The Obscene Bird of Night
Farmer, Paul: Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
Grossman, Edith: Why Translation Matters
Gurnah, Abdulrazak: Desertion
Gurnah, Abdulrazak: Paradise
Horne, Alistair: A Savage War of Peace: Algeria, 1954-1962
Kastner, Erich: Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
Keene, Donald: The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
Khoury, Elias: As Though She Were Sleeping
Khoury, Elias: White Masks
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: My Struggle, Book One
Knausgaard, Karl Ove: My Struggle, Book Two
Kpomassie, Tété-Michel: An African in Greenland
Lakhous, Amara: Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
Machado de Assis: The Alienist
Marable, Manning: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
McCullers, Carson: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Mengestu, Dinaw: How to Read the Air
Michon, Pierre: The Eleven
Monzo, Quim: A Thousand Morons
Monzo, Quim: Guadalajara
Mysliwski, Wieslaw: Stone Upon Stone
O’Connor, Flannery: Wise Blood
Poulin, Jacques: Mister Blue
Remarque, Erich Maria: All Quiet on the Western Front
Rynell, Elisabeth: To Mervas
Sansal, Boualem: The German Mujahid
Saramago, José: Death with Interruptions
Saramago, José: The Stone Raft
Saramago, José: The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis
Skloot, Rebecca: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Solzhenitsyn, Alekandsr: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Tabucchi, Antonio: Little Misunderstandings of No Importance
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro
Tabucchi, Antonio: The Woman of Porto Pim
_________________________
I plan to read A Mind at Peace by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar in January.
48FAMeulstee
Thanks for making this thread, Monica.
I didn't know Rebecca well, I only got very active in the 75ers in her last year. I did notice some very good reviews by her.
My list:
52 books read (all in Dutch translation)
5. Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah
6. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Americanah
14. Aleksievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
48. Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
74. Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
79. Camus, Albert. L'étranger
88. Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries
103. Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
117. Couperus, Louis. Eline Vere: A Novel of The Hague
124. Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species
143. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
177. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
179. Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
186. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary
221. Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
233. Grunberg, Arnon. Tirza
238. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Paradise
242. Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
245. Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
296. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book 1: A Death in the Family
297. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
308. Krasznahorkai, László. The Melancholy of Resistance
319. Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
341. Mak, Geert. In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century
344. Manguel, Alberto. The library at Night
347. Marai, Sandor. Embers
362. McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
387. Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans
388. Myśliwski, Wiesław. Stone upon Stone
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
413. Penny, Louise. Still Life
421. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Footsteps
422. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. House of Glass
426. Prus, Bolesław. The Doll
429. Rankin, Ian. Dead Souls
430. Rankin, Ian. Set in Darkness
431. Rankin, Ian. The Hanging Garden
436. Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front
451. Roth, Joseph. One hundred days
454. Rovelli, Carlo. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
469. Sansal, Boualem. The German Mujahid
479. Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
510. Smith, Patti. M Train
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
517. Sōseki, Natsume. The Gate
534. Storm, Theodor. The Rider on the White Horse
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax
556. Tesson, Sylvain. The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
568. Tokarczuk, Olga. House of Day, House of Night
570. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Professor and the Siren
620. Williams, John. Stoner
625. Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life of Trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
1 to be read
48.Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
105. Claus, Hugo. Wonder
387.Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans
407.Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
421.Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Footsteps
422.Pramoedya Ananta Toer. House of Glass
429.Rankin, Ian. Dead Souls
430.Rankin, Ian. Set in Darkness
431.Rankin, Ian. The Hanging Garden
451.Roth, Joseph. One Hundred Days
512.Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
541.Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax
and maybe to read (are on the shelves)
150. Donoso, José. The Obscene Bird of Night
300. Konrád, George. The Case Worker
323. le Carré, John. The Little Drummer Girl
453. Roth, Philip. Zuckerman Bound
maybe from the library
? 69. Buarque, Chico. Spilt Milk (Herinneringen aan Rio)
? 84. Cărtărescu, Mircea. Blinding: The Left Wing (De wetenden)
? 142. Di Benedetto, Antonio. Zama (Zama)
? 180. Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka (Kamtsjatka)
? 269. Jančar, Drago. The Galley Slave (De galeislaaf)
? 292. Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars (De luit en de littekens)
? 501. Shishkin, Mikhail. Maidenhair (Venushaar - Michaïl Sjisjkin)
? 551. Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi. A Mind at Peace (Sereen)
? 589. Vargas Llosa, Mario. A Fish in the Water (De vis in het water)
? 591. Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Way to Paradise (Het paradijs om de hoek)
? 623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance (Het boek van toeval en toeverlaat)
Edited 31 December 2021 to add Tirza to the read list, and The White Castle & A Perfect Hoax to TBR
Edited 9 January 2022 to add The Professor and the Siren to the read list, and The Red Prince to TBR
Edited 28 January 2022, read Petersburg and The White Castle in January
Edited 23 February 2022, read A Treatise on Shelling Beans and The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke in February
Edited 9 April 2022: read One Hundred Days in April
Edited 13 May 2022: read The Tartar Steppe and House of Day, House of Night
Edited 11 July 2023: added a few I read in the last year, all already covered by others
Edited 28 August 2023: read A Perfect Hoax
Edited 8 October 2023: read The Hanging Garden
Edited 5 January 2024: read Paradise in November, and Dead Souls in December 2023
Edited 30 January 2024: read Set in Darkness
Edited 25 February 2024: read Footsteps
Edited 9 April 2024: read House of Glass
I didn't know Rebecca well, I only got very active in the 75ers in her last year. I did notice some very good reviews by her.
My list:
52 books read (all in Dutch translation)
5. Achebe, Chinua. Anthills of the Savannah
6. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Americanah
14. Aleksievich, Svetlana. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
48. Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
74. Buzzati, Dino. The Tartar Steppe
79. Camus, Albert. L'étranger
88. Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries
103. Childers, Erskine. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
117. Couperus, Louis. Eline Vere: A Novel of The Hague
124. Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species
143. Díaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
177. Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese
179. Ferrante, Elena. My Brilliant Friend
186. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary
221. Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovich. Oblomov
233. Grunberg, Arnon. Tirza
238. Gurnah, Abdulrazak. Paradise
242. Hardy, Thomas. Far from the Madding Crowd
245. Hašek, Jaroslav. The Good Soldier Švejk: and his fortunes in the world war
296. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book 1: A Death in the Family
297. Knausgård, Karl Ove. My Struggle: Book Two: A Man in Love
308. Krasznahorkai, László. The Melancholy of Resistance
319. Lampedusa, Giuseppe Di. The Leopard
341. Mak, Geert. In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century
344. Manguel, Alberto. The library at Night
347. Marai, Sandor. Embers
362. McCullers, Carson. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
387. Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans
388. Myśliwski, Wiesław. Stone upon Stone
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
413. Penny, Louise. Still Life
421. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Footsteps
422. Pramoedya Ananta Toer. House of Glass
426. Prus, Bolesław. The Doll
429. Rankin, Ian. Dead Souls
430. Rankin, Ian. Set in Darkness
431. Rankin, Ian. The Hanging Garden
436. Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front
451. Roth, Joseph. One hundred days
454. Rovelli, Carlo. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
469. Sansal, Boualem. The German Mujahid
479. Schama, Simon. The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
510. Smith, Patti. M Train
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
517. Sōseki, Natsume. The Gate
534. Storm, Theodor. The Rider on the White Horse
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax
556. Tesson, Sylvain. The Consolations of the Forest: Alone in a Cabin on the Siberian Taiga
568. Tokarczuk, Olga. House of Day, House of Night
570. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Professor and the Siren
620. Williams, John. Stoner
625. Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life of Trees : what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
1 to be read
48.
105. Claus, Hugo. Wonder
387.
407.
421.
422.
429.
430.
431.
451.
512.
541.
and maybe to read (are on the shelves)
150. Donoso, José. The Obscene Bird of Night
300. Konrád, George. The Case Worker
323. le Carré, John. The Little Drummer Girl
453. Roth, Philip. Zuckerman Bound
maybe from the library
? 69. Buarque, Chico. Spilt Milk (Herinneringen aan Rio)
? 84. Cărtărescu, Mircea. Blinding: The Left Wing (De wetenden)
? 142. Di Benedetto, Antonio. Zama (Zama)
? 180. Figueras, Marcelo. Kamchatka (Kamtsjatka)
? 269. Jančar, Drago. The Galley Slave (De galeislaaf)
? 292. Kiš, Danilo. The Lute and the Scars (De luit en de littekens)
? 501. Shishkin, Mikhail. Maidenhair (Venushaar - Michaïl Sjisjkin)
? 551. Tanpınar, Ahmet Hamdi. A Mind at Peace (Sereen)
? 589. Vargas Llosa, Mario. A Fish in the Water (De vis in het water)
? 591. Vargas Llosa, Mario. The Way to Paradise (Het paradijs om de hoek)
? 623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance (Het boek van toeval en toeverlaat)
Edited 31 December 2021 to add Tirza to the read list, and The White Castle & A Perfect Hoax to TBR
Edited 9 January 2022 to add The Professor and the Siren to the read list, and The Red Prince to TBR
Edited 28 January 2022, read Petersburg and The White Castle in January
Edited 23 February 2022, read A Treatise on Shelling Beans and The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke in February
Edited 9 April 2022: read One Hundred Days in April
Edited 13 May 2022: read The Tartar Steppe and House of Day, House of Night
Edited 11 July 2023: added a few I read in the last year, all already covered by others
Edited 28 August 2023: read A Perfect Hoax
Edited 8 October 2023: read The Hanging Garden
Edited 5 January 2024: read Paradise in November, and Dead Souls in December 2023
Edited 30 January 2024: read Set in Darkness
Edited 25 February 2024: read Footsteps
Edited 9 April 2024: read House of Glass
49laytonwoman3rd
I have also read In an Antique Land by Ghosh.
I have several of the books on the long list, and hope to read at least The Heart of a Dog and The Essential Tales of Chekhov this year. In checking the titles that I have on hand, I noted Memoirs of a Revolutionary, which my catalog specifically says was recommended by Rebecca. She did review it, in 2012, so possibly she intended to read it again, or maybe just overlooked removing it from this collection.
I have several of the books on the long list, and hope to read at least The Heart of a Dog and The Essential Tales of Chekhov this year. In checking the titles that I have on hand, I noted Memoirs of a Revolutionary, which my catalog specifically says was recommended by Rebecca. She did review it, in 2012, so possibly she intended to read it again, or maybe just overlooked removing it from this collection.
50cindydavid4
>42 Trifolia: here you go, thanks for doing this
Americanah
Beowolf
Tale of Two Cities
Canterburys Tale
Mani
Roumel
In an antique land
News of the world
Travelers Tree
last child in the woods
the alienist
embers
the heart is a lonely hunter
night train to lisbon
Instance of the fingerposts
The green child
all quiet on the western front
Stories from my fathers court
Immortal life of Henritta Lachs
one day in the life of Ivan denisovich
miss pettigrew lives for the day
age of innocence
picture of dorian gray
Americanah
Beowolf
Tale of Two Cities
Canterburys Tale
Mani
Roumel
In an antique land
News of the world
Travelers Tree
last child in the woods
the alienist
embers
the heart is a lonely hunter
night train to lisbon
Instance of the fingerposts
The green child
all quiet on the western front
Stories from my fathers court
Immortal life of Henritta Lachs
one day in the life of Ivan denisovich
miss pettigrew lives for the day
age of innocence
picture of dorian gray
51cindydavid4
I have books that I want to read, but most interested in memories of eden: a journey through jewish bagdhad the big thirst
I also plan to read the secret history of wonder woman
I also plan to read the secret history of wonder woman
52DieFledermaus
I'm impressed with all the work you're doing for this project, Monica--thanks!
>35 kidzdoc: - That's a really nice memory of Rebecca, Darryl. And 44-55 books!!!
>35 kidzdoc: - That's a really nice memory of Rebecca, Darryl. And 44-55 books!!!
53dchaikin
>1 Trifolia: this is an amazing tribute. LibraryThing and Club Read have had such great impacts on my reading and what i read and what I want to read, what I know is out there. And, along with Lois (Avaland), Rebecca had a huge influence in opening me up to certain kinds of high-end literature that is meaningful to me and us now, and that I didn't know was out there. That list, her TBR, is a nice memorial to her reading. But this thread is amazing. Glad I got to know her virtually here.
I can add a small number:
17. Alter, Robert. The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
148. Doctorow, E. L.. Creationists: Selected Essays
295. Knausgaard, Karl O.. A Time for Everything
328. Lepore, Jill. The Secret History of Wonder Woman
561. Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic
I can add a small number:
17. Alter, Robert. The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
148. Doctorow, E. L.. Creationists: Selected Essays
295. Knausgaard, Karl O.. A Time for Everything
328. Lepore, Jill. The Secret History of Wonder Woman
561. Thomas, Keith. Religion and the Decline of Magic
54Trifolia
>46 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl. I have added these to the list. Please let me know if you want me to add the books you mentioned in >35 kidzdoc: as TBR.
>47 quondame: Thank you too. It is indeed one book that has not been mentioned by anyone else.
>48 FAMeulstee: Thank you, Anita. I think it is wonderful that even people who did not know her very well, want to participate. Imo, it shows how influential she was as a reader.
>49 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you, I've added these too.
It is indeed possible that she may have read some of the books and wanted to reread them or overlooked them, as you mention. I only downloaded the collection she described as "hope to read soon", which I assume was her wish list. She did not add reviews to these books there, unlike her other collections.
>50 cindydavid4: >51 cindydavid4: Thank you, Cindy. I added these too.
>52 DieFledermaus: You're welcome.
>53 dchaikin: It is so nice to see how everyone makes their own contribution to this tribute from their own background. I have added your books too.
Thanks to everyone's input, I have been able to strike off another 41 unread books off the list, which brings us to a total of 260 books. 21 members have particpated so far.
I would like to emphasize how happy and grateful I am that I can do this and that you are responding so enthusiastically. It is heartwarming to see that it is possible to unite around this project.
>47 quondame: Thank you too. It is indeed one book that has not been mentioned by anyone else.
>48 FAMeulstee: Thank you, Anita. I think it is wonderful that even people who did not know her very well, want to participate. Imo, it shows how influential she was as a reader.
>49 laytonwoman3rd: Thank you, I've added these too.
It is indeed possible that she may have read some of the books and wanted to reread them or overlooked them, as you mention. I only downloaded the collection she described as "hope to read soon", which I assume was her wish list. She did not add reviews to these books there, unlike her other collections.
>50 cindydavid4: >51 cindydavid4: Thank you, Cindy. I added these too.
>52 DieFledermaus: You're welcome.
>53 dchaikin: It is so nice to see how everyone makes their own contribution to this tribute from their own background. I have added your books too.
Thanks to everyone's input, I have been able to strike off another 41 unread books off the list, which brings us to a total of 260 books. 21 members have particpated so far.
I would like to emphasize how happy and grateful I am that I can do this and that you are responding so enthusiastically. It is heartwarming to see that it is possible to unite around this project.
55AnnieMod
A few more from me that are not yet covered:
226. Gospodinov, Georgi. The Physics of Sorrow (in the original Bulgarian)
261. Igov, Angel. A Short Tale of Shame (in the original Bulgarian)
282. Karabashliev, Zachary. 18% Gray (in the original Bulgarian)
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle (in Bulgarian)
458. Ruskov, Milen. Thrown into Nature (in the original Bulgarian)
513-515. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 (in Russian)
522. Stambolova, Albena. Everything Happens As It Does (in the original Bulgarian)
610. Wells, H. G.. Tono-Bungay
A few more sound familiar but need to check their titles in Bulgarian/Russian to make sure they are the same books... :)
226. Gospodinov, Georgi. The Physics of Sorrow (in the original Bulgarian)
261. Igov, Angel. A Short Tale of Shame (in the original Bulgarian)
282. Karabashliev, Zachary. 18% Gray (in the original Bulgarian)
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle (in Bulgarian)
458. Ruskov, Milen. Thrown into Nature (in the original Bulgarian)
513-515. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 (in Russian)
522. Stambolova, Albena. Everything Happens As It Does (in the original Bulgarian)
610. Wells, H. G.. Tono-Bungay
A few more sound familiar but need to check their titles in Bulgarian/Russian to make sure they are the same books... :)
56FAMeulstee
I forgot a book I have read
233. Grunberg, Arnon. Tirza
and want to add two more I want to read
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax
I have updated my msg above >48 FAMeulstee:
233. Grunberg, Arnon. Tirza
and want to add two more I want to read
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
541. Svevo, Italo. A Perfect Hoax
I have updated my msg above >48 FAMeulstee:
57Dilara86
What a lovely idea! I was still a(n avid) lurker when she passed, but I learned a lot from her posts and reviews.
Here are the few books I've read that haven't been crossed off yet:
91. Chandra, Vikram. Red Earth and Pouring Rain
257. Hua, Yu. Brothers: A Novel
272. Jergović, Miljenko. Sarajevo Marlboro
462. Rytkhėu, Yuri. The Chukchi Bible
Here are the few books I've read that haven't been crossed off yet:
91. Chandra, Vikram. Red Earth and Pouring Rain
257. Hua, Yu. Brothers: A Novel
272. Jergović, Miljenko. Sarajevo Marlboro
462. Rytkhėu, Yuri. The Chukchi Bible
58cindydavid4
>56 FAMeulstee: The White Castle does sound really interesting; Ive read several of his books and liked them. Id like to add this to the TBR list as well
59FAMeulstee
>58 cindydavid4: I loved both My name is Red and Snow. When I saw The White Castle at the library, and hope to read it in January.
60cindydavid4
correction - I have not read The Secret History of Wonder Woman but I want to read. thx
(I admire your ability to organize all these different lists; and so quickly! Not in my wheelhouse, for sure!)
(I admire your ability to organize all these different lists; and so quickly! Not in my wheelhouse, for sure!)
61cindydavid4
>59 FAMeulstee: I also read Istanbul
62cindydavid4
Also read Embers
63arubabookwoman
Thanks for doing this Monica. I'm going to just list the books on the list I've read, and then I will check to see if any of them have not been checked off. I have on my shelf patiently waiting probably as many as I've read, and hopefully I will read a few this year. Books I've read:
14. Voices from Chernobyl*
22. Tirra Lirra By the River
24. The Butcher's Wife
54. A Perfect Execution
57. Labyrinths*
68. A World for Julius*
74. The Tartar Steppe
79. The Stranger
86. Senselessness
143. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
144. A Tale of Two Cities
159. Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlife
167. The Joys of Motherhood*
186. Madame Bovary
190. How To Read Literature Like a Professor
197. Century of Wind
198. Faces and Masks
199. Genesis*
213. The Greengage Summer
214. Dead Souls
229. The Lieutenant
237. Desertion
242.Far From the Madding Crowd
245. The Good Soldier Svejk
257. Brothers*
259. The Blazing World
260. Point Counterpoint
295. A Time for Everything*
296./297. My Struggle vols. I and II
300. The Caseworker
302. The Time of Light
314. Babi Yar
320. Camel Xiangzi*
354. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
362. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter*
380. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
398. The Country Girls
401. Wise Blood
436. All Quiet on the Western Front
457. The Burning Plain
461. To Mervas*
469. The German Mujahid
471. Death With Interruptions
482. Story of an African Farm
491. The Seventh Cross
496. Kolyma Tales*
508. Henrietta Lacks
513-515. Gulag Archipelago*
516. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch*
557. Vanity Fair
576. Summer in Baden Baden
577. A Distant Mirror
612. Age of Innocence*
613. House of Mirth*
614. New York Stories of Edith Wharton
615. Icefields
616. Riders in the Chariot*
620. Stoner
621. Blackout
633. Storm Rider
634/5. Conquest of Plassans
636. Therese Raquin
If anyone is interested I've Marked with a * those books that I really, really loved. Many of the rest would be at least 4 stars. Only a few duds.
One book not on this list that I remember Rebecca working her way through that I really want to read is Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann. Maybe I can get to that this year.
ETA Looking at the list as it stands at this time, this are the ones I've read which are not yet marked:
24. The Butcher's Wife
213. The Greengage Summer
229. The Lieutenant
257. Brothers
302. The Time of Light
320. Camel Xiangzi
576. Summer in Baden Baden
615. Icefields
633. Storm Rider
14. Voices from Chernobyl*
22. Tirra Lirra By the River
24. The Butcher's Wife
54. A Perfect Execution
57. Labyrinths*
68. A World for Julius*
74. The Tartar Steppe
79. The Stranger
86. Senselessness
143. Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
144. A Tale of Two Cities
159. Sum: 40 Tales from the Afterlife
167. The Joys of Motherhood*
186. Madame Bovary
190. How To Read Literature Like a Professor
197. Century of Wind
198. Faces and Masks
199. Genesis*
213. The Greengage Summer
214. Dead Souls
229. The Lieutenant
237. Desertion
242.Far From the Madding Crowd
245. The Good Soldier Svejk
257. Brothers*
259. The Blazing World
260. Point Counterpoint
295. A Time for Everything*
296./297. My Struggle vols. I and II
300. The Caseworker
302. The Time of Light
314. Babi Yar
320. Camel Xiangzi*
354. At Play in the Fields of the Lord
362. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter*
380. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
398. The Country Girls
401. Wise Blood
436. All Quiet on the Western Front
457. The Burning Plain
461. To Mervas*
469. The German Mujahid
471. Death With Interruptions
482. Story of an African Farm
491. The Seventh Cross
496. Kolyma Tales*
508. Henrietta Lacks
513-515. Gulag Archipelago*
516. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch*
557. Vanity Fair
576. Summer in Baden Baden
577. A Distant Mirror
612. Age of Innocence*
613. House of Mirth*
614. New York Stories of Edith Wharton
615. Icefields
616. Riders in the Chariot*
620. Stoner
621. Blackout
633. Storm Rider
634/5. Conquest of Plassans
636. Therese Raquin
If anyone is interested I've Marked with a * those books that I really, really loved. Many of the rest would be at least 4 stars. Only a few duds.
One book not on this list that I remember Rebecca working her way through that I really want to read is Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann. Maybe I can get to that this year.
ETA Looking at the list as it stands at this time, this are the ones I've read which are not yet marked:
24. The Butcher's Wife
213. The Greengage Summer
229. The Lieutenant
257. Brothers
302. The Time of Light
320. Camel Xiangzi
576. Summer in Baden Baden
615. Icefields
633. Storm Rider
64PaulCranswick
Please also include me in this.
I have read 4, 9, 35, 48, 213, 268 and 535 that are not struck through yet in the list and I have plenty on the shelves not yet read by the group.
In fact I read The Greengage Summer today and will be putting up my review on my thread soon.
I have 24 books on the shelves that are not listed as read which I also haven't yet read. These are #
7, 34, 40, 200, 208, 229, 244, 257, 258, 277, 337, 340, 359, 360, 373, 391, 407, 507, 519, 546, 569, 585, 586 & 605.
I will commit to reading all of those this year if nobody else gets there first!
I have read 4, 9, 35, 48, 213, 268 and 535 that are not struck through yet in the list and I have plenty on the shelves not yet read by the group.
In fact I read The Greengage Summer today and will be putting up my review on my thread soon.
I have 24 books on the shelves that are not listed as read which I also haven't yet read. These are #
7, 34, 40, 200, 208, 229, 244, 257, 258, 277, 337, 340, 359, 360, 373, 391, 407, 507, 519, 546, 569, 585, 586 & 605.
I will commit to reading all of those this year if nobody else gets there first!
65tonikat
I've only fully read seven of these titles, I've not noted them as I read through, can let you know if needed.
I remember Rebecca as charming and very welcome poster but I think our contact was only getting off the ground not long before her loss, no doubt due myself.
I'd like to remember her by reading Milosz's book The Captive Mind which I started probably whilst she was still here and maybe fits for me poetically. I may go on to others, but small steps.
I remember Rebecca as charming and very welcome poster but I think our contact was only getting off the ground not long before her loss, no doubt due myself.
I'd like to remember her by reading Milosz's book The Captive Mind which I started probably whilst she was still here and maybe fits for me poetically. I may go on to others, but small steps.
66tonikat
>66 tonikat: -- my comment on just starting to get off the ground with rebecca led me to go back through my threads - it's not true at all, I think she was one of my biggest contributors and for the longest time and very encouraging - and I had noted gender to an extent within that, I am glad about that and she just continued. She was always an interesting contributor - not afraid to own gaps, and whilst I looked at her list above and thought ahh she must have read such and such title by so and so, in fact I found signs of one I had read by someone and she had not. I'll think on my comment, I do feel a fuller contributor now and several things may be at play, but i do have a sense I was just getting going, and still.
And that was relevant already to my choice.
And that was relevant already to my choice.
67Trifolia
>55 AnnieMod: Thank you, Annie. I understand about translated titles. Sometimes, they are really different. I'm reading The Queen of the Tambourine which in my Dutch version is translated as Yours sincerely, Eliza Peabody.
>56 FAMeulstee: No problem, Anita. I've added them to the list (or should I say substracted them?).
>57 Dilara86: Thank you for your contribution, too.
>60 cindydavid4: Oops, my mistake. I corrected it.
>63 arubabookwoman: Thank you, Deborah. If it's ok with you, I've only checked off the ones that were not already taken, since your list is already substantial in itself. I like the fact that you added the asterisks.
>64 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul. I've added the ones you read already and will add the TBR after I finish this post.
>65 tonikat: Thank you for your comments. It would be great if you'd let me know which books you have read from this list, if you feel like it.
With all recent contributions, we now have a total of 287 books read by 26 participants. I never thought we'd be nearly halfway there before the year 2022 even started. Thank you all & Happy New Year!
>56 FAMeulstee: No problem, Anita. I've added them to the list (or should I say substracted them?).
>57 Dilara86: Thank you for your contribution, too.
>60 cindydavid4: Oops, my mistake. I corrected it.
>63 arubabookwoman: Thank you, Deborah. If it's ok with you, I've only checked off the ones that were not already taken, since your list is already substantial in itself. I like the fact that you added the asterisks.
>64 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul. I've added the ones you read already and will add the TBR after I finish this post.
>65 tonikat: Thank you for your comments. It would be great if you'd let me know which books you have read from this list, if you feel like it.
With all recent contributions, we now have a total of 287 books read by 26 participants. I never thought we'd be nearly halfway there before the year 2022 even started. Thank you all & Happy New Year!
68cindydavid4
>67 Trifolia: I'm reading The Queen of the Tambourine which in my Dutch version is translated as Yours sincerely, Eliza Peabody.
Hahaha! Id be interested to see how that happened (one of my fav books btw by one of my fav english authors0
Hahaha! Id be interested to see how that happened (one of my fav books btw by one of my fav english authors0
69tonikat
>67 Trifolia: ok, let's see
57 Borges, Labyrinths
74 Buzzati, The Tartar Steppe
79 Camus, L'etranger (in English, long time ago no idea who translated that)
144 Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
177 Fermor, Mani
178 Fermor, Roumeli
268 Jamie, Findings
(I was wrong about one, and another isn't even on the list though I thought I;d see it mentioned)
And I plan to read Milosz, The Captive Mind.
57 Borges, Labyrinths
74 Buzzati, The Tartar Steppe
79 Camus, L'etranger (in English, long time ago no idea who translated that)
144 Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
177 Fermor, Mani
178 Fermor, Roumeli
268 Jamie, Findings
(I was wrong about one, and another isn't even on the list though I thought I;d see it mentioned)
And I plan to read Milosz, The Captive Mind.
70arubabookwoman
Just noticed I've also read another one that is not crossed off yet: 289 Devil in the Grove.
71labfs39
FYI: 493. Serge, Victor. Memoirs of a Revolutionary was read and reviewed by Rebecca, she must have forgotten to remove it from her list.
72Linda92007
Trifolia, thank you so much for posting the list. Rebecca had a great influence on my reading and I miss her presence here. I have listed below those books I have read that are not already crossed off.
Dudman, Clare One Day The Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead
Kidder, Tracy Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction
McCann, Colum Dancer
McCann, Colum This Side of Brightness
Vaillant, John The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Warren, Robert Penn Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Dudman, Clare One Day The Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead
Kidder, Tracy Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction
McCann, Colum Dancer
McCann, Colum This Side of Brightness
Vaillant, John The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
Warren, Robert Penn Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
73baswood
An inspiring list of books and a fitting tribute to rebeccanyc
There is only one book not crossed out that I have read Juan Carlos Onetti A brief life, Onetti
There is only one book not crossed out that I have read Juan Carlos Onetti A brief life, Onetti
74ELiz_M
I might have read
329. Leskov, Nikolai. The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories
The edition I read is titled The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales, but I haven't investigated how much overlap the two books have.
329. Leskov, Nikolai. The Enchanted Wanderer and Other Stories
The edition I read is titled The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales, but I haven't investigated how much overlap the two books have.
75SassyLassy
As others have said, thanks so much for doing this. Looking over the list, it reminded me of many conversations on these threads.
Here is my 'read' list, including a few not already scratched off rebecca's list:
4. A Man of the People
25. Beowulf (the Seamus Heaney translation)
40 Doctor Copernicus
44 Stalingrad
48 Petersburg
54 A Perfect Execution
58 To the Hermitage
72 Heart of a Dog
79 L'étranger
103 The Riddle of the Sands
109 The Pursuit of the Millennium
113 Hide and Seek
114 The Great Terror
115 The Origin of the Brunists
128 The Cunning Man
129 Planet of Slums
130 The Second Sex
144 A Tale of Two Cities
145 Mao's Great Famine
157 The Lover
163 The Land Breakers
186 Madame Bovary
213 Greengage Summer
215 Taras Bulba
221 Oblomov
230 The Flower Hunters
242 Far from the Madding Crowd
257 Brothers
260 Point Counter Point
311 In Russian and French Prisons
312 The Czar's Madman
314 Babi Yar
323 The Little Drummer Girl
337 The Noodle Maker
362 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
369 The Eleven
375 The Garlic Ballads
380 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
410 Captain of the Steppe
420 Mister Blue
428 The Devil in the Flesh
429 Dead Souls
430 Set in Darkness
431 The Hanging Garden
436 All Quiet on the Western Front
452 The Wandering Jews
460 A Clearing in the Distance
482 The Story of an African Farm
485 The Last of the Just
486 The Moro Affair
487 The Heart of Midlothian
490 René Leys
491 The Seventh Cross
508 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
509 The Engineer of Human Souls
531 Damascus Gate
532 Fun with Problems
553 Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea
555 Tolstoy Rasputin Others and Me
557 Vanity Fair
561 Religion and the Decline of Magic
564 The Use of Man
573 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
577 A Distant Mirror
590 The Bad Girl
601 Summer Will Show
603 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
607 The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka
615 Icefields
617 The Picture of Dorian Gray
620 Stoner
626 City of Angels or, The Overcoat of Dr Freud
634 The Conquest of Plassans
635 The Conquest of Plassans (same as 634)
That's 73. I'll come back with the ones on my TBR pile later
Here is my 'read' list, including a few not already scratched off rebecca's list:
4. A Man of the People
25. Beowulf (the Seamus Heaney translation)
40 Doctor Copernicus
44 Stalingrad
48 Petersburg
54 A Perfect Execution
58 To the Hermitage
72 Heart of a Dog
79 L'étranger
103 The Riddle of the Sands
109 The Pursuit of the Millennium
113 Hide and Seek
114 The Great Terror
115 The Origin of the Brunists
128 The Cunning Man
129 Planet of Slums
130 The Second Sex
144 A Tale of Two Cities
145 Mao's Great Famine
157 The Lover
163 The Land Breakers
186 Madame Bovary
213 Greengage Summer
215 Taras Bulba
221 Oblomov
230 The Flower Hunters
242 Far from the Madding Crowd
257 Brothers
260 Point Counter Point
311 In Russian and French Prisons
312 The Czar's Madman
314 Babi Yar
323 The Little Drummer Girl
337 The Noodle Maker
362 The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
369 The Eleven
375 The Garlic Ballads
380 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
410 Captain of the Steppe
420 Mister Blue
428 The Devil in the Flesh
429 Dead Souls
430 Set in Darkness
431 The Hanging Garden
436 All Quiet on the Western Front
452 The Wandering Jews
460 A Clearing in the Distance
482 The Story of an African Farm
485 The Last of the Just
486 The Moro Affair
487 The Heart of Midlothian
490 René Leys
491 The Seventh Cross
508 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
509 The Engineer of Human Souls
531 Damascus Gate
532 Fun with Problems
553 Memories from Moscow to the Black Sea
555 Tolstoy Rasputin Others and Me
557 Vanity Fair
561 Religion and the Decline of Magic
564 The Use of Man
573 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
577 A Distant Mirror
590 The Bad Girl
601 Summer Will Show
603 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
607 The Cage: The Fight for Sri Lanka
615 Icefields
617 The Picture of Dorian Gray
620 Stoner
626 City of Angels or, The Overcoat of Dr Freud
634 The Conquest of Plassans
635 The Conquest of Plassans (same as 634)
That's 73. I'll come back with the ones on my TBR pile later
76WelshBookworm
Oh - I found one more I've read... Firefly
Surprised no one else has read it!
And put me down To Read The World of Odysseus
Surprised no one else has read it!
And put me down To Read The World of Odysseus
77cindydavid4
>76 WelshBookworm: wait, I saw the very short lived series, didn't realize there was a book! Ok Im in
78WelshBookworm
>77 cindydavid4: Yes, it is the scripts of all the shows...
79WelshBookworm
Okay, no - this is what I read... Firefly: The Official Companion There are two volumes. I have the complete DVD series.
80Trifolia
>69 tonikat: Thank you. I've added the ones you have read and the TBR.
>70 arubabookwoman: Thank you, I've added that one too.
>71 labfs39: Thank you for letting us know. I've added this in the list. It seems there are some books that Rebecca did read. Unfortunately, we can only guess what she really meant by 'hope to read soon', how well she updated this and if she also added possible rereads. Anyway, I think it's interesting to take a look at the books she definitely did read too. Rebecca's collections are a treasure trove of information.
>72 Linda92007: Thank you, Linda and thank you for taking the time to add to the list. I've checked them off.
>73 baswood: Thank you too. Every book and every participant counts.
>74 ELiz_M: Thank you; Liz. I've added that one with a question mark. Let me know if I can remove it :-)
>75 SassyLassy: Thank you, too. Quite an impressive list. I've checked them all off.
>76 WelshBookworm: >79 WelshBookworm: I don't think the book you mention is the one that Rebecca wanted to read. She refers to Firefly by Severo Sarduy, not by Joss Whedon as your link seems to indicate.
I have noticed that some touchstones are not linking to the right book, but I did not check them, so please let me know if you are bothered by one or more and I'll adjust them.
Again, thank you all for your contributions. Today, we are almost halfway there with 316 books by 28 participants. But there's still a lot to discover. Happy reading!
>70 arubabookwoman: Thank you, I've added that one too.
>71 labfs39: Thank you for letting us know. I've added this in the list. It seems there are some books that Rebecca did read. Unfortunately, we can only guess what she really meant by 'hope to read soon', how well she updated this and if she also added possible rereads. Anyway, I think it's interesting to take a look at the books she definitely did read too. Rebecca's collections are a treasure trove of information.
>72 Linda92007: Thank you, Linda and thank you for taking the time to add to the list. I've checked them off.
>73 baswood: Thank you too. Every book and every participant counts.
>74 ELiz_M: Thank you; Liz. I've added that one with a question mark. Let me know if I can remove it :-)
>75 SassyLassy: Thank you, too. Quite an impressive list. I've checked them all off.
>76 WelshBookworm: >79 WelshBookworm: I don't think the book you mention is the one that Rebecca wanted to read. She refers to Firefly by Severo Sarduy, not by Joss Whedon as your link seems to indicate.
I have noticed that some touchstones are not linking to the right book, but I did not check them, so please let me know if you are bothered by one or more and I'll adjust them.
Again, thank you all for your contributions. Today, we are almost halfway there with 316 books by 28 participants. But there's still a lot to discover. Happy reading!
81arubabookwoman
If anyone here is doing the Asia challenge--Turkey for January, A Useless Man, #1 on the list is from Turkey. My library doesn't have it, and the Kindle version is $13+ so not for me, but....anyone?
82arubabookwoman
I just found another one I read, #60 The Sleepwalkers by Hermann Broch. I guess I forgot because although it's supposed to be a great book, it put me to sleep for the many nights it took me to read it in 2009.
(I'm just going thru the list again checking the unmarked ones for any I own and might get to this year).
(I'm just going thru the list again checking the unmarked ones for any I own and might get to this year).
83Nickelini
I've already read these ones that aren't crosse off yet:
195 - Great War and Modern Memory (Fussell)
386 - Love of a Good Woman (Munro)
477 - Atlas of Remote Islands (Schalansky)
537 - Lone Survivors (Stringer)
594 - The Reindeer People (Vitebsky)
Interesting that most of those are NF. And all better than average, too!
195 - Great War and Modern Memory (Fussell)
386 - Love of a Good Woman (Munro)
477 - Atlas of Remote Islands (Schalansky)
537 - Lone Survivors (Stringer)
594 - The Reindeer People (Vitebsky)
Interesting that most of those are NF. And all better than average, too!
84pamelad
I've already read
16. Allen, Frederick Lewis. Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929-September 3, 1939
16. Allen, Frederick Lewis. Since Yesterday: The 1930's in America, September 3, 1929-September 3, 1939
85kidzdoc
I can add three more unmarked books to the read list:
303. Kourouma, Ahmadou. Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
317. Labbé, Carlos. Navidad & Matanza
546. Tabucchi, Antonio. Requiem: A Hallucination
>54 Trifolia: For now I'd only like to list A Mind at Peace as a TBR book, Monica, as I'm not sure when I'll get to the others. I plan to read this book later this month.
303. Kourouma, Ahmadou. Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote
317. Labbé, Carlos. Navidad & Matanza
546. Tabucchi, Antonio. Requiem: A Hallucination
>54 Trifolia: For now I'd only like to list A Mind at Peace as a TBR book, Monica, as I'm not sure when I'll get to the others. I plan to read this book later this month.
86NanaCC
Rebecca added so many books to my wishlist. Her reviews were always so good. I’ve read several that are already checked off, and these are the ones I’ve read that have not yet been checked.
46. Bellos, Alex. Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion through the Astonishing World of Math
565. Todd, Charles. A False Mirror
566. Todd, Charles. A Matter of Justice
567. Todd, Charles. A Pale Horse
46. Bellos, Alex. Here's Looking at Euclid: A Surprising Excursion through the Astonishing World of Math
565. Todd, Charles. A False Mirror
566. Todd, Charles. A Matter of Justice
567. Todd, Charles. A Pale Horse
87cindydavid4
>84 pamelad: ohhhh, I missed that as well (also read the sequel, since yesterday that was quite good as well)
88WelshBookworm
>80 Trifolia: Ah okay. I probably went by the Touchstone. I did notice there were some that didn’t seem to match…
89avatiakh
I also appreciated Rebecca's world of books. I added many lesser known works to my shelves thanks to her.
I haven't read many on this list and those have already been claimed.
I'd like to read these 5, I have 4 of them on my shelves:
The End of Everything by David Bergelson
Love and longing in Bombay : stories by Vikram Chandra
The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira
The Abyssinian by Jean-Christophe Rufin
The Siege of Isfahan by Jean-Christophe Rufin
I haven't read many on this list and those have already been claimed.
I'd like to read these 5, I have 4 of them on my shelves:
The End of Everything by David Bergelson
Love and longing in Bombay : stories by Vikram Chandra
The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira
The Abyssinian by Jean-Christophe Rufin
The Siege of Isfahan by Jean-Christophe Rufin
90NanaCC
I have 9 on my wishlist that I have tagged in comments “Rebecca”, meaning that her reviews put them there. I’ll read at least two of those.
91pamelad
I hadn't read 200. The Blue Sky by Galsan Tschinag, but when I saw my name next to it I found a copy in the Open Library and now I've finished it.
92wandering_star
This is really a terrific piece of work - thank you!
Of the ones which haven't been crossed out, I have read:
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh
Memories of Eden
Here’s Looking At Euclid
and according to my catalogue, I own:
The Love of a Good Woman
The Best American Short Stories 2009
The Ends of the Earth
The Birds of the Innocent Wood
From The Ruins Of Empire
The Alhambra
so please put me down as TBR for those.
Thirst, The Deadly Dinner Party and High Tide all sound really interesting. I am trying not to buy too many books this year but if I finish the ones I own, I can also get these three.
Of the ones which haven't been crossed out, I have read:
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh
Memories of Eden
Here’s Looking At Euclid
and according to my catalogue, I own:
The Love of a Good Woman
The Best American Short Stories 2009
The Ends of the Earth
The Birds of the Innocent Wood
From The Ruins Of Empire
The Alhambra
so please put me down as TBR for those.
Thirst, The Deadly Dinner Party and High Tide all sound really interesting. I am trying not to buy too many books this year but if I finish the ones I own, I can also get these three.
93Trifolia
>82 arubabookwoman: it put me to sleep ... lol
I added this one.
>83 Nickelini: Thanks for adding your books too!
>84 pamelad: > 91 Added & thank you for reading the book instead of correcting my mistake :-)
>85 kidzdoc: Thank you. I presume Tabucchi ended up on Rebecca's list because of you?
>86 NanaCC: Thank you too, Colleen. From Tabuccho to Todd: I like the diversity of Rebecca's reading and how everyone contributes here.
>89 avatiakh: Thank you, Kerry. I've added these books as TBR
>92 wandering_star: Thank you. I've checked off the first books and added the others ones as TBR.
Good news. We have now read 332 books from Rebecca's list. I know this number is somehow flattered as we've clearly ticked off books we've read in the past, but I'm hopeful we'll be able to read the other books too, especially since so many of you have indicated that they will integrate books from this list into their reading lists this year.
I added this one.
>83 Nickelini: Thanks for adding your books too!
>84 pamelad: > 91 Added & thank you for reading the book instead of correcting my mistake :-)
>85 kidzdoc: Thank you. I presume Tabucchi ended up on Rebecca's list because of you?
>86 NanaCC: Thank you too, Colleen. From Tabuccho to Todd: I like the diversity of Rebecca's reading and how everyone contributes here.
>89 avatiakh: Thank you, Kerry. I've added these books as TBR
>92 wandering_star: Thank you. I've checked off the first books and added the others ones as TBR.
Good news. We have now read 332 books from Rebecca's list. I know this number is somehow flattered as we've clearly ticked off books we've read in the past, but I'm hopeful we'll be able to read the other books too, especially since so many of you have indicated that they will integrate books from this list into their reading lists this year.
94arubabookwoman
I finally finished going thru the list again, and these are the books I have on my shelf. I won't be able to read them all probably, but I have starred the ones Most want to read and will make a real effort to get to:
43 Frozen in Time
*87 Book of Lamentations
101 Worst Journey in the World
*120 Daily Rituals
258 Last Day of a Condemned Man
*299 The Ends of the Earth (this is a huge anthology, so iffy whether I'll complete)
*332 Paradiso
333 Soul of wood
*356 Killing Mr. Watson- think this, along with 355 and 357 is part of a trilogy, which I purchased after Rebecca reviewed it. Since it's historical fiction set in Florida where I now live, I should try to read it.
442 I the Supreme
*505 Pedigree
574 Marion Fay
591 The Way to Paradise
And along the way, I discovered another one I've read, #162, The Deadly Dinner Party.
Since I've starred 6, maybe I can plan to complete 1 every 2 months.
43 Frozen in Time
*87 Book of Lamentations
101 Worst Journey in the World
*120 Daily Rituals
258 Last Day of a Condemned Man
*299 The Ends of the Earth (this is a huge anthology, so iffy whether I'll complete)
*332 Paradiso
333 Soul of wood
*356 Killing Mr. Watson- think this, along with 355 and 357 is part of a trilogy, which I purchased after Rebecca reviewed it. Since it's historical fiction set in Florida where I now live, I should try to read it.
442 I the Supreme
*505 Pedigree
574 Marion Fay
591 The Way to Paradise
And along the way, I discovered another one I've read, #162, The Deadly Dinner Party.
Since I've starred 6, maybe I can plan to complete 1 every 2 months.
95dchaikin
>94 arubabookwoman: I don't have any of the ones not checked off in the house. : (
96Dilara86
I have placed a hold on 316. Laâbi, Abdellatif. The Rule of Barbarism at the library. That was an easy choice: I like Laâbi's poetry. Presque riens was in my top 10 reads for 2021.
97PaulCranswick
I will read My Two Worlds by Sergio Chejfec this month as nobody seems to have claimed it.
I have just borrowed it from the Open Library and will read it sometime in the next two weeks.
I have just borrowed it from the Open Library and will read it sometime in the next two weeks.
98pamelad
I am currently reading 2. Abe, Kobo. Secret Rendezvous.
99Trifolia
>94 arubabookwoman: >96 Dilara86: >97 PaulCranswick: >98 pamelad: - Thank you all. I have added all of these books as either read or TBR (and one currently being read).
The stats are: +1: 333/641 books
The stats are: +1: 333/641 books
100thorold
I’ve now got 191. The tree by John Fowles & Frank Horvat on order, so you can count that as added to the TBR.
101DieFledermaus
I ordered French Decadent Tales Ed. Stephen Romer. I'll try to get to it soon, but it might not be this month. I'm also currently reading The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov, although Annie has already read that one.
102Dilara86
>99 Trifolia: Actually, scratch 316. Laâbi, Abdellatif. The Rule of Barbarism. It looks like they couldn't find it in the library reserve. That happens unbelievable often! I'll have another look at the list and choose something else...
103karspeak
I have read #550, Bringing Nature Home, and I am currently reading #459, American Canopy. I’ll post again once I finish it.
104pamelad
>98 pamelad: I have finished Secret Rendezvous. Here is the thread that led Rebecca to buy the book and here is my review.
105AnnieMod
You can also add
630. Yamashita, Karen Tei. I Hotel
to the ones that were read already - kidzdoc even wrote a review back in 2010: https://www.librarything.com/work/9923029/reviews/61836484 :)
630. Yamashita, Karen Tei. I Hotel
to the ones that were read already - kidzdoc even wrote a review back in 2010: https://www.librarything.com/work/9923029/reviews/61836484 :)
106avatiakh
I read this one in 2016 -
#448 Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter by Kazik (Simha Rotem)
#448 Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter by Kazik (Simha Rotem)
107Trifolia
>100 thorold: >101 DieFledermaus: >102 Dilara86: >103 karspeak: >103 karspeak: >104 pamelad: >105 AnnieMod: >106 avatiakh: Thank you all! I've checked off the ones that were read, added (or deleted) TBR and CBR.
The current status is + 4: 337/641 books.
The current status is + 4: 337/641 books.
108kidzdoc
>105 AnnieMod: Right! I forgot to list I Hotel, which was a unique and unforgettable novel.
109bragan
Only just caught up with the group enough to get to this thread! What a really lovely idea.
Of the still-uncrossed-off books, I've already read 141. Through the Language Glass. I see there are two or three others there that are already on my TBR shelves. I'm not much for joining group reading projects generally, but, well... I have been kind of eying 182. Ignorance: How It Drives Science since I picked it up last year. Maybe this can be an incentive to get to it sooner rather than later.
ETA: In fact, I thought I might be the one who inspired Rebecca's interest in Through the Language Glass, and it looks like I probably was. I'm only sorry she never got the chance to read it.
And the more I think about it, the more I think I might just read Ignorance: How It Drives Science next.
Of the still-uncrossed-off books, I've already read 141. Through the Language Glass. I see there are two or three others there that are already on my TBR shelves. I'm not much for joining group reading projects generally, but, well... I have been kind of eying 182. Ignorance: How It Drives Science since I picked it up last year. Maybe this can be an incentive to get to it sooner rather than later.
ETA: In fact, I thought I might be the one who inspired Rebecca's interest in Through the Language Glass, and it looks like I probably was. I'm only sorry she never got the chance to read it.
And the more I think about it, the more I think I might just read Ignorance: How It Drives Science next.
110FAMeulstee
Just noticed I have read one more:
570. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Professor and the Siren
And I also want to read:
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
(updated >48 FAMeulstee: )
570. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Professor and the Siren
And I also want to read:
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
(updated >48 FAMeulstee: )
111SassyLassy
Have gone through the list for TBR books and came up with
101 The Worst Journey in the World
134 Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
194 When the World Spoke French
239 Dirty Havana Trilogy
245 The Good Soldier Svejk (have started from time to time with no luck so far)
254 A Savage War of Peace
288 Odessa: City of Dreams, Genius and Death
304 An African in Greenland
313 Memories of the Future
320 Camel Xiangzi also has the title Rickshaw Boy
534 The Rider on the White Horse
595 The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
604 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
605 The Thirty Years War
636 Therese Raquin
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There are three on the list that I really want - looking at my Thingaversary next month:
119 Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot (I always plant ginkgos wherever I am)
274 The Name of the World (by one of my favourite authors who died recently)
434 The Floating Brothel (my Ahoy collection needs this)
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Two half read and still reading:
470 Balthasar and Blimunda (by the bed)
478 Landscape and Memory (still to be discovered in one of those basement boxes)
___________________
I'm bound to get through a few this year
101 The Worst Journey in the World
134 Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
194 When the World Spoke French
239 Dirty Havana Trilogy
245 The Good Soldier Svejk (have started from time to time with no luck so far)
254 A Savage War of Peace
288 Odessa: City of Dreams, Genius and Death
304 An African in Greenland
313 Memories of the Future
320 Camel Xiangzi also has the title Rickshaw Boy
534 The Rider on the White Horse
595 The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
604 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
605 The Thirty Years War
636 Therese Raquin
-----------------
There are three on the list that I really want - looking at my Thingaversary next month:
119 Ginkgo: The Tree that Time Forgot (I always plant ginkgos wherever I am)
274 The Name of the World (by one of my favourite authors who died recently)
434 The Floating Brothel (my Ahoy collection needs this)
---------------------
Two half read and still reading:
470 Balthasar and Blimunda (by the bed)
478 Landscape and Memory (still to be discovered in one of those basement boxes)
___________________
I'm bound to get through a few this year
112laytonwoman3rd
I am currently reading Therese Raquin (which has already been crossed off the list, but the list is what made me move it up my personal queue).
I hope to read, from those titles still awaiting our attention:
There Once Was a World by Yaffa Eliach
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
A Murder in Jerusalem is No. 6 and the final entry in a series of detective novels, by the late Batya Gur. Since I haven't read any of the others, I hope to start at the beginning. If I enjoy the character of her detective and the style of her writing, I will surely read the entire series.
and from those already read by others:
The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
The Luminaries by Elanor Catton
The Song of Roland
And then we'll see...there are several others I'd like to get to.
I hope to read, from those titles still awaiting our attention:
There Once Was a World by Yaffa Eliach
This Republic of Suffering by Drew Gilpin Faust
A Murder in Jerusalem is No. 6 and the final entry in a series of detective novels, by the late Batya Gur. Since I haven't read any of the others, I hope to start at the beginning. If I enjoy the character of her detective and the style of her writing, I will surely read the entire series.
and from those already read by others:
The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
The Luminaries by Elanor Catton
The Song of Roland
And then we'll see...there are several others I'd like to get to.
114bragan
All right, I did read Ignorance: How It Drives Science. And it was worthwhile, too, so thanks to this thread, and to the memory of rebeccanyc, for prompting me to read it sooner rather than later. Not sure if I should repost my review on this thread, but it can be found here.
115DieFledermaus
I finished The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov. My review is on my thread, but I can also post it here.
I'm currently reading A Useless Man by Sait Faik Abasiyanik.
I'm currently reading A Useless Man by Sait Faik Abasiyanik.
116cindydavid4
just saw In Ruins by Christopher Woodward (629) and I would like to add it to the tbr list.
117Trifolia
Thank you all for your contributions.
I have added what has been read and the ones TBR and CBR.
Today, the currents stats are 341/641 books by 34 participants
I have added what has been read and the ones TBR and CBR.
Today, the currents stats are 341/641 books by 34 participants
118PaulCranswick
Pleased to inform Monica, that I just finished: My Two Worlds by Sergio Chejfec.
Took one for the team to be honest but at least it was only 103 pages long.
Took one for the team to be honest but at least it was only 103 pages long.
119Dilara86
#3. Ābele, Inga. High Tide is already in my wishlist, and it's available on scribd. I'll read it next month.
120pamelad
I'm reading 249. Hemon, Aleksandar. Best European Fiction 2010.
121cindydavid4
>118 PaulCranswick: that one looks really interesting!
122thorold
I received and read my copy of No.191 on the list, you can cross it off!
I was curious about this as a book by John Fowles I'd never come across, and I managed to find a secondhand copy:
The tree (1979) by John Fowles (UK, 1926-2005) and Frank Horvat (Italy, France, 1928-2020)
This is a collection of some sixty photographs from Frank Horvat's series "Portraits of Trees", accompanied on the facing pages by an essay by Fowles in which he reflects on the ways he and Horvat and other creative artists engage with nature in general and trees in particular, and how impoverished we are when we only see nature in a reductive, scientific, utilitarian way. It's sometimes quite difficult to focus on his quite abstract arguments when you have Horvat's gorgeous images leaping out at you from the opposite page, but it's worth it: there's more to it than holistic seventies tree-hugging.
It is quite amusing the way Fowles insists on the complexity and interelatedness of the forest whilst Horvat is doing everything he can to sterilise and isolate his specimens. You sense that his ideal tree is the one standing by itself in a snowy French field where there is no clear distinction to be seen in the background between earth and sky, whereas Fowles imagines himself in the densely wooded dells of the Undercliff at Lyme Regis. Of course, that's an oversimplification, Horvat admits a few groupings of trees and Fowles also talks about his father's immaculately pruned fruit trees, but they don't seem to have a huge amount in common.
I was curious about this as a book by John Fowles I'd never come across, and I managed to find a secondhand copy:
The tree (1979) by John Fowles (UK, 1926-2005) and Frank Horvat (Italy, France, 1928-2020)
This is a collection of some sixty photographs from Frank Horvat's series "Portraits of Trees", accompanied on the facing pages by an essay by Fowles in which he reflects on the ways he and Horvat and other creative artists engage with nature in general and trees in particular, and how impoverished we are when we only see nature in a reductive, scientific, utilitarian way. It's sometimes quite difficult to focus on his quite abstract arguments when you have Horvat's gorgeous images leaping out at you from the opposite page, but it's worth it: there's more to it than holistic seventies tree-hugging.
It is quite amusing the way Fowles insists on the complexity and interelatedness of the forest whilst Horvat is doing everything he can to sterilise and isolate his specimens. You sense that his ideal tree is the one standing by itself in a snowy French field where there is no clear distinction to be seen in the background between earth and sky, whereas Fowles imagines himself in the densely wooded dells of the Undercliff at Lyme Regis. Of course, that's an oversimplification, Horvat admits a few groupings of trees and Fowles also talks about his father's immaculately pruned fruit trees, but they don't seem to have a huge amount in common.
123WelshBookworm
I have finished reading The Philosophical Baby - interesting ideas but kind of a slog. Review is posted on my individual thread...
124labfs39
I purchased 137. Demick, Barbara. Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street but it won't get here until February. Can you put me down as a TBR?
125cindydavid4
I just received The Big Thirst and will be reading it next month
126Trifolia
Thank you all. I have updated the list.
Today, the currents stats are 344/641 books by 34 participants
Today, the currents stats are 344/641 books by 34 participants
127FAMeulstee
Read in January 2022:
48. Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
(updated >48 FAMeulstee: )
48. Bely, Andrey. Petersburg
407. Pamuk, Orhan. The White Castle
(updated >48 FAMeulstee: )
128laytonwoman3rd
It won't change the stats, but I have finished The Heart of a Dog.
129karspeak
I looked at both of the books by Kroodsma (#309 and #310) on the list, but I plan to read Kroodsma's most recent book Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist instead. It looks very similar to The Singing Life of Birds, #310, which was published in 2015 and has embedded audiofiles for the kindle version or an enclosed CD for the paper edition. Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist was released in 2020 and includes online access to 700 recordings of birdsong. I wonder if this might count instead for #310, since I suspect Rebecca would have opted for the 2020 book, as well?
130karspeak
I finished #459, American Canopy.
131Caroline_McElwee
>122 thorold: Oooh, going to have to go on search of this, loving both trees and Fowles.
I go to Lyme Regis most years, though not pandemic years unfortunately, but this year returning in May for a week.
I go to Lyme Regis most years, though not pandemic years unfortunately, but this year returning in May for a week.
132DieFledermaus
I finished A Useless Man: Selected Stories by Sait Faik Abasiyanik. The review is posted on my thread. Next month, I'll read French Decadent Tales edited by Stephen Romer and Europeana by Patrik Ourednik--I'm fine being listed as TBR for those.
133pamelad
I've completed 249. Hemon, Aleksandar. Best European Fiction 2010. It took a long time because I read it straight through, including the stories I disliked, which were the disjointed dreamlike stories and the metafiction. I enjoyed the political satires and some surreal oddities.
134cindydavid4
I will be reading Memories of Eden a jouney through jewish baghdad for next month's asian theme
135laytonwoman3rd
Again, I'm not contributing to the stats, but I read the first in Batya Gur's series, the sixth title of which, A Murder in Jerusalem, is on the list. I enjoyed it, and feel certain I will eventually read all six.
136FAMeulstee
Read in February 2022:
387. Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
updated >48 FAMeulstee:
387. Myśliwski, Wiesław. A Treatise on Shelling Beans
512. Snyder, Timothy. The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
updated >48 FAMeulstee:
137Dilara86
I have finished 3. High Tide by Inga Ābele. I can't say I enjoyed it, but I read it to the end and tagged it "tribute to Rebeccanyc".
138laytonwoman3rd
> 137 Thanks mentioning the tag...I think I'll create a tag for these reads, and for other books I've read because Rebecca recommended them.
139thorold
Another one crossed off!
627. Wolf, Ror. Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions
Review cross-posted from my thread:
Zwei oder drei Jahre später : neunundvierzig Ausschweifungen (2007; Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions) by Ror Wolf (Germany, 1932-2020)
This collection originally appeared in a shorter version in 2003; the 2007 edition I read contains two extra digressions and is about 50% longer than the earlier one (the English translation is also based on the 2007 edition).
The original 47 digressions are all very short, many of them only single paragraphs. Like some of Thomas Bernhard's early pieces, these are mostly framed in the format of a newspaper fait divers, in which we learn the protagonist's occupation, where they are from (and sometimes their age), and are told what they did — or what happened to them — and the place where it happened, but learn little or nothing about the context. Wolf goes further than Bernhard, though, in playing with our narrative expectations by either claiming not to know essential details or telling us that he chooses to withhold them, and he likes to use negative descriptions — someone was "not of memorable appearance" or "not acting in a significant way". The whole idea is to tease the conventions of narrative storytelling and bring them into the foreground by denying us an actual story that has some sort of point.
There are also wider things going on that bridge the stories: place names seem to be taken at random from all over the German-speaking area (and sometimes North America), but they come in assonant groups — a man from Ulm meets a man from Olm in Elm. Any attempt to make geographical sense out of the stories is frustrated immediately. There's also a lot of play with certain obvious symbols — hats, cigars, snakes — that don't have any obvious symbolic reference, and Wolf loves to throw in references to unexplained authorities — "Schleitz tells us...".
The slightly longer pieces in the contiguous forty-seven expand this structure into surreal dream sequences, in which a series of this kind of inconclusive incidents and encounters takes place without any clear logical connection.
The "Penultimate Digression" is a bridging paragraph, and the "49th Digression" is a longer first-person narrative in twelve chapters, that claims to be the narrator's life-story but actually consists of a series of dreamlike episodes, the longest being a sea-voyage in which the narrator's ship repeatedly sinks leaving him to be picked up as sole survivor by the next passing ship and a coast-to-coast walk across Africa in which the narrator claims to be the first person to have done this journey without knowing whether he was going East to West or West to East.
Despite the unreal framework, everything is pinned down to specific dates with the author's lifetime, but the narrator also likes to refer to events in his past or future by the chapter in which they occurred, even when they are not actually mentioned in that chapter. And then, of course, the whole thing ends with a pastiche of the opening chapter of The Maltese Falcon — the narrator is a detective, and a mysterious naked woman dressed in black comes to his office to tell him a strange tale. Except that the point seems to be the telling of the tale, there's no suggestion that she wants him to investigate it. And he doesn't choose to share the tale with us.
Robert Walser's footprints are all over this book, of course, and Wolf acknowledges that by bringing in an only slightly veiled reference to Walser's death in the snow (with actual footprints) in the last chapter.
You need to be in the right frame of mind for this sort of book: I can imagine that a lot of readers would be saying "Yes, I get the point" by about page three, but it's worth carrying on, there are a lot of little jokes and absurd leaps to keep you amused and puzzled.
627. Wolf, Ror. Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions
Review cross-posted from my thread:
Zwei oder drei Jahre später : neunundvierzig Ausschweifungen (2007; Two or Three Years Later: Forty-Nine Digressions) by Ror Wolf (Germany, 1932-2020)
This collection originally appeared in a shorter version in 2003; the 2007 edition I read contains two extra digressions and is about 50% longer than the earlier one (the English translation is also based on the 2007 edition).
The original 47 digressions are all very short, many of them only single paragraphs. Like some of Thomas Bernhard's early pieces, these are mostly framed in the format of a newspaper fait divers, in which we learn the protagonist's occupation, where they are from (and sometimes their age), and are told what they did — or what happened to them — and the place where it happened, but learn little or nothing about the context. Wolf goes further than Bernhard, though, in playing with our narrative expectations by either claiming not to know essential details or telling us that he chooses to withhold them, and he likes to use negative descriptions — someone was "not of memorable appearance" or "not acting in a significant way". The whole idea is to tease the conventions of narrative storytelling and bring them into the foreground by denying us an actual story that has some sort of point.
There are also wider things going on that bridge the stories: place names seem to be taken at random from all over the German-speaking area (and sometimes North America), but they come in assonant groups — a man from Ulm meets a man from Olm in Elm. Any attempt to make geographical sense out of the stories is frustrated immediately. There's also a lot of play with certain obvious symbols — hats, cigars, snakes — that don't have any obvious symbolic reference, and Wolf loves to throw in references to unexplained authorities — "Schleitz tells us...".
The slightly longer pieces in the contiguous forty-seven expand this structure into surreal dream sequences, in which a series of this kind of inconclusive incidents and encounters takes place without any clear logical connection.
The "Penultimate Digression" is a bridging paragraph, and the "49th Digression" is a longer first-person narrative in twelve chapters, that claims to be the narrator's life-story but actually consists of a series of dreamlike episodes, the longest being a sea-voyage in which the narrator's ship repeatedly sinks leaving him to be picked up as sole survivor by the next passing ship and a coast-to-coast walk across Africa in which the narrator claims to be the first person to have done this journey without knowing whether he was going East to West or West to East.
Despite the unreal framework, everything is pinned down to specific dates with the author's lifetime, but the narrator also likes to refer to events in his past or future by the chapter in which they occurred, even when they are not actually mentioned in that chapter. And then, of course, the whole thing ends with a pastiche of the opening chapter of The Maltese Falcon — the narrator is a detective, and a mysterious naked woman dressed in black comes to his office to tell him a strange tale. Except that the point seems to be the telling of the tale, there's no suggestion that she wants him to investigate it. And he doesn't choose to share the tale with us.
Robert Walser's footprints are all over this book, of course, and Wolf acknowledges that by bringing in an only slightly veiled reference to Walser's death in the snow (with actual footprints) in the last chapter.
You need to be in the right frame of mind for this sort of book: I can imagine that a lot of readers would be saying "Yes, I get the point" by about page three, but it's worth carrying on, there are a lot of little jokes and absurd leaps to keep you amused and puzzled.
140pamelad
I'm awaiting the arrival of 152. Dovlatov, Sergei. The Zone : A Prison Camp Guard's Story from Betterworld Books and plan to read it soon.
141Trifolia
It has been a while since I have updated the list. So here it is. The hectic pace of the first weeks has worn off a bit but I'm happy to see that we were able to strike off another six books.
Today, the stats are 350/641 books by 34 participants.
Today, the stats are 350/641 books by 34 participants.
142thorold
I've added two more to my TBR:
623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance.
628. Wood, James. How Fiction Works
No promises that they will be read...
623. Winterbach, Ingrid. The Book of Happenstance.
628. Wood, James. How Fiction Works
No promises that they will be read...
143laytonwoman3rd
I just noticed that the touchstone in No. 451 on the list leads not to Joseph Roth's The Hundred Days, but to a Patrick O'Brian work with the same name. I could not locate an English language version of the Roth book among the multiple alternative touchstones, nor on his author's works page.
144ELiz_M
>143 laytonwoman3rd: It was published by New Directions in 2014, ISBN 9780811222785 or 9780811225113
145Trifolia
>143 laytonwoman3rd: - Thanks for mentioning this. I fixed the touchstone.
I guess several touchstones will not lead to the right book. I did not check :-). But if you happen to find one, do let me know. I'll be happy to fix it.
I guess several touchstones will not lead to the right book. I did not check :-). But if you happen to find one, do let me know. I'll be happy to fix it.
146thorold
How fiction works (2007; revised 2018) by James Wood (UK, 1965- )
Hiding behind the dreadfully self-helpish title of this little book(*) is a thoughtful examination of the main elements of prose fiction, explicitly cast as a 21st century reworking of E.M. Forster's famous lecture-course Aspects of the novel. Wood looks at the usual suspects — style, form, dialogue, characters, and so on — and gives us a quick resumé of where the big names of world literature stand on those points and how (selected) contemporary writers are dealing with them. Wood evidently isn't setting out to be either polemical or prescriptive, he seems to feel that the writers he appreciates most are those who work within a given framework whilst pushing out its boundaries, rather than those who slavishly adhere either to past convention or to new theoretical doctrines. The great writer is one who does something unexpected, that no-one else would have done at that point, but that with hindsight is the obvious right thing to do.
I don't think this is likely to be a very useful book for someone setting out to be a creative writer, especially if you want to write genre fiction, a topic that is clearly of no interest to Wood. But it would be an excellent preparation for a reader setting out to (re-)read Flaubert, Tolstoy, or Henry James.
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(*) Wood jokingly comments that he really wanted to call it He knew he was right
147SassyLassy
434: The Floating Brothel by Sian Rees finished
an excellent look at late eighteenth century London, its penal system, and the history of transportation - review to come
an excellent look at late eighteenth century London, its penal system, and the history of transportation - review to come
148FAMeulstee
I just finished 451. Roth, Joseph. One hundred days
149Caroline_McElwee
>146 thorold: I like Wood's books, but for some reason don't have this one, so will add it to the list.
150ELiz_M
I finished #315 Waiting: A Novel of Uganda's Hidden War a while back, but haven't reviewed it yet (severe reviewing block has struck again!).
151DieFledermaus
I finished French Decadent Tales ed. Stephen Romer. A really good selection--made me want to seek out more works by some of the authors. Lots of death, despair, obsession and madness. This was from Oxford and the notes and Introduction were very helpful. When I was looking up related works, I came across a review of Rebecca's for Les Diaboliques --she noted that her copy didn't have any notes, which made it difficult to read.
I'm currently reading Europeana by Patrik Ourednik
I'm currently reading Europeana by Patrik Ourednik
152FAMeulstee
Just noticed I unknowingly read two more from this list, already read by others.
#74. The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
#568. House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
ETA Updated >48 FAMeulstee:
#74. The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati
#568. House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
ETA Updated >48 FAMeulstee:
153DieFledermaus
I finished Europeana by Patrik Ourednik.
154AlisonY
I've finally got a copy of Rock, Paper, Scissors - will be my next read.
156Trifolia
7 more books were read since I last updated this thread.
Today, the stats are 357/641 books by 34 participants.
Today, the stats are 357/641 books by 34 participants.
157labfs39
I read #215 Taras Bulba this week. I know it has already been crossed off, but a new message might invigorate the thread. TB has been on my shelves for a long time, and I was happy to finally make the effort to read it. Thinking of you rebeccanyc!
158labfs39
Also read #200 The Blue Sky by Galsang Tschinag. It too has been crossed off, but was a fantastic read, if you are looking for something short.
159avatiakh
I read #90. Chandra, Vikram. Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories earlier this year.
161labfs39
I finished #137 Demick, Barbara. Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street today. Excellent if haunting. Review here, if interested.
163SassyLassy
I'm desperately trying to get one finished by year end (119). So far it's engrossing, but reading time available is definitely a limiting factor.
Will this continue next year so we can read the remainder of the books? (she said hopefully)
Will this continue next year so we can read the remainder of the books? (she said hopefully)
164labfs39
>163 SassyLassy: Trifolia and I have just been discussing whether this project is something people would like to see continue. That's one vote for. What do others think?
165tonikat
I've not managed my contribution yet and will clear a space, though it will probably be early new year, my apologies RNYC though I have a feeling you'd understand.
166FAMeulstee
>164 labfs39: I would like to continue, as I have still a few reads to go.
167karspeak
>164 labfs39: I still have a book I'd like to read/strike from the list next year.
168labfs39
Yay! Monica has set it up for 2023. Thanks, Trifolia!
I read three books from the list this year (Taras Bulba, The Blue Sky, and Besieged), although only one (the last) was unique. All three were excellent. Next year I hope to read The Abyssinian and The Captive Mind, both of which have languished on my shelves unread for ages. This year I also read a book that she had recommended to me before she passed, also excellent. It was The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. Another of his books, Thirst: A Novel of the Iran-Iraq War, is unclaimed on the list above.
I read three books from the list this year (Taras Bulba, The Blue Sky, and Besieged), although only one (the last) was unique. All three were excellent. Next year I hope to read The Abyssinian and The Captive Mind, both of which have languished on my shelves unread for ages. This year I also read a book that she had recommended to me before she passed, also excellent. It was The Colonel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. Another of his books, Thirst: A Novel of the Iran-Iraq War, is unclaimed on the list above.
169WelshBookworm
Yes, I'd still like to get my book read. It isn't going to happen this year.
170edwinbcn
I saw this thread at the beginning of the year, but I was too busy and distracted to pay much attention.
I have read the following work on that list:
34. Bainbridge, Beryl. Another Part of the Wood
I have read the following work on that list:
34. Bainbridge, Beryl. Another Part of the Wood
171laytonwoman3rd
I see no reason to put any sort of time limit on this very worthy project...let it continue into 2023 and beyond, if necessary!
172Trifolia
I have updated the list and will now close this thread down for 2022.
Thank you all for participating. It's been wonderful to see the progress we've made.
We'll continue with this project in 2023.
You'll find the new thread here in Club Read 2023. I hope you'll join me there.
Thank you all for participating. It's been wonderful to see the progress we've made.
We'll continue with this project in 2023.
You'll find the new thread here in Club Read 2023. I hope you'll join me there.
