danibrecher's 50 books in 2010

What a swell idea. I know I'm a bit late on the uptake here, but here's what I've read so far this year:

1. Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
2. Post-Mortem by Patricia Cornwell
3. Fatal Charms and the Mansions of Limbo by Dominick Dunne
4. Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote
5. To Play the Fool by Laurie R. King
6. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
7. Bleak House by Charles Dickens
8. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

A bit of a slow start, but I'm starting to pick up speed again. Look out bookshelves, here I come!

9. The Discreet Pleasures of Rejection by Martin Page

10. The Third Man/The Fallen Idol by Graham Greene

11. Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran

12. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

13. Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

14. Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell

15. Acqua Alta by Donna Leon

16. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

17. Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

I should probably start reading some non-crime-related literature...

18. Hiroshima by John Hersey

19. Dispatches by Michael Herr

20. Salvador by Joan Didion
21. The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene

Hi Danibrecher, I noticed you read Bleak House by Charles Dickens this year. How did you enjoy it? I have it on my shelf - it looks a bit unwieldy but as I work in the legal profession I feel I really ought to read it, Jarndyce v Jarndyce being referenced as a comic aside in all my text books!

Best of luck with your challenge, you're doing a lot better than I am!

22. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

23. Swan Song by Edmund Crispin

24. The Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm
25. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
26. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

27. Methland by Nick Reding

28. A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer
29. Chef by Jaspreet Singh
30. The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham

31. The Romeo Flag by Carolyn Hougan
32. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

33. In the Woods by Tana French

34. Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
35. The Likeness by Tana French
36. Truman Capote by George Plimpton
37. The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte

Hmm. Guess unemployment has its benefits?

38. The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux
39. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
40. The Lost City of Z by David Grann
41. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
42. Faithful Place by Tana French

43. Me and Orson Welles by Robert Kaplow
44. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

45. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
46. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
47. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

48. Unto the Sons by Gay Talese

49. The Magus by John Fowles
50. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers

51. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
52. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
53. A Taste for Death by P.D. James

54. The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer
55. Sunset Park by Paul Auster
56. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
57. Mudhouse Sabbath by Lauren F. Winner

58. Permanent Midnight by Jerry Stahl
59. Original Sin by P.D. James
60. Devices and Desires by P.D. James

61. Roseanna by Maj Sjowall
62. The Man Who Went Up in Smoke by Maj Sjowall
63. The Man on the Balcony by Maj Sjowall
64. The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall

And that's what I read in 2010! A pretty good year, but here's hoping 2011 will be even more reading-heavy.

Congratulations!

Thank you!

I'm getting started on trying for 75 in 2011. Here's a start:

1. The Fire Engine that Disappeared by Maj Sjowall
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Time Traveler's Wife was one of my absolute favourites last year. I have a copy of Her Fearful Symmetry on my shelf by the same author but have a feeling it could never be as good as Time Traveler! I have you starred and will be looking forward to seeing what else you read this year.

Thanks, Bookbugg! I quite liked The Time Traveler's Wife too, though I didn't expect to. But Niffenegger really made the time-travel conceit work in amazing ways and I never felt that it was anything else but a really well-crafted novel (featuring my favorite city of Chicago and my favorite profession: librarian). I will definitely have to check out her new book soon.

3. Zelda by Nancy Mitford
4. Angel Face by Barbie Latza Nadeau