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Currently Reading:

The Atrocity Exhibition ~ J. G. Ballard

2009 Book List (by rating – all books clickable to commentary):

  1. Shadow Country ~ Peter Matthiessen ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  2. Wolf Hall ~ Hillary Mantel – ♦♦♦♦½
  3. Motherless Brooklyn ~ Jonathan Lethem ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  4. Disquiet ~ Julia Leigh ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  5. Augustus ~ John Williams ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  6. Summertime ~ J. M. Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  7. Stoner ~ John Williams ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  8. The Broken Word ~ Adam Foulds ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  9. Invisible ~ Paul Auster ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  10. Norwegian Wood ~ Haruki Murakami ~ ♦♦♦♦½
  11. Bridge of Sighs ~ Richard Russo ~ ♦♦♦♦
  12. Darling Jim ~ Christian Moerk ~ ♦♦♦♦
  13. Walter Benjamin At The Dairy Queen ~ Larry McMurtry ~ ♦♦♦♦
  14. How to Paint A Dead Man ~ Sarah Hall – ♦♦♦♦
  15. Inherent Vice ~ Thomas Pynchon ~ ♦♦♦♦
  16. Boyhood: Scenes From Provincial Life ~ J. M. Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦♦
  17. Nobody Move ~ Denis Johnson ~ ♦♦♦♦
  18. The Law of Dreams ~ Peter Behrens ~ ♦♦♦♦
  19. Zeitoun ~ Dave Eggers ~ ♦♦♦♦
  20. Florida Frenzy ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦♦
  21. Wanting ~ Richard Flanagan ~ ♦♦♦♦
  22. Ablutions ~ Patrick deWitt ~ ♦♦♦♦
  23. The Impostor ~ Damon Galgut ~ ♦♦♦♦
  24. Drood ~ Dan Simmons ~ ♦♦♦♦
  25. The Little Stranger ~ Sarah Waters ~ ♦♦♦♦
  26. Land of Marvels ~ Barry Unsworth ~ ♦♦♦♦
  27. Brooklyn ~ Colm Toibin ~ ♦♦♦♦
  28. Love and Summer ~ William Trevor ~ ♦♦♦♦
  29. Kieron Smith, boy ~ James Kelman ~ ♦♦♦½
  30. Youth ~ J.  M.  Coetzee ~ ♦♦♦½
  31. The Quickening Maze ~ Adam Foulds ~ ♦♦♦½
  32. Last Days ~ Brian Evenson ~ ♦♦♦½
  33. The Calling ~ Inger Ash Wolfe ~  ♦♦♦½
  34. Naked In Garden Hills ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦½
  35. Sag Harbor ~ Colson Whitehead ~ ♦♦♦½
  36. Man Gone Down ~ Michael Thomas ~ ♦♦♦½
  37. The Song Is You ~ Arthur Phillips ~ ♦♦♦½
  38. The Good Thief ~ Hannah Tinti ~ ♦♦♦
  39. A Feast Of Snakes ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦
  40. Affiinity ~ Sarah Waters ~ ♦♦♦
  41. The Wilderness ~ Samantha Harvey ~ ♦♦♦
  42. Red April ~ Santiago Roncagliolo ~ ♦♦♦
  43. Water for Elephants ~ Sara Greun ~ ♦♦♦
  44. People of the Book ~ Geraldine Brooks ~ ♦♦♦
  45. Me Cheeta ~ James Lever ~ ♦♦♦
  46. This Thing Don’t Lead To Heaven ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦♦
  47. The Rain Before It Falls ~ Jonathan Coe ~ ♦♦♦
  48. Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays ~ ♦♦♦
  49. Vacation ~ Deb Olin Unferth ~ ♦♦♦
  50. Chronic City ~ Jonathan Lethem ~ ♦♦½
  51. American Rust ~ Philipp Meyer ~ ♦♦½
  52. Time Will Darken It ~ William Maxwell ~ ♦♦½
  53. Karate Is A Thing Of The Spirit ~ Harry Crews ~ ♦♦
  54. Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain ~ Kirsten Menger-Anderson ~ ♦½
  55. The Pattern in the Carpet ~ Margaret Drabble ~ ♦½
  56. Books ~ Larry McMurtry ~ ♦½

In recent years, my TBR pile has turned from actual books purchased and lying around waiting to be read or a wish list of books waiting to be purchased to the more economical…

TBR Pile (Library List):

  1. Cloudstreet ~ Tim Winton
  2. Sheepshagger ~ Niall Griffiths
  3. The Known World ~ Edward P. Jones
  4. Out Stealing Horses ~ Per Petterson
  5. Dirt Music ~ Tim Winton
  6. The Wettest County In The World ~ Matt Bondurant
  7. When We Were Romans ~ Matthew Kneale
  8. The White Tiger ~ Aravind Adiga

Books 2008: The List is here

2009 Booker Blog is here

2 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 July 5
    PatD permalink

    Charlie, what is the significance of the titles in red type? Just curious.

  2. 2009 July 5
    chazzw permalink

    Laziness? I’ve been meaning to fix that. Thanks for the nudge!! HA

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