(*denotes a re-read)
50. Resurrection men by Ian Rankin, 2001
49. Rumpole at Christmas by John Mortimer, 2009
48. The Falls by Ian Rankin, 2001
47. Brothers and sisters edited by Charlotte Wood, 2009
46. Shakespeare wrote for money by Nick Hornby, 2008
45. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce, 2008
44. The world beneath by Cate Kennedy, 2009
43. Truth by Peter Temple, 2009
42. All quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, 1929 translated by Brian Murdoch, 1994*
42. Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith, 2009
41. The danger game by Kalinda Ashton, 2009
40. Runaway by Alice Munro, 2004
39. The lost art of gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith, 2009
38. White dog by Peter Temple, 2003
37. Dead Point by Peter Temple, 2000
36. Dark roots by Cate Kennedy, 2006*
35. The language of bees by Laurie R. King, 2009
34. Black tide by Peter Temple, 1999
33. Bad debts by Peter Temple, 1996
32. Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage by Alice Munro, 2001
31. The passion by Jeanette Winterson, 1987
30. The two princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine, 2001
29. The small house at Allington by Anthony Trollope, 1864*
28. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer, 1940
27. The women in black by Madeleine St John, 1993
26. Midnight fugue by Reginald Hill, 2009
25. Vertigo by Amanda Lohrey, 2009
24. The Paris Review interviews volume 3 edited by Philip Gourevitch, 2008
23. Ella enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, 1997
22. Nightingale wood by Stella Gibbons, 1938
21. The bloody chamber by Angela Carter, 1979
20. Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett, 2009
19. Silent on the moor by Deanna Raybourn, 2009
18. The pedant in the kitchen by Julian Barnes, 2003
17. Open secrets by Alice Munro, 1994
16. August heat by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli, 2009
15. Set in darkness by Ian Rankin, 2000
14. I was told there’d be cake by Sloane Crosley, 2008
13. Of a boy by Sonya Hartnett, 2002
12. Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson, 2004
11. Soldier’s heart: Reading literature through peace and war at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet, 2007
10. The likeness by Tana French, 2008
9. Frantic by Katherine Howell, 2007
8. In the woods by Tana French, 2007
7. Addition by Toni Jordan, 2008
6. Sexing the cherry by Jeanette Winterson, 1989
5. Framley parsonage by Anthony Trollope, 1861*
4. Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope, 1858*
3. The princess diaries: ten out of ten by Meg Cabot, 2009
2. Barchester towers by Anthony Trollope, 1857*
1. The warden by Anthony Trollope, 1855*
I AM AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF BOOKS YOU READ EACH YEAR…..OR EACH MONTH. DO YOU HAVE A READING SCHEDULE? I FIND THAT I AM AMAZED IF I FINISH ONE EVERY 10 DAYS. UNFORTUNATELY, AS I GET OLDER (NOW 82) MY ATTENTION SPAN BECOMES SHORTER AND EYES MORE TIRED. JIM METCALF
Hi Jim, I don’t really plan my reading, I read as my whimsy takes me instead. I don’t have much of a social life, so do read a bit!
I don’t think the number of books you read matters as long as you enjoy each one .
How did you enjoy Frantic? Have you read her 2nd book The Darkest Hour?
I thought it was a good first novel- tense and page turning and with an authentic understanding of life as a paramedic. I confess I saw the twist coming though! I have The Darkest Hour in the TBR pile, and hope to read it soon. What did you think of it?
Looks like you read quite a few Trollope novels this year–always a delight